Dave, I respect your point of view, but that's not how OpenStreetMap works or is intended to be used. And in fact there are areas (like central London) where many POIs and other things are almost literally on top of each other, because they are mapped in their actual positions. The renderer handles that by prioritising some labels above others, and by moving labels around. But we as volunteer cartographers map ground truth. Of course it is debatable where the 'true' centre of a village is, but the centre of the built-up area, or a road junction near that point, is always a better place than somewhere in a field outside the village. It's also important to map village centres properly because they can be used as destinations by routing systems. For further backup, please see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice, in particular the section 'Don't map for the renderer'.