Hi Ouioui2,

Thank you for providing more context on the situation. I understand that the presence of these tents and the associated restrictions are significant local issues and represent "facts on the ground" from your perspective.

However, OpenStreetMap has specific guidelines about what we map. Our primary goal is to create a neutral, objective map of verifiable, physical features that have a degree of permanence.

1. Neutrality and Purpose: OSM is not a platform for political statements, advocacy, or to "glory" (or condemn) any political party or event. The map should reflect the physical reality in a neutral way.
2. Temporariness: Features that are explicitly temporary, like protest camps (even if present for several months), are generally not mapped as primary features. OSM aims to map the more permanent landscape. While the definition of "temporary" can sometimes be debated, a protest setup, by its nature, is not usually intended as a permanent installation.
3. Appropriate Tagging: As you acknowledged, labeling this as a military area is incorrect and misleading. If a feature is to be mapped, it must be tagged accurately according to its actual function and characteristics.
4. Data Quality: We strive to keep OSM data clean, consistent, and reliable. This is why major companies trust and use our data. Adding temporary, politically charged, or inaccurately tagged features can compromise this quality – what some might term "trash data" or digital graffiti.

The most appropriate way to represent information about such dynamic situations, especially those with a strong political dimension, is often outside of the main OSM database – perhaps on a dedicated website, a specialized map layer using OSM as a base, or by forking the OSM data for your own purposes, as you rightly suggested could be done with a planet file from Geofabrik.

Our aim is to map the world as it is, focusing on enduring features, not transient events or political disputes. I hope this clarifies the OSM community's general position on such matters.

Nemanja