Tag:footway=yes

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Public-images-osm logo.svg footway = yes
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Description
Using this tag is discouraged, use foot=yes or sidewalk=yes instead. Edit this description in the wiki page. Edit this description in the data item.
Group: highways
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
See also
Status: deprecated

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This feature has been labeled as deprecated. The recommended replacement is: foot=yes or sidewalk=yes.
The reason is documented in Deprecated features. You are still free to continue to use or interpret this tag as you see fit since OpenStreetMap does not have “banned features”.
Under no circumstances should you (semi-)automatically change “deprecated” tags to something else in the database on a large scale without conforming to the automated edits code of conduct. Any such change will be reverted.

The tag footway=yes is used a fair number of times, but most uses appear to be tagged with this tag-value combination accidentally instead of the intended foot=yes or sidewalk=yes.

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!