<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">If watch(es) is the best description for a store (as it may just be a watch retail sales shop - no repair or other jewelry) - then what is the problem for creating a shop=* tag for it? There will be a ton of shop=* tags eventually - especially as the world is filled with speciality shops that bay be a regional or cultural - which may not fit into what the group as a whole ( a lot of westerners) has experience with. As long as the tagger wants to create it and add it to the wiki, then what is the problem? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Or does this go back to it should be "shop:jewelry=watches" or "shop=jewelry + jewelry=watches " problem?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Javbw</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If so, then lets try to decide on a flat or categorized system that can handle new additions without a lot of hemming and hawing every time a new shop type is suggested. There will always be outliers or item specific shops that would make a flat system have a plethora of tags. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Although I’m not sure how to categorize a “Pogs & Ammo” shop that was spotted in Arizona - kids toys and ammunition rarely have overlap. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">maybe shop:redneck=provisions. (kidding!) not sure how poodles work into it. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Javbw.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 26, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Dave Swarthout <<a href="mailto:daveswarthout@gmail.com" class="">daveswarthout@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">FYI: Shops selling watches can still be found in Thailand although most are probably sold in the watch department of the bigger department stores.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 7:30 AM, John F. Eldredge <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:john@jfeldredge.com" target="_blank" class="">john@jfeldredge.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On January 25, 2015 9:01:44 AM CST, Friedrich Volkmann <<a href="mailto:bsd@volki.at" target="_blank" class="">bsd@volki.at</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<pre class="">On 25.01.2015 11:46, Severin Menard wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #729fcf;padding-left:1ex"> I did not find anything on the Map Features regarding shop selling watches,<br class=""> what is quite common both in Europe and South America (at least).<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">shop=jewelry<br class=""><br class="">Watches came out of use when people got mobile phones. The only remaining<br class="">reason to wear watches is to show off. That's why all jewelries sell<br class="">watches, and you'll hardly find any shop that sells nothing but watches.<br class=""></pre></blockquote></div><br clear="all" class="">I tried, briefly, using my cell phone instead of a watch, and found it less convenient to pull out my phone to check the time, versus glancing at my wrist. It is still common to see people wearing watches. I now wear a smartwatch, meaning that I can check who called or texted me without having to pull out and unlock my phone.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""><br class="">
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