<div dir="auto">Added tagging recommendation to wiki as agreed. There’s previous conflicting information that Philippine general merchandisers shouldn’t be tagged shop=general, but I since rectified it. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Just some history about the shop=general tags’s PH usage, it was recommended for rice dealers and LPG retailers, but it’s in the notes these are commonly general merchandisers. </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 5:53 PM Jherome Miguel <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div><div dir="auto">For the first photo (also mapped as <div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5709889126" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5709889126</a> , except it’s not named as signed), it’s certainly shop=general. For photo 2, it could be variety or general (general most likely if they sell groceries in addition to, but can’t see anything like food or drinks). For 3, it’s either hardware or variety, but I lean toward variety, this one mostly selling plastic housewares (I generally use hardware where they primarily sell construction supplies, tools, electrical equipment, and lumber)</div></div></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 2:04 AM Glen Scott <<a href="mailto:paverne@gmail.com" target="_blank">paverne@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr">Hah, it's like many things, there are so many variants that it's sometimes hard to squeeze them in one box (or category).<div><br></div><div>Neither of the above links to Bulacan worked but if I used a lowercase .jpg it worked! Very fussy.</div><div><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:8202San_Rafael,_Bulacan_01.jpg" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:8202San_Rafael,_Bulacan_01.jpg</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>My Aussie take on "Variety" is usually home stuff or clothing centric, but (a) this is not Aussie (b) the Wiki take on a variety store is what we call a $2 store, i.e. cheap stuff, but could almost say cheap "general" stuff in that you can buy a hammer or a coloured feather decoration.</div><div><br></div><div>SanMarcelino looks like genuine "general merchandise" - includes coke and bicycles... very general and definitely not convenience.<br></div><div>Ancestral house - hard to tell but it's a lot more than sari-sari and has the coloured feathers and flowers, clothes.... and coffee!!</div><div>San Rafael - it's what I'd call hardware, yes it has brooms, but hardware shops have brooms (well here anyway).<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm not arguing...</div><div><br></div><div>I see I've created one or two "variety stores" in my little mapping area; I should revisit them next time I'm there to see if they pass the variety or general test- post Covid, whenever that is! </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Glen</div></div></blockquote></div></div>
</div>
</blockquote></div></div>