[Tagging] operator and brand WAS: Re: community centres

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/9/29 Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com>:
>> Your text says: "The brand is a larger entity that a place advertises
>> itself as part of."
>>
>> This is IMHO not correct. Take automotive. A car seller doesn't
>> advertise himself to be part of say Ford. He simply sells Ford cars
>> (in accordance with Ford).
>
> Now we're muddying the purpose of the tag. A Ford dealer simply
> chooses to sell Ford cars, just as a restaurant may have only Coke or
> Pepsi products.


-1, no, a Ford dealer is not similar to a supermarket selling coke.


> But brand is supposed to replace the former (mis)use
> of the operator tag, and operator would never have been Ford for a
> dealer that simply sells Ford cars.


well, brand="brand of a car" is one of the first mentions of brand in
the wiki, at least for some years it's there. I don't see a problem.

Cheers,
Martin