[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - yarn shops

[Nate Wessel]

I tend to agree still that `shop=wool` isn't quite the right tag. I was 
looking into this a bit more and there are NO uses of shop=wool in the 
entire United States <https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1pUW>, with the 
exception of one I added this morning. Though there are several with 
tags like `knit|yarn`, none of which (tags) are documented.

I think it's fair to say that outside of Britain and parts of Europe, 
this is just starting to be mapped. Maybe because the documentation 
didn't mention yarn? Maybe because `shop=wool` isn't an option in ID 
yet? Maybe because it's hard to knit and digitize maps at the same time??

I think I'll leave the proposal for `shop=yarn` in place, updating it to 
reflect the current usage of `shop=wool` and we can vote on whether to 
prefer one tag over the other. If it gets voted down at least we'll have 
established some consensus around `shop=wool` and can move forward with 
that.

Best,

Nate Wessel
Cartographer, Planner, Transport Nerd
NateWessel.com <https://www.natewessel.com>

On 2023-01-05 04:12, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:
> Jan 5, 2023, 01:19 by nate at natewessel.com:
>
>     The Polish(?) wiki page
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pl:Tag:shop%3Dwool> for
>     shop=wool does seem to mention yarn and knitting directly.
>
> Yes, https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pl:Tag:shop%3Dwool is a 
> Polish page
> (PL/Pl being commons shortcut for Poland/Polish).
> "artykuły dziewiarskie" mentioned there seems to mean "knitting materials"
>
>     Anyway, if there is consensus that `shop=wool` is an accepted tag
>     for a store selling /yarn/,
>
> (...)
>
>     * shop=wool is a shop that sells yarn, even if there is no literal
>     wool on premises
>
> That seems really ugly and I would not support this (but I am not an 
> expert at
> all on this topic).
>
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