[talk-ph] shop=general for general merchandise stores

[Jherome Miguel]

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.

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.

On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 5:53 PM Jherome Miguel <jheromemiguel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> For the first photo (also mapped as
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5709889126 , 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)
>
> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 2:04 AM Glen Scott <paverne at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hah, it's like many things, there are so many variants that  it's
>> sometimes hard to squeeze them in one box (or category).
>>
>> Neither of the above links to Bulacan worked but if I used a lowercase
>> .jpg it worked! Very fussy.
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:8202San_Rafael,_Bulacan_01.jpg
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> SanMarcelino looks like genuine "general merchandise"  - includes coke
>> and bicycles... very general and definitely not convenience.
>> Ancestral house -  hard to tell but it's a lot more than sari-sari and
>> has the coloured feathers and flowers, clothes.... and coffee!!
>> San Rafael - it's what I'd call hardware, yes it has brooms, but hardware
>> shops have brooms (well here anyway).
>>
>> I'm not arguing...
>>
>> 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!
>>
>> Cheers
>> Glen
>>
>
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