[OSM-talk] generic websites for brands and website tags

[Jmapb]

On 1/19/2022 3:10 PM, Stephan Knauss wrote:

> Hello,
>
> a while ago it was discouraged to add a website= tag to all features
> of brands like Starbucks or McDonald's which is pointing to the brand
> webpage. Instead it was encouraged to link to the specific website of
> the outlet mapped.
>
> What is the current status on the community on this?

I'm in the community! For national or international brands, I will never
add a top-level website to a location, and I consider it an error to do
so. (I could imagine a brand:website tag -- but how many "brand" tags do
we need? iD already gives warnings if you have less than three, and
sometimes insists on more. I digress.)

For local and regional chains that only have a few locations, I will
happily add the top-level website if they don't have per-location pages.

The middle between the two extremes might be a bit muddy, but brands
like Starbucks and McDonald's are nowhere near the middle.

Cheers, J