On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 5:39 PM, Matthijs Melissen <[email protected]> wrote: > > As you can see, these definitions are quite similar. Not surprisingly, > taggers have problems with these definitions too. Some examples > * Home Depot in the US is tagged home depot 1161 times as > shop=doityourself, but also 148 times as shop=hardware. >
I'm unaware of any Home Depot location small enough to really be considered just a hardware store, based on the sample size of Home Depot stores I've encountered, I'd be in favor of a an automated change on the 148 "hardware" locations being turned over to "doityourself". * True Value, according to the wiki a prototypical American hardware > store, is tagged 74 times as shop=doityourself and 106 times as > shop=hardware. > This may require a little more finesse, as True Value locations tend to have a little more variation, being a franchise brand often going by other names with their logo on it. Watonga Hardware, for example, is epic old skool; used to hit them at least once a year during Oklacon at nearby Roman Nose State Park. Meanwhile, Westlake Hardware, which franchises True Value and ACE in the Tulsa area, walks a very thin line between the two and might require a bit more finesse. > Would it make sense to keep distinguishing between shop=doityourself > and shop=hardware? If so, how could we make the difference more > precise? > I would say what's kept on hand. In general, a hardware store's going to have fewer items in stock and on hand, even if they can order it in within a couple days. And at least in the American context, they're smaller than a warehouse, often fitting in a small town main street storefront. I hate to be this regional and folksy about it, but at least west of the Mississippi, you're probably in a hardware store if they sell tools and have complementary popcorn and/or chickens or cats freely wander the store.
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