Hello, there does not appear to be an art gallery at this location, just looks like some residences. Since a source was not included here, can you say where you got the information from?

Abusive sock puppet krusefahrer documented at:
osm.wiki/User:ZeLonewolf/Sockpuppets

Please don't label a karaoke lounge as a music shop. These are entirely different things! You've changed it twice now.

Hi, thanks for adding a new node, I noticed that you put "WOLF'S" in all-caps, just wondering if that was intentional or if maybe it was copied from somewhere?

I did look at the website, and it had no indication of a physical address. I've also reviewed imagery of the streetfront, and there is no indication of a storefront. So I ask again, how is an independent observer able to verify this POI?

Any mapper should be able to verify that a piece of data in the map is valid and real information. In other words, an independent person needs to be able to confirm what is there in some way. Is this POI verifiable? Does your business have any visible physical presence that another mapper might observe? For example, if you were selling virtual items from your home or apartment but with no physical manifestation from the exterior, this would not be taggable in OSM.

See: osm.wiki/Verifiability

Hi there. I was not able to find a shop at this location called BUCXplorers, and the website that's tagged appears to be a personal vanity page that you've created related to the game Upland. Can you please clarify what is intended with this edit?

Hi there! While these historic names are certainly interesting, we only map what's here in the world today. However, the great news is that we have a sister project called OpenHistoricalMap which would LOVE to have these kinds of contributions! Please see: https://openhistoricalmap.org/

FYI, the "website" tag is used to hold a POI's specific website, something like www.myrtlepub.com. It's not used for 3rd party links or review sites like Yelp.

Hi, in this changeset, you modified osm.org/way/425665123 to remove it's building tags. Can you explain what you were trying to do here? In the meantime, I will restore it to its original form in order to add it back to the map.

Hi there and welcome to OpenStreetMap! The tagging on this Walgreens was not quite right, but I've fixed it in osm.org/changeset/120684879

For chain brands like this, you can actually just type "Walgreens" in the search bar in the editor and it will fill out all the right tags for you. Happy mapping!

I have summarily reverted this change in changeset 120683519 based on a pattern of POI edits that remove information and also appear to be copying from Google Maps. Also, based on your recent changeset comments, I should remind you that it is expected that you communicate with other editors in the community respectfully. If you believe this action was in error, please email data@openstreetmap.org

I have summarily reverted this change in changeset 120683519 based on a pattern of POI edits that remove information and also appear to be copying from Google Maps. Also, based on your recent changeset comments, I should remind you that it is expected that you communicate with other editors in the community respectfully. If you believe this action was in error, please email data@openstreetmap.org

I have summarily reverted this change in changeset 120683519 based on a pattern of POI edits that remove information and also appear to be copying from Google Maps. Also, based on your recent changeset comments, I should remind you that it is expected that you communicate with other editors in the community respectfully. If you believe this action was in error, please email data@openstreetmap.org

I have summarily reverted this change in changeset 120683519 based on a pattern of POI edits that remove information and also appear to be copying from Google Maps. Also, based on your recent changeset comments, I should remind you that it is expected that you communicate with other editors in the community respectfully. If you believe this action was in error, please email data@openstreetmap.org

The reason that users are complaining of vandalism is because you removed tree objects and changed more specific shop tags (example, shop=tattoo) to shop=yes. This removes data from the database for data consumers that use it and that's why users are upset.

Remember that there are many data consumers, so if you remove a piece of information to satisfy one data consumer, it removes it from all data consumers.

OpenStreetMap aims to create a database of geographic facts. If a particular application or service is not using OpenStreetMap data in a way that you think they should be, the correct course of action is to notify the developers of that application or service so that it can be corrected.

Hi again. I've just gone through and bulk downloaded all the the objects that you've tagged as shop=yes to either add the correct shop tag or to restore it to its previous value. Please do not change valid shop tags to shop=yes, this makes the map worse. We want to make nice clean maps that EVERYONE can use, and that includes having valid shop tags :)

Hello,
In this changeset, you changed "San Pedro Lock & Key" from shop=locksmith to the generic shop=yes. I am reverting this change because this is clearly a locksmith. Also, please use the form addr:city=Los Angeles rather than the upper case LOS ANGELES, for consistency.

Reverted in changeset 120645205

If you're looking to establish an international consensus, it would be best to clearly describe the issue you're trying to solve, how you propose to address it, and post it to the global tagging mailing list: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Mateusz, Spaghetti, and I are not the ones you need to form a consensus with. What we are describing and defending here is simply the current global status quo.