Trends in PNH Mods and discussion
Greetings,
I wanted to start a forum thread about what goes on for New England (NER) in the world of PNH (Place Name Harmonization). The goal of PNH is to create a consistent and optimal user search experience in the app. For New England PhantomSoul and johnsninja58 are the moderators. Feel free to contact one of us if you every have a question.
Usually we try to ensure any Place Submitted has 5-10 locations (or growing rapidly) as less than that can be easily manually harmonized. In moderating a place we look at the official name, review best fit category and website. Sometimes we create alerts via WMEPH for Localization (often seen with Hotel Chains), inquiring if an ATM is at a Bank, does Gas Station has a Convenience Store and add Store Locator buttons.
Important links
Submit a Place Name for New Englands
Place Name Harmonization - New England List
Place Name Harmonization - USA National List
WMEPH - WME Place Harmonizer
You might notice that not all the places on the National List are on our local list, which is why you will get a flag like this in WMEPH. Please feel free to submit for local approval if you encounter this.
https://i.imgur.com/dvEB6dz.png
In the coming posts I'll make some highlights from recent review of the submissions which I typically do every week. This is not intended to judge, but to educate about the process. I make an effort to reach out to editors directly if there is an issues or question. Please feel free to submit questions or discussions here. I want everyone to feel they have a voice and I look forward to any discussions that we may have.
I wanted to start a forum thread about what goes on for New England (NER) in the world of PNH (Place Name Harmonization). The goal of PNH is to create a consistent and optimal user search experience in the app. For New England PhantomSoul and johnsninja58 are the moderators. Feel free to contact one of us if you every have a question.
Usually we try to ensure any Place Submitted has 5-10 locations (or growing rapidly) as less than that can be easily manually harmonized. In moderating a place we look at the official name, review best fit category and website. Sometimes we create alerts via WMEPH for Localization (often seen with Hotel Chains), inquiring if an ATM is at a Bank, does Gas Station has a Convenience Store and add Store Locator buttons.
Important links
Submit a Place Name for New Englands
Place Name Harmonization - New England List
Place Name Harmonization - USA National List
WMEPH - WME Place Harmonizer
You might notice that not all the places on the National List are on our local list, which is why you will get a flag like this in WMEPH. Please feel free to submit for local approval if you encounter this.
https://i.imgur.com/dvEB6dz.png
In the coming posts I'll make some highlights from recent review of the submissions which I typically do every week. This is not intended to judge, but to educate about the process. I make an effort to reach out to editors directly if there is an issues or question. Please feel free to submit questions or discussions here. I want everyone to feel they have a voice and I look forward to any discussions that we may have.
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