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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.

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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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Post by Inactive user -1649923503-
As mentioned in my first post, many chains have not been approved for regional usage. Today I processed, from the editing community submissions, the following chains: Koko Fitclub, Pretzelmaker and Bath & Body Works. All were listed in some other region and now have been approved for NER.

It looks like we average 2-3 submissions a week. Keep it up.
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Post by Inactive user -1649923503-
Most recent updates,

Red Roof Inn - Approved National Posting
Microtel Inn - Approved National Posting
Fairfield Pizza - Declined, based on reviewing the website there is only 4 locations and can be handled on a smaller scale.
AT&T Store - Approved National Posting
Elements Massage - Approved National Posting
Aroma Joe's - This one was already approved, however this happens occasionally were the punctuation can throw things off
Social Security Administration - Approved National Posting
Peachwave - Approved National Posting of "Peachwave Frozen Yogurt"
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Post by Inactive user -1649923503-
I wanted to provide an update that SNYOWL and Jaywazin will be taking over PNH Moderation for the New England region. I know they will be a great team and have already hit the ground running looking at some of the nuances in harmonization.
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Great work. Thank you for the updates.
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Post by jaywazin
Thanksgiving update!

The following were all ready listed, but had not been approved for NER. They have now been added to the appropriate states or NER so that the should match appropriately:

iLoveKickBoxing, FASTSIGNS, Smoothie King, American Red Cross, Wild Birds Unlimited, Tutor Time, Travelodge, Lincare Home Medical Supplies, MedExpress, European Wax Center, Pet Supplies Plus, Brooks Brothers, Lord & Taylor, Pure Hockey, Hanger Clinic, Extra Space Storage, DoubleTree

The following have been added as new entities to PNH:

R Wireless, Chateau Restaurant, Liberty Bank, The Vascular Experts, Canna Care Docs, Marylou's Coffee, GE Credit Union, Healthtrax, City Tire, PhysicianOne Urgent Care, Namco Pools, Baring Outlet, Super Shine Car Wash, Dr. Dental, Sid Harvey's, 203-Urgent Care, The Edge Fitness Club, Medi Weightloss, Compassus, Munson's Chocolates, Good Fortune Supermarket, British Beer Company, Carewell Urgent Care, Jack Conway Realtor, Pride Stores, East Cambridge Savings Bank, Primark, Simon Pearce, Brookline Bank, Newbury Comics, Cardi's, Get In Shape For Women, Cape Cod Five, Wireless Zone

The following did not have enough locations to add to PNH at this time. We will re-examine them when time allows to evaluate adding manually or reconsider for addition to the list:

Entertainment Cinemas, Shine 365 Auto Wash, Mid-Cape Home Centers, Ballard Truck Center, Webster Five, Kennedy and Perkins, Frankies, Bridgewater Savings Bank, Agway Cape Cod, Jump On In, United Gas, Colorworks.

Several entities submitted were previously added but may have not shown up in WMEPH due to a bug in the processing software which we believe is resolved:

VCA Animal Hospitals, Mooyah Burgers, Alltown, Granite City Electrical

Any other pending place name requests may still be under discussion. Let us know if there were problems with any of the above entries which need to be addressed.

Thank you to all of the editors who have submitted these recommendations. Keep them coming!
JayWazin & SNYOWL
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Post by SanzClew
KinderCare is everywhere.  Have you had multiple requests for that business?
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Post by SanzClew
None needed - I don't know the business model for that company.  But, I've seen many of them and they do act like franchises.  Thanks for all that you 2 do for this.

 
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Post by SNYOWL
Jaywazin and I processed the editing community submissions, for the following chains:
uBreakiFix
CARQUEST Auto Parts
Sheraton
Roto-Rooter
TA

All were listed in some other region and now have been approved for NER.
Thank-you and keep the submissions coming.
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