Not all canonical chains in the world can be accurately divided into specific categories such as brand/operator. It's not always clear if an entity is notable enough to be added to the index. Sometimes it's difficult to determine what language or set of data to use. Ambiguity always exists.

Therefore, we often need community discussion and the judgment of the maintainer to determine what the best course of action is for the NSI.

The following is a list of some classic cases to help contributors and new maintainers judge.

At least 30 locations (brands/operators) or instances (flags/transit networks) globally are recommended before including an entity in NSI. This threshold may be lower in some situations such as in a OSM data shortage region, where at least 10 elements (currently or will have in the future) is the recommended threshold.

In any case, entities must have a page on Wikidata to be fully integrated into the NSI, and to show up in editors that use NSI as a reference for tag presets (e.g., OSM's iD editor). As a result, new entity suggestions that do not include a Wikidata tag (*:wikidata) will probably not be accepted.

The nsi_collector project has a threshold of 50 entries in planet.osm (global presence in OSM data) to include a name in its data. See collect_osm.js#L33-L39 (how this data is used is unclear, it seems to have been an early method to populate NSI as it seems to not be updated regularly any more).

See also discussions in #9002 and #9052.

• https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/issues/5625#issuecomment-958218478
• https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/pull/5924#issuecomment-999635804

Waiting......

• amenity=restaurant for a place where a host seats you and a waiter takes your order (aka "table service")
• amenity=fast_food for a place where you order food from a counter (includes "fast casual" style)

See comment to #4987 and OSM wiki for sustenance amenities, restaurant amenities & fast_food amenities.

• https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/pull/4855 (A long time discuss about those 2 tag)
• Rejected case: https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/pull/5727
• Merged case: https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/pull/5801

No. See Item Property Reference for detailed information.

No. See https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/commit/e3d25ab090e60f2a0eb4324230f79c2a30535bbd for more information.

Yes, but entries must "stick to a minimalistic set of tags".

See #6703

Also there are some situations which don't need payment: #4696 #4105 #4976 #6701

Only those values that represent the restaurant or clothing store's defining specialty or theme. You don't need to copy the menu or wardrobe list; after all, NSI isn't a food delivery or fashion website.

I don't know

Like outdoor_seating or smoking? See comments to #7269.

Currently, the decision of which language to use for an entry is mostly based on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multilingual_names. This is not a hard and fast rule, though, and it may vary from case to case.

The local branch's Wikidata entry is OK if it has more correct data associated. See PR #7812 for addition of local McDonald's Wikidata.