When a listing needs this correction—distinguish a manufacturer from a retail stockist—the challenge is preserving meaning through the edit. A polished result is useful only if the affected detail still matches the business arrangement. Use current offering and available directory taxonomy as the starting point for the review.
What matters for category decisions
For this task, select the closest supported category for the main activity and record why a broader label was chosen if the exact speciality is unavailable. The immediate aim is to distinguish a manufacturer from a retail stockist; expanding the review to unrelated fields makes it harder to see whether this correction was justified. Identify the exact public wording or stored value before deciding what to replace.
Prepare the directory categorisation editor’s evidence
Gather current offering and available directory taxonomy and identify which part supports “Distinguish a manufacturer from a retail stockist”. Keep the source value, the proposed public version and the person responsible for confirmation distinguishable. Secondary activities need their own evidence; category space is not an invitation to list every related trade. If the supplied material does not establish the affected detail, retain that question rather than filling it with a plausible guess.
The mistake to look for
For “Distinguish a manufacturer from a retail stockist”, consider this hypothetical review: a fluent model output can combine confirmed details with a plausible inference. Its confidence is not a substitute for a source that supports the specific claim. The example illustrates a decision risk, not a verified business record. For the directory categorisation editor, the important comparison is between the intended meaning and the impression created by the current listing.
Make a bounded correction
The correction for “Distinguish a manufacturer from a retail stockist” should change only the unsupported or misleading part. Retain source-to-claim traceability and have a responsible reviewer approve factual changes before publication. Keep any operating limitation beside the detail it qualifies. If the platform cannot represent the distinction in its structured fields, use a concise explanatory note where supported instead of inventing a field value.
Check the public result
After the edit, revisit the public record used for category decisions and read it from a first-time visitor’s perspective. Compare it with current offering and available directory taxonomy; also check that saving or exporting has not shortened, reformatted or displaced the important detail. Record what is visible now and what still requires a separate check. Completion of “Distinguish a manufacturer from a retail stockist” means the specific correction can be demonstrated, rather than merely that an edit was submitted.
| Keep separately | Purpose for this task |
|---|---|
| Source | current offering and available directory taxonomy |
| Public change | Distinguish a manufacturer from a retail stockist |
| Responsible role | directory categorisation editor |
Before marking this task complete
- Is the purpose of “Distinguish a manufacturer from a retail stockist” clear in the published result?
- Does the affected detail agree with current offering and available directory taxonomy?
- Has the directory categorisation editor retained unresolved questions separately from approved wording?