Talk:Vendor

Types of vendors

Do we need to distinguish between merchant (category:merchants) and shopkeeper ([[:category:shopkeepers]])? In GW2, the generic term is vendor. We distinguish by

• Their primary ware: weapons (weaponsmiths), armor (armorsmiths, boons (Boon Givers), Guild benefits (Guild Promoters)
• Their medium of exchange (karma → karma vendors), dungeon tokens (Dungeon Vendors), glory (Glory vendors).

I can see identifying, erm, restauranteurs (those who sell Food; food merchant would be fine, too) and material suppliers (those who sell items useful for crafting).

In short, I think we should only create both cats and primary articles if it helps players to identify/find the right type of vendor to take their currency. (With an obvious exception that we create a redirect article if there's an in-game term that's a synonym for another in-game term.) – Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 15:31, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit to Laurel Vendor description

I think we should add (with the addition to other currencies in some cases) to "Accepts Laurels only" under notes. It's a tad bit misleading that Laurel Vendors accept laurels only. --Eclipse143 (talk) 10:28, 6 August 2013 (UTC)