Talk:Postal address verification

Something missing?
In the section Standardisation>Completion, the last example seems a bit odd. Neither does it follow the style of the preceding examples, nor does it carry any content (at least I don't see the statement).--NerdOnTour (talk) 09:39, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

As currently written this article is confusing. One, the first sentance of the article should explain the subject, e.g. 'Postal Addess Verification' is.. then describe how it differs from 'Address Verification System'. Two, Wikipedia cannot be used as source material as per WP:CIRCULAR. To learn how to cross reference to other Wikipedia articles see Help:Wikilinks. Mariepr (talk) 17:51, 1 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Update - I re-wrote the standardization section (as I understood it) but it is still unclear what this means: Address standardization takes an address that can be as incomplete as a street and a ZIP code and standardizes it by correcting the address (if possible) and also adding missing information (such as ZIP codes) to end up with a complete address..... If an address has only a street and a ZIP code how is a ZIP code "missing information"? Can the author clarify exactly what is supposed to be happening here? Mariepr (talk) 16:43, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Globalize
In the current form, the article is very much US specific, although the name is very generic. Anyone looking for generic Postal Address Verification will land here and will be disappointed.54.240.197.226 (talk) 09:09, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

I disagree. The simplest way to describe address verification is to use a system to use as an example. The article was written by someone living is the US so they chose the US system. If I were living in India and reading the article I may not understand the US system, but I could recognize parts of the system: cities, states, street, avenue. When reading I would be required to translate terms in my head. But I would gain an understanding of the basic concepts behind Postal address verification. Standardizing of names and abbreviations, uniform city names and complete addresses.

If you want to write a translation into your addressing system, go for it. If you want to add information to this article about global implications like a global country code or a brief description of a different system of addressing, go for it. Like building names in England. Or Chinese, Middle Eastern addresses. Robert.Harker (talk) 22:57, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Recommended non-commercial verification services
Providers: "A quick google search for address validation or address verification generate a number of useful results for commercial services.[original research?]"

Can somebody who knows non-profits recommend two of the top tier providers of address verification for non-commercial users as external links and put a "See external links" in this section. Robert.Harker (talk) 23:02, 15 December 2015 (UTC)