Hi everyone!
I tried a few times to add a school that is placed near my house on google maps. But my contribution is rejected despite the fact that I always enter full information about a place. I checked the existence of this school on google maps. It’s absent there.
Please, help me to solve this problem.
And one more question. Is there some way to get a possibility to add the new places on google maps so that the system does not reject them automatically? If you look at my profile, you see that I always try to add only correct edits.
Всем привет!
Несколько раз пробовал добавить школу, которая находится рядом с моим домом, на гугл карты. Но моя правка постоянно отклоняется хотя я вношу всю необходимую информацию. Я проверял есть ли такая школа на картах. Ее нет.
Пожалуйста, помогите решить эту проблему.
И еще один вопрос. Есть ли способ получить возможность добавлять места так чтобы их не отклоняла система автоматически? Если вы посмотрите мой профиль, то убедитесь что я стараюсь всегда вносить только проверенные правки.
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Hi @Barmaglot1906 ,
Thanks for your question. I saw that you so far have only added one place before. That means the AI evaluating your contributions are not yet trained to trust you on additions. It could also be that user generated content is not accepted in Ukraine.
So you may need to keep trying. Or try to team up with other local guides in your area.
I’m sorry there is no shortcut to increase your trust score. It learning by doing. And don’t forget to try to use the feedback to learn what gets approved easily to refine your edits and additions.
I believe you have read about why edits are not approved or pending.
All the best
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Hi @MortenCopenhagen ,
I know why it so. This is because of the spam attack that was occurred in the CIS. You can see the details on this topic: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Known-Issue-Map-editing-in-Russia-Ukraine-and-CIS-countries/td-p/1263173.
After this attack, Google Maps restricted the rights of local guides that live in that region. I’m from Ukraine. And I can’t add or modify different places in my city because of that. So all places that were rejected by google are not incorrect. All these places just were automatically rejected because of that restriction.
Yes. I have only one added place yet. And, actually, I wonder how did I do it. Because at that time I’ve already lost hope that someday I can add new places.
I just want to say that this restriction is interfering with me to improve the maps effectively. And this situation demotivates me to do smth for google maps. The only thing that I can do there is adding new photos. But this is not enough for me.
Sorry for my English. I just learn.
Have a nice day.
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@Barmaglot1906 ,
Sorry to learn about user generated content is banned in Ukraine.
Maybe a Google moderator like @MortenSI can enlighten us on if this ban is likely to be lifted anytime soon.
Are reviews also not allowed?
All the best
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@MortenCopenhagen ,
No. Thank God, we don’t have problems with reviews.
Best regards.
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@MortenCopenhagen ,
And if you don’t mind, I would like to back to my previous question. I mean the problem with the absence of school.
Could you please help me with this situation? Can you give me advice on what to do in this case? Or maybe you can forward me to somebody who can add it to the specified address and I’ll fill all the necessary information.
I wrote a post about that and there’re still no changes.
Best regards.
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Morning @Barmaglot1906 ,
I’m not very hopeful about getting you help on adding the school. I have already asked @MortenSI to step in and try to help you. He is expected back in office very soon now.
- Trying again and again
- Team up with other local guides
- Giving feedback
- Involving local authorities
Are usually all we can do. But let’s see if the moderators can suggest better.
Cheers
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Hello @Barmaglot1906 ,
I’m sorry to hear you’re experiencing issues with adding this place. Like you mentioned yourself, it’s very possible that edits for the entire area has been disabled due to suspected misconduct.
Unfortunately there’s no way of knowing when such restrictions will be lifted. We as Google Moderators don’t have any special authority in this matter and can’t be of help bypassing a potential ban.
Like @MortenCopenhagen has mentioned, it’s all about patience and just trying to add the place again every now and then. Hopefully at one point you will succeed to get the school added.
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Hello @MortenSI ,
Thank you and @MortenCopenhagen for your attention to this problem. And I would like to ask the last question. Will there be some bad consequences for my profile because of a large number of attempts to add this place (For example every day or every week)?
Best regards.
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Hi @Barmaglot1906 ,
Good question. I don’t know the answer. Hopefully @MortenSI can enlighten us.
Cheers
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I understand your concern @Barmaglot1906 , but you have nothing to worry about.
Getting many edits rejected will not have any impact on your credibility as a Local Guide.
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