#LGCTM Tips & Tricks: Remove bad words

Everywhere we see vandalism and this also happens in the virtual world and the same on Google Maps.

One thing that sometimes we see on the map is a curse, bad or impolite words that users write in names. They do this just as a hobby or to annoy someone or one rival business.

But how to keep the map safe from these words?

1. Search. I know that we as good users on the web, never follow bad words but in this case, we should search the local bad words to find the place that it has a bad word in its name. For example, this search could contain an urban word.

2. See if the place is a personal home, fake point or a real place/business. I suggest searching for the areas you know to be completely sure about what the place really is.

3. If it is a personal place or fake point, just try to remove the whole point by selecting a suitable reason when you select edit: Remove>Private place or Remove>Spam. For example, if it is a first name and last name it is more likely to be a personal place. If you’re not sure, go to step 4.

4. If it is a real public place that could remain on the map just try to fix the name to the real name it has in the real world. To find the real name (surely without additional keywords) or if you’re not sure if it is private or not, you could check it’s photos, reviews, Street View or search for its other data (ex: phone number) on the web.

5. Wait until your edit is approved and if it not applied, repeat your edit again.

Do this method periodically to remove such bad words and keep the map’s atmosphere clean.

This guide is part of the project Local Guides Clean The Map suggested by @JanVanHaver

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Great post @Amiran . I have never tried this myself, but I will most certainly do this in the near future (most likely - knowing myself: already in a quick test within the next 5 minutes).

And with that, one of my personal goals in this project is already reached: learn something new in the fight against spam : - )

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Happy to hear it my friend @JanVanHaver

And thanks for starting this great challenge :ok_hand:t2:

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As predicted @Amiran , I just had to try this… and it is indeed real fun, being allowed to come up with all kind of bad words - and have a perfectly good reason to search for them ; - )

I was able to report 2 spam entries already. Thx again for this wonderful tip!

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You’re welcome. Thank you so much @JanVanHaver

Yes, unfortunately there is a reason for searching such words :person_facepalming:t2:‍ :male_sign: :sweat_smile:

I mentioned this because sometimes I see such places on the map (like today) which is not good at all to remain, and even sometimes such false information became bold on social networks as a lack of Google Maps and this is not good.

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Nice input, @Amiran . I did search for the first 10 very dirty and naughty words I could think of near Copenhagen. All came up Nothing found. So eighter my vocabulary is too limited or my fellow country men never figured out this kind of spam. Fun to do though.

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This is good to hear it @MortenCopenhagen

I hope both guesses are true :slightly_smiling_face:

Yes, mine is so and I also search for about/less than 10 words in this case but even these ones shouldn’t be on the map. Also, one city seems not to be vast enough to find such spams. I suggest to test it on other areas, too (if you have or can collect enough info).

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Sometimes it can be tricky, though, @Amiran @MortenCopenhagen : there is a known ‘funny’ coincidence in Dutch with an airport in Austria. The name of the airport is exactly the same as the Dutch slang word for testicles.

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:smile: Yes @JanVanHaver and because of this I emphasized that “Local Bad Words”

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Hi @Amiran

Inspired by your post i just successfully removed 5 spam pins. I searched for “lives here” and five private homes came up. Even one named “I live here”. You could also use search terms like House or Family to find such irrelevant pins.

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hi @Amiran the name of this place is stupid a defamation something totally stupid, the location itself is false, can you delete it?.

I have tried countless times and failed

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Hello @To_paul

I mentioned that every time I try to fix info instead of removing the point and I only remove if I see it is really spam or private place. Unfortunately, in this case, I have no local info to find enough info about this point.

Because it is a specific case, I think it would be good to create a new thread about this (here on Connect or in the help forum) and explain more details so moderators could help better, Although surely I’ll also try to help as I can.

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Yes, bro @MortenCopenhagen ,

This is also another thing that I search for sometimes and there are more such points. The way of finding private places is another thing that I had this in mind to share my experience with it in another thread.

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Hi @Amiran

There is no clothing store there
The reviews that are left are also dirty words written by hooligans
The words are part of the slang
If I try to explain them, my post will be deleted

milsugi

Milbei
milalinti
milfreci
Do you want to send you in private what those words mean?
Do I have to draw with a pencil to understand everyone?
Does the location have a picture or a contact phone or website?
See any clothes or shoes from the company, “Aididasio from Mike and Abidas”, there? That also appears in the reviews
Have you even analyzed it?
What info do you have about the location?

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Surely you will guide us to the best info about this place bro @To_paul :+1:

I just told that because at first glance I saw a place in the Romanian language that I have no language skill about it, and one front store in SV that seems to have a word like a bad word in English on the sign but I’m not sure about the Romanian language. So I thought it may have a fault.

Because I needed more info and because this wasn’t suitable to investigate a specific case in this general guide topic, I suggested you create a new thread for this case. Anyway, I’ll try to check this case myself, too based on your data.

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Hi @Amiran

I have also reported two cases to moderators, it seems embarrassing to disturb them for all the nonsense added on the map.

I thought you and @MortenCopenhagen and @JanVanHaver can solve it faster if they ask for your help

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@To_paul I can confirm what @Amiran was saying before about this particular case: as the relevant information is only available in Romanian (and Google Translate is not giving a clear translation, as there is often not enough context), neither he or myself can be confident enough to suggest any kind of edits. This does most certainly not mean that what you are saying is not correct, or that you are not trustworthy, but my basic attitide (and I suspect this is also the case for Amiran) is that I never make edits ‘just becasue someone said so’. If the information I need to be sure can be found on e.g. the website or on recent pictures or recent Street View images, I am sometimes able to help, but also then it is a case by case approach.

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Exactly my friend @JanVanHaver

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HI @Amiran

Hi @JanVanHaver

Any word of a spoken language exists in an explanatory dictionary, right?
If any of you find the following words in dex

Milbei

milsugi
milalinti
milfreci

I personally move to the planet Mars before Elon Musk.
I respectfully ask you to analyze with celerity everything I send you

https://dexonline.ro/ online dictionary which includes the definitions of DEX (in Romanian), and more than 20 other Romanian dictionaries

These words are slang

Slang. Conventional language, used especially by tramps, criminals, etc. so as not to be understood by the rest of society.

Does Google allow something like this?

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I was there and I took a few photos, and a Photo sphere

Do you notice the location of MILBEI? @JanVanHaver
I couldn’t find it. @Amiran

Don’t you have serious reasons to delete the location?

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