"Hello Community Moderators and Fellow Local Guides,
I am a Level 8 Local Guide from Kurigram, Bangladesh. Over the past few years, I have dedicated myself to improving Google Maps, reaching a total of 5,992 contributions. My goal has always been to help my local community by adding accurate information.
Recently, I have been facing a challenge. Several legitimate places I added—specifically Mosques, Temples, Madrasas, and Cemeteries—have been removed from the map. These are real, physical locations that provide essential services to the people in my area.
As I am always striving to improve, I humbly request the Moderators and experienced members to take a look at my profile and observe my activities. Perhaps, as a relatively new member of the global community, I might be making some unintentional mistakes in my editing process or categorization.
I would deeply appreciate it if you could provide feedback on my contributions. Please let me know if there are specific guidelines I should follow more closely to ensure my edits remain on the map. I am very passionate about this work and want to make sure I am doing it correctly.
Thank you for your time and for helping me grow as a Local Guide.
Hello @MoshiurKurigram I’m not sure what you are showing with those screenshots. Are those 2 places you added? If so: do you still have the mails confirming that your additions were approved? What happens if you click on the link in those mails?
Hi @MoshiurKurigram
In checking your profile I cannot see an evidence of removed places (Photos associated to an unknown place and/or reviews associated to the coordinates 0.00000,0.00000 . However, this can be because your contents were mede not visible by Maps
With a quick check there are a huge amount of contributions that are against the policies, and I refer only to the few that I can see, but in fact a Huge amount of your photos and reviews are hidden:
Duplicates across location (same media added in more than one place
Selfies, selfies, selfies
Irrelevant photos (photos not related to the location, or where the location is not clearly visible)
Photos of children (privacy issue)
AI generated images
Stolen photos, taken from the web of from social media (copyright and originality issue)
Most of your visible contribution have one or more of the violations mentioned above
Reviews: A lot of your reviews are not showing a personal experience of the places, but simply a generic description, mostly useless for a user (e.g.: this place is located in … - We are using Google Maps, we know where the place is.)
Considering what mentioned above, I am not surprise that some place has been removed. What really surprise me is the Maps didn’t banned YOU, at least not yet.
My suggestion for you is to remove Everything against the policies ASAP, to try to avoid the ban.
Regarding medias, I suggest you to read:
"Hi @ErmesT, thank you for pointing out the hidden violations. I am having trouble finding the specific photos that are hidden from public view. Can you please guide me on how to locate the ‘Hidden’ content specifically so I can delete it ASAP and follow the policies? Your help would be great for my learning."
Hi @MoshiurKurigram , what I am pointing out are the photos that are visible, because 90% of them are against the policies too.
I shared 3 of my post with you where it’s clearly explained why that kind of contribution is against the policies, and if you read them you will be easily able to find them. I am sure you perfectly know what photos were stole from the web, and what photos are selfies.
Regarding the hidden contents, you need to check your profile from another account (e.g. from a friend mobile phone) to compare what you see in your private account and what is publicly visible.
"Dear @ErmesT, thank you for your patience and for the email. I have checked my profile and realized my mistakes. I have already started deleting the coordinate-based reviews (0.000000), selfies, and any non-original photos as per your guidance. I am also checking my profile from another device to identify hidden content. I am committed to following the policies strictly to become a real and helpful Local Guide. Thank you for saving my account."
Thank you for your guidance. I have strictly followed your instructions and deleted all the hidden and policy-violating reviews from my profile.
I have also removed several problematic photos and I am continuing to clean up the rest. Could you please take another look at my profile to see if I am on the right track now?
I am committed to keeping my account clean and following all guidelines. Your feedback is very helpful.
I don’t think you read the posts that I shared with you previously
In there you will find an explanation of most of the violations visible in your contribution.
I am sharing with you privately a few examples of them related to:
Redundancy
Duplicates
Duplicates across Locations (according to the policies there is an instant ban for this type of contribution)
Original content (photos stolen of AI generated) = Instant ban, as above
