@KlaudiyaG , @NadyaPN , @MarinS , @MashaPS , @JavieraAu , @IrrPavlova , @DanniS , @PoliMC , @Aruni
Hello, Everybody,
I have retrieved this list of moderators fom the message with a similar issue marked “solved” in January, 2019 (https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/forums/replypage/board-id/localguide/message-id/271044). . )Now it is December, 2019 and this is as far from being solved as it can be.
All of the guides I have talked to say the same thing “when we try changing anything other than hours of operation, it gets automatically denied right away”. The same thing happens when we try to add anything new to the map. Most of them simply don’t understand why they can not contribute.
I did some research and found a topic created in January to explain the cause of the problem. Here it is: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Known-Issue-Map-editing-in-Russia-Ukraine-and-CIS-countries/m-p/1263173#M274692
Still this does not provide any duideline of what to do when we get continuously denied. How to actually fight this.
So It all looks like we all have been blocked only becuase nobody can catch a few sporadic prankers for the whole year, and as last active discussion was there in March, Google decided to abandon the problem and leave us in this state forever.
So my questions is:
Is anybody going to do anything to unblock local guides in Russia? If so, when?
It’s been almost a year since the problem appeared, and a year is way too long for such drastic measure as blocking everyone in the region.
Suggestions:
Give official ststement on the course of action upon this issue.
Hide away the option “ADD” for russian guides, and give the reason for each decline they get. This all looks highly discoraging as it is now.
I hope that some atction will finally be taken and russian community will be able to contribute very soon.
Marina K (Moscow, Russia)