Yes yes. There he is, the new WME version. Including the ‘lock by rank’ feature where we were waiting for a long time! If everything went well, we can start with deploying the new lock rules, and update current locks in a few days (if Waze can find time for us) 
This new version also brings other changes and new features.
Check:
Hebben ze dit nu wel even vergeten aankondigen in de meeting… 
Ze wilden pluspunten scoren. Overigens is het nog niet in beta geweest, of heb ik dat gemist ?!
Dat heb je dan inderdaad gemist… Maar is dan weer een teken van de duurtijd dat het in beta was, waarschijnlijk?!
Ja dat dus
Komt door de drukte afgelopen week…
De eerste ervaringen zijn zeer positief.
That’s great.
Let’s hope locking will be less drastic and that more freedom to operate will be given to the so many lvl3 editors.
Have a good evening.
Every morning I try to verify if there are area’s with either user and/or system errors. This triggers me to verify the a fairly large area around that error, so that we do not have to return that fast to almost the same spot. The problem is that most errors errors are generated becaused locked by a level 5.
After several months, I understand the mechanism of locking, and I do see a lot of improvement with WME version 1.2 - 17, however it is frustrating and demotivating (certainly for new editors). I feel like I’m loosing interest in going to the waze editor this way.
Hopefully this can be resolved asap, by maybe scripting all level 5 locked roads and locking them onto level 3. (It is not like there are 5000 level 3 editors in Belgium)
Sorry for my slightly negative message 
- It is more a cry for improvement.
If you did follow the forum a little bit you have known the following actions will be taken in the databse (hopefully soon):
Freeway
Lock all freeway segments that exists in Benelux to rank 5.
Ramp
Lock all ramp segments that exists in Benelux to rank 5.
Major Highway
Change all major highway segments that are currently locked to rank 4.
Minor Highway
Change all minor highway segments that are currently locked to rank 3.
Primary Street
Change all primary street segments that are currently locked to rank 2.
Street
Change all street segments that are currently locked to rank 2.
Service Road (unused type)
Change all service road segments to road type ‘street’. Change currently locked segments to rank 2.
Dirt Road / 4x4 Trail
Change all dirt road/4x4 trail segments that are currently locked to rank 3.
Parking Lot road
Change all parking lot road segments that are currently locked to rank 4.
Private Road
Change all private road segments that are currently locked to rank 3.
Walking Trail
Change all walking trail segments that are currently locked to rank 4.
Pedestrian Boardwalk
Change all pedestrian boardwalk segments that are currently locked to rank 3.
Stairway (unused type)
Change all stairway segments that are currently locked to rank 1
Railroad (unused)
Change all railroad segments that are currently locked to rank 3.
Runway/Taxiway (unused)
Change all runway/taxiway segments that are currently locked to rank 3.
primary street locked to level 2 - hmmm… not my personal favorite, but survivable…
STREETS locked to level 2 — :shock: NOOOOO!!! … is this really a good idea? I don’t see the benefit :oops:
service roads - automatically changed to streets - maybe better to private roads??
parking lots, pedestrians, privates - locked to level 3 or more ??? (those are the ones that baby editors dare to take their first steps??? …without harming the routering that much 
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It’s not the idea to lock them to L2. But existing street segments that are locked, will change to L2.
Primary also not necessarely have to be locked. But there are quite a lot complex situations with primary road. By setting editting level back to rank 1 in the database, it’s just a matter of time
ok, got it - and yeah, the strange recurrent thingies that were locked, better remain locked… sounds ok now 
but if all ‘service roads’ become ‘streets’ - the service roads I encountered were private roads (mostly industrial zone) and tow paths (or completely misnamed)