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Hey, I realized a while back that the closed places procedure was outdated, as linked Google places are hidden in search sometime after they get linked to Waze places, so if you see only a Waze place in the app and delete it, you may expose an un-closed Google place and defeat the whole purpose of the procedure. Also, the table didn't say anything about how to name temporarily closed places if you don't know the reopening date. Furthermore, it's clear GMaps is the only external provider used, at least in the USA, and permanently closed GMaps places don't make it to search. In addition, I thought it would be helpful to specify a few specific things to do with parking lots, gas stations and other area places that minimizes their visibility.

I have updated the table with a new procedure that starts in WME and doesn't involve searching the app. Let me know what you think. A lot of this is in practice already; I would like to get it into national guidance fairly soon, as long as there are no disagreements.

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ldriveskier wrote:The table formatting between steps 3 and 4 is a bit messed up.

For the temporarily closed places, it seems inconsistent to have "closed until" added to the name, but "reopens" in the comments. In comparison, the under construction places have "opens" in both places. I would recommend changing the "closed until" wording to "reopens" to make that consistent.

Othat than that, I think it looks good!
Fixed! Thanks Lisa
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subs5 wrote:With the 502 errors can't see any of the proposal.

But my understanding is you put the perm closed and leave it there till Google updates their place to show closed. You can remove once it is no longer searchable in Google or Google shows that it is perm closed. Are you suggesting to leave the Waze place (PP/AP) there till the Google link shows red in WMEPH? Or for those that don't use scripts that it is not findable in Google?
I don't mention WMEPH, as the wiki is supposed to be as accessible as possible to those who don't use scripts, and I believe it's mentioned elsewhere on the page.
So you start out linking the Waze place to all relevant Google places, then if your place is linked to nothing or only permanently closed places, delete it and stop. If it is linked to Google places that aren't permanently closed, suggest in GMaps that they be marked as closed, do all the other stuff to make it clear to Wazers that the place is closed, and delete once all the links are marked permanently closed.
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subs5 wrote:I don't like the wording of Steps 2 & 3.
"2. Use the external provider search to link all relevant Google places; check each link and the general area in Google Maps for more relevant, open places to link.
3.If your place is linked to [a)] nothing, or only places marked permanently closed:
[b)]Google Maps places that aren't permanently closed:"

Step 2 implies that you search for the external Google links. It is too easy to miss that you should add the external Google link(s) if it (they) indicate open. It can be implied but it is too easy for an editor to just read step 3 a and delete the PP/AP in Waze if there isn't an external place linked in Waze.

Would it be worth changing 2. to:
a. Check each existing external provider link(s) to see if it indicates open in Google Maps (need a Rank 2+ editor to complete)
b. Search the general area in Google Maps for other relevant, open places to link.
c. Use the Waze place external provider search to link all relevant Google places that indicate open and link to the Waze place
d. If there is not a Google Map place that indicates open

Actions for a-c continue to the next step.
Action for step d (perm closed place is Delete the place and stop, temp closed or under construction is continue to the next step

Does that seem reasonable to you?


Also doesn't an editor need to be R2 to do an external link search? That is why I stated (R2+ required in the proposed step a above.
Yes, place linking is R2+. I can add the rank template in there.

I like clarifying these steps. I wasn't quite sure how to fit what you proposed into the table but did what I could. I think we need to keep the discovery steps separate from the decision to delete or continue based on what is found. Since there are multiple steps taken to discover and add open Google places, I added a few steps to make the table reflect that. I also removed "<<" cells and changed some column spans to remove white space for the first few steps.
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It seems like all concerns have been resolved here, so I will publish this in a few days if no further comments are made. However, I'm wondering whether we want to just change all categories to other. Would that be worth doing? I've changed my draft to show this, but will revert if that's not desired
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Changing categories doesn't break stuff like that though, as feeds are tied to place ID. It merely hides information that would normally be shown.
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The change has been made. Thanks for all the feedback
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I also added a reminder to do a trigger edit when changing an area place to point, due to suggestions from some Virginia editors
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Yes, changing the name on an area place does not show on the map until tiles are updated.
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Yeah looks like that page talks about area place updates being partially reliant on tile builds
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