Suggestion: pending edits and helping unclog the queue
SiIverLyra-PGO
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I've been thinking a bit about wayspot edits and how long they take to achieve their final results.
The idea of presenting users with existing data that is normally invisible to them during the submission process isn't a new one (the most obvious example is wayspots that appear in some games but don't appear in others). But how about incorporating it into edits, and not just submissions of new wayspots?
For instance: say you wish to edit a wayspot's title. When you click the option via your chosen game, an option pops up: "there's a pending edit for this wayspot's title. Would you like to review it?" you can cancel the process, or choose "yes". If you choose yes, you're presented with the edit that's currently in voting. The prompt on screen says something like "does this title match the wayspot?" then you can choose "yes", and that counts as a vote on Wayfarer; "submit another title" if you still think your own option is the best; or cancel of the process again.
This is relevant to all types of wayspot edits but I think it could be extra useful for location edits, where multiple suggestions for new locations often lead to voting getting dragged on for ages, and often the final result is for the location to stay the same.
One negative aspect I can think of is the possible abuse of such feature: local players all using it to vote for a specific edit, for whatever reason. A possible solution is for these local votes to have less weight compared to votes made normally by non-locals via Wayfarer.
What do you think?
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That can be abused SO easily. A few friends with multiple accts and they can wreak havoc at their own will for anything they can get to.
And Niantic could easily ban those abusers, if they actually cared enough about it. There's no reason to not implement actual good ideas because they can be exploited (Newsflash, everything can be exploited given the right circumstances). Why don't people rob banks more often? Because Justice will be enforced on them if they get caught. If law enforcement was as lax as Niantic, crime rates would go through the roof.
Great idea, but it would require some effort on Niantic's part to stop it being abused.
Which is why I've suggested a possible solution to that in the last paragraph. Unless you're referring to something else?
It's not a solution unless you REQUIRE a set number of reviews from outside the area. If enough local only reviews can reach an outcome alone then the abuse is still totally possible with enough accounts
Which is how it currently is anyway, isn't it?
I'm not saying what I'm suggesting is perfect, not that it should be implemented into the current system word-by-word. I think that the clogged queue is something reviewers and nominators alike suffer from, and creative ideas might be helpful. The current system needs to be revamped in any case.
Not necessarily, since you can't guarantee a reviewer will get a certain edit. Or when. Your method will just bypass the review process and basically people would just be able to review edits without reviewing any other nomination.
Fair enough. I thought it might be possible to solve this, but I definitely understand your wish to avoid any loophole that might aid abusers.
That wasn't the main suggestion I was trying to make anyway - it's something that popped into my head while writing the original post. My main suggestion is about letting people who submit edits know when there are already edits pending for a wayspot, and thus possibly preventing redundant edits and helping existing edits go through the queue faster.
That i can agree with. so many edits that are very similar, that just clog the edit more.