Can't edit nominations moved to on hold by Niantic that had been "in voting"
I got five emails this morning that Niantic had moved nominations from December 2020 to on hold. I released them from hold. I had already updated the ones that were not "in voting" in preparation for the action we have noticed has been happening around the two year plus four months mark, but obviously could not edit the ones that were "in voting" at the time. I still could not edit the ones that had been "in voting." They are fine as is, but I have become better at submitting since then and would have tweaked them.
Thanks to Niantic for addressing this backlog issue! The email says "addressing those nominations submitted before December 2021" but mine moved were from December 2020. Hoping for a speeded up year's worth of nominations getting resolved.
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To be clear, I could edit the ones that had not previously had "in voting" status, and to update, those two went right back to "in voting" status by the time I finished commenting in this forum and checked my "contributions" again.
Okay I have been looking at these emails more closely. Not only can't ones that had been in voting be edited per the instruction, this statement to improve the PHOTO is also impossible. To quote the email:
What does this mean?
This status change moves the nomination from active voting. We’re asking for your help to determine if the nomination is still valid, and if not, make any necessary improvements (i.e., title, description, locations, photos, etc.). This will ensure your nomination is up to date and will improve its chances of being accepted by the community.
Could someone please move this to the Bug Reporting section? I don't know who to tag. Maybe @NianticAaron
Darling @cyndiepooh-ING while I love reading this discussion with yourself, are you really shocked that Niantic has written emails that are completely false? They have demonstrated time and again that they don't have a handle on the details of how their system works.
Same problem. Nominations from 2020 put on hold, can't edit them.
When you release them, do they go to In Queue? So, yesterday they were In Voting, but today they are demoted to In Queue?
For me the two that had been "in voting" that I could not edit went right back into "in voting" when I released them. The other three I released did not. I could have edited those but I had just edited them so I didn't need to. They are still "in queue."
Thanks @cyndiepooh-ING, thanks for reporting! Taking a look into it now and will get back once we have a solution.
Anything that is In Voting/Queued before Dec 2021 has been moved to On Hold?
No. I got five emails moving my five oldest nominations to "on hold" but they were from November 2020, not December 2021. I believe the email is stating that it is their goal not to have anything older than the December 2021 date outstanding. But they have to get the bugs worked out first.
We had already noticed that nominations that were two years and four months old were getting prioritized, either by Niantic review or by a push that appears to work like a rural priority.
Of the five that were put on hold by Niantic and released by me, one has received a decision. It appears to have been a Niantic review because I never saw it enter voting. The others are still in the status they had before being moved into hold, whether it was "in voting" or "in queue"
I am so excited that they are tackling this issue.
Am happy to report that I had one moved from "in voting" to "on hold" today and WAS able to edit this one.
I came to report that I too had one of these today and was able to edit.
I thought this was helpful.
But I do wonder what happens to the votes that were cast with one version of the submission which is now different as to how it presented for the final decision.
Thanks. Do they go on hold and then remain that way until you release them back into queue/voting?
I had a second one.
Yes they stay on hold until released.
If you just leave them on hold for 60 days they will then be rejected.
Thanks. RIP to the 40ish I had in queue and 15-20 in voting :D
Of course …..the lost nominations.
Totally ridiculous.
Just to say that my two have gone to Niantic in voting.
To add that one of these has been resolved.
Rejected. It wasn’t a straightforward one and I thought I’d created a good background, but hey that’s the way it goes.
Fingers crossed for number 2
In past 24 hours I have had 7 of these on hold-action notices.
These are now for ones submitted in April very beginning May 2021 so there is a lot of progress being made at the back of the queue during past 11 months I have seen my own oldest unresolved come down from 27 months and if these go through quite quickly it will be at around 22 months. So not only are the being resolved but the length of time is dropping. So it is moving it right direction.
Yes, I am also very pleased with the movement on the old nominations. Now I can edit all nominations they put on hold, while they are in hold, at least. However, I can't tap on "Done" when I am done. Everything stays grey. But if I click somewhere outside of the edit box, it eventually goes away and does save the edit. I don't know how to capture a screenshot of that.
They often jump immediately into regular or Niantic voting, so I have to remember to edit first, then remove the hold.