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Oldie
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 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: POI phone numbers |
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Please, please, please make a New Year resolution to format POI phone numbers as described in Section 5 of my guidelines.
eg the UK number 01234 123456 should be entered as +441234123456
That is, without spaces, hyphens, parentheses or whatever.
It is a real chore to have to reformat the phone numbers as I accept the entries into the database. If my guidelines are followed with regard to POI Names etc then I can accept manual submissions from reliable sources as a block.
I receive a lot of submissions with the Subcategory Name repeated in the POI Name field AND the POI Name field repeated in the Details field. All of these I have to edit manually so please get your acts together and save me some effort!
Richard, aka Grumpy old Oldie 
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hijacker
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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good job you said before I submit a load more !!
message received and understood.
out.
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aj2052
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| Richard, would not the easiest way to email the submitter to correct, maybe I could be a guilty party, because on occasions I have wondered why some submissions take a while to appear and tempted to chase to see if a problem so that I can rectify if so, and I sure most submitters would do same and it would also teach them to submit correctly in future, it would also save yourself tearing anymore hair out, just a suggestion. |
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Oldie
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:23 am Post subject: |
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| aj2052 wrote: | | Richard, would not the easiest way to email the submitter to correct, maybe I could be a guilty party, because on occasions I have wondered why some submissions take a while to appear and tempted to chase to see if a problem so that I can rectify if so, and I sure most submitters would do same and it would also teach them to submit correctly in future, it would also save yourself tearing anymore hair out, just a suggestion. |
Sometimes I do email submitters asking them to conform to my guidelines and on reflection it would be better if I composed a set of standard emails that I could use.
At the moment I have some 130 manual submissions to be reviewed and for one reason or other each one, except those from Oldboy  , will require me to edit some of the text. When reviewing I also take the oportunity to look at some of the other POI in the vicinity. Often I can correct the location of a petrol station using the satellite image in Google Maps.
If a specific icon does not appear then you can be assured that I am having trouble deciding on a suitable one. If anyone has an appropriate 22 by 22 bitmap then please email it. At the moment I need icons for
Accommodation - Vacation Rental
Community - College
Entertainment - Arena
Fuel - Waitrose Fuel
Recreation - Public Park
Shopping - Supermarkets etc - Plus Markt
Truck Dealership
I process the manual submissions before the emailed ones and at the moment there are quite a few emailed ones waiting. Also I leave what I consider to be "odd" requests for a new Category/Subcategory on hold. I use following criteria 1) "Why would anyone want to navigate to such a POI", 2) "Would there ever be more than 1 submission in the new subcategory".
Ah well, back to the reviewing and thanks to hijacker for responding to my plea.
Happy New Year to all you submitters
Richard
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Daggers
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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Richard,
I've e-mailed a couple of suggested icons. |
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Oldie
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Daggers wrote: | Richard,
I've e-mailed a couple of suggested icons. |
Thanks for the icons they are just the job. I have removed the requests from my original post.
Richard
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aj2052
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Well done Richard, a welcome insight into the problems you face, I dont envy you, and I sure you will get all the support you need. |
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andy-c1
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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erm sorry i have submitted the wrong format then  on the poi file
if i do anymore will try and remember the format ..does that go for new edit poi's to that are submitted via the website
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Oldie
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| andy-c1 wrote: | erm sorry i have submitted the wrong format then on the poi file
if i do anymore will try and remember the format ..does that go for new edit poi's to that are submitted via the website |
The phone numbers in any files that are emailed can be entered as 01234 123456 as my formatting program will remove any spaces and replace the leading 0 with +44 It will certainly save me time if phone numbers entered in the website form are in the +44 format without spaces etc.
Richard
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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Just a thought, could there be a little bit more room be squeezed on the online form so it could say:
"the UK number 01234 123456 should be entered as +441234123456"
instead of "(with country code, +44 format)".
Just a bit clearer for the telephonetically challenged!
(like me... I have a real blind spot when trying to sort out country codes and what I should be dialling when abroad) |
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