Adding a location to Places > Western, MA

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  1. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    I ask this because when I go to Places and then scroll down to Massachusetts, I see I can pick Boston (area) or Western Mass.

    In western mass, it lists a bunch of breweries in the Western Mass area and I noticed it was missing a brewery that is clearly located in Western Mass. I've gone to the brewery in question, clicked the update button and explained why I felt it should be listed in the western mass listing (as it is clearly located in western mass).

    I've checked the "approval queue" and never noticed it in there, so should I assume it just hasn't even been considered yet, or was it deemed not worthy of an update and just disregarded (which is a shame if so).

    I ask this not as a complaint, but just curious about the process. I've noticed approval times have decreased considerably lately (that is a very good thing), so I was just wondering where my "update" suggestion stood (or if such suggestions as mine were not open to user input).
     
  2. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Could you tell us what place you're referring to and where it's located? Can't help without this info. Thanks.
     
  3. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    Element brewery in millers falls ( part of montague)
     
  4. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    I see it's a CDP of Montague, which is probably why it was missed. We could add it, but we're considering retiring the Western Massachusetts listing soon as it's too broad.

    And all city pages are being replaced with geo-located listings for better accuracy.
     
  5. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    I'd be happy to narrow the list in Western Mass and create one for the greater Worcester Area.
     
  6. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    Nevermind, I see you deleted the western mass beer guide, but kept the Boston one (not sure of that reasoning).
    That is unfortunate, as we are planning another brewery tour of western mass and the western mass guide made it easy last time.

    What harm was it doing being left there until the site changes were made?
     
  7. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    You'll notice Orange County, CA was removed to. Orange County and Western, MA are obviously not cities and were the only exceptions. As we're moving (very soon) to listings based on geo-location and a specific mile radius, neither one made sense anymore. The areas were simply too big.

    We also removed Stowe, VT as we had to extend that listing far just to get more results.
     
  8. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Closing this one down as it no longer applies.
     
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