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Again today, somewhere in the region of 50% of the new entries have been either incomplete or duplications. Please check you entries carefully folk, we don't want to reject them.
I see I was guilty of duplicating one, (Mar-jal) I did check before I entered it honest For whatever reason I did not see it and it did not come up on entering an identical site name. It was only when I went to check the entry after approval that I noticed there was another, albeit in a slightly different, and I think wrong, location on the map. I cannot think how I missed it especially as I had a nagging thought I had seen it there before. I did a database search on Mar jal and I looked on the map. Are you sure all is working perfectly well when the map is displayed????
On the question of incomplete entries why not make more essential fields mandatory but please remember that if the site has web pages even if in a language other than English that will in all likelyhood be more up to date and stay up to date than our entries.
peedee
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Looking at the two entries, the probable reason why I did not see it on a database search was I seached on a different town and entered Mar-jal rather than Marjal but I still don't understand why I never saw it on a map search
Can I make a suggestion regarding the map pop ups. Can the web site address be shown rather than the phone number and town. The town seems a bit pointless when your already looking at a map? Very few campsites don't have web sites these days and most are a mine of information.
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Thanks for that suggestion Gerhard, certainly worth considering if the standard of entries doesn't improve.
For the moment We're sending PMs because we like to point out on an individual basis what the member has done incorrectly in the hope that they will submit it again properly.
Again today, somewhere in the region of 50% of the new entries have been either incomplete or duplications. Please check you entries carefully folk, we don't want to reject them.
I have just had the unenviable job of deciding which of three duplicates (or is that which one of a triplicate) remains in the database. All three were of a high standard.
In the end the second entered was slightly more comprehensive and had a photo, the first was slightly out of place but had some extra info and the third was pretty good as well.
So what I did was edit the one with the photo giving the extra info supplied by the other entries and giving them credit for it, then deleted the other two. Where tick boxes disagreed I used the campsite's website to make a judgement I then have sent pm's to all three.
The whole process took an hour so please don't duplicate and Ken and Dave (and others?) please don't let any through.
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Can I make a suggestion regarding the map pop ups. Can the web site address be shown rather than the phone number and town. The town seems a bit pointless when your already looking at a map? Very few campsites don't have web sites these days and most are a mine of information.
peedee
Thats a very good suggestion peedee .... what do others think?
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Gaspode,
In order to be able to enter the site one must have submitted an entry. How does a new boy check whether the proposed entry is already listed if he can't get access
Once every is finalised it would be useful for new people to be able to download on the procedure to be followed.
Forrester.
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Although a member without an entry can't see the map, they can still search the database and view all the entries. The way to do it is to go to the "Find a Campsite" link on the left of the main page and search the name of the site you intend to enter, then, as a double check, do a search on the name of the town. That's the method I use to check for duplicates. It's not infallible but usually works.
Peedee
Your suggestion does have some merit but wouldn't work on parking places, wildcamping spots, aires, stellplatz, CLs, CSs etc. as most of those don't have websites. Perhaps Nuke could include it as an additional field?
Peedee
Your suggestion does have some merit but wouldn't work on parking places, wildcamping spots, aires, stellplatz, CLs, CSs etc. as most of those don't have websites. Perhaps Nuke could include it as an additional field?
Some CLs and CSs do have web sites but agree not all. All the other afore mentioned places don't have phone numbers and you cannot book them anyway!
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Just entered a campsite that wasn't there but by the time I finished and got it on the map someone had beat me to it, now I do not remember what I wrote to add as a review.
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(Mar-jal) I did check before I entered it honest 
For whatever reason I did not see it and it did not come up on entering an identical site name. It was only when I went to check the entry after approval that I noticed there was another, albeit in a slightly different, and I think wrong, location on the map. I cannot think how I missed it especially as I had a nagging thought I had seen it there before. I did a database search on Mar jal and I looked on the map. Are you sure all is working perfectly well when the map is displayed????
