Edit/Delete "Place" information

[BobJonkman]

After I've created a Place for an event, there is no way to correct or update the Place information.

Please provide a way to edit (and maybe delete) Place information.

Thanx,
--Bob.

(Note that editing/deleting Place information may lead to loss of information on past events. If we've had our meetings at Bob's Diner in Elmira for the past year, editing the Place to show Bob's Diner has moved to Kitchener may incorrectly show that the past events were in Kitchener too)

[mhall119]

My intention was for the same Place to be shared between different teams, so things like rating and reviews could be more useful. This makes deciding who can edit a Place a tricky question.

The easiest option is to assign an owner to the Place, and default it to the first person to create it, then only allow that person to edit, but this is only a slight improvement over nobody being able to edit it.

Thoughts?

[BobJonkman]

I'd prefer one "current location" that's shared between teams, where any team can update the info in a location record. But any event should have a static copy of the location, not a dynamic link to the "current location". This prevents the problem when the venue moves to a different building. Practically, this can also be done by journalling the "current location", so that locations for past events point to a previous journal entry for that location but new events get the most current journal entry for that location. For example, we're still meeting at the Egg Roll King Restaurant, but now it's on Courtland Ave instead of Peter Street. The past events should continue to show the old location, but any future events (even those in automatic recurring events) should show the updated location.

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--Bob.

On 2018-06-24 01:15 PM, Michael Hall wrote: My intention was for the same Place to be shared between different teams, so things like rating and reviews could be more useful. This makes deciding who can edit a Place a tricky question. The easiest option is to assign an owner to the Place, and default it to the first person to create it, then only allow that person to edit, but this is only a slight improvement over nobody being able to edit it. Thoughts?

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[mhall119]

When it comes to ratings and reviews, do you think those should be shared between both the "current" record and any past iterations? I'm torn on this, since some comments like "Good food at a good price" would likely be relevant even if the place moves, but "Too small, not enough seating" wouldn't.

[BobJonkman]

I'm not much for reviews, so I should probably stay neutral. I believe they weight towards the negative -- people are more likely to record their bad experiences than their good experiences. I almost never leave reviews anywhere; not for products, venues, services, &c. What is the ratio of "sticky" vs. "dynamic" comments on other review sites? If there is a huge tendency one way or another, that should be the default. Of course, there could always be a checkbox option for the commenter to attach the comment to either the venue or the location, but I doubt many people will understand the difference.

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--Bob.

On 2018-06-26 11:26 AM, Michael Hall wrote: When it comes to ratings and reviews, do you think those should be shared between both the "current" record and any past iterations? I'm torn on this, since some comments like "Good food at a good price" would likely be relevant even if the place moves, but "Too small, not enough seating" wouldn't.

-- Bob Jonkman <bjonkman@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA