Allow venues to be flagged as/combined with duplicates

I also would like this! A place in my neighborhood (Carbone's Italian Sausage and Deli) is marked twice, and I see it everyday on foursquare.

Definitely needed! I would mark dupes as closed, but don't wanna mess up those who's checked in there.

DEFINITELY need to be able to combine venues (maybe add that to Superuser's edit privileges? I'm happy to do it for free b/c I'm a sucker)

These need to be combined:

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/4240 (subordinate/bad listing)
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/22968 (real/complete listing)

two more:
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/18739
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/21286
the second one is "closed" but really they're the same place

another duplicate entry:

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/38870
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/41971

these need to be combined:

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/18957
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/38183

The latter has the correct spelling, banana with two Ns, not three.

merge
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/32548
into
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/37158

Need a merge.

Correct is here:
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/65576

Typo is here:
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/74626

Thank you.

Naveen, can you provide more trusted superusers in Denver? I've found a few venues that need cleaning up.

this is needed for my neighborhood local--

correct one:
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/44956

dupe:
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/5033

Here's another dupe for Dynamo Donuts

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/43317
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/41835

And one for Philz on 24th

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/17842 (spelling incorrect as well)
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/29482

How do you become a super user and get the venue editing powers?

Another set of duplicates....

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/41560
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/63810 (the name of the venue here is misspelled)

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/82673 (Good listing)
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/3471 (bad listing that isn't named right or even have the full address)

Please merge

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/45911
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/45909

Need to be merged

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/68603
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/51953

Ugh! The AMC listings in Chicago are a real mess! Please fix the following ( Or give me super user privileges please ^.^ ):

AMC River East
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/44475 (Main: Correct and most used listing)
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/44474 (merge with main)
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/73680 (merge with main)

AMC South Barrington
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/71675 (Main)
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/81511 (Merge with main)

AMC Loews Pipers Alley
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/65689
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/46057 (better formatted address info)

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/46250 (Please rename to 'Pipers Alley Mall' as it is confused with the theater that used to be Just Piper's Alley)

Please clean these up, Thank you.

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/82342

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/72507

Need to be merged.

I'm a Level 1 Superuser and have used the field on the page to note some duplicates. How long does it typically take for you to go through them? ...since I think some of them were submitted more than a week ago. I'm starting to wonder if they didn't go through at all.

Here's a pub in my neighborhood that has been duped:

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/66940
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/31265

Merge?

this is an event, not a venue:

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/87315

I think it should be merged with these, which themselves should be merged:

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/41048
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/87317
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/1439

Hello,
Can we merge these please? Thanks :)

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/73662
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/79137

Please merge:

winner: http://playfoursquare.com/venue/58168
loser: http://playfoursquare.com/venue/61388

Thanks!

Please merge:

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/8922
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/72742

Thanks!

These listings are for the same joint:

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/20312
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/47258

can one of you kind admins please add "Kellogg Diner" as an alias for "Kellogg's Diner"?
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/3224

(actually a bit confused it wouldn't have found it when I checked in there... isn't there some sort of "close match" algorithm going on?)

thanks!
-cda

merge:

http://playfoursquare.com/venue/75440
http://playfoursquare.com/venue/84138

major airport with two entries:

http://foursquare.com/venue/63829
http://foursquare.com/venue/40727

Just curious how the Level 2 admin creation process is going. From what I've been seeing, the number of duplicate venues seems to be increasing dramatically and any that I've submitted via the Level 1 admin form in the last month or so have yet to be corrected.

Merge:
http://foursquare.com/venue/97149 into
http://foursquare.com/venue/15473

Merge:
http://foursquare.com/venue/108982 into
http://foursquare.com/venue/40551

These two have had merge requests before, but still showing up as separate:

http://foursquare.com/venue/17436 needs to be combined with:

http://foursquare.com/venue/84332 - this (Tremont 647) is the venue's real name.

Merge:
http://foursquare.com/venue/121825 into:
http://foursquare.com/venue/20619

These two need to be merged:
http://foursquare.com/venue/97273
http://foursquare.com/venue/125358

2 more: thanks Naveen.
http://foursquare.com/venue/129122
http://foursquare.com/venue/74489

Here are 3 versions of the Grand Casino Bakery, Restaurant, or Cafe:

http://foursquare.com/venue/83256
http://foursquare.com/venue/119888
http://foursquare.com/venue/96391

All 3 say that it's in Los Angeles when it is in fact in Culver City. Oddly, the only one that lists a cross street and zip code is the one that's wayyyy off base on the googlemap.

These two should be merged:
http://foursquare.com/venue/74923
http://foursquare.com/venue/88406

Thanks!

I was given first-level powers to flag duplicates. I've gone like mad marking the duplicates that come up with a search on "AMC". Twice! Once three weeks ago, once last week. The dups are still there. Are people still adding dups or is 4sq not processing them?

I've noticed the same thing - they do merge them if you enter them in this thread though. I just stopped using my powers. It's nice to be a regular mortal again...

I've always 'batched' my merges and asked naveen to take care of them once a month or so. They admit to having quite a backlog and are instead working on "better tools for this kind of stuff."

All in good time...

Duplicates in Austin

Stubb's
http://foursquare.com/venue/12052
http://foursquare.com/venue/146241

Daily Juice Hyde Park
http://foursquare.com/venue/136459
http://foursquare.com/venue/51302

Is adding to this thread the best way to let you know about dupes? If you want to make me a superuser, I'm happy to flag too. Whatever works :-)

Another one for Boston:

http://foursquare.com/venue/132705 should be merged with http://foursquare.com/venue/23630 as "Orinoco Kitchen."

Thanks!

http://foursquare.com/venue/24362
http://foursquare.com/venue/24362

These need to be merged! :)

Whoops! My mistake...yes I did mean those...thanks!

Here's one in Boston

http://foursquare.com/venue/21991 (Incorrect spelling)
http://foursquare.com/venue/2568 (correct)

This isn't about duplicates per se, but about wrong info/locations. Smashburger in Tempe (http://foursquare.com/venue/153967) is listed as "College Avenue. University Drive." which is correct except that Foursquare ignores the University cross-street and marks it on the other side of town. A method for users to suggest a more accurate location would be nice (and also naturally lead into the issue of handling duplicates.) Making this somewhat-automated (i.e. "did you mean THIS SmashBurger on College Ave?") would earn you a gold star.

These still need to be merged:

Merge:
http://foursquare.com/venue/97149 into
http://foursquare.com/venue/15473

I know you just launched in Toronto but we already have a duplicate venue:

http://foursquare.com/venue/174056
http://foursquare.com/venue/167867

Would love to be a superuser to help with venue management in Toronto. Started seeing some issues with chains like Metro (grocery store) and people not putting enough information down.... so we know which location they are talking about.

Merge:
http://foursquare.com/venue/177783
Into:
http://foursquare.com/venue/177788

more to be merged:

http://foursquare.com/venue/91733
http://foursquare.com/venue/137946

Submitted this on the website, but:

http://foursquare.com/venue/17436 and http://foursquare.com/venue/153315 are different sides of the same venue - the correct name should be Tremont 647/Sister Sorel

Duplicate listing -

Good listing: http://foursquare.com/venue/131096
Bad listing: http://foursquare.com/venue/165513

merged

another duplicate venue.

bad listing: http://foursquare.com/venue/217233
better listing: http://foursquare.com/venue/182492

neither have the full name, which is "AMC Yonge & Dundas 24" (according to http://www.amcentertainment.com/Yonge... ), although the better listing at least has the address :)

thanks. loving foursquare!

Would be nice to have users flag and when enough flags are thrown then it gets knocked up to a superuser who can evaluate...

Would it be possible to merge http://foursquare.com/venue/232336 into this entry -> http://foursquare.com/venue/234349

pretty much every Target in the Chicagoland area has at least two entries

thanks! :)

Can you please combine these duplicate venues.
The 1st one listed is the more accurate of the 2.

http://foursquare.com/venue/245387

http://foursquare.com/venue/182091

Thanks!
Ciera

Good: http://foursquare.com/venue/178006 (Official website here: http://www.32ndstreetmarket.org/)
Duplicate: http://foursquare.com/venue/210770

Thanks!

http://foursquare.com/venue/247867 and http://foursquare.com/venue/195857 are the same. The second's got the address wrong though.

http://foursquare.com/venue/195853 and http://foursquare.com/venue/222065 are also the same. The name should probably be NK (or possibly Nordiska Kompaniet), and the address should be Hamngatan 18-20.

Thanks.

Could you please merge http://foursquare.com/venue/246019 and http://foursquare.com/venue/219565?

Thanks

Here are more to merge:

Merge http://foursquare.com/venue/224330 into
http://foursquare.com/venue/97149

Merge http://foursquare.com/venue/108982 into
http://foursquare.com/venue/40551

Merge http://foursquare.com/venue/234720 into
http://foursquare.com/venue/61405

In the admin panel, under Minneapolis, there's an entry stuck that can't be merged. I get the error that "The server cannot be contacted at this time".

The entry is listed four times. Can this one be cleared?

# LifeTime Fitness Plymouth [Keep Me!]

3600-3698 Plymouth Blvd

Plymouth, Minnesota 55447

# Life Time Fitness - Plymouth [Keep Me!]

3600-3698 Plymouth Blvd

36th Ave N

Plymouth, Minnesota 55447

Maybe someone already suggested this but what about foursquare listing similar names in the same city when trying to add a new venue and before confirming that new venue so that that user can see if the venue is registered already??

Exactly but in order for the user to see if maybe it has been registered already should look for venues with similar names and ask "Are you sure this xxxx venue isn't already registered? We found this/these other venues with the same or similar names:
a, b, c... " and then give the user the choice of continue registering the venue or cancelling (and maybe choosing the already registered venue if the user is there and wants to check in.

keep http://foursquare.com/venue/4988
remove http://foursquare.com/venue/263941 as dup

Here are two more that need to be merged:
http://foursquare.com/venue/212357
http://foursquare.com/venue/211544

And the correct address is: 409 14th Street Hoboken, NJ 07030

please merge these:
http://foursquare.com/venue/243886 (dup)
http://foursquare.com/venue/210362 (original)

Thanks!

Merge:
http://www.foursquare.com/venue/217560
into:
http://www.foursquare.com/venue/15681

Merge:
http://www.foursquare.com/venue/138666
into:
http://www.foursquare.com/venue/44352

Please merge:
http://foursquare.com/venue/314113
and
http://foursquare.com/venue/314144

Please merge:
http://foursquare.com/venue/229775
and
http://foursquare.com/venue/229759
The second one is picking up an incorrect location on the map for some reason

Thanks

Please merge

http://foursquare.com/venue/12140
and
http://foursquare.com/venue/129568

Please merge

http://foursquare.com/venue/44631
and
http://foursquare.com/venue/251425

Please merge

http://foursquare.com/venue/41314
and
http://foursquare.com/venue/320896

Please merge:

http://foursquare.com/venue/248454
http://foursquare.com/venue/308911

howdy. please merge the following in Columbus. We are new and apparently like to create places.

http://www.foursquare.com/venue/247491

http://www.foursquare.com/venue/325586

http://www.foursquare.com/venue/304699

Thanks so much

Please delete this venue:
http://foursquare.com/venue/169866
as it is a duplicate with an incorrect address and has no check-ins. The correct one is:
http://foursquare.com/venue/321964

Merge these three venues --- they're all the same place!

http://foursquare.com/venue/223248
http://foursquare.com/venue/172306
http://foursquare.com/venue/114710

These locations also need to be merged:

http://foursquare.com/venue/272368 (Actual name of location)
http://foursquare.com/venue/315877 (duplicate)

These locations also need to be merged:

http://www.foursquare.com/venue/276633
http://www.foursquare.com/venue/306801
http://www.foursquare.com/venue/324421

These locations also need to be merged:

http://foursquare.com/venue/330065
http://foursquare.com/venue/339488

Please merge these too!

http://foursquare.com/venue/208417
http://foursquare.com/venue/226424

Merge http://www.foursquare.com/venue/100964
into http://www.foursquare.com/venue/118902

When merging two places, how do I know which one will become the default? I want the venue with the most data to be the real deal. I've used my superuser status to merge venues in the past, and I've noticed that sometimes the lesser entry remains. So now I've taken to editing the two duplicates to look exactly the same. Please help me avoid this wasted step. It gets extra complicated in my brain when I'm merging three together. Thanks.

I've been going under the assumption that merging A into B will result in the venue keeping B's info, but if someone has a definitive answer, please give it. But if you're a Superuser Level 1, you're flagging them to be merged, so I guess someone higher is reviewing it before it's actually done.

Justin, your assumption was my assumption, but when I checked back on the completed edit, the lesser A info was kept over the B info. Now I'm distrustful of the merge process. Clarification would be ideal. And, yes, someone else is still approving merged venues.

Jay, I get what you're saying, but my point was more toward things like correct address, cross street, phone, zip, and even state info (some peole spell out the entire state for some reason). It seems a shame to lose all that correct info in an awesome B record if the A record address info inadvertently overwrites the B, which has happened to me.

Ultimately, I'm taking time to improve the system. All that extra info increases the likelihood that my venue will show up when I refresh places rather than having to do a Search to bring it up. This in turn decreases the likelihood that someone will feel compelled to add a venue that already exists.

Hi there. I am the product manager for two establishments in Beijing, and I have the combined problem that there is a duplicate of one of my restaurants (my fault), and the other issue is that I would love the ability to adjust the address / map location because neither place shows the correct geographical location, which makes it difficult for people to find them both on the "places nearby" tab when you "check-in" on the iPhone app. Is there any way that a user can be assigned as the owner/proprietor of an establishment, or if the address can be edited to suit our actual physical location?

Thank you very much for your time/consideration!
-Joshua Lally

Lush
http://www.foursquare.com/venue/323399
http://www.foursquare.com/venue/285304
and Pyro Pizza
http://www.foursquare.com/venue/306681

These two venues need to be merged:

http://foursquare.com/venue/333164 (actual venue)
http://foursquare.com/venue/321331 (duplicate)

Cheryl - sent your in to be merged. Should be done in a day or so.

these two should be merged:

http://foursquare.com/venue/21952
http://foursquare.com/venue/174791

thanks!

DUPES!
MERGE 'EM!

http://foursquare.com/venue/52473
http://foursquare.com/venue/113934

gracias amigos

Two Dups!

http://foursquare.com/venue/107800
http://foursquare.com/venue/271170

Correct Name and Address:

Town Center at Boca Raton
6000 Glades Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33431

Verification: http://tr.im/GT84

Incorrect Venues:
http://foursquare.com/venue/342616
http://foursquare.com/venue/218618
http://foursquare.com/venue/252933

Correct Address incorrect Name:
http://foursquare.com/venue/99576

Merge or Correct, Thanks in Advance

Correct Name and Address:

The DRB
255 NE 14th Street
Miami, FL 33132

Verification: http://tr.im/GTcT

Dups:
http://foursquare.com/venue/210357
http://foursquare.com/venue/267263

Please Merge and correct address.

Thanks again.

Can someone who has the capability merge two entries in the Boston area?

Correct venue:

Super Stop & Shop
495 Southern Artery
Quincy MA 02169

http://www.stopandshop.com/our_stores...

http://foursquare.com/venue/253261
http://foursquare.com/venue/261454

I don't want to mess up anyone's check-ins and create more chaos by adding a third, correct entry.

Thank you everyone!

Correct Venue:
The Stage on Broadway
http://foursquare.com/venue/366584

It needs to be combined with http://foursquare.com/venue/345931

It's great somebody is fixing these.

More dupes needing merge:

http://foursquare.com/venue/34611
http://foursquare.com/venue/161514

Dupes that need merging
http://foursquare.com/venue/410471
http://foursquare.com/venue/305364