I have done that many times over the past couple decades and a few times information was never put up.
I wouldn't call three submissions (one of which entirely duplicated what was already there), "many" submissions. I also don't see any submissions about Waterville from you, after you clearly state it is not in the DB. Don't see one over at my site either.
Well, I know I have always submitted credible information. I know there are some that hear something on the scanner and submit it without researching it. I don't. Even in my own personal databases, I am very strict as to what I keep record of. I guess now, if the FCC is shut down, it is probably impossible to prove any new transmitting stations.
And we do thank you for that. But honestly , I'd say 90-95% of what we get submitted is accurate. As far as removing information from the database, we have a pretty strict guideline that we follow here. If there is 100% assurance that the frequency has been removed from radios and not used, then it gets removed. Otherwise, it stays. If information needs to be updated, it needs to be clearly marked that it is updated, and what is updated. Just copying the line from the DB, and changing one field, hoping we can find it, not only leads to us wasting time to figure out what the change is, but also the risk of missing it. If something simple needs to be changed, just clearly identify it.
Researching transmitters and frequencies and what entity is using it is something I have been doing since my teen years in the 90's when I first got into scanner monitoring. I am very familiar with how radio systems work. I have several programs on my computer that track trunked systems, decode many different digital modes, and I own a digital scanner that I can program stuff into to confirm what I find. I see a lot of people make mistakes with things like the input frequency to a repeater and submitting it as a talk around channel. I have tried to get the moderators in the past to change that stuff and it was never done. I haven't done much in the past two years though with monitoring things due to my personal schedule. I would love to get back into it at some point though.
You make an assumption that none of the "moderators" (which you mean DB Admins) here have any knowledge of the local systems, and you couldn't be any farther from the truth if you tried. Most of the DB administrators here are quite competent at their ability to not only decode systems, but decode tickets submitted to us as well. In my case, at both sites I maintain DBs at, both SNE (which I own) and here on RR (I don't handle Maine, just the remainder of New England), I don't just blindly put things into the DB. We know both enough about the systems, and frankly, about the submitters to take our time to vett out what needs to be vetted. And if a user submits too much incorrect information, they normally will be blocked from submitting.
Look, I totally get your frustration, but I don't see any evidence , other than your 2.5 tickets, that you're doing anything to actually help things. Your tickets are very detailed, and I do thank you for that, but there is also a lack of information about what to do with it.
Also tagging
@ME343 so he is included in this conversation as the Maine DB admin.
Also , if you have the premium RR membership, you'd have access to their FCC database.
