I am making simple edits, but all of them getting rejected immediately, without review. The type of edits does not matter, all of them get rejected, even simple phone number additions.
My screen recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Roaid_ZU_T22ND9p22YkfHgWEf6ktuY3/view
Please move your post from ‘Travel’ to ‘How-tos’ board @LONGMAN .
That’s the right place to seek for answer to your query related to edit.
Cheers!
Done, thank you! 
All edits get reviewed by an automatic AI system. The days when staff looked at edits are long gone.
A new sanction is a block that simply denies all contributions from a user. That might be what you are experiencing.
Please use this form
https://support.google.com/local-guides/contact/local_guides_appeal
If it comes back clean after max about 3 weeks. We should resume this discussing and decide on the next step.
Cheers
Morten
Please provide some more details @LONGMAN . Did getting edits approved work for you in the past, and did it change to immediate rejection recently? Or are these your first attempts to make edits?
Do you know other local guides in the area that are able to make edits? (In some regions making edits is simply blocked overall by Google)
If you want to learn more about the process of checking edits, you can listen to this podcast episode: https://letsguidepodcast.com/2020/09/09/episode-25-verification-of-edits/
For inspiration of different types of edits you could make, check out the newest episode https://letsguidepodcast.com/2024/08/21/episode-50-level-10-in-a-month/
@MortenCopenhagen I’ve submitted an appeal. I hope it finds someone on your end. Thanks for suggestion
@JanVanHaver Well, I have many edits and contributions since 2010. In 2022 I (probably) broke commenting rules and was temporarily removed from local guides. In 2023 I appealed and my local guide status was restored. But looks like editing is still locked for me. What can I do to fix this?
Good. Just for the record I’m a volunteer and your appeals form will be handled by a Google team (staff).
Cheers
Morten
I see. In that case, following the advice from @MortenCopenhagen , as you already did, is indeed the best way to proceed.
@MortenCopenhagen @JanVanHaver
I’ve got the answer to my appeal:
Hello,
Thank you for contacting Google support. We can’t approve your appeal as your edits violate our Maps User Content policies.
This removal is permanent. It will not affect other services associated with your Google account, however, you are no longer able to participate in the Local Guides program and receive related benefits.
If you have any further questions please consult the Local Guides Help Center.
Thanks,
Google support
This answer looks pretty strange, I am already participating in the Local Guides program. I think this answer is also generated automatically, and their algorithm does not know that my account was restored.
Guys, what can I do next? I really want to make my local maps better and I am not able to do so 
Hi @LONGMAN
Something fishy is going on here. Your current Maps account is this one
And you are obviously not suspended on this account. Also, suspended LG can not post and reply here on Connect.
Having two LG accounts is another violation that can get you suspended.
So I guess you have a second account or asked for help on behalf of a friend.
The reply you got is not good news. When edits are what caused a suspension you don’t have a chance to correct or delete those contributions as is the case for photos and reviews.
I remember several cases where LGs got unsuspended after fixing their reviews and photos. But not when edits were the problem.
So I’m out of tips on how to solve this.
You could check your edits in your mail system and read the guidelines carefully, but this is unlikely to get the account unsuspended. And keep in mind the suspension is on the person not the account.
I’m sorry.
Morten
So I guess you have a second account or asked for help on behalf of a friend.
I have no other LG account, I can swear. And I am asking about my account.
So I’m out of tips on how to solve this.
I still think humans do not review my appeal and the answer is automatic. Like my edit reviews.
Well, I am stuck, I don’t know what I have to do next.
This is really strange, @LONGMAN
The reply you shared is normally related to being suspended. Maybe they created a new sanction related to edits only.
In my experience the replies to the appeals form are standard replies, but I don’t think they are created without human intervention. The approval of edits are 100% automatic.
Let me tag @DeniGu for more/better help than I can provide.
Hang on
Morten
@MortenCopenhagen your hypothesis about having 2 accounts is plausible - let’s first wait and see if @LONGMAN can provide any input on that.
@MortenCopenhagen your hypothesis about having 2 accounts is plausible - let’s first wait and see if @LONGMAN can provide any input on that.
As I’ve mentioned above, I have no other Local Guide account.
@MortenCopenhagen I see now (sometimes it is useful to carefully scroll through all replies 
).
Tagging a Google moderator, as you already did, would also have been my suggestion, as it requires access to the backend to figure out what’s going on.
So, my last hopes are on @DeniGu 
Hi @LONGMAN ,
As @MortenCopenhagen said, the responses from the Appeals team are standardized but never automatic. This means that your account was reviewed and an issue was observed with your edits. However, the rest of the message does seem misaligned, so I will share this as feedback with the team.
While we’re not able to help with your edits, it’s good to keep in mind that some edits may be more challenging to make for a variety of reasons. Such edits can include changing a phone number (which you mentioned you tried to do) and adding facilities that are part of larger verified businesses, such as the ice rink you tried to add in your video, which appears to be part of the larger Crystal Hotel & Spa.
Hope this helps!
