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There are various reasons that a place may not be open for normal business in the long term:

It may be permanently closed or moved away.
It may be under long-term renovation or equipment overhaul, as is sometimes the case with shopping malls, hotels and gas stations.
It may still be under construction but already well known, as is the case with some large destination stores and attractions.

Whatever the reason, Waze users should not be routed without warning to places that are not open for normal business. However, because Waze includes third-party results in searches for places, without a linked Waze place, users may end up navigating to a third-party result with no way of knowing that the place is not open or does not even exist. In the United States, the only external provider of Waze search results is Google Maps, and places that are marked permanently closed in Google Maps do not appear in Waze search. Therefore, after confirming that a place is not open for business due to any of the above reasons, the following procedures should be used:

General Process Steps			Specific Process Steps
General Process Steps			Permanently Closed	Temporarily Closed	Under Construction
1	Select the place in WME, or create it if it exists only in Google Maps and is open, that is, not marked permanently closed.
2	Check each existing external provider link in Google Maps to see whether it is open or permanently closed.
3	Search the general area in Google Maps to find other relevant places that are listed as open.
4	In WME click "Add linked Google place" to search for each relevant, open Google place, and create links to them (the minimum rank to add linked Google places is 2).
5	If your place is linked to	no open Google places:	Delete the place and stop.	Continue to the next step.
5	If your place is linked to	open Google places:	Continue to the next step.
6	Add at the end of the name	if open date known:	(permanently closed)	(reopens [date])	(opens [date])
6	Add at the end of the name	if open date unknown:	(permanently closed)	(temporarily closed)	(under construction)
7	Add a note in the description	if open date known:	Reported closed [date]	Reported closed [date], reopens [date]	Opens [date]
7	Add a note in the description	if open date unknown:	Reported closed [date]	Reported closed [date]	Coming soon
8	Reduce open hours		to one minute per week at a time least likely to be viewed, such as 03:00-03:01, Monday morning.
9	Reduce visibility		Change all categories to Other; if a Parking Lot, uncheck "Accessible parking" before changing the category. If an area place, change to point.
10	Submit third-party correction and/or wait.		Submit a correction in Google Maps to mark each place permanently closed.	Wait until reopening.	Wait until opening.
11	Final cleanup.		Delete the Waze place after each linked Google place is marked permanently closed.	Change the Waze place back to normal after reopening.	Change the Waze place to normal after opening.

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-== Permanently closed places ==
+#REDIRECT [[Places#Closed]]
-Users should not be routed to places that no longer exist. However, because Waze includes third-party results in searches for places, deleting a Waze place may leave users routing to a third-party result with no way of knowing that the place is closed. Therefore, once a place permanently closes, the following procedure should be used:
+== Closed ==
-# Search the Waze app for the name and location of the place. If the only search result is a Waze place, delete the place. If the search returns third-party results as well, continue to step 2
+[[File:ClosedPlace.png|right|200px]]
-# Add " - CLOSED" to the end of the place name.
+There are various reasons that a place may not be open for normal business in the long term:
-# Link the third-party place(s) to the Waze place if not already linked.
+*It may be permanently closed or moved away.
-# Submit a correction, if possible, to the third-party source to show that the place is closed.
+*It may be under long-term renovation or equipment overhaul, as is sometimes the case with shopping malls, hotels and gas stations.
-# Delete the place after the third-party place is marked closed and no longer appears in Waze search results.
+*It may still be under construction but already well known, as is the case with some large destination stores and attractions.
-=== Exceptions ===
-Waze places that have been imported from other sources into WME, such as many [[Places/Gas Station|gas stations]] and [[Places/Parking lot|parking lots]], should not be deleted by editors. Consult the category-specific pages for further details. Closed advertised places may require the help of a [[State manager|state manager]] or [[Regional Coordinator|regional coordinator]] for removal from Waze.
+Whatever the reason, Waze users should not be routed without warning to places that are not open for normal business. However, because Waze includes third-party results in searches for places, without a [[#External_providers|linked Waze place]], users may end up navigating to a third-party result with no way of knowing that the place is not open or does not even exist. In the United States, the only external provider of Waze search results is Google Maps, and places that are marked {{Red|permanently closed}} in Google Maps do not appear in Waze search. Therefore, after confirming that a place is not open for business due to any of the above reasons, the following procedures should be used:
+{{clear}}
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
+|-
+!colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="background: #b3b3b3; font-size: 110%; border-right: 1px solid white"|General Process Steps
+!colspan="3" style="font-size: 110%;"|Specific Process Steps
+|-
+!style="font-size: 110%; border-right: 1px solid white;"|Permanently Closed
+!style="font-size: 110%; border-right: 1px solid white;"|Temporarily Closed
+!style="font-size: 110%;"|Under Construction
+|-
+|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"|1||colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black"|Select the place in [[Waze Map Editor|WME]], or create it if it exists only in Google Maps and is '''open''', that is, not marked {{Red|permanently closed}}.
+|-
+|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"|2||colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black"|Check each existing external provider link in Google Maps to see whether it is open or {{Red|permanently closed}}.
+|-
+|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"|3||colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black"|Search the general area in Google Maps to find other relevant places that are listed as open.
+|-
+|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"|4||colspan="5" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black"|In WME click "Add linked Google place" to search for each relevant, open Google place, and create links to them (the minimum rank to add linked Google places is {{rank | placeexternal}}).
+|-
+|rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black"|5||rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black"|If your place is linked to||style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; border-right: 1px solid black"|no open Google places:||style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; text-align: center;"|'''Delete the place and stop.'''||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; text-align: center;"|''Continue to the next step.''
+|-
+|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black"|open Google places:||colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|''Continue to the next step.''
+|-
+|rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"|6||rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"|Add at the end of the name||style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; border-right: 1px solid black"|if open date known:||rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|(permanently closed)||style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; text-align: center;"|(reopens [date])||style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; text-align: center;"|(opens [date])
+|-
+|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|if open date unknown:||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|(temporarily closed)||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|(under construction)
+|-
+|rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"|7||rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"|Add a note in the description||style=" border-bottom: 2px dashed black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|if open date known:||rowspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Reported closed [date]||style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; text-align: center;"|Reported closed [date], reopens [date]||style="border-bottom: 2px dashed black; text-align: center;"|Opens [date]
+|-
+|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|if open date unknown:||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Reported closed [date]||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;" | Coming soon
+|-
+|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"|8||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|Reduce open hours||colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center"|to one minute per week at a time least likely to be viewed, such as 03:00-03:01, Monday morning.
+|-
+|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"|9||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|Reduce visibility||colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center"|Change all categories to '''Other'''; if a '''Parking Lot''', uncheck "Accessible parking" before changing the category. If an area place, change to point.
+|-
+|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"|10||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|Submit third-party correction and/or wait.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Submit a correction in Google Maps to mark each place {{Red|permanently closed}}.|| style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Wait until reopening.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Wait until opening.
+|-
+|style="border-bottom: 2px solid black;"|11||colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; border-right: 1px solid black;"|Final cleanup.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Delete the Waze place after each linked Google place is marked {{Red|permanently closed}}.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Change the Waze place back to normal after reopening.||style="border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center;"|Change the Waze place to normal after opening.
+|}