What is confluence verification, how and why is it done ?
Verification is to weed out bogus submissions, and to check for obvious errors. Basically, we trust people, unless we can show that it’s not at the right spot (usually by comparing with a map) or the narrative clashes with the pictures, then it will be more thoroughly verified. Sometimes the coordinators need to correspond with the person who submitted the report (e.g. to clarify the narrative or picture captions), and in these cases, a report may stay on the pending list in an intermediate status (verified or ready) for a period of time before being made active.
