Should POI names be assigned in the POI proposal or should we continue to let land owners change their POI at will?

by 0xc375b0a133f49dbf3c6418895d6d024be2d8f84a (noh0mie)

Problem: Currently the POI proposal process only asks for three data fields when applying:

1. The land location coordinates of the proposed POI
2. A brief description of why you think your land should be approved as a POI
3. Any co-author wallet addresses

With this current structure players are not required to assign a name to their POI at the time of applying. While many proposals do mention the intended name of their POI, others do not and this creates confusion as well as potential for abuse in the following situations:

1. Confusion - Voting players are not always clear on what the intended POI name is being there is no name data field. Land owners who want to share with the community their intended name can only include this in the description.
2. Confusion - The proposed POI name in the proposal description can be different than the existing land name when players visit in world to review the POI. Players are not required to have their land name set to the proposed POI name.
3. Abuse - Players could apply for a POI under one name and following approval change it to something different than the proposed name. This can be used to mislead voting players into approving a POI name they do not support or find offensive.

While currently we do have a check and balance to this with the ability to vote to remove a POI if an owner we're to act maliciously, I'm not sure this is the best system. Due to this I would like to hear the community opinion on adding an name field to the POI proposal.

Solution: The way I would see this functioning is the ability for an owner to submit a name change in the land manager would be locked if it is currently active as a POI. Land owners who do not have an active POI will continue to be able to change their land name freely.

Appendix: I would also like to note I'm aware it may not be possible to make this change with the way the contract function for changing the plot name / description is set up being you must sign a tx to make this change. I imagine this could be at the least hidden on the front end similar to how the ability to list items below 1 mana was on polygon for sometime, but players would still be able to call the contract function with some technical know-how. For this to work fully however calling of that function would have to be blocked to active POI owners. If someone with more knowledge of the DCL land contract and how the front end interacts with it could offer some clarity it would be appreciated.

Please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below, I look forward to the discussion and others opinions on the matter.

• Make no changes to the POI name system
• POI names should be assigned in the proposal, owners must reapply to change name
• Invalid question/options

Vote on this proposal on the Decentraland DAO