Can this site be built using wordpress?

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I want to know if this site can be built with wordpress, I’m a programmer and I don’t know anything about wordpress, how I’m just to get some good advices from you guys:

The main aim of the site is to allow users to view several places of interest in a country

Administrator:
-create a place of interest
– add,delete,edit details such as place name, address, location with google map,rating(users can vote a place),latitude, longitude
-add reviews for place on interest

Users:
-allow users to register
-contribute to site by adding a place of interest with all its details(will then be approved by the administator)
-add reviews to a place of interest
-up vote or downvote a place of interest

2 Answers
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Short Answer

Yes. Theoretically any site can be built on top of WordPress.

Long Answer

You are going to need a lot of modifications to the standard WordPress theme. But not to fret I have assembled a list of some of the things that you would need to do to get your feet wet.

  1. Add Custom Post Type for Places (Guide | Plugin)
  2. Add Custom Meta Boxes for address, latitude, longitude, etc. (Guide w/PHP Class)
  3. Assign Roles to users that will allow them to post. I suggest the Contributor role. If you need more control over permissions you can use the Members plugin
  4. Add a WP-PostRatings plugin
  5. Allow comments on posts to be used as reviews

Note: I see that you have tagged wordpress.com. I am unsure of what limitations they place on themes and plugins.

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