r/NianticWayfarer

“The submission is likely not permanent or distinct”

A memorial bench. Submitted under the criteria category ‘Memorial Bench’. Cemented into the ground memorial bench.

Surrounded by a large, clearly pictured trail. Next to other memorial benches, with the words “memorial bench” imprinted on them. I chose this memorial bench, as was encouraged by the choice to suggest a “distinct bench with names on it” - such as a MEMORIAL BENCH.

I thought this was so cool to have one pokestop under my belt. A memorial bench. I swear to god I’m going to make sure it lasts till I die, this memorial bench.

(But seriously what the-)

Edit: i think i hurt some peoples feelings today lol

I thought local donation points do qualify if they are of value for the community.

Btw main description in English says: “A local donation point where residents of … come together to contribute to reuse. Donated clothing and textiles are given a second life here.”

Despite this. submission being rejected for harrasment and not being in the actual location. It isnt harassment and is in the correctly inputted location based on the map.

This is a lake in a neighborhood. It is not on private property; anyone can enjoy it. I have so far submitted two of the other lakes in the neighborhood, and both were accepted within a couple of days. This one was rejected within a couple of days. 🤔

I really wonder what’s going through peoples minds sometimes.

During the past month I was able to add over 50 locations to the database, and the game is finally playable here!

Hello,

I have been trying to remove a gym which was previously nominated as a playground but in actual fact it is a fitness corner. People around my area usually do false nominations to build stops as it is a newly built residential area.

I have reported but it was rejected by Niantic :( should I continue to report?

Why was this rejected? I dont think it fails any of the criteria.

Its gotten to the point where only a few of the pokestops I submit are being accepted, while a majority of them are being denied. There aren’t many pokestops in my area, and the stops that I try to nominate, I believe are valid nominations. The general denial is that they aren’t permanent fixtures, aren’t unique, or they don’t meet the guidelines for pokestops. I’ve been submitting signs mostly so I don’t understand what I could be doing different. I’d really like some advice.

I’m going to attach some photos of the denied nominations I’ve contributed so far.

So I just got into wayfarer after being inactive for quite a while. I read all the Criteria Clarification collection, but still got a few questions. I’m adding pics for some of the questions as examples.

1. Trail Markers: some of those are kinda hard to decide for me, even after reading the clarification.

See pic 1 and 2: I see lots of things like this. Basically just stickers on a lamp post or tree, with a sign or number on them. Eligible or not? Often there are already more of those surrounding the nomination, so I guess some people do approve those. But they all look the same and I don’t really see what’s unique or distinct about those.

Then there is pic 3: I actually have one of those as a pokestop nearby. But the clarification has an example similar to those which says its not eligible since it only provides directions to locations in the city. This one does have information about the distance and direction of bicycle trails, though. Eligible or not?

2. See pic 4: I’ve seen some of those. It’s basically a street sign with a little bit of information about the person the street was named after. I‘d say no, but not sure. Eligible or not?

3. Playgrounds: The clarification says the whole playground should be one wayspot, however I see lots of nominations of single items on playgrounds, with also more of those around which already exist. So those single items seem to get approved quite a lot. What do I do with those then? Mark them as duplicate? If so, why do so many of them get approved?

4. Should I reject a nomination with spelling errors?

5. If I strongly suspect a nomination for being AI, but there is no way to verify this via google maps, what should I do? I’ve seen an insect hotel which to me kinda looked like AI. It was well done though, if it was AI. Just looked a little bit too perfect. What would you guys do?

6. I find it hard to decide if a business is generic or not. The clarifications says the submitter should state in the extra infos why the business is special and important for the local community. So if there is nothing in the extra infos, would you just reject things like restaurants, fitness centers, small shops and others? I’m not talking about big chains (e.g. McDonalds, H&M or something like that), since those are obviously generic, I guess.

A few months ago, I got back into Pokemon Go. I started doing walks around the neighborhood and submitted some Pokestop nominations. I did pretty well for the park across the road. It's a perfect little hub now - two new Pokestops, a Power Spot, and the original, old Pokestop there turned into a gym.

A few streets away is a larger park, where I made 10 nominations, all accepted. Two became Pokestops, and five became Power Spots! Not a single gym! It looks ridiculous (see the screenshot, it's off in the distance).

It makes zero sense. Can someone please explain why they weren't at least even made regular Pokestops? It seems a total waste otherwise. There are other parks nearby, all have at least one gym.

how is a literal club house not “permanent” and what should i take as the photo

Hi all, fairly new with wayspots and nominations. Came across this touristic train that rides around. It’s like a hop on/ off buss but looks like a train. The sign is the third stop. Would love to get some feedback regarding criteria. Thanks in advance!

My best guess is that people could argue it’s touristic and therefore temporary. Not sure.