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Re: Wayfarer Ambassador Program 2023 - Discussion
Working on the assumption that Tintino has found it useful as they are continuing with ambassadors, could any of the current ambassadors give a short answer as to if they would recommend applying.
I think it would be useful for anyone considering applying.
Elijustrying-ING
Re: Wayfarer Ambassador Program 2023 - Discussion
There is nothing wrong with electing new ambassadors.
But first, you need to summarize and report to all Wayfinder how often you have met and what results you have achieved in the last year.
Of course, the NDA part should be hidden, but not everything is NDA, so you should disclose the information that needs to be disclosed.
We are not children, so what we are looking for are results, and the kind of results we get will determine whether it is worth applying for this Ambassador Program or not.
tp235-ING
Re: Fake Pokestop discovered during an expedition to Antarctica
Recently I was on an expedition and traversed the glaciers of Antarctica.
Hmmmmmm i dunno man
Re: Fake Pokestop discovered during an expedition to Antarctica
Embarrassing that the staff fell for this. There's no sat coverage at the pole and this troll has an LTE connection showing because he spoofed to the location in PoGo to take the screenshots. Also no-one from the station has ever set foot there. You can ask the players on the portals at the Antartica bases
Nysyr-ING
Re: Are Niantic reviewers robots?
When it comes to the house, if it's a single family private residence, then that is a valid rejection. Even if it's an historical building. Additionally, anything on the property of a single family private residence, including on outward facing walls/boundaries that overlook a public footpath are still considered to be part of that property and thus should be rejected (or removed if they were accepted).
HankWolfman-PGO
Re: Fake Pokestop discovered during an expedition to Antarctica
If these special Ingress Wayspots, created and moved by Niantic themselves 5 years ago, now need to follow Wayfarer rules, then I have found a certain Van at Camp Navarro that might needs to be looked at. smh how can reviewers approve a van /s
Please please please check in with the Ingress team and restore these Wayspot ASAP and make sure every agents keeps the keys they have for these portals. A lot of agents, myself included, put a ton of work into these portals during the Camp Navarro and Schloss Kaltenberg events, and having them appear in the game was an amazing experience. The Portal Key of these portals is a unique memorabilia that will be lost because of someone not knowing what these portals purpose was. The whole reason the Wayspots were moved to Antarctica (again, by Niantic themselves) is to preserve them and not to delete them.
Re: Is McDonalds a good candidate?
Acceptance criteria, under “a great place to be social with others” lists “popular restaurants” as acceptable. You must prove popularity. That is typically proven using awards won, community involvement, uniqueness of location (architecture, site of a famous occurrence) or other external sources showing relevance and uniqueness above and beyond an average McDonald’s. Maybe 1 McDonald’s in 10,000 meets that level of expectation, and those might be generous odds. Even then, most reviewers will see it’s a McDonald’s and reject before even scrolling down to the supporting info.
It would be a kindness to the already-overloaded review queue to not nominate any chain fast food restaurant, ever, especially the biggest one in the world.
X0bai-PGO
Re: Rejection by Niantic, can't find the problem
The problem here seems to be the idea of it being "unique architecture." You have to explain why this is unique or interesting. You can't just say "it was built in 1900." This building is in the Beaux Arts style, which was started in Paris and spread to other cities all over France and to the rest of the world.
"An example of a Beaux Arts balcony from 1900. Beaux Arts style architecture, begun in Paris, combines classical architecture from ancient Greece and Rome with Renaissance ideas. The style was characterized by bold, oversized sculptural decoration, like this relief that declares the date the building was constructed. This lovely example of the style has survived two world wars, including an invading occupation, to present its best face to us today."
You just have to give details that make people stop and think, educate them.
Re: Any plans to make the guidelines less ambiguous?
This is almost unsolvable.
We are dealing globally with different cultures and perceptions of what the value of things are. Loose guidelines and simple principles allow for a more nuanced response to reflect those cultural differences.
It would be pointless to have a yes/no ruling on everything.
But then that assumes we can all comfortably negotiate and reach agreement 🤪😂
Elijustrying-ING
Re: Anyone else getting rejected nomination wrongly
Use your own photos, not photos taken from the business websites.
Gendgi-PGO