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Re: Fake Pokestop discovered during an expedition to Antarctica
According to to the Polish players that have commented in this thread, this might be another account by a person that was trying to destroy the game play for as many people as possible in Poland, and now he must be glad to be able to destroy things that affect worldwide players.
Niantic didn't do anything to prevent his bad behavior when it started to show up, in fact they encouraged it and despite being banned in the forums he got two prizes in the latest challenge, one on his own and another with some German wayfarers.
So he must be celebrating all the people that has been affected by his twisted mind.

Re: Fake Pokestop discovered during an expedition to Antarctica
Niantic once again proved to be completely un-trustable. Good job, @NianticLC. Maybe ask around before firing from the hip, next time?

Re: Fake Pokestop discovered during an expedition to Antarctica
You didn't repair a damn thing. Firstly, these portals are too far south for any satellite internet provider to have line of sight and provide internet. You have extremely blatantly spoofed here. Secondly, the portals being so far south (intentionally so) means that there are never going to be legitimate players there. There is no quality to be upheld here, as they are not wayspots that should ever be able to be interacted with.
Congratulations, all you've done is destroy the hard work and portal keys of the agents who contributed to building these portals.
Re: Fake Pokestop discovered during an expedition to Antarctica
Calm down, all of you!
Calm down!
And once you stop that keyboarding or flicking!
You're doing things in the wrong order!
This time, the first thing that matters is not whether you did or did not spoof.
The issue is that a WAYSPOT (portal) that should exist was removed by Wayfarer team staff who are ignorant of their own history and newly unwilling to learn it!
The most important thing is to restore this as soon as possible and to return the portal key to the Ingress agent who carefully kept the key to this portal.
The next most important thing is to remove the cause of this from the Wayfarer team and take steps to prevent it from happening again.
This was caused by ignorance on the part of the Wayfarer team, and the Wayfarer team needs to make a statement to the satisfaction of the Ingress agents.
Talking about spoofing or not is after that.
Please do not get the order wrong.
If we get the order wrong, the ignorant administrators here will close the thread.
It is only to our detriment.

Re: What do you determine as “a few feet”?
If as a Go player if I am walking down that street above I can still see both the poi. Is it not better for me to learn about both poi as opposed to only getting to see one of them?
I disagree with your reasoning, as I'm sure you know :) , the map is not yours or mine. It belongs to Niantic who are more than happy to flout any rules that players, Ingress players mainly, seem desperate to hold onto.
Re: Nomination FAILS
Large open spaces that are used like parks by multiple families actually can be eligible. They are very difficult to get voters to pass. And it certainly isn't helped by using the reasoning that "there aren't many pokestops in the area."
Check out this: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/35560/wayfarer-criteria-challenge#latest
- "Parks are definitely eligible Wayspot nominations, even ones without official name stones or signs indicating it as a park but are clearly still parks. Similar to the one below, it’s fine to place the pin in the middle of the park and then take a main photo that captures as much of the park as possible. Keep in mind that signage or other obvious focal points are prefered but not necessary. A good nomination will provide evidence that the location is intended to be used as a park or open use recreational area. If signage is created after the nomination gets accepted, then edits can be made (location/photo).
Also, parks and plazas are listed on the eligibility criteria as a great place to be social with others.
I have tried to nominate a few of these large greenspaces in multifamily neighborhoods. My reasoning is that these are often one large communal yard to serve the whole neighborhood. Like, if you live in a townhouse or condo that doesn't have a yard, there is often some public space where you could go throw the frisbee or play catch with your kids. You have to share that space with your neighbors but that's what makes it a place to be social. We have no trouble accepting dog parks which provide this function for animals, but we deny the spaces that would provide just outdoor space to kids. Weird.
Re: One single POI in a S17 cell is not spawning in all games
Not blocked by any sponsored stop (in Italy do not exist).
The historic place where it is located is actually a FREE s17 cell.
The discussion is now here, thanks:
Re: What do you determine as “a few feet”?
Here's an example of what our daily review routine looks like
The statue on top is an active wayspot. The plaque is the new submission. Both are great wayspots but as you can see the submitter moved the location several meters away from it's real position. This did not happen by accident it happened because the submitter knows that if the correct location will be used it will never go online.

Nomination FAILS
No, this does NOT get you a pokestop!!!
"Because there are not many pokestops in this area and it is a large villa area with many families who play pokemon."
From someone trying to nominate a square public lawn with nothing but grass on it.
Share some of yours...
(I'm sick and I'm bored, day 4, so humor me, please 🤧)

Mussel Rock
Title of the Wayspot: Mussel Rock - A Site in Motion
Location: 37,671395, -122,494933
City: Daly City
Country: USA
Photos to support your claim:
Additional information: While this Photo is objectively a nice photo, it is actually not even of the correct thing - it is of a different information sign elsewhere in the park. Please delete it.
It does not match the other existing photos, since it's a other information board.
