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Re: Trailmarkers - warning received
If anyone wants to get on board and start a revolution? We don’t HAVE to vote by these so-called “criteria” or “guidelines” or whatever they call it. I’ve been saying it for years. They have given the power to us, the community, to set our own guidelines. They didn’t want it anymore. It was too much work for them. So they gave it to US, to do, for FREE. Yet here we are, still chained to their ideas of what is and is not acceptable. Let’s break free of the old ideas, the old criteria, the old AMAs, the old, obscure forum posts! Who’s with me?!?
Re: How to see the status of a ticket on Wayfarer Support
I have always received responses on my tickets. I doubt this is an issue with Niantic.
Re: New Forum, New Adventures, Same Explorer Community - Discussion
The current forums already have at least two ways to contact with the admin: tagging them and using the Flag button. I expect that the new forums will have similar options.
What's the problem with these forums (that will happen again in the new ones)?
That people think that their problem is the most urgent one and must be addressed ASAP. No wait, just now!
So the admins are overloaded by all the notifications and can't process the posts properly
This might change if the ambassadors are able to properly moderate in the forum, but they always have limited powers.
Re: Spanish thread [Batalla de dialectos en España]
Hola muy buenas! Me parece muy interesante las propuestas y el tema que brindas aquí en el foro. Es cierto que podría parecer una "guerra" de idiomas, aunque en lo personal me parece más bien un grupo de personas queriendo editar los wayspots en castellano a las distintas lenguas locales (en este caso el catalán/valenciano por lo que puedo ver).
En cuanto al tema de idiomas realmente no hay nada establecido, más allá de que Niantic comentó que es preferible que se utilice la lengua local frente a otras lenguas, por lo que en estos casos lo ideal sería que los wayspots en Galicia estuviesen en gallego, en País Vasco en euskera, y en Cataluña, Comunidad Valenciana e Islas Baleares en catalán, no significando que se deban rechazar si se solicitan en otros idiomas, ya sea el español u otro idioma. En mi caso no tengo que revisar estas ediciones de título o descripción para cambiar de una lengua a otra debido a mi ubicación geográfica, así que no puedo opinar de la frecuencia o cantidad de estas ediciones.
En relación con las propuestas que comentas, difícilmente considero que Niantic quiera tomar cartas en el asunto debido a que 1) es un tema complicado de tratar del que no tienen conocimientos para tomar una decisión y que podría llegar a ser discriminatorio según qué decidan; y 2) no es un tema que actualmente puedan brindar atención debido a que están atentos a otros. Limitar el número de ediciones podría desembocar en una serie de abusos, como por ejemplo que se llegue al límite y la última decisión con la que se quedará el wayspot, sin opción de editar más, sea abusiva o u ofensiva. Por último, la opción de ralentizar estas ediciones lo único que podría acabar causando sería una ralentización en las resoluciones, provocando de nuevo grandes tiempos de espera generalizados en cuanto a wayspots y ediciones, tema con el que Niantic ha estado intentando acabar durante el último año.
Por lo tanto, lo único que nos queda aquí en España será seguir revisando estas ediciones usando nuestro juicio personal, siguiendo siempre los criterios establecidos. Lamento no poder brindar más ayuda más allá de lo comentando anteriormente pero, como comenté, es un tema complicado de tratar y demasiado específico 😅
Re: Another Niantics review where the community DID NOT decide.
Well it was accepted. Again another Niantics internal review 🤷🏻♂️ didn’t change anything. And yet again the email claiming that the community accepted it. Do they think we don’t notice.
Historic Lighthouse. Bad Appeal Decision
Hello,
I am looking to share my feedback to Niantic in the hopes this appeal result can be overturned, as recommended in the November 2023 AMA.
The nomination in question is the historic Stratford Shoal Lighthouse. It is located on a small island in the middle of the Long Island Sound. Built in 1877, it remains an important nautical landmark and promotes exploration today. The year "1877" is embedded in the stonework on the side of the lighthouse tower.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, shown at the link below.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132353507
The lighthouse has an entry in Google Maps (albeit slightly misplaced):
It shows other images of this nearly 150-year-old lighthouse that several other adventurous explorers have taken personally.
Since Google Maps satellite imagery does not capture this small island in the water, the location of the lighthouse can be verified using the NRHP document that shows 41° 03' 36.0" N, 73° 06' 06.0" W, which is 41.060000, -73.101667. This is only a few feet away from my proposed nomination location at 41.060031,-73.101692. The whole island is probably 150-200 feet across too.
My supporting image shows that the lighthouse can be directly accessed by pedestrian via a boat or kayak since a pedestrian platform with a railing takes a visitor from the shoreline to structure. The railing completely encircles the lighthouse.
Additional images showing the full extent of the lighthouse and island, from the link above:
Wikipedia entry for this lighthouse:
Now I'd like to discuss what NianticCasey said once when this topic came up. "A lighthouse on a small island that is only accessible by boat / ferry would be eligible if there's a public dock or some other way for players to approach on foot once they've docked." - NianticCasey
Lighthouse nominations, such as this one, promote exploration and help explorers discover interesting real-world locations in accordance with Niantic mission. Below are some other interesting examples of similar lighthouses I found:
- Execution Rocks Lighthouse (40.878059,-73.737604) -- Great name!
- Stepping Stones Lighthouse (40.824293,-73.774773)
- Greens Ledge Lighthouse (41.041623,-73.443892)
- Pecks Ledge Light (41.077337,-73.369835)
- Penfield Reef Lighthouse (41.117114,-73.222105)
- Falkner Island Lighthouse (41.212683,-72.653849)
All of the wayspots above are found in the Long Island Sound. The threshold for safe pedestrian access is the following according to Niantic: "Remote nominations, such as those on mountain tops or on small islands, are acceptable if they can safely be accessed on foot." Without an adjustment to my appeal, I do not foresee the community of explorers or another Niantic reviewer to accept this valid nomination in the future.
Thank you for your time.
Re: Trailmarkers - warning received
I think you take time to revisit and review what Niantic employees are saying. If they no longer think low-effort trailmarkers are a great place to exercise, quoting that guideline at people is what's going to get reviewers in trouble (assuming player reviewers ever get to review trailmarkers again, that is).
Re: Nominations in Limbo
Update on my saga…
In the last few days, I have been given nominations to review in my municipality and surrounding areas. This is an entirely new development. So far it hasn’t moved any of nominations, but it is giving me hope that my area is no longer in a black hole.
I also filled out a wayfarer survey that asked about my experience. I assume all users received the same email. My responses highlighted the lack of attention to my nominations. The following day, I saw that one of my nominations was moved into voting with the Niantic symbol. This was a first, so I’m wondering if it was a reward for completing the survey.
One question was about the most satisfactory part of my wayfarer experience. I responded that it was the ambassadors in this forum. It was pleasing to give you the well deserved praise.
If you read all of this, thank you.
Re: LDS and Niantic Games
But I started this post because I was asking about what looked like
obvious coordination across the United States to turn a fun game into a
way to get their message out and stated you all can do what you want but
I'm not approving them because I know it is more of the same. If that
means I should be reported then fine.
One of the hardest parts of the Wayfarer experience for me is recognizing and remediating my own personal biases. There are some nomination or edit types that provoke an emotional reaction for me, just as these edits may do for you! When I see these types of things in review, that's where I use my skips - I basically opt out of voting based on emotion, but instead pass those along to a more-impartial community to decide. I think that's the better option.
I do agree, though, that it's a valuable thing to call attention to these types of coordinated and widespread efforts, so I thank you for bringing it up! While this series of edits may be perfectly legit, I think it's a good thing to at least investigate on the Niantic side to be sure it's all being done by the rules.
Re: LDS and Niantic Games
No, I don't find the bullying of, or making fun of, religious people to be funny. Not in the slightest. I don't know what those route rules have to do with this conversation. We are talking about descriptions on POI, not on routes. Routes and Wayfarer do not share the same rules, and shouldn't since many people who are involved in Wayfarer don't even play the game where Routes are available.






