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Re: Invalid Wayspot - Located in High Security Zone - Buddha Statue at Norochcholai Power Plant
Wayspots do not need to be accessible to everyone all the time. So the fact that the place is restricted access is no reason for it to be removed. People with legitimate access are free to interact with it if they choose.
Re: Private Property
In addition to above, check the tooltip under Appropriate (i) and all the others for more information.
Re: Criteria for new spots - Every playground should be removed.
Hi Viit,
I don't like that you're sounding so sad with "the end" of your discussion.
I sleep a night over it and wanted to give you another example for thump up to playgrounds and green fields in the middle of nowhere:
My 8 years old son love to play pogo, catch some monsters, fight a raid a.s.o. We live in a "small" city. I would loved to know, that he was playing on playgrounds and large green fields, cause my heart would haven't a calm second if I know he goes thruw traffic and do it on a sidewalk next to an In-Cafe.
Fun fact: two weeks ago I started a discussion about removing poke stops on cemeteries (surch for it, it doesn't end good for me and my point of view ;-)). I had to learn the word "cemetery tourism".
Sometimes it isn't easy to hear what other people think. But it's great that you're interested in. I stay to my words, that different opinions are good for a forum.
Do your best judgement!
A. Wonder
Re: Gym removed one week after acceptance
A high school is not a legitimate wayspot. Niantic forbids wayspots that are on K-12 property, which is Americanspeak for any school that is primarily for students 18 and under.
Re: why aren't my nominations in pokemon go, and rather are sent to other niantic games
What @Shakananas-PGO says is true.
Each game has a proximity rule that determines whether a new wayspot will be able to be added to that game or not. In Pokémon Go they use an invisible grid of Level 17 S2 Cells with a limit of one Pokéstop or Gym per cell. So if you submit something in a cell that already contains a Pokéstop or Gym, it won't show up in Pokémon Go (though if the existing stop gets removed, the other wayspot then would be able to appear, so it's like having a backup in that sense). If you search the internet for the Pokémon Go Hub Comprehensive Guide to S2 Cells in Pokémon Go, it can help explain a little bit more.
Unfortunately, the Pokémon Go team believes it would break your immersion in the game if they were to use wayfarer terminology during the submission process, rather than Pokémon Go specific terminology. So they say that you're submitting a Pokéstop and don't mention anything about proximity rules, when in actuality what you're submitting is a wayspot for the Niantic Lightship database that may get used in the game you submitted it from if it meets the proximity requirements.
As for why they may end up in other games, the developers for each game are their own teams, and they set their own proximity rules for their game. For example, in Ingress, rather than using Level 17 S2 Cells, they have it so that a new wayspot needs to be at least 20 metres from an existing wayspot in order to become a Portal. In Wizards Unite, back when that existed, they used Level 18 S2 Cells instead. It's what each dev team feels is appropriate for the gameplay in their game basically.
Re: Criteria for new spots - Every playground should be removed.
I disagree with your opinion.
It was a nice course a few years ago.
2014
2023
And now, as I posted in a previous post.
Not anymore, there's a road on three sides, it's not very safe. Even the city is slowly moving this playground to other, better places, all that's left is a green area and a small plaza with benches and sand where not many people go anymore.
So my opinion:
What makes a place or object eligible to be a Wayspot?
A great place for exploration = no
A great place for exercise = no
A great place to be social with others = no (maybe a few years ago)
I'm trying to apply the Wayfarer criteria here.
So where is the imaginary mark to say that this place is acceptable or not?
Re: Criteria for new spots - Every playground should be removed.
I wouldn't say I'm imposing my personal view of quality on you. So where is the imaginary line?
What makes a place or object eligible to be a Wayspot?
A great place for exploration = no
A great place for exercise = no
A great place to be social with others = no (maybe a few years ago)
And opinion community is acceptable?
Re: 2 legit portals removed
If something ineligible is incorrectly approved, and the reason for it being ineligible is also one of the removal criteria, such as private residential property (like these two nominations were), then they are very likely to get removed if reported, because they're clearly not in an acceptable place.
Whether it was done by a member of the opposite faction or not is not relevant here, as the removal is correct. If anything, you should've reported them as invalid yourself rather than letting someone else do it. You're a level 16 agent, which I assume means you've been playing Ingress for quite some time, and that you've also had wayfarer privileges for a lot of that time (and potentially even OPR privileges you've been playing Ingress for a particularly long time). You should be aware of rules regarding private residential property, and if any similar wayspots exist you should also report them for being on private residential property.
Re: Sensitive Location?
This looks like a quaint little local spot. I would have approved.
Maybe someone put their silly hat on this morning and thought it was a grave, or something. A lot of the rejection reasons are quite incomprehensible 🙄
Re: Criteria for new spots - Every playground should be removed.
Are you just concerned about this Wayspot as opposed to playgrounds in general?
You could always try reporting it...

