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Re: Are veterinarian offices allowed as a pokestop?
As the others said, "It exists", "people go there", and "local business" are not acceptance criteria. If it's a great place to socialize, explain in what circumstances you'd take someone to see it, and hang out there. In other words, I seriously doubt it qualifies. But who knows, maybe some veterinarian out there is outstanding with community events.
Re: New Forum, New Adventures, Same Explorer Community - Discussion
Some more sneak peeks as to what might be changing.
Some brand new areas – I know radical idea 😉
Wayfarer Basics – There is no such thing as a daft question 😎
We thought that it would be useful to have an area that was intended for those new to Wayfarer to ask questions without getting caught up in all the general chatter. That we would put some “resources” in that area that covered things that experienced people take for granted ……the sort of “I wish someone told me that” thing. It could be specific posts that contain advice about finding potential wayspots, how you might research information, cooldowns etc. Some of these resources would be useful to link to in discussions in the Nominations and Reviewing support discussions. Hopefully it would then be a more obvious starting point.
Information Hub
Still at concept stage but this might be a place to put all sorts of useful information. So for example the country guides that were helpfully produced for the wayfarer challenges. It might also be a great place to put things in languages other than English. So one place to keep things that might be referred to in a range of areas. This could be an area that starts small but grows over time
Comments welcome
Re: Violations at Tao Dan park
what do you mean by "you people"?
Also yes, Niantics can go ahead and clear out the violations if it fits their rules. I'm pretty sure the community that's been with this area will be thrilled having their favorite spot for almost a decade been "reworked".
Good news is that this decision will help my wallet more than Niantics'.
Re: LDS and Niantic Games
If these things are showing up as Edits, I don't think they are the result of a sponsorship deal. Neither Niantic nor the Church would wish to dilute their power by running the changes past the Wayfarer community.
But I don't know about the reach that a single nominator/editor might have from Ingress. Is it really possible to search nation-wide and propose these title and description edits without going to B.F. Alaska, traveling up and down the coasts and crisscrossing the country?
Re: LDS and Niantic Games
so as someone who is LDS I think I can clear said things up
- LDS is how we prefer to be referenced as
- As for the generic descriptions I have to theory’s first there is a meeting house locator that ANYONE can use to find local church houses so a individual could be using this to create lots of waypoints second Niantic also makes waypoints using things like google maps data base this could be leading to general descriptions for every LDS church house
- The LDS church has no program with Niantic to create waypoints as advertising and repetitive descriptions could be from LDS websites used as the base description for church buildings
- Thank you for being so respectful to our religion this really means a lot as many people are very unkind towards us just as humans so once again thank you
Re: LDS and Niantic Games
Hi
Have this ever happend before? That something official came in?
With every post more in this discussion, I ask me "is this third party"?
Re: Historic Lighthouse. Bad Appeal Decision
Is there a safe dock? The pictures that the database show doesn't seem like there is. Even checking Google Maps, there's not a whole lot to analyze except a few pics. The platform you show is above the water (regardless of tide):
Is there's no safe access, it's not going to accepted even if it fits the criteria. The same rejection applies for anything that's residential - there's NRHP items that are homes, they still are rejected for the detached residential home reason.
If anything, the docking area needs to be shown more clearly.
Re: Violations at Tao Dan park
Dear Niantic,
This report is false and based on personal hatred rather than a desire to contribute to the community.
Here is the evidence:
- Tao Dan Park has been a popular location in the Pokemon Go Vietnam community since the game's release. It has been featured in many Vietnamese mainstream media outlets.
- From the game's launch in 2016 to the present (2024), the park has been the site of many special Pokemon Go events, attracting a large number of players and forming a large and healthy community.
- There is no evidence that any players have ever been at risk or harmed at this location.
The resetting of the PokéStop based on the hateful personal opinion of this player is having a negative impact on the entire Pokemon Go Vietnam player community in **** Chi Minh City. It could even destroy the connection of a large and loyal community of players to the game.
We urge Niantic to restore all PokéStops to their previous state and to provide special protection for this area, which has connected thousands of Trainers and created an unparalleled Pokemon Go community.
Re: Drake Village appeal
You can't appeal rejected nominations here. You need to wait until it's been 25 days since your last appeal in wayfarer and then the button will appear for you to use it.
That said, the sign itself doesn't really seem to meet criteria. Maybe try resubmitting it as a coffee shop rather than a sign?
Re: There's no pokestops around me for several dozen kilometers, Niantic just rejected me nomination.
There's a community centre and baseball? field that should be relatively easy to get added. The church a wee bit up the road is already added.
Do you have any trails around the coast? Info boards, plaques highlighting the wildlife, landscape? Places where people gather whether tourists or locals?



