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Re: There's no pokestops around me for several dozen kilometers, Niantic just rejected me nomination.
Are those the actual photos you used? Because I see the both of those on Google. If you pulled them from Google, then they're Third Party Photos and that's not allowed. You need to take your own photos.
Try something like
Title: Smokey Hollow General
Description: Locally owned restaurant and general store. Products sold are based on what is available seasonally. The restaurant operates Thursday through Sunday.
Supplemental: A great place to explore and socialize. This store provides support to a very small, remote community, including people camping nearby. It is a gathering spot to catch up on local conditions and just see other people. It is the only restaurant for many kilometers around.
Re: Historic Lighthouse. Bad Appeal Decision
The location of this submission does not meet our criteria "Safe Access" and as a result, we stand by our decision to reject the Wayspot.
NianticAaron
Re: Trailmarkers - warning received
"SO how should i nominate a Route or Part of the route any other way then by the Massproduced sign. "
I think that could be the right question to remain all the wonderful trails and for adding new.
Re: Trailmarkers - warning received
I think you forgot the point why this thread exist:
@Spekkje-PGO received the warning email because something changes from than (where his POIs were perfectly ok) to now (they aren't good enough anymore).
To hold users breathless waiting if they get banned, is the mean point of this discussion here.
Re: Trailmarkers - warning received
But you're not, in fact you're doing the exact opposite.
And if you go back to what Aaron's comment was that sparked all of this, being just one of many markers along a trail is only a small part of the statement and arguably not even the most impactful part. He leads with a concrete description of what is and isn't acceptable, and that's what people will most likely latch on to. What if your local trail that is absolutely amazing for exercise has just a single marker but it has only a colored shape and an arrow? Well then sorry no wayspot for you at all.
And while i'm absolutely nowhere near the "moar pokeystops" mindset, your obsession with having very few wayspots is just not in line with what 99% of wayfarers want or think is correct. And for what purpose? I've been making satirical remarks about your type of thinking since OPR first started and thankfully the number of folks with that mindset is as small as ever but y'all sure make a lot of noise.
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: Restore wayspot appeal
You need to be able to walk up to the mural and touch it for it to be considered safe pedestrian access. This appears to be on the opposite side of the subway track to the platform, and so doesn't have safe access as you'd need to stand on the track to touch it, which is obviously dangerous and should not be encouraged.
Re: Trailmarkers - warning received
Yes… But Aarons statement was clearly against the site whats good, plus, it was related to the pure knotpoint numbers in the nederlands, plus bot problem there. MY nominations have mostly the symbol, the name of the route on the sign. clearly mass produced, sometimes even a sticker on an official traffic symbol like Bicycle way. But nontheless they are not temporary.
Anyway, i think i will try them again again and again just to meet those reviewers that just look at the criteria page.
Sure, we want some unique POIs to fill the wayfarer app, but on the other hand, we want to fill the gameboard for ALL the niantic games and have to use whatever we find if its somehow egliable. And Routes are, but are just presented by massproduced signs almost everywhere. SO how should i nominate a Route or Part of the route any other way then by the Massproduced sign. Maybe i should try to Take a pictury of the walkway to get it fetched by emily ;)
No ill will here. I just like to play on these official Trails, so i really like the markers, as the in fact encourage me to be active.
Re: Trailmarkers - warning received
Yes, i started to include full trail infos, including the official quotes of how the markers (each the same) look like. Doesn`t help , its not distinctive, wrong place, poor foto or any other thing just to get it out of voting. This sport to get everything denied really is hard to keep one sending in other per definition egliable objekts, as they will be denied anyhow.
Re: MOVIMIENTO EN PORTALES/POKEPARADAS
I don't think the moderators need to comment. As @HankWolfman-PGO said this is not a Wayfarer issue. Your points are interesting but how Pokestops and Portals are spaced is something you would need to discuss with the games teams on the appropriate forums not the Wayfarer forum.