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Re: Clarification Needed: "Are any of these locations a duplicate of this wayspot?"
No, the question is asking you if anything is a duplicate of what's being submitted, not if anything on that list is a duplicate of another thing on that list.
One of them should be reported as a duplicate in game by someone local to that area, but it's not relevant to what you're actively reviewing.
Re: Why a wayspot with less like, Is now a Gym?
The likes got abused so now there’s an element of randomness thrown in.
Re: LDS and Niantic Games
Speaking as someone in Utah, the density of churches is high enough that distinctive names are very helpful to keep track of which church is which. There are even some cases where 2-3 church buildings are across the street or literally next to each other. When in doubt, eliminate potential ambiguity. You can imagine how bad this could be when sorting by name and getting 20 keys with the same name all next to each other.
Re: Trailmarker
Also it was a very old nomination because it was one from 2023 the time where no one was having doubts or discussion about trailmarkers
And the mail says i should learn from it but what about the POIs still in voting i can't take them out or something
Also at this moment it is very unclear to me and many others what trailmarkers are eligible and what aren't...
Re: How do you create a nomination
Once you're level 37 in Pokémon Go, you can do the wayfarer onboarding on the wayfarer website. Once you've done that, it can take up to a couple of days for your Pokémon Go account to acknowledge it, but once that happens, you can submit wayspots by going to the in game settings menu in Pokémon Go, and in the uploads section you'll find the button to make a submission.
Re: Wayspots for pokemon/Ingress in conflict?
Is this going to come back as a duplicate?
Yes, it will show for reviewers even if you can't see it in Go.
And does this answer the question of why I see so many duplicates when doing reviews?
Yep.
Re: 1669 UNESCO Synagogue in pedestrian zone refused
I'm sorry that the rejections frustrated you, I've been to he'll and back with niantic wayfarer myself honestly...
First thing I'll say, I was told that "temporary or seasonal display" rejection reason isn't exactly that. When you review something, there is an option to say yes or no, "is this object temporary or distinct." meaning is this object interesting and placemarks an area (part of criteria.) The problem is... when you get your result back, it just says rejected for temporary or seasonal display. It completely fails to include the distinct aspect of it. So in reality, reviewers could be telling you your nomination isn't interesting enough, and I speculate that's what happened here. Why is this not listed as a rejection reason, I have no clue. Could save a lot of unnecessary frustration…
For example, I was trying to add some extremely generic bike racks in my park (please do not ask why) I sent them through and got a rejection reason “temporary or seasonal display” This made no sense to me, as the bike racks were made out of metal and bolted to the ground. As you said, they’re not going to grow legs and walk out of the park… I asked online for help and that’s when it was brought to my attention my nomination was rejected because they were generic/not interesting enough, not because they were temporary.
2nd thing, photos. Photos photos photos. I noticed you took this at night. That’s a big no no. Really easy way to get reviewers on their bad side. Ideally, take photos in the day time when the sun is out so you get good shadows/colors.
Finally, and this ties into distinct criteria, at first glance, I have no idea what this is. If you didn’t explain that this is of religious/historical significance I would’ve thought that this was a random house. Even if you have the best description and supporting information in the world, it won’t matter if reviewers can’t tell what the hell they’re looking at. Reviewers are impatient, by the time they’ve reached the fourth word they’ve already tuned out. Is there a sign somewhere that tells you what these are? Something more interesting to photograph like a statue? Through a photo alone, tell us that this is in fact a historical/religious place. Cuz if not, reviewers will automatically think it’s someone’s house and the rest of the process is downhill from there on.
To address the inaccessible reason, the red sign is probably an indicator… try to get a photo that doesn’t include that. And maybe explain the supporting information that this place is in fact accessible and try to prove it either through photos or a linked website.
I highly doubt that reviewers are intentionally rejecting due to religious differences. If that were the case, a simple appeal would get this through.