Pokestop Removed - not my submission can I still appeal?
CopperChick-PGO
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I noticed yesterday a Pokestop near a Starbucks Pokestop was gone. When I first noticed it back in February I thought it was odd because I had never noticed the artwork there, so I went over and I saw on the back of the electrical box was a black crow that someone had painted. Not sure if the artwork was sanctioned art, but someone had submitted it and it became a Pokestop (it is legit art - very nice painting of a crow). I liked this POI, not because it was in Pokemon, but because it was in Wizards and the Starbucks POI was not. Wizards has not had a new POI added in game since at the latest June 2020 so I will take anything I can get!
I was not the person who submitted the crow art, but I would like to get it back in game. I went over yesterday just to verify the crow art was still there, and it is. But it is on the south side of the box, not the more visible north side of the box (which would be seen in street view). Can I still appeal it? And if so what would I need? I have the picture I took of the Pokestop and the artwork when I first went to investigate where the art was. I was also going to get a picture to show the artwork is still there. Do I need anything else? Can I appeal it?
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Can you send a location? Then I'll check the Intel map or you before appealing. It might just have been moved to somewhere else.
First of all, check the intel map.
It might still be a portal there and it has been removed only from Pokemon Go due to sharing the same L17 cell than the Starbucks. In that case the response to any appeal here that they'll provide you is to contact the support of Pokemon Go.
Its about here
33.421721, -111.951761
Is your POI named "Crow Of Tempe Art Work"?
The POI still exists in Ingress and has its own lvl 17 s2 cell. The onliest posibility is the owner of the property or an administrator asking for removal or an abusive rport in this forum.
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=33.421774,-111.951805&z=17&pll=33.421774,-111.951805
I checked when I drove by this time and saw it was still in Wizards, but since the property already has a Starbucks pokestop and the property is now a half-abandoned **** mall, I can't see the owner of the property complaining about one and not the other.
A sponcered stop will override any other in the same cell.
At Arizona State University there are 3 pokestops on top of each other - literally. I will have to see if anyone mentions those going away. One of them is a starbucks stop. Because if those don't go away then it makes no sense. This pokestop I am mentioning has been there likely a year now so for it to suddenly go away do to S cell rules doesn't make sense.
FYI, this change in the stop creation algorithm is a very recent change, and it has been reported in the area of other sponsored stops as well.