Improving Wayfinder Rating
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I've just realized that there is a rating system and that my rating is only Fair. I see that after over 200 reviews, the community only agrees with me about 30% of the time. I want to do a better job, but I have no way of knowing what I am doing wrong. Is there a way to view the ones where the community disagreed with me so I can learn from that and change my behavior moving forward?
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Short answer : rate nominations following the current and up to date criterias.
Have you looked at all ressources given by Niantic ? (https://niantic.helpshift.com/a/wayfarer/?l=en&p=web)
There are also AMA (ask me anything) where you can find clarifications about eligibility criterias : November AMA
There is also a post on this forum that could be helpful :
When you face a nomination that you have no clue how to rate it, check on this forum (search bar) if it has already been asked/discussed or not and don't hesitate to ask more questions here!
Don't give up, the more you rate following the criterias, the more your rating will rise.
Niantic do not give any feedback to Wayfarer reviewers on how to improve. It is regularly asked for but noe has so far been forthcoming.
I have a great rating and either a big lag or a smaller matching percentage as I have around 1600 matches to 3300 reviews.
Three things have helped keep me in great in my opinion:
1. Reading and applying the Niantic eligibility rules as best as I can understand them.
2. Understanding local/nstional community quirks and reviewing with those different rules in mind. (For example, in Spain, all fountains, football fields and government office that doesn't violate the privacy of people entering pass if they otherwise meet all criteria as generally understood. Fountain can have a title of, "fuente" and description of, "fuente antigua del pueblo " and it will pass.)
3. Start with 3 stars as a baseline. Don't give everything 5 stars all the time except on location and pedestrian access.
I appreciate all of the information, it is helpful! I'm still frustrated with the lack of feedback provided by niantic. I'm obviously reading the criteria and applying it as i understand it. But my rating would indicate i'm not understanding it the same way as others. So how do i know what to do differently or when to ask questions if i don't know where the disagreements are happening. It's quite frustrating. All the work i'm doing here is currently not counting towards my wayfarer badge because of my rating. So it feels like a waste of time particularly if i don't know if/when my rating will improve.
If you really want to understand how you're differing from the reviewers in your community the only way to do it is making a comparison between your evaluation of wayspots and what ended up in the map.
Log a reviewing session, taking note of the wayspot name, where it's located and how you evaluated it, being as detailed as possible. If you use wayfarer+ you may already have such a reviewing log, but you still need to write down the reasons why you evaluated each wayspot the way you did. You need a large sample of wayspot evaluations, I'd suggest not less than 100.
Wait two weeks to to have time for agreements to happen and use the Ingress Intel Map to check for those wayspots. Focus first in those you rejected but nonetheless are in the map. Do you notice any trends? Then look for those you approved but aren't in the map. Some may still be building up the necessary agreements but again, you may start to notice certain things you normally approve but your community rejects.
It may be the case that your community is the one not following the guidelines but if I were to guess I'd say the problem might be that you're too lenient on proof of existence or acceptability and are approving things that your community largely rejects.
I agree with everything you wrote. One small amendment, though: you can treat 3 stars as a baseline, but don't go below it if you want the nomination to pass. 1 or 2 stars in any category is essentially a rejection, or at least that's the consensus on the topic.
No, it's not the consensus and it's not proven to work that way except for the first question.