Invalid Portal Appeal
MaDeinChina-ING
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Title of the Wayspot: ELEPHANT PLAY THE BALL
Location: https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=31.195494,121.084687&z=19&pll=31.195883,121.08396
City: Shanghai
Country: China
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Refer to the attached photos, the target portal(ELEPHANT PLAY THE BALL) supposed located inside the production workshop building of Anshuo Culture and Education Utensils (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.).
This portal should be a invalid location or it might be a fake portal since according to portal profile picture this is a outdoor sculpture and satellite map shows this portal located inside the building and no one will put a elephant sculpture into the production workshop building.
Thanks!
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I support the removal for following reasons:
1. The portal does not exist at current location and there is an obvious mismatch between the background of the profile photo and the surroundings on the scene
2. This area is actually the factory of AXUS STATIONERY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
https://cn.kompass.com/c/axus-stationery-shanghai-co-ltd/cn069657/
https://bbs.fobshanghai.com/company/16q0y3612vm7v18.html
https://www.hiredchina.com/companys/axus_stationery_shanghai_company_limited_1489368058935
and is a private factory that does not grant public access. It's weird for a private factory to place such sculpture inside
3. This company was previously known as a world-famous brand "Marco" of Shanghai Marco Stationery Co Ltd https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/7964294Z:CH
and the factory on No.111, Xuezi Rd.(S)
Qingpu County 201712 Shanghai is making "marco pencils" which you could find on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/marco-raffine-colored-pencils/s?k=marco+raffine+colored+pencils
4. Please refer to a video and an article about this factory
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/watch-wooden-blocks-transform-into-a-rainbow-of-color-pencils
In the article it says "In the video above, Axus, a stationery factory in Shanghai, China, reveals the steps of the precise process of constructing the perfect color pencil." which proves that it's a factory. And as we all know, no one will put an elephant sculpture into production workshop building of a factory of common sense.
5. Putting sculpture inside a production workshop is a serious violation of ISO-9001 and ACMI standards and risking the business. As a world-famous Producer / Exporter
https://research.hktdc.com/en/article/NjUzNDk3NjQ1
https://www.importgenius.com/colombia/suppliers/axus-stationery-shanghai-company-ltda
https://www.coatings1.com/coating-suppliers/marco-cn
the factory of AXUS STATIONERY just won't do that. It's techinically not possible for there to be sculpture like this. This portal is very likely relocated from somewhere far away.
Imagine you see the sculpture of the portal sitting beside such professional assembly line in the same factory building.
That would be so ridiculous. It's just not possible for portals like this to show up there.
Its always tricky with indoors portals, one wonders how the supporting pics in wayfarer looked like.... and how many attempts this took to get through, should have been rated very low on location at least
Exactly. I generally do not jump to conclusions on "there must be problems with indoor+no public access+private business portals". But in this case, it's extraodinary suspicious. The style of the profile photo of this portal is 100% different from the style of a workshop full of assembly line. It's just like...you won't see a vending machine selling Monster Energy drinks in a kindergarten.
Photos of the entrance of this factory and its interior (full of assembly lines only) that we could find on the Internet:
You are not even within 40m of this portal. How could you say the statue is not there?
It's called COMMON KNOWLEDGE.
Like I said in https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/17217/invalid-portal-appeal (as they are portals in the same workshop), it's not allowed to set up a portal like this directly beside a lot of assembly lines.
Dear @NianticGiffard , we've found tangible proof that this portal does not exist:
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=31.298006,121.149421&z=15&pll=31.298006,121.149421
There is another portal <小象玩球> which is real but is 13KM away.
The portal we requested for removal in this post is a fake portal as a clone of it. The player who submitted the application intentionally ab.use the OPR system and modified the location of the photo.
The portal 小象玩球 is actually 13KM away which has the same appearance and surroundings, which means "ELEPHANT PLAY THE BALL" does not exist on current location.
Couple weeks ago, the common sense told me to submit a subjunctive statements- "This portal should be a invalid location or it might be a fake portal " based on my observations.
Now, I'd like to change my statements to " This is a fake portal since it was duplicated from a 14KM away portal - https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=31.298006,121.149421&z=15&pll=31.298006,121.149421." Hope it helps.😙
Yes. Plus the player who applied to clone this portal into a fake one 13KM away should be banned.
One more thing interesting: Players but have to enter the factory zone to reach this portal
which means if someone has been to <ELEPHANT PLAY THE BALL> then he/she must have got a clear picture of whether <ELEPHANT PLAY THE BALL> and <兵马俑拿隐形剑> (https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/17217/invalid-portal-appeal) exist or not.
Player @miclovesisi-ING went there in 2021/Apr along with DyingPhantom according to the public log:
2021-04-09 13:47:18 miclovesisi captured <Elephant Play the Ball>
2021-04-09 13:47:50 DyingPhantom deployed a Resonator on <Elephant Play the Ball>
2021-04-09 13:49:12 miclovesisi deployed a Resonator on <Elephant Play the Ball>
which means miclovesisi very likely knows that these two portals do not exist on the scene. See how he reacted by clicking insightful and disagree in this post.
Dear @NianticGiffard @NianticAaron @NianticCasey-ING, could you please help to look into this threads? Thanks!
Hi @MaDeinChina-ING! We have reviewed the report and have taken action on Wayspots in accordance with our policies.
Thanks for helping us maintain the quality of the Wayspots.
Additional documents for further review:
Following photos can prove the existence of the original and real portal <小象玩球> https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=31.298006,121.149421&z=15&pll=31.298006,121.149421 that is 13 KM away.
That is, the portal <ELEPHANT PLAY THE BALL> correctly removed in this post was definitely applied by spoofing. It's very likely that the player @ChangleWeiyang was standing at where <小象玩球> is, taking some photos but modified his location to https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=31.195494,121.084687&z=19&pll=31.195883,121.08396 so that he could submit the fake nomination. This is obvious cheating.