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Codename appears on ingress photos, despite setting turned off
willowitaly-ING
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So recently the Wayfarer setting “Codename Display for Wayspot Submissions” was updated to reflect that your name will not appear in game on submissions nor in the showcase. However, this is NOT the case fully. While it is true that turning this setting off removed my name from pokestop photos and the showcase, I have had this setting turned off for at least a month, and my codename is still displayed on ingress portals.
These were portals/photos that I added via ingress. That is, my codename correctly does not appear on photos in Ingress or Pogo if I submitted via Pogo, but if I submitted via Ingress, my codename still appears in Ingress.
Device info: iphone se 2020, up to date ios and pokemon go & ingress apps.
Wayspot submitted via Pogo, my name does not appear in Ingress:
Same POI, in Pogo, my name doesn’t appear:
But!
POI submitted via Ingress, my name appears in Ingress:
Same POI, in Pogo, my name correctly does not appear:
So either the text is incorrect that my codename will not appear on submissions “in Niantic games” (and should be updated to reflect that name will appear on portals) or it is a mistake that codenames still appear in Ingress with that setting off.
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Just out of curiosity, does your codename appear on the Pokemon Go object if it exists? You generally have to dig down a few layers but I always see Pokemon Go codenames on Pokemon Go submissions only on the Pokemon Go object. Ahh, edit: I see that was a Pokemon Go screenshot, maybe. Were both submitted after you turned the setting off?
Have you logged into wayfarer from your ingress account. You may need to do that to switch off ingress
Turning off your codename is for the showcase feature in Wayfarer. It does not have anything to do with what appears in games.
Pokémon Go all PoI submitted come up as unknown in ingress. But if you use an ingress account your agent codename will appear.
yes, both were submitted after turning the setting off.
I am logged in through my google account, which is linked to both pokemon go and ingress. All of my nominations appear on my submissions page.
Incorrect. See the updated language on the setting which clearly states it’s supposed to turn it off for all Niantic games as well.
This is still an issue for me. Even if I turned on and off the setting, the codename still appears in Ingress.
It is completely fine and working in Pokemon GO, as the effect is immediate for nominations submitted via Pokemon GO, but not Ingress. Why is this not a priority when that setting is actually being misleading? Please address it.
When you submit a nomination through Ingress, your agent name would never appear on the Pokéstop, since the codenames aren’t linked throughput the games. For example someone else could use your agent name as a trainer name, and it would be illogical that the name shown on the Pokéstop is from the trainer instead of the submitting agent.
If a nomination was approved through Pokemon GO, the Trainer name would not appear on the Portal. True as you've said for vice-versa for Ingress nominations with the agent name not appearing in Pokemon GO. However, that is not the point.
I can turn off the codename attribution in the Wayfarer settings and the Trainer name will disappear from Pokestops, but the Agent name will not disappear from Portal. The codename attribution function does not toggle in Ingress, it just stays.
I do not agree with this though. You have seperate Names for each game yes, but you can select which name you want to show across your niantic profile. And as far as I remember, you Niantic Profile name must be unique. So why not use this name across both games, and link to their respective game profile or if not existend to their niantic profile?
This is still an issue