What more can I do?
MikeLongFamous-PGO
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What am I missing that that neither of these were approved? Admittedly l didn't have a good idea what I was doing when I first starred submitting. Like my first 8 nominations were declined. But of 55 submissions, I've had 33 approved.
Unfortunately it seems I no longer have any idea what I'm doing, as the last 6 I've submitted have been denied with no rejection information, just not accepted and I can't figure out why. I'm at my breaking point and I feel like I'm just completely wasting my time. I've gone so far as to get myself elected to local government so as to develop a Pokemon Go friendly parks and open spaces policy.
So, what am I missing that none of these were approved? Admittedly l didn't have a good idea what I was doing when I first starred submitting. Like my first 8 nominations were declined.
I feel like the only explanation is that people are auto declining everything simply in an attempt for the medal. The odds are in your favor to do so.
The wayfarer community should be baked into campfire, making it more mainstream, instead of an afterthought hidden in a web portal. This would also allow for greater understanding and interaction from the communit. While at the same time allowing people direct access to wayfarer community and realtime ability to ask questions instead of blindly submitting.
None of these submissions are duplicates. They are all provided safe pedestrian access and all are public locations. Lastly they are each in empty S-17 cells.
Thank you for your time and insights.
If I'm wrong, I am grateful for the learning experience and will apply that what you teach.
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Typically, a lack of rejection reasons indicates that Niantic rejected it (and your first nomination was almost definitely reviewed by Niantic as it contains a trigger word that automatically sends it to Niantic for review).
For the coffee shop, it seems like a good nomination, but you made one major mistake by mentioning Pokémon Go in the description. You're not meant to reference any Niantic games or game specific terminology in titles or descriptions. Remember that your submissions are not for Pokémon Go, they're for Wayfarer, and if accepted they could appear in games other than Pokémon Go (and they won't necessarily appear in Pokémon Go due to proximity rules).
Additionally, it's possible the name of the coffee shop may cause issues, as the word filter on this forum censors the word gr!nd and its derivatives. The word filter on Wayfarer itself is different, but there is sometimes an overlap there.
@HankWolfman-PGO
Thank you for that. I didn’t even think about the fact I included the Pokémon Go name. But I do have to ask, what is the trigger word in the first one, or where can I find a list of trigger words to avoid?
Thank you again.
I think you're doing great and should keep trying.
You asked for negatives about your reviews, so I'll see what I've got.
1) It feels dishonest that the title says "Club" while the sign says "Committee". I would say "Committee" in the subject, then in the description, talk about how it's a club, if that's what you want. "Committee" does sound like a government job, and office buildings don't really qualify. Do people gather at that building? Are you submitting it under the social criteria? "They plan things somewhere else" doesn't make that building qualify.
2) Rejected because you mentioned Pokemon and Trainer. But outside that, what criteria are you going for here? "It exists" and "people eat here" are not criteria. You should be able to get this one thru, presented differently. Go for social and/or explore, and drop the rest.
3) Your title says it's a "Fireman's Memorial" - where's the memorial? It's a picture of a field. I don't get it. Are you submitting the red thing on the wire? Isn't that just part of infrastructure, to keep the wire from blowing too much in the wind? You're nomininating a place where something happens one day per year? If someone visits your town on any other day, would they go see the field where the... memorial... happens?
Refresh yourself with the criteria (explore, socialize, exercise) here https://wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/new/criteria/eligibility
I would also like to reiterate that your photos aren’t great. Main photo needs to have the nomination front and center, not tilted, shouldn’t look like it was taken from a car (the coffee shop photo is so far away) . The supplementary photo should still have the object in the photo as well as the soundings.
I like the first one (go figure I'd like a fishing one). But I think a lot of what you wrote in the supporting info should be in the description. Tell people what the place does because it's not obvious to everyone.
The fireman's thing is pretty confusing to me. It's just something they use once a year? How does anyone know what it is the rest of the year? Also, it looks like this is a city park. If so, you need to be a lot more explicit about that. Most people are going to assume this is near/on the grounds of a fire station and that makes it dicey. If it's true that the barrel has all the firefighter's names on it, try to get a better photo of that. Also, are there any local news articles that explain this tradition? Otherwise, I just don't think this will pass.