Can a Property Owner Request an Unban on Pokemon Go? (Ingress still In-Game)
DrZusie-PGO
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This is just a question to see if this is even a thing. There is a small section of a campus I am aware of that had about 3-4 Pokestops and gyms in the early days of Pokemon. Locals told me that they think the school must have submitted the remove Pokestop request about the time Gym Raids were released (nuisance), so it's been several years.
In situations like these where PoGo in the area is more casual players now and not nearly the nuisance (plus the game has added postcards that can be sent far and wide showing off various local Waypoints so a bit of advertising) is there a way the campus even COULD have the ban removed?
The Waypoints in question are still present on the Ingress map so obviously only removed from the Pokemon game. Most of the other areas campus (lecture halls, school store, athletic areas, art) still have Pokestops and Gyms fully active. If it's been 5+ years and a new batch of people getting into Pokemon now there might be faculty not even aware of why that part of campus is a Pokestop/Gym desert no matter how often they submit new stops.
It seems like it's probably a permanent thing but if the administration was okay with lifting the ban is there even an avenue for them to pursue that wouldn't just waste their time. It's nothing Wayfarers can pursue as the Waypoints are in the game, just inaccessible in Pokemon Go.
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That's if they're willing to contact Niantic to remove the geoblock.
They can contact Niantic and request for it to be removed, but as said by @patsufredo-PGO it depends whether they want to do so.
Your best bet is using this;
I have supplied that form (or a similar one) in the past regarding Tropical Birdland, which I noticed had Portals but not many PokéStops on first visit (even though they met inclusion rules). The Pokémon GO in-app chat let me know there was a block and it was requested, so I sent the form along to them asking if it could be removed.
It now looks much healthier from a Wayspot perspective.
EDIT:
Just noticed a duplicate on this now to mark.EDIT 2: Actually maybe not a duplicate, just same sign in another location submitted by someone who isn't me.
Oh, absolutely. I'm skeptical that they would want to but I guess you never know until you ask. A slight gamble to take that they wouldn't expand the ban to more sites, though. Can you share how you made contact with Tropical Birdland?
I just looked up contact information on their site. I would think the university has something similar.
Yes. I found a contact and Facebook. But how did you word it? :)
I don’t remember my exact wording but things like “with the rise of AR games” and attracting visitors, providing kids with an extra reason to come to the location. May not work as well for yours.
So I've tried twice through the chat to confirm if the area is blocked from Pokemon Go and what the area is but I keep getting the stock reply of "I see that you're trying to report an in-game location" and the link. Twice. :(
As a general rule, if the school whose campus it is located does not comply with K-12, it is eligible.
However, we do not have the authority to unblock that campus; the campus rights holder or administrator does.
Therefore, if we ask the rights holder and they ask Niantic to unblock them, those could become Pokéstops.
However, it is not an easy task to clear up the misunderstanding of the general public who do not know the game.
Thank you for your reply and this makes perfect sense. If I message on the Wayfarer app can a team member clarify the exact no-Pokemon zone so I can ask them to be precise in the request?
Try asking Pokemon GO support first, except they'll give any unhelpful response.
I already did that. If you submit a GPS coordinate anywhere in a question you get a copy-paste answer linking to the form to complain about Pokestops. You can't talk to a real person. I tried the second time to specify what I was asking and I already had the link. Got the same copy-paste answer.
They sometimes giv this form despite it not fitting. Fill out to your best knowledge and explain your case there, sometimes for some reason they then handle it there