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I say we all stop reviewing, until they answer us about this bug. 😅
After a nomination upgraded on 5/9 and then "stuck" in voting was resolved, I upgraded another nomination already in voting on 5/15.
Well... Now it seems to be stuck. The problem apparently persists.
I also have an upgraded nomination in voting for over 8 days now.
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@NianticTintino-ING
I have the same problem on 4 waypoint
I have the same problem, a recently nominated POI of mine has been ”in voting + upgraded” for more than three days now.
The two upgraded nominations that were stuck got resolved yesterday, but a newly upgraded nomination (submitted on May 2, upgraded yesterday) is still in queue. Well, it's too early to tell if the new one is really stuck or not. I'll come back and report in few days.
Any word if this is an actual bug or an “upgrade” to the system?
They are investigating what is happening. The ambassadors have scooped up lots of examples to try and help pinpoint why people are experiencing this, which is tricky as some people are seeing normal behaviour. I suspect that as it’s nearly 5pm on a Friday in Niantic time that we won’t hear any more over the weekend ….if we do it will be a bonus.
This is from the Japanese forum.
We will boycott the Wayfarer review if the upgrade does not work and Niantic continues to allow this bug to persist!
I believe my nominations might be broken or stuck as well.
Normally when I apply an upgrade, it would normally go from "In Queue" to "In Voting" in what feels like roughly 3-5 minutes. And once when the upgraded nomination goes into "In Voting", it would take usually 3-6 hours for voting to be completed on my submissions. But so far nothing hasn't been progressing from what I've seen.
I've done around 9-11 nominations about 2-3 weeks ago and everything was done very quickly because I used upgrades on all of them, but now there's something up with these particular nominations I've had for a while.
@NianticTintino-ING my nomination has been in voting (upgraded) for 9 days now.
Also have 5 upgraded nominations from 5-10-23 that are stuck in the "In voting" queue. Also, as a reviewer, I have approved some local wayspots recently that haven't appeared in game either. There is definitely a bug with the system.
@NianticTintino-ING please ensure we get our upgrades back which have been wasted because of this issue. Getting upgrades requires a lot of work and time reviewing!
I too am experiencing this issue. I have been gr1nding (why on earth is this word censored, Niantic???) Wayfarer and submitting some quality nominations lately, trying to improve our local park which happens to be one of the largest in the city, but is underserved by Wayspots. I upgraded a nomination nearly two weeks ago and it still has not entered voting. On May 2nd there was a two-day delay before entering voting, which I felt to be egregious at the time. Now I have two Upgrades which are waiting in Queue for a total of about twenty days.
It meant a lot to me and my community to have these Wayspots active before the next Pokemon Go Community Day (tomorrow, May 21st) and I feel strongly that I did everything right in exploring the area and putting forth the effort to contribute high-quality nominations and being a significant contributor on Campfire (2,500+ nominations reviewed + sustained Great reputation). It feels like a real disappointment being treated like this.
In fairness here, a single person cannot approve a Wayspot without the consensus of other Wayfarers. Given what I've been seeing, however, it wouldn't be implausible for Wayspots not to be showing up. This entire circumstance is disheartening.
The nomination I upgraded three days ago (submitted 19 days ago) is still in queue. I know many people here are waiting longer. But I am just so frustrated because while mine is stuck in queue, someone else's nomination in same lv17 S2 cell and only 2m away got accepted, making my upgrade become a total waste. I haven't seen anyone else create wayspots in my area in months... why now?
I don't know if theirs was upgraded. It is possible that we just happened to upgrade at the same time, but it is also possible that unupgraded nominations were somehow prioritized by this bug. I would never have upgraded mine if I saw someone else's get accepted in same cell. Making the timeframe from upgrading to getting the result longer is only increasing the risk of wasting upgrades for nothing.
Same problem here. I’ve also got an upgraded nomination that’s been in queue for while now. Going on 2 weeks now I think.
@smantz0rZ-PGO I hope you learned the cell system. Wouldn’t want you to be disappointed if you’re nominations don’t become pokestops.
Good morning. Just wanted to add another example of an upgraded submission stuck in the queue. Submitted and upgraded on 5-11-2023. Still shows as “In Queue” today, 5-21-2023, 10 days later. Please let me know if additional info is needed
Thank you. I've come a long way in the past year both in adding quality and valid WaySpots and ensuring placements are going to be valid.
Mine has been 10 days in voting. I have a feeling this will not get fixed before the challenge ends.
@NianticTintino-ING apologies for being one of many people pinging you in this thread, but it seems like you're the person who is most aware of the situation internally. As it's been about a week, are you able to provide us with any updates the team has found, and is a solution planned yet?
This has had such significantly negative impacts on the Wayfarer community and we certainly hope this can be resolved in a timely fashion. If there's anything that can be done to help troubleshoot please feel free to ping me.
I will be asking again for an update.
Yeah, this week will start the Global Review Challenge here in Spain and isn't easy to try to motivate new Reviewers to join us when you know internally that the main reward for us (we got nominated for the GRC because the inmense backlog) isn't working properly.
@NianticTintino-ING my nomination has been in voting (upgraded) for 11 days now.
From what I've experienced on my end, nominations that have been submitted for quite some time (probably more than 2-3 weeks being "In Queue" or "In Voting" without upgrades) get stuck/broken/lost/forgotten within the Wayfarer system, even if you apply an upgrade after the time frame.
If I apply an upgrade on a nomination I recently created within a few days, it responds quickly. But I don't know if this is the same for other people. This is based off all the nominations I've done within the past two months up until now.
Nope. My nomination was upgraded the day I submitted it. Went into voting a couple days later. Been stuck in voting for more than a week. Never had an upgraded nomination not be decided same day before.
Damn, I thought I was onto something.
But I think I've read somewhere that nominations have somewhat of a grace period before it enters voting (probably ranging around 6-48 hours, even if upgraded), basically to give the submitter time to edit the nomination's description , title, and such.
Yes I upgraded it same day as submitting it, but it didn't go into voting until 2-3 days later. That's not the problem. The problem is it sitting In Voting for 9 days so far, when usually it doesn't even sit In Voting for 9 hours when it's been upgraded.
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