Need help with Wayfarer
PDPower101-PGO
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Unfortunately, my experience with Wayfarer has been negative.
1) My first nomination ever was reviewed in a very short period and rejected, with no reason provided (posted previously).
2) I nominated a comic book store on Jun. 18, 2022 and it was just rejected (on Sep. 4th, 2023). This time, I got a reason but both show the flaws in Wayfarer. It was rejected for mismatched location. I can understand this but there is one problem. My shadow is in the photo, on the sidewalk in front of the store window, indicating I was right in front of the store. If it was really mismatched then it was a GPS problem. When I check the map, in the submission, vs Google Maps, it looks extremely close (Am I right? See attached photo)
. It looks like the pin is on the sidewalk in front of the store. The second reason was "Not historically or culturally significant". How does this get through the system when comic book stores are listed as an acceptable waypoint?
This shows a flaw in the system for showing the wrong rejection criteria or that reviewers don't know what they're doing or maybe the eligibility requirements that are posted are not correct?
So, I come to you for help. I want to help make the "game board" better for players and I would like your help to do it. Can you first let me know if this is an acceptable waypoint (let me know if you need any additional info...main photo and supporting photo are also attached...are they good enough?). If so, can you help me get it through. I hope it will be learning experience to help with successful contributions in the future.
Thanks.
Comments
The "not historic or culturally significant" rejection reason sometimes erroneously pops up when a nomination is marked as a duplicate by several reviewers, but not enough to trigger the actual duplicate rejection reason. In this case, this is what has happened, as Crossover Comics is already in the database.
Thanks. It wasn’t in Pokémon Go, which is why I submitted it. How do I check if a waypoint already exists (but simply not in PoGo)?
You can only do it the time of nomination in the appropriate spot - with the slider set to blue non-pokemon wayspots should show as a red!
When you're physically at the location you are wanting to submit (and it's very important that you're at the location as opposed to at home and using pictures you took whilst you were there), begin the submission process. The first screen you see is the one where you can place the pin for your nomination. In the bottom left corner of this map screen is a blue slider. If this is on, then it will show all wayspots within around a 100 metre radius of your physical location. Any that are in Pokémon Go will appear as blue icons, whilst any that aren't used in Pokémon Go (usually due to the level 17 S2 cell rule of one Pokéstop or Gym per cell) will appear as orange icons. You can tap these icons to see what the wayspots are.
As stated though, you must be at the location you're submitting for this to work correctly. If you move the pin to another area, it won't show you nearby wayspots for that area. It only shows you what is around your physical location.
Thanks so much for this :) I'm going to have to check my other submissions and I will definitely check future ones.