Waypoint Removal - Something Suspicious
Tysonator-PGO
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I have reason to believe I'm being unfairly targeted/punished by Niantic and/or some power-hungry Wayfarer users. Hear me out..
After very recently creating a post here venting my frustration at having a Wayfarer cooldown activated undeservedly (https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/48954/you-know-what-****-wayfarer-i-give-up#latest), and after having been critical of Wayfarer in general in the past, I've now opened Pokemon Go to discover that one of the most successful, LEGITIMATE pokestops I'd nominated, has completely disappeared from the game. The waypoint in question was a large religious Mural on the wall in a pedestrian laneway - has been included in the game for probably a year now without any problems. The timing of this stop just completely disappearing seems a little too close to my recent complaining to be a coincidence..
Seriously, Niantic? How corrupt is your organisation that when faced with a little negative feedback and critique, you resort to personally targeting and punishing those who provided it? Where is the self-governance? Reinstate this accepted nomination immediately, or at the VERY LEAST please attempt to provide SOME form of justification for its removal.
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You may need to provide the name and location of the wayspot for Niantic to take a look at it.
"Religious Mural in Chelmsford Laneway"
Approximate location:
11 Hutt St, Mount Lawley WA 6050, Australia
The only things at that address appear to be single family homes. If the address is correct, then it was probably justly removed for being on private residential property.
It's not that address exactly. That's just the approximate address that Wayfarer gives. There is no EXACT address, because it's a laneway - it literally sits between houses. Absolutely is NOT on private residential property. See below.
Very clearly a laneway.
This still doesn't change the fact that this waypoint has existed for probably almost a year, without any review or appeal from anyone. Why now, after I complain about Wayfarer on this forum, does my perfectly legitimate waypoint get targeted/taken down?
How do I @ a Niantic representative to get answers on this?
I found the mural on street view. Niantic has said that anything that is on the fence of private residential property counts as PRP and should be rejected. I've attached the street view image below.
We can't know what triggered the removal, but that doesn't change the fact that the removal is 100% correct.
What's the mural painted on? If it's the rear of a house or a garden wall it wouldn't be eligible.
It's on the side of a shed that is on private residential property, thus it is not a valid Wayspot. As for why it disappeared now, my best guess is that a random player spotted it while visiting the area and reported it for being on private residential property.
what a conclusion to jump to. take a breather màte
also just curious, two months ago you said
As a result of this whole debacle, I have absolutely zero incentive to want to contribute anything to Wayfarer any further
and then last week you said you were "done"
why do you keep coming back? I'm sorry it's such a struggle for you to learn how this all works but if it's causing you this kind of anguish, seriously just step away. and if you're not willing to do that, consider actually accepting advice from those who comment and try to help instead of attacking them and ignoring what they have to say.