Military bases (again)

Jewelbea-PGO

I'm really confused about the submissions on the military bases. I've read that we're not supposed to approve them per the Aug 2019 AMA but my showcase today has two Wayspots which are located on the local Air Force base. So is it a flat 1* or okay if in housing or a common area? (Of course I seem to have locked myself out of the system somehow - says no nominations are available to review for the past two days - could be for approving base nominations? I had a lot of them.) TIA.

NianticCasey-ING

Hi there,

Thanks for the question. To be clear, Wayspot nominations on military bases are not eligible and should be 1* reviewed as not meeting the Wayfarer criteria.

There were some Wayspots that were previously approved before this ruling went into place, so you may notice some Wayspots on military bases. In order to consider these for removal, we would need to receive a request to remove from a person with the appropriate credentials on the base.

Regarding the showcase, it isn't intended (at this time) to spotlight Wayspots that are 100% best candidates, but rather surface highlight interesting, unique or otherwise unknown Wayspots from your local area. We're rebuilding this for the future to be more like an educational spotlight on strong Wayspots, but for now it shouldn't be considered as educational.

NianticCasey-ING

Hi there,

Thanks for the question. To be clear, Wayspot nominations on military bases are not eligible and should be 1* reviewed as not meeting the Wayfarer criteria.

There were some Wayspots that were previously approved before this ruling went into place, so you may notice some Wayspots on military bases. In order to consider these for removal, we would need to receive a request to remove from a person with the appropriate credentials on the base.

Regarding the showcase, it isn't intended (at this time) to spotlight Wayspots that are 100% best candidates, but rather surface highlight interesting, unique or otherwise unknown Wayspots from your local area. We're rebuilding this for the future to be more like an educational spotlight on strong Wayspots, but for now it shouldn't be considered as educational.

Edocsil47-PGO

@NianticCasey-ING But these were obviously approved after the ruling went into place, right? So it's not just the old military bases that need credentials to remove, but all of them (functionally).

If people keep submitting them and approving them, and players aren't able to have them removed, is there anything good reviewers can do besides watch and get disagreements?

1world1team-PGO

@NianticCasey-ING For military bases if there are several players submitting and reviewing ... ultimately getting new spots added ...even though at least 1 person flags it as a base .. does the one flag help identify their abuse? Obviously I wont be getting my agreement if there is a on base group hustling the system .....

Additionally I think we should approve spots on base in community areas like housing , churches, fields . There are families on base .

sogNinjaman-ING

Regarding this submission. Military Base - 1*, Generic Chain business - 1*.

Jewelbea-PGO

There must be a flaw in their system as three new gyms/pokestops popped up on base this week. So they are still getting approved.

Kliffington-ING

It's because, as I noted almost a year ago in an AMA and on the boards, the guidelines as written on Wayfarer do not prohibit all wayspots on military bases, just those that obstruct emergency services. @NianticCasey-ING we've spoken about this a long time ago and while I personally believe wayspots in the community areas should be allowed, if you want these to be rejected outright a rewrite where it's explicit that wayspots anywhere on Military Bases are no longer eligible is needed.