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Yeah, I get that. The point I'm trying to make to them though is that not every pub/bar is eligible. As an example, there's a pub in my town that got shut down, and the wayspot removed because half of it was converted into a shop and the other half was going to become PRP. However, it was noticed around Christmas last year that the pub was reopening under a slightly new name. It's been resubbed by someone and it's not even reopened yet because they're still refurbing it, so really that shouldn't have been eligible.
Another example is another bar in my town, that has no name - literally just called "the bar with no name" on Facebook or something like that - which I subbed to make a point and understandably it was never approved because no sign, no name, and nothing else to suggest it was a bar, let alone something that meets criteria
FYI I flagged this and will flag similar posts as spam. Wanting/needing a Stop/Gym for gaming purposes has NOTHING to do with Wayspot eligibility.
This case was specifically asked and answer in an old AMA. Someone asked if restaurant portals should automatically be edited to the new business when turnover occurs. Krug said that no, all such businesses need to be reviewed individually and a new business opening in the same location as an old one which was deemed worthy would not automatically qualify.
Thank you. I know the history of the building is still the same but as a new business that hasn't even opened up yet, I found it surprising that it had been subbed and approved.
Remote raiding, is unrelated to the topics of this forum. To add to your comment Waypoint Criteria hasnt changed based on this so we the people are not deciding whats eligible the criteria are. Casey even told you this forum is not for trying to persuade them to change the criteria so please stop trying to abuse that.
In case you forgot:
Stay on topic please, guys. Remote raiding has nothing to do with if pubs and bars are eligible.
Remote raiding is NOT spoofing. Spoofing is GPS manipulation and is against Niantic ToS.
We do NOT need to decide what is eligible or not, we DO need to follow the guides that Niantic and @NianticCasey-ING provides us. Stop trying to change that.
Bars/Pubs are only acceptable if they meet additional criteria to be accepted. That is what this comes down to.
They must be at least one of the following:
Prominently featured in a Travel Guide
Unique Architecture
Artistic (Murals, Sculptures, etc inside or outside the location)
They may meet other criteria but these are the common ones Bars/Pubs may hit.
I'm lucky that many pubs in my town at least hit the historic criteria with many of them being pubs since Georgian/Victorian/Edwardian eras. But agreed completely, pubs/bars are only acceptable if they meet criteria such as what you listed
Please cite the criteria that lists Bars are a psychical structure that can be identified... and thus should be approved.
Please stay on topic. Remote raiding has nothing to do with if pubs and bars are eligible or not.
Again, you're off topic. What I can see on PoGo has nothing to do with what you originally asked in your original post on this thread.
Clearly you have nothing new to add without derailing the thread and going off topic repeatedly, so it's best that we leave this thread alone until @NianticCasey-ING answers your original question.
The remote raid passes are for existing gyms - there is no need (or desire from most players) to add rubbish to the database just to create extra gyms.
We already have a list of eligible nominations. Remote raiding does not change what is acceptable.
Exactly this. Thank you.
Bars and Pubs are only acceptable if they meet an existing Criteria. Bar/Pub is not a criteria.
They're not inherently eligible. Acceptable =/= Eligible. They must meet other requirements.
You're applying the 'eateries' clarification to bars and pubs. It actually says:
Pubs and Restaurants that serve alcohol (including mall food courts)
It doesn't say bars and pubs have to have been featured prominently in travel guides.
You also missed the criterion bars and pubs meet most easily: "Popular spots where locals gather but are lesser-known outside the community."
In practice, there would have to be something specifically wrong with a particular bar or pub for it not to be eligible.
Hahaha oh man!
I saw 25 New comments out of nowhere. I instantly thought " Gabriel has hijacked my post..." Bingo!! I have been "Diced" 😂
The overall question of " are bars and pubs eligible" has definitely been answered. YES- provided they meet the criteria, and they have some historic element, uniqueness, are featured prominently in travel guides, etc (like how all businesses are graded)
I do still think the "adult orientated" wording really confuses people. It would be better to refer to things like s.t.r.i.p. clubs or adult stores something different. "Potentially inappropriate " or even just s.e.x.u.a.l. in nature. "Potentially controversial "?
And not that I have ever seen a nomination like this, but I am also curious about nominations at g.u.n. ranges or hunting clubs (there's an enormous one near me- you have to pay a massive amount of money to get access- they stock it with all kinds of animals to hunt). Anything near where the actual s.h.o.o.t.i.n.g. takes place is a bad idea, imo. But things mentioned, like club houses, gazebos, gathering areas, on those properties MIGHT be eligible?
Those are not two different topics, it's all about the same, so bars and pubs are included in the first sentence as well. They just highlighted that serving alcohol is not a problem to become elegible.
Not all pubs sell food. How can those be called eateries?
That’s such a pedantic nitpick.
eatery
/ˈiːtəri/
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nounINFORMAL
a restaurant or cafe.
You’re whipping out a dictionary definition to try and tell people what’s what, but you misspell café
From Marriam-Webster:
From Oxford:
Many pubs and taverns do sell meals and/or light lunches, so it is correct to call them eateries.
And what I said was that some bars and pubs don't offer food at all, in which case it is totally outlandish to think those establishments are covered by the term 'eateries'.
I didn't misspell it, I simply copied and pasted it, which I thought would have been obvious from the formatting. I'm doing it again now:
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