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I don't think there's any way to properly automate punishment. At some point, an actual thinking person is going to have to look at and evaluate a reviewer's "bad" decisions and determine what the bad pattern actually is, and then approve punishment. Even then, the bad decisions would have to be so obviously…
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I was ready to defend the trail marker, until I saw that it's not a trail marker. 😂 This isn't a sign whose purpose is to mark a trail and provide guidance along a trail. Its purpose is to identify your location if you have an emergency. It is an emergency marker, not a trail marker. Your post is overly indignant for what…
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Allowing POIs in restricted areas does NOT encourage you to trespass by any stretch of the imagination, and they flat out tell you not to trespass. If the POI wasn't there, it would make the same difference to you. So it doesn't matter if it IS there. Someone else's ability to reach a POI that you can't does not in any way…
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Dude, take a chill pill. What you're seeing with at least one of the replies here is probably exactly what your reviewers did: they saw the title (a cactus, which is a natural feature), and read the description which at first seems to confirm that it is indeed a cactus (natural feature). I get that you're patting yourself…
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Definitely joined Wayfarer to work up to submitting POIs and getting upgrades. It's a bonus (but a good one!) that the process to get upgrades improves my community's gameplay experience. I don't have a problem reviewing if I don't have nominations, but I definitely tend to drop it for a while until I feel like exploring…
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For me, I think it depends on the quality of the POI. If it's a great submission and the game in the description is the only unfortunate bit, I would be inclined to 1* the description and pass the rest of it. After all, the submission process is incredibly misleading, because it specifically references your game and what…
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Thanks for the input! Where is the Wayfarer support chat? Is that just the regular Appeals forum?
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I think the idea is to make rural areas playable. If an urban area takes a long time to get a new POI but has plenty of POIs in the meantime, they don't need a new one anytime soon. I wouldn't say rural areas have any particular advantages, especially when superficial issues like pedestrian access often hold them back. I'm…
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Wow, that sounds like a not cool way to play. Once you have gym coins, there's no need to monopolize a gym. Not sure if you just have high turnover or you're just keeping people from progressing on purpose. It's much better to let a gym turn over periodically over a day so everyone can benefit, and that includes yourself.…
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Looks like we should move discussions to Twitter for Actual Results. 😂
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Is there some additional context to the question? For bases I would think you review ... exactly the same as you review anything else. Being a gated community hasn't ever changed that. Not sure what a non-active cemetery is? Have they removed the bodies? For cemeteries meant for exploring, I would personally be content…
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I would also like to know! These are definitely trail markers, but being painted on trees makes it a "temporary" or "natural feature" problem. I haven't been bothering with these just because of that. But if they're acceptable, it's a great way to help navigate and mark a trail, and to increase playability in an area meant…
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I've found it a lot harder to place POI markers in street view than in a simple overhead map view. Even when I review, when the street view appears by default, I can't tell if the POI marker I'm looking at is on the curb or three blocks away. Do you really think you can place a marker in street view more easily? I…
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I am super curious about whether there could possibly be any worthwhile motivation for a Lightship-only POI, outside of being paid for it. The database, in and of itself, has zero value. There is literally no point to its existence, from a user standpoint, unless the information is used in a game of some kind. It's…
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In practice, the reviewers decide what counts for safe pedestrian access. But I absolutely agree that Niantic needs to make language more inclusive of rural areas. Whether that's listing wide, grassy or gravel areas as examples or clarifying that "pedestrian access" is a local interpretation, they should do more to assist…
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Sorry, what? Was this question supposed to relate to something, or are you just asking for my opinion out of the blue, or ...? I don't recall commenting on this thread. 😂
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Keep trying. The advice about the park area instead of benches is solid. It's an anchor for a park and/or walking trail and thus is completely eligible. You just need to get the right set of reviewers and the right presentation. The title is your hook and when a reviewer sees "3 pillars and 3 benches" and then a vacant…
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That piano looks like it's missing keys. I'd be pretty skeptical if I reviewed it. Looks like it's been thrown out until it rots. It's a super cool concept and I would want to approve it, but I think the temporary argument carries the most weight. It's as likely to be wheeled to the curb for the garbage truck as it is to…
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A while back, there was a huge back and forth as far as whether malls and/or mall maps could be POIs. I'm still pretty bemused at the idea that malls would be a default rejection because they're a clear social hangout. **** malls maybe not so much, but there's all kinds of stuff going on in regular malls just because you…
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I think it generally depends how close they are. If they're a distinct and separate field or space, you can justify different POIs for each, especially if they're different kinds of sports fields. There's nothing wrong with having a POI for the park as a whole, and then additional POIs for specific sections or attractions…
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While you don't actually need a specific object as an anchor for a park (it's a place of exploration and exercise just by itself), it's practically necessary for getting something approved. Is there some kind of signage at the beginning or end of the path? If you can't find something, this might be a hard sell.
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Agree about the sign being unconvincing. Local artist or not, it needs some flair to look anything other than generic, and I don't think the argument is there that it honors a person verses just naming the building. I'm totally on board with the building architecture, though!
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Picnic areas are eligible. You might call it "Picnic with the Ducks" and identify the name of the creek and maybe the species of duck you're likely to see. I see a sign in the first photo - does that provide any information, or could it make a better POI? I do like that the benches are specifically set up to watch the…
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Or just avoid the word school in the title completely and use "Vernon Township - Longest Occupied Building." That is a really unfortunate plaque they have because it really makes it look like it's a school. I would open the description with something like, "Once a school but no longer, this historic building is the longest…
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Is this a sporadic issue? I've nominated things recently with existing photos and they went through just fine.
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Same, I couldn't care less about the leaderboards. I've seen too many people use their statistics as some attempt to throw weight around or prove some kind of better ability/more knowledge, and it has never translated into that. Wayfarer is a background tool to enable the games. Statistics are a bit of trivia and not much…
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Aren't these already connected somehow? My PoGo account is connected to my Wayfarer account. Or is the Niantic Profile just new?
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The general guidance is to have markers on the edge of playing/game fields, so if that's where the original markers were, then it's too bad that they were moved. But if you don't read the forums, you might not know this and think it has to be in the middle of the field, so that's something to consider. On the other hand,…
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Actually, that quote doesn't mandate a sign. It's simply pointing out that a sign would be the preferred anchor point ... for reasons we're already well familiar with. If a sign was mandated, there would have been no actual update to the natural feature criteria, because all these signs were always eligible. They're just…