Ellejayess-PGO
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That is a misreading of my post. In no way did it suggest favouring one game or another. I advocated for being considerate without bias. Thinking in terms of cellular spread is more along the lines of favouring one game over the other. Why argue a technicality? So what it's a "direct guidance" not a "courtesy". Same…
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There is no excuse for being toxic towards me by implying how lazy I must be. I am a no-car from day 1 player who reguarly does 10-20km on bike and foot. Prior to the radius increase, it was an everyday occurance that I would be standing directly at a POI but completely unable to get my character to come and stand with me,…
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I am disappointed by the toxicity of some of these replies. When someone says "remember to be courteous about acessibility (when submitting/reviewing), think of the players if you weren't already", how hard is a simple yes? If you are an Ingress-only player then you must have had your own share of frustration with people…
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Thanks for thinking about this, although an easier variant on your idea would just be for the "submit" button to stay greyed out until the 20 seconds are up. This is a sensitive topic, as you can see from the responses. I will assert that the current system is broken and needs to be recalibrated because it is unworkable…
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Do we really have to fill out our reason for rejecting now btw? It says you must but lets us not.... :D
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If I'm reading the criteria correctly, memorial benches for lesser-known people seem to be returning to their old eligibility? Most meet the criteria "a great place to exercise" as they are "great places to get some air" and "go walking" (they're typically located in parks at scenic viewpoints along walking/cycle trails).…
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I connect my score going down to cooldowns rather than honey pots. It's even happened sinply after getting the captcha. I think scoring correctly on honeypots + agreements is how I eventually get my score back up. The impact of cooldowns is particularly bad because it can tank your score when you've just rejected literal…
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A soccer field would not be a duplicate of a playground. A slide in the same sandpit as some swings, however, would be a duplicate of the swings. This rule exists mostly because swings/slides/bouncy horses in a sandpit are normally within 20m of eachother, so it is better to duplicate them since there is no room for them…
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I know need to be on good/great standing for agreements to count But not sure why it would backtrack
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I have another question if there is a december ama - we really need niantic to tell us if they consider playgroups eligible. They are very common meeting places for parents. I just got one rejected as GB (not a business), doesnt meet criteria (its a place to be social), and k-12 (that one's debatable - hence the need for…
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Memorial benches are typically more unique and interesting than unnamed trail markers, which are now eligible. The ones I'm thinking of often feature unique personalised poems written by locals. When the level of permanence/uniqueness is higher on these benches than some other newly-eligible items, you get the gist that…
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@NianticCasey-ING Can you please clarify to reviewers that the prior complex guidance on memorial benches (having to be dedicated to very notable people) has indeed been lifted? I understand with the new criteria, what matters more is that they're permanent landmarks that teach about the community and encourage time…
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I assume nothing has changed. Reject if it looks like a single family residence's wall. Acceptable if not single family.
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Assess the artwork independently. Cool and unique art inside a chain store? Good to go. Watch out for people trying to submit the starbucks logo as "art" though.
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I wasn't suggesting all business rejections should result in cooldowns/lowered score now. I was suggesting we NEED business honeypots to fix the problem where people are rejecting highly significant eligible businesses. They way honeypots work, is that Niantic sets the score, and if you vote againt Niantic you get…
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@Maffemats-PGO That's no how we're supposed to vote. We're meant to reject bottle stops/**** clubs = places that are exclusively adult entertainment. Taverns are family enterntainment areas, that are not excluaively alchohol related. Have always been eligible. :(
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A common type of nomination in my area is the main sign for little shopping precints, which usually list every generic buiness in the zone. Is that still outide the criteria cos the sign itelf isn't a gathering spot/plaza? Or should we move to accept?
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@pokestophope-ING I wouldn't interpret the modpost as overuling official criteria. He indicates (as we already knew) business are eligible, without concern about opening hours. The only part of a uni I wouldn't nominate would be areas I can't personally get into, like private on-campus residences. Maybe that's what he…
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There's one in my area I'm sure would pass, because it has a proper unique name sign and isn't generic. Meets exercise criteria.
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Indeed, there is no rejection criteria stipulating a poi can't be a sales-focused establishment
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It's not mine, but they've tried all kinds of descriptions and none worked. The architectural angle should have worked because significant landmarks have always been eligible/retain eligibility under "a place to explore" :/ Personally I submitted a unique cafe that runs a community food bank initiative (only one of its…
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Only a couple of tries, actually, many suburbs apart. This is the most galling one - two more attempts by a player since criteria update, award winning location explanation in description. Definitely getting the playground treatment.
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I would think all have a display function. I'm thinking of all the galleries I know, and none are 'less significant". All display and sell work. Something like a furniture gallery may push the envelope a bit more, but I got one accepted even before the update. The only ones I wouldn't submit are the ones located on the…
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The clubhouses are a good place to be social. The first hole, start of a great place to exercise. Then it gets harder. Obviously we weren't allowed to do multiple holes previously. They encourage walking, but maybe not the safest for pedestrians.
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They are not supposed to be rejected. It's very important to always vote based off the criteria - which says they are acceptable (a place to explore/be social). Don't change the way you vote because of what bad reviewers have done to your subs. I've had galleries accepted even before the the update. Helped to not upgrade.…
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So my unique cafe and tavern subs have been rejected since the update, generic business as usual. Reviewers seem unaware of the change. My suggestion is that there need to be business honeypots that, if you reject, you get a cooldown right away tanking your score. That way people could be corrected and learn in real time.
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Currently it appears that your score going down is entirely in response to cooldowns. In order to avoid cooldowns, you have to vote very slowly. That's usually not enough, so I recommend very short sessions of maybe 3-5 reviews. Eventually you'll come across a honeypot and answering correctly will bump you up a grade.
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Results are back in... Every tavern and unique cafe I know about submitted in my area since the criteria update have been rejected as generic business. This update will not have any teeth unless Casey can arrange for wayfarer to flooded with significant business honeypots which hit reviewers with a cooldown/explanation…
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You've highlighted only these lines but omitted the ones that I see as most relevent here: A great place for exploration "A place you love to venture out to; a destination or a placemark of local interest and importance and which makes our communities unique and shapes its identity. Somewhere or something that tells the…
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The the old criteria which said memorial benches needed to be decidicated to a historically very significant person has been thrown out the window. Under current rejection criteria, we just asses if its temporary, private, or "mass produced". I will still reject plain non-memorial benches as mass produced objects. But…