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  • I guess my question about that is why they were getting approved so quickly in the first place. I’m in the 4th largest metropolitan area in Wisconsin, and anything without an upgrade typically takes 6-20 months.
  • I’m not sure the purpose of this OP. It asks what’s going on and then answers shortly thereafter… you’ve been successful with your Wayfarer submissions and have moved yourself from a low-density area to a higher-density area, so your nominations are not getting prioritized as they had been. It’s like moving up a tax…
  • I sign in with Gmail and Wayfarer logs me out all the time. Like, any time I hit the refresh button I have to log back in.
  • Fifteen dollars? And here everybody thought we were working for free. No, no, no: we pay to do all of Niantic’s legwork.
  • Your rejection reasons are incorrect, but the rejection itself is not. That painted bit of concrete does not meet criteria.
  • It’s very easy for nominations to cross like ships in the night. If the other player submitted, and had upgrades available, he could get his nomination approved quickly, then yours would end up rejected as a duplicate. I have seen this in my own area, where I got a nomination approved, then weeks later review another…
  • If I recall correctly from the last thread, this is basically just a billboard and not an eligible subject. You’re free to appeal, though.
  • Improving that photo definitely has to come first. Reviewers tend to like a subject square, centered, level, and clearly recognizable, and the name (which I assume is the subject here) is none of those. You might get better results on a cloudy day, or during dawn or dusk, because the shadows are somewhat severe, and I…
  • I support both the camps above. When nominating, I call out visible landmarks, intersections, etc in my supporting to prove my location and pedestrian access claims. It’s always best to proactively remove any doubt. When reviewing, if the supporting image generally matches the satellite image, the difference being the…
  • Time to edit the subject line to “Correct Rejections by Niantic.”
  • Yeah, I’ve seen a few such comments in here, and gotten low quality photo rejection for stuff at an angle. I always recommend taking a picture square and level and centered because of this, but in this case I do agree that the second image does a better job of displaying the subject.
  • You know, I was thinking I’d just leave it alone but @tehstone-Ambo has convinced me. If an ounce of ineligible POI removal equals a pound of coal prevention, that makes it worth the removal, remote report or no.
  • I recommend you post your rejections in the Nomination Improvement forum. Nine times out of ten, the rejection reasons that seem like nonsense actually indicate a flaw in your nomination and Niantic just gives reviewers terrible feedback options. Sometimes getting another set of eyes on your submissions will help you…
  • This thread is a refreshing change of pace from the usual ‘Those no good reviewers rejected my memorial bench!’ threads.
  • A health care center is not a great place for exploration, socialization, or exercise. So whether it meets rejection criteria (emergency services) or not, it doesn’t meet acceptance criteria.
  • Yeah, I mean the vertical is not vertical and the horizontal is not horizontal. Crooked. I would reject for the title and add a note about the image.
  • It’s crooked. Do you not see it? It’s the first thing I see.
  • This is a case of criteria vs reality I’d say the images presented here adequately meet the bottom of the criteria threshold. But criteria alone does not necessarily generate an approval. The primary image is the first thing the reviewer sees, and your chance to make a first impression. Blurry, off-center, crooked, or…
  • It’s petty, but reviewers probably didn’t like the cars in the background. I agree, however, that yours is a significant improvement.
  • Yeah, I’d reject that for text. And maybe I’d add a note about photo orientation to go with it.
  • A wall doesn’t have grandma’s social security check in it. So to me, that doesn’t address the concern I would have about approving it.
  • ”Other rejection criteria” is Niantic’s inadequately-titled category for “does not meet criteria.” Reviewers do not think this is a good place to explore or socialize or exercise, so you’ll want to give some why it’s eligible in a renomination. Additionally, some context around the nomination would help: what building is…
  • I saw “mailbox” in the title of the thread and I thought “rejection.” Now that I see them, I get it. Those are unique. I don’t know that a nomination could be crafted demonstrably better than what you have here, the issue is the nature of the subject; a mailbox POI feels like an invasion of privacy. I don’t know that I…
  • When you have a text that is faint, try a light, unobtrusive filter, not to the point that it’s visibly altered, but to see if you can generate enough contrast to improve legibility. And yes, saying the name of the building the subject is on will help improve your credibility with reviewers. The rest of your text is…
  • A bench on a trail has 100% more “I” than 99% of the trail markers I see (or that get posted in here, often accompanied by a text similar to ‘tHeY rEjEcTeD mY tRaiL mArKeRRrrrrrrrargh’). I get that benches are marginally engaging in the best of cases, but if we’re already supposed to approve one low-quality submission…
  • Wow, are you ever going to be angry when your memorial bench submissions get rejected.
  • Yeah, I think you need a German reviewer or two to chime in here for accurate feedback. That would pass easily in the US, but the German review pool seems to have a different take.
  • Andis followed the technically-correct procedure. When the subject is removed, the associated waypoints should be removed, and if a suitable subject is put in its place, then a new nomination goes in from ground zero. Not that I’m saying it necessarily should be the process, but that’s what we’re supposed to do.
  • Know the criteria. This is difficult, because it is scattered across the four corners of the internet. But read up on the AMAs and Niantic comments in these forums whenever you can. Remember the main criterion is that a subject should be a place to socialize, exercise, or explore. Learn what makes a great primary image.…
  • I’ve seen and read a lot of things in these forums that could deter someone from using Wayfarer, but a Niantic-led reeducation campaign of reviewers who correctly rejected a pile of coal is as discouraging as it gets.