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  • Setting aside the missing rejection reasons for a moment: if you do end up having to resubmit, may I suggest you don't use the word "plaque?" I think the use of the phrase "art insert" in the approved nomination you showed is good. Maybe "engraving" or "tile." But I would not refer to any of these pieces as "plaques," and…
  • Regarding your "in queue" submissions, all nominations, whether or not they're upgraded, seem to go through a mandatory "waiting period" where they do not go into voting (presumably to let the submitter make any necessary edits to the submission prior to voting). These nominations were only submitted 2 days ago, and are…
  • I guess the issue with this is what happens when a nominator slips in a URL in a way that gets past their filters, like "Visit their website at Nianticlabs dot com." A reviewer could reject that under the general title/description rejection, but there is some value to having the more specific rejection reason there. Not…
  • In those cases, I search up "other" and select that. Edit: Though I understand some reviewers may not be able to do that due to how the website is programmed?
  • I try to think of this as "is the submitter intentionally trying to get you to vote in a way contrary to Wayfarer guidelines?" (making voting requests) or "is the submitter trying to drop certain words or phrases for the specific purpose of sending a coded message to reviewers?" (code words). If a submitter is just saying…
  • I was going to ask something along the lines of "If they're at the point where they have put together meshes of wayspots from their scan data then why haven't they actually brought these features into their games as 3D in-game models? It sure seems like actually having a tangible benefit to the scanning (rather than an…
  • The satellite view/Street View situation may be part of why your other nominations are not accepted. This nomination, though, does not meet any of the acceptance criteria. If you want to nominate a park, it needs to be an actual park, not just a random grassy area. If you want to nominate a dog park, it needs to be an…
  • I think your approach pretty much aligns with mine, even on the trail markers. If the nomination is a trail marker with a map for a hiking and biking trail, it could potentially be a "yes" to all four of those. But if it's in a park, that's still getting a "no," because the nomination is not for the park itself. There are…
  • I don't believe we've ever been given direct answers to some of these questions, but it seems to be: - The review is triggered when someone submits a new photo for an existing wayspot through Ingress or Pokémon GO. When that happens, reviewers are asked to review all the photos of the wayspot, including the new submission.…
  • The StreetView you posted is from 2019. If you're trying to prove that the point of interest still exists, you need to go there and take a current photo of it (though of course it could have been removed for an entirely different reason; there's no way to know for sure).
  • Given the state of Wayfarer on the whole, I think it would be an equally (or more) valid argument to say that it was ruined when Niantic failed to put together correct data to reward players who participated and repeatedly denied the problem until people finally gave up, while also moving the goalposts after the event on…
  • I generally agree with this. I think Niantic needs to be more transparent in the nominating process, but putting cell lines on the map is just an open invitation to every submitter to nudge their submission pin a few meters into the next cell, and there's far too much of that already.
  • No interest in the game itself, but from the Wayfarer side, I'm kind of curious to see what kind of job Niantic does of identifying "basketball courts" and "parks" given that wayspot categorization has only been a relatively recent addition. I have a feeling there are going to be more than a few questionable inclusions and…
  • All nominations must meet at least one of the acceptance criteria to be accepted. A memorial to a notable person is likely to meet the exploration criteria by virtue of the memorialized person's significance. If a memorial is not for a notable person, then it would need to meet the criteria in some other way. It doesn't…
  • This appears to be located inside a national chain and features a lot of branding for said chain, which makes me think that it's likely not unique and is the type of "mass-produced corporate art" that we've been told to reject. While I agree that "Private Residence" is not a correct rejection reason, I think "Other…
  • @NianticAtlas @NianticVK @NianticGiffard could still use a response on this one.
  • If I'm remembering correctly, the guidelines used to be along the lines of "non-recognizable people are okay if it is not practical to take a photo without people," like say at a major tourist attraction. They may be applying some logic along those lines, rejecting because they believe that a photo without people would be…
  • I don't believe K-12 is really a correct rejection here, as there is nothing stopping adults from going to a Chuck E. Cheese's. However, since it is a large chain restaurant, I think it will be rejected regardless of any changes you make to the submission (I would reject it).
  • The most responsive way currently seems to be through Wayfarer help chat (round orange button in the lower right corner of the "Help" tab on the main Wayfarer website). I've made two requests through that system, and each was moved within 24 hours.
  • Thanks for posting these. As @JillJilyJabadoo-PGO alluded to above, this simply does not meet any of the acceptance criteria. It does not appear to be a great place to be social, a great place to explore, or a great place to exercise. It may certainly be a valuable organization in the community, but that alone does not…
  • Seems like that could be done with just a small wording change to the current Nomination Improvements forum. Not about to hold my breath, though.