Agreed. But tat's not what this topic is about. It's about giving out bans for submitting invalid portals. Not fakes, simply stuff that gets rejected. Stuff that might be simply ineligible (but not m… (View Post)

That is completely irrelevant, though. Restricted access has been perfectly acceptable sice the very beginning of Ingress, and it never stopped being perfectly okay. Do you know what else requires pa… (View Post)

Is it on the wall of a single-family home, though? If it is, unfortunately it's ineligible, no matter how significant it is. (View Post)

The problem is that even if Niantic issues a very clear update on the related criteria (which is doubtful), they would still be an uphill battle because the mindset of reviewers is extremely hard to … (View Post)

Yes. Ideally, such a honeypot would be a nomination that is something obviously eligible (place of worship, playground, statue, etc.), is visible on Satellite and/or Street View, the pin would be at … (View Post)