3 Pokestops just vanished in just one week from one cell

When submitting a Wayspot Appeal, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible:

  • Wayspot Title: Vogue Villa Fitness Gym
  • Location (lat/lon):17.4791582, 78.4957631
  • City: Hyderabad
  • Country:India
  • Screenshot of the Rejection Email (do not include your personal information): These were 3 Niantic Pokestops in this location and just vanished from the area put of nowhere
  • Additional Information (if any):We have been using those spots for over 2 years
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from one cell

Assuming we’re talking about a level 17 s2 cell, this may have been part of Niantic’s efforts to enforce the inclusion criteria in Pokemon Go in areas where it hasn’t previously been respected.

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Nah it was a single cell there was quiet distance from all 3 stops so to answer your question no non were in the same cell rather all were not in one cell

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Complexion and another beauty parlour are still on the map.

What is/was the third that disappeared?

Is this where Complexions, Allys a c and Anahata Yoga were previously?

Is it possible can you please help me get them back it’s a big big big request please

Those are not the stops bro those pokestops are still on the map

The stops I am referring to used to go by the name Vogue Villa , I Care Old Age Home and another stop I cannot remember the name

Sorry bro there’s not much I can do about it.

The only thing I can think of is to find something else to submit in the area.

A care home isnt a sensitive location, it’s a place where people with additional needs live - not a single family private residence and who is to say no one there likes to play games? I would view it as similar to apartment blocks, where the shared areas are okay for submissions.

This kind of location may have eligible items there, however I’d probably have expected to see those items be the waypoints, not the care home itself. For example gardens, sports and fitness facilities, areas to socialise, artwork, decorative fountains.

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I “have autism”, shouldnt I play either?

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I just think it sucks that if someone is disabled, ill, or elderly and needs support for their day to day living, that somehow they get treated as if they’re a child?

A care home isnt a sensitive location, it’s open to visitors, residents live, socialise and exercise there, and I see absolutely no reason to deny waypoints there in the same way as a school or graveyard.

Things could be accepted there on their own merit, in the same way as at other locations that are not listed as being categorically ineligible

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Since it’s Hyderabad I’d imagine they were added when Niantic management decided they would eschew the system they created starting with OPR and dumped hundreds of thousands of ineligible Wayspots in India because they wanted to populate an area they saw as an upcoming market.

They are going to be busy if they start removing all these

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Having played a lot of Go from the cancer ward, can 100% say I never saw another player there, and it was a welcome distraction

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I would not remove a sign for an assisted living place for being “sensitive,” but I would have rejected one in the first place for the same reasons I reject apartment building signs. And I could see the property owners there asking to have the Pokestops removed if players are being a nuisance.

Yeah I wouldn’t approve the submission for a care home itself, just because it doesn’t necessarily meet critieria, but have no issue with items on the premises. Same for hospitals - certain areas are a no, but other things, which may or may not be next to cancer wards, can be fine

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I wasnt the one with cancer. And yes, they are past tense now :sweat_smile:

Happy times.

At least I had some waypoints so I didnt go mad sitting at the 6 hour chemo sessions.

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I can understand the removal of I care old age home but why do all Salons and parlours get rejected ? And also Vogue Villa Was a Salon and also frequently visited so I don’t get the point of getting that removed

This I can agree on that hospitals and sensitive locations shouldn’t be approved at all for any reason but please tell me why can’t General Stores, Salons , Open Parks , Small Business like Tea & Snacks , Clothing stores , Retails stores for helmets autoparts etc. these spots are places where people normally go on a daily basis and have no restrictions why on earth do these get rejected

For Example Vogue Villa is a salon which is totally open to public why is it a bad stop?

@Ironcane07 Criteria is that Wayspots must meet at least one of these:

  • A great place for exploration
  • A great place for exercise
  • A great place to be social with others

Just being part of your normal routine does not make something great in those terms. Just being a place you can go with no restrictions, a place you can be social, or a place you can exercise that wasn’t designed for that purpose is not enough.

https://wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/new/criteria/acceptance

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