Following on from a couple of threads recently do you see this as abusive? @NianticAaron or any non staff member who has an opinion.
This is a regular occurrence in the UK. Most pubs are owned by large breweries when they either take over or change management they often change the name and spruce it up a wee bit with a coat of paint. Often the exact same staff will still work there and definitely the same regulars are there. They might change the menu and have different beers.
This could be seen as a greyer area. In retrospect I can see that but I was changing a should be ineligible Wayspot to seem better.
Along the Thames there are lots of DFBâs. I was interested to see why Emily would accept one picture, description and not another. I probably done about 20 of these making only the picture better/different.
Some Emily would accept instantly. Some I had to take a picture of the bench from the front, Emily accepts and then the landscape to get Emily to accept.
For this one I was interested to see what Emily would and wouldnât accept. The picture was accepted but technically Iâm changing the whole Wayspot.
This came up last night. A nomination was in review for an ice cream that was in the same building as an existing Wayspot for an ice cream shop. A Google search found this story about it
The logical thing to do in my opinion would be to update the name to the renovated shop, since they are the same thing under a new name - a local ice cream shop. But someone else mentioned this remove and replace policy. So the nomination was skipped.
It is all well and good for the people who only see the data to say âremove and replaceâ but for the people who play the games, this can be very impactful in a negative way. âRoutesâ become unusable if a game location is removed. âShowcase Pokestopsâ donât get replaced if removed. If an ice cream shop has become a church, I think âremove and replaceâ makes sense. But when a local ice cream shop is renovated and reopened as a local ice cream shop, it makes more sense to edit.
They seem to be quite unclear about what they want, how they want it and why they want it that way.
If they eased up a bit on, say, British Pubs, theyâd keep getting updated information, as submitting a new title and photo is fairly straightforward.
Under their âcorrection equals abuseâ policy, we will be damned if we are going to file all those procedures and appeal their inevitable rejection just to break everybodyâs stuff before attempting a new nomination. Whoâs idea of fun is that?
The result: scans will seldom correlate with photos, titles, or descriptions.
I think, that many problems with changes could be avoid, if they would add the ability to give supporting infos, such as for nominations.
The friendly british user could easily describe that the ânewâ pub isnât adult only or what ever the concerns would be.
Scans really just collect a 3D outline to overlay on your phone image. I think the odds are, that the old business has the same scan footprint as the new ownership. Unless they knock the building down and build another. Even if they add awnings - Iâd think new scans would mesh with old ones. Youâre not reading the name of the place on the scan. And if bits of it are blurry - it could pick up details from the userâs phone. Or, I think so.
Oh thatâs interesting. Iâd never thought about the scans too much since when Iâm done the preview is a standard video. Itâs only during the scan that I see the wireframes. I kind of thought that was just for in game flavor.
I get a lot more to explore playing Ingress than any of the other Niantic games. I also find it very detailed and engaging since there is a lot of strategic things that can be done.
Not around where I play luckily. Itâs fun since Iâm on the smaller faction locally. So I have fun with hitting a different area daily and taking out a big node or two. Honestly I think they like me since it gives them a chance to clear out my new portals regularly. And they leave my home portal alone even though they know where it is. Plus I get to dirty hack lots of high level gear.
Can you point me to where they have been clear about this. I work at a university and they just unveiled a new name for a building, so I edited the pokestop to reflect the new name of the building. The name rejected and then I appealed and explained that it is the new building name. Got a notice that my appeal was âabusive.â I am new to this, but there really doesnât seem to be a comprehensive guide or one place to go to learn all the nuances and how they want this done. Seems like a waste of my time to keep reviewing and making edits to reflect reality, I.e., giving free labor, with no rule book. Iâm gathering from this thread that I shouldâve asked for the pokestop to be deleted and then resubmit a new one. Wouldâve appreciated that information at the get go. So if there is a place with comprehensive guidelines, Iâd love to know so I can follow their rules.
Iâm afraid we crossed wires, somehow. I cannot help you to find Nianticâs clarity.
That is why I said they seemed âquite unclearâŚâ
Wish as we might to the contrary, we can only conclude that the individual staffers are loose cannons careering through the forum almost at random. They seem to have personal axes to grind but they donât seem able to build them into a comprehensive and clearly articulated whole.
Welcome @Summportkey
There are many things in Wayfarer that are judgement calls so somethings are not simple or straightforward.
Could you provide more details of your case please?
I am well aware that University buildings can often be renamed for various sound reasons.
Is there a link to a webpage about that change?
Was the change of name because the function of the building changed?
If the function of the building changed markedly then that would affect its eligibility.
I do think that this whole issue needs a rethink as currently it is too convoluted and works against accuracy in many instances.
