When submitting a Wayspot Appeal, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible: Wayspot Title:Bong Coffee’s Location (lat/lon): 35.165259,126.916616 City: Gwangju Country: korea Screenshot of the Rejection Email (do not include your personal information): [봉…

Thanks for the appeal, @ko4756 ! We gave this a second look and decided to restore the Wayspot in question.

The wayspot may be able to be restored, but the wayfarer team generally don’t have any control over bringing something back as a gym, especially when another gym has already replaced a removed gym. So if it does get reinstated, it will likely be as a Pokéstop and not a gym.

I am deeply questioning the internal process of the Niantic review team. Why would Niantic approve an appeal only to remove the same Wayspot a month later? Is there absolutely no communication or record-sharing between your review teams? When a change is made to a Wayspot, its historical data—inclu…

You will have to wait for an official reply. I don’t think it is helpful to make assumptions. Only the Wayfarer Team will know exactly what happened here. Evidence is required for a removal and they will be able to review that. You write: [image] ko4756: Based on this professional validatio…

To clarify, there was no ‘manipulation’ involved. I am a single-account user who contributes to the local community by nominating valid POIs. The community members who use these spots daily chose to interact with the photos and vote based on their own preferences using legitimate in-game features. T…

I’m glad to hear the clarification of what you wrote. You will have to wait for the review, to see if the evidence you have provided is now sufficient for the wayspot to be restored. Staff only remove if evidence is provided. If you suspect malicious intent p,ease do complete this form .

I appreciate the restoration of the Wayspot, but the following issues must be addressed to ensure the integrity of the game: 1. Clarification of Removal Cause: Was this removal caused by a malicious user report or an internal error? Since a Niantic staff member had already manually verified and app…

Here is a response given to someone else with a similar complaint: [image] Playground has been an ingame P.o.i. for YEARS, suddenly removed Wayspot Appeals Hey, At the risk of sounding repetitive, we do not have the tools to control what type of in-game locati…

??? What exactly is my fault here?"???

You’re asking the wayfarer team to do something which you’ve already been told they can’t do.

I don’t understand the question. There is no fault of yours. I was showing you how Niantic had replied to similar requests to return the restored Wayspot to gym status. They have said that they are unable to do that.

Appeal for Restoration of Removed Wayspot: [봉커피(Bong Coffee's)]

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Appeal for Restoration of Removed Wayspot: [봉커피(Bong Coffee's)]

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