Moves are distance limited in the games (~10m in PoGo, ~20m in Ingress). There was a history of bad moves.
And, you are likely correct in thinking that the edit was denied because of it was incorrect.
The current process to do this is via the Wayfarer help chat.
- Visit the Wayfarer help page (also visible as the
(?)
on the left hand navigation menu) - Click on the speech balloon on the bottom right corner to open a help chat
- Enter
Skip
to start the process. - The chat will offer some documentation links and help links. Select
I still need help
- More popups, select
Wayspot Edits
- More popups, select
Location Edits > 10m
At that point, it list some information you need to have handy, like title, current location, new location. All subsequent prompts are a straight line; no more choose your own adventure.
(For future readers, the process above could change and not be exactly the same.)
[I looked for these instructions in a existing post and Wayfarer docs but could not find one, otherwise I would have just linked to that. Could an Ambassador write up a pinned message that could be easily referenced? Or point me to such write up if one already exists?]