When submitting a Wayspot Appeal, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible:
- Wayspot Title: Royal Library Old Fountain
- Location (lat/lon): 55.674178,12.581749
- City: Copenhagen
- Country: Denmark
- Screenshot of the Rejection Email (do not include your personal information): N/A
- Additional Information (if any): I believe the removal of this gym to be a result of the Waypoint/gym gradually being repurposed - perhaps abusively - and thus I am appealing its removal, hoping for it to be reinstated and restored to its pre-repurposed status.
In short: I strongly believe the Waypoint in question used to be named “Royal Library Old Entrance”, but that a new submitted photo of the entrance with the fountain in front has led to a repurposing namechange to “Royal Library Old Fountain”, leading to a removal, possibly for being a duplicate of “Royal Library Fountain”. The coordinates for this Waypoint are on the old entrance of the Royal Library.
Context: Over the past couple of weeks I have seen a lot of edit submissions when doing reviews in my local area that I believe are made with abuse. Some seem focused on moving certain Waypoints across S2 cell barriers, from outside school grounds to inside, etc. Others are repurpose-edits that change the focus of the Waypoint, e.g. changing the Waypoint title from a specific theater, to “statue outside [Theater]” - with the statue being removed. This makes me to believe the end-goal is to then submit a removal request (if the title edit is approved), given that the feature no longer exists at the location. I believe there is a pattern in these edit submissions and that they generally appear to target areas where there are 2 or more Gyms close together, but that might just be me seeing a pattern where there is none.
Specifics: When removed, the Waypoint had the title “Royal Library Old Fountain” and the approved photo was the picture below, which shows the fountain, with the building / Royal Library Old Entrance in the background. I believe the Waypoint used to be named “Royal Library Old Entrance”, which has also been the sentiment when I asked in the community. The Waypoint has been stored on PogoMap (PogoMap.Info - Gym - Royal Library Old Entrance) in 2018 with the exact same coordinates and the title “Royal Library Old Entrance”, as well as a picture of the Old Entrance. I am not sure which picture it had previously, or when it was changed to the one it had when removed, but I believe the picture to have been changed sometime during 2025.
While I understand removing the Waypoint in its current state, as I believe that state to be the result of - possibly abusively - repurposing the Waypoint, I hope you will consider looking at the history of the Waypoint, how it evolved over time, and if the Waypoint should possibly be reinstated and restored to a previous state. I also understand that reinstating the Waypoint does not necessarily mean it becomes a Gym again, but I do hope that you will consider reinstating it to a Gym too, both given its long history in the game (it appears present on attached screenshot from 5th of August 2016), and given - in my opinion - a pattern of abusive attempts to get Gyms removed, which this might be a part of.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the length. I tried to be as detailed as possible; please let me know if there is anything else I can/should add.
