When submitting a Wayspot Appeal, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible: Wayspot Title: Fietsroute 36 Sassedijk HW Location (lat/lon): 51.72207, 4.598518 City: Strijensas/Schenkeldijk Country: The Netherlands Screenshot of the Rejection Email (do not include your pe…

[1000017681] This picture was made today and shows that the old wayspot (which was a showcase btw) still exists, although the sign has been renewed last year

Thanks for the appeal, @assakura . We have taken another look but stand by our decision to retire this Wayspot.

Care to explain why? Because your newly-posted criteria clarifications say trail markers like this one are perfectly eligible.

I guess it’s time to resubmit everything since this one Niantic employee doesn’t care about the new criteria and is nuking everything… Oh, and the pokestops and gyms that were removed in our area were all approved by the AI btw, not by malicious reviewers from my area. That’s why I’m quite frankly …

I agree, an explanation is in order, how are we supposed to understand and follow the rules if we have little idea what they are and the team refuse to clarify.

Approved wayspot and old wayspot disappeared days after approval

Wayspot Appeals

GeneralSecura May 22, 2024, 8:50pm 3

According to Niantic’s own new criteria clarifications (Trails & Markers), these should be perfectly acceptable.

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Approved wayspot and old wayspot disappeared days after approval

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