There has been someone in my area that has been putting up these fairy doors up around the community for the better part of the last year. I was just wondering if they would be eligible.
They tend to put them up on public property like utility poles or trees in parks. I have even spotted the person touching them up and adding more to them.
This is one of their latest ones I spotted while walking my dog. They seem to be permanently fixed to the poles/trees. They have really livened up the neighborhood and added some personality to these side streets but I don’t really see any fairy doors as Pokestops.
You would need some kind of evidence that this is a condoned art project and not just vandalism. (But very cute vandalism.) It is also very small, and small things don’t make good wayspots most of the time, as they are hard to discover.
Should the size of a nomination be taken into account?
Yes, a good Wayspot nomination should be relatively easy to locate in person. If a Wayspot is too small, it may be difficult to verify its real-world location. If you come across a high-quality nomination that’s small in size, we recommend you use the supporting photo and description to provide more context on the nomination’s location.
I see a huge difference in a “common” fairy door that someone might have attached/fixed to poles and trees, even though since it could be part of an art installation I wouldn’t deny them at the first glance. But I think it requires evidence that verifies the eligibility, just as @cyndiepooh mentioned
Like a lot of things, they /can/ be eligible. You can’t say “all fairy doors or eligible” or “all fairy doors are not eligible”. It depends upon the fairy door, although I disagree that small things generally don’t make good wayspots, as it can make them more exciting to find
Near me, there’s one that’s a longstanding wayspot and it’s a very good one. It’s also extremely permanent-looking. On the other hand, there’s a little gathering of fairy doors in the woods that just look temporary, as if they could be picked up and moved around at will - those I haven’t even bothered to consider.
That one you posted looks temporary even if it is actually fixed to the pole.
Here’s an example of a famous art project for fairy doors. It has a website. People post photos of the doors using a hashtag on Instagram. The project has been around for well over a decade. Artists apply to be part of the official project. Each official door is numbered and mapped.
Ah, I see. I make sure all of my submissions can be confirmed on streetview or a photosphere, because I am lucky enough to have the former on almost all streets and am still able to upload the latter, so POI size has never affected me. I think my smallest POT has been 2 inches across if that.
I didn’t consider what happens if you don’t have those options.
I didn’t even think about the size, that’s a great point.
And I’m just curious about the condoned art project thing, I see graffiti/street art as stops all the time. Would a lot of those need evidence it was condoned as well? TBH I know nothing about how street art is made and that could very much be the case so I’m just wondering.
Providing evidence that the project is permitted is to convince reviewers not to reject as temporary. Niantic will remove graffiti that appears to just be vandalism when reported. We see a lot of requests for restoration in Wayspot Appeals about that. And they will restore them with evidence that the graffiti have been commissioned.
With huge art murals, the permission is usually assumed if it isn’t presented in the nomination. But I always try to provide evidence of the commission in my submission.
