Hi there everyone.
I wanted to get some guidance on how to ensure a suggested new location for a Wayspot under review is catalogued properly by the review system. For example, if I notice that the submission’s location is on the other side of a building, select “Suggest a new location,” and drag the pin to an accurate location, should I then Upvote the Accuracy section, Downvote it despite all other factors being valid, or select “I don’t know” and “Location” as the reason?
My concern here is that selecting to Downvote may at times be excessive for a valid submission, while the review system may not consider a suggested new location if I select to Upvote for Accuracy. In this scenario, is it best then to select “I don’t know” and “Location” when suggesting a more accurate location?
N.B. This scenario excludes incidences where the real-world location is more than 100 m away from the submission’s location, which should be rejected outright.
If I suspect foul play, generally someone deliberately trying to place a wayspot in the wrong location to make it appear in Pokemon Go as a pokestop/gym, when in reality it is blocked, I will use one of the abuse rejection reasons. Either straight up abuse or inaccurate location.
It doesn’t matter if the error is 5m or 50m. Having a wayfarer map on which I can check the cell locations helps with this decision.
I will only suggest a new location if it seems to be a genuine error, i.e., there was no game benefit to the location selected.
A pin being clearly on the wrong side of a building is suspicious, although not automatically abuse.
The likelihood is that the final location is an average of the locations selected by all reviewers. Since I expect most people who accept will just leave the location where it is, I also expect that often a wayspot will end up near the abusive location and I don’t want to be approving that.
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For what it’s worth, I think the system asking you to thumbs up/down the location after you’ve moved the pin is redundant, but that’s a discussion for another thread…
As for your question: If the actual location is within 5 or 10 meters, I will move the pin and continue with the review.
Anything beyond that I will reject for “Inaccurate Location.”
If it can’t be moved without the assistance of the help chat, it’s too far off for me.
Hopefully seeing the “Inaccurate Location” rejection reason show up on their contribution with provide them with the feedback they need to correct the nomination when they attempt it again.
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