Bistro 238

General Discussion
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When submitting a Wayspot Appeal, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible:

  • Wayspot Title: Bistro 138

  • Location (lat/lon): 43.90617,-78.811019

  • City: Oshawa

  • Country: Canada

  • Screenshot of the Rejection Email (do not include your personal information):
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  • Additional Information (if any):
    Bistro 238 is an excellent little bistro and a popular hot spot amongst the residents of the city.
    It was born in 2005 and continues to grow and evolve with each year and is very much a local hot spot.

You can see the events they are currently running here: https://www.bistro238.com/events

During the winter months, they run trivia nights, which have a signup on the website that fills very quickly. During the summer they do trivia nights on girls nights. They currently have burger nights, and chef’s table Friday nights. They are constantly switching up their events to keep it fresh and unique to keep bringing people back to the restaurant.

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There isn’t an official route to appeal an appeal :thinking:
So I am moving this to general as that is where queries like this happen.

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Can you provide the original submission please so that we can see if there was any obvious issue.

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That looks a great place to go.
A good standard and clearly a social hub.
I know restaurants can be difficult and picture is not great, but it’s absolutely fine. So not sure why it hasn’t passed on appeal :woman_shrugging:

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I think I might have found the problem. Your description is copied and pasted from their website which is plagiarism. That renders the submission ineligible. I suggest you resubmit it with a description written in your own words. Your supplemental information is great, but that un referenced quoted material in the description that will be posted on whatever game That takes up the PO is a problem.

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I think the ‘Bistro 238 …born in 2005…’ text was only added to the appeal. In comparing the website and both the original Description and Support Information, I see the submitter using the information in their own words.

Please let me know if I’m missing something, as I am trying to review this on my phone!

@Leedle95 and @Glawhantojar

Shoot - I do see it now in the Description. While the appeal actually did rephrase it slightly, the Description seems to be verbatim from the website.

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Fortunately should be an easy fix for an otherwise strong submission.

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Nothing about the rejection mentions the description. Can it be improved? Sure. But it’s not the reason it was rejected.

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lol. So maybe I wasn’t crazy the first time through, but the photos you linked are very confusing. I suspect that the circled area below is supporting information but it is also titled as ‘Description’.

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And below from the Bistro 238 website that you linked:

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I agree that the response did not say anything about 3rd party rejection, but do we know if they call that out in their responses. This seems like an incredibly generic response… maybe ML? If Machine learning kicks it, I don’t think it gives much context. But I could be wrong.

I think this is a great nomination. You’ve done the legwork and aside from the (I believe) Supporting evidence, I don’t understand the rejection.

Edit: although I haven’t heard of ML doing the Appeal review….

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ML Doesn’t handle appeals, it was done by a human. As inconsistent as appeals can be, I’ve never had them not tell me a reason they were rejecting it, if they had an issue with the description I’m sure they would have said something.

They had an issue validating the things I was saying, which in hindsight I probably should of linked the website in my appeal

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I think we’ve been told that if the Appeals review gets it wrong we should let Niantic know. I think it’s fair to tag Niantic at this point. But I leave that up to your discretion.

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Hopefully they will come along …maybe not until Monday now…and see its a good nomination.
Remember a nomination doesn’t need to absolutely perfect to be acceptable, The same should apply on appeal. The photo and text doesn’t need to professional quality or a Booker winning prize. The place its self doesn’t need to the the best in the whole world.
Yes when we try to work out why something didn’t succeed lots of small niggly points get mentioned. But that is not saying it makes it less worthy of inclusion if overall its sound (like this one is in my opinion).
If a mistake happens - because they just do - it can be surfaced,

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