Can I get your opinion on my nomination are being rejected

Nomination Support
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I’ve submitted a total of 7 nomination, all being rejected, some even after appeal. Can I get your opinion as to why. Here are some of my entries..

Wayspot Submission for Chameleon Bar

Manila

Not Accepted

2025-10-04

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Description

Cool hip restaurant located at the 3rd floor of New Coast Hotel Manila; serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Prices on the expensive side, with parking if needed

Location

5F LaVie Resort & Casino Manila, 1588 Pedro Gil, cor Del Pilar St, Malate, Manila, 1004 Metro Manila, Philippines

Supplemental Information

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New and hip place in Malate

Wayspot Submission for Pocahontas Mural

Paranaque

Not Accepted

2025-10-09

Reviewers provided these top reasons for not accepting this submission:
  • The location of the submission does not match the photos, and/ or map
  • The submission is believed to be fake

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Description

Pocahontas Mural community play ground

Location

Remmanville Subdivision Basketball Court, 22 Love, Parañaque, 1711 Metro Manila, Philippines

Supplemental Information

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Pocahontas! Disney

Wayspot Submission for Remmanville Multi Purpose Bldg

Paranaque

Not Accepted

2025-10-09

This submission was declined by Niantic’s automated process for not adhering to Wayfarer criteria

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Description

Multi Purpose Building for Remmanville

Location

48 Nery, Manila, 1700 Metro Manila, Philippines

Supplemental Information

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Newly built community center

Wayspot Submission for Pikachu Mural!

Paranaque

Not Accepted

2025-10-09

Reviewers provided these top reasons for not accepting this submission:
  • The location of the submission does not match the photos, and/ or map
  • The submission attempts to influence reviews to accept it

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Description

Pikachu mural inside playground

Location

Remmanville Subdivision Basketball Court, 22 Love, Parañaque, 1711 Metro Manila, Philippines

Supplemental Information

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Its a pikachu mura!

Wayspot Submission for JPark Garden

Manila

Appeal Not Accepted

2025-10-04

Appeal Notes

A favorite gathering place for friends or strangers alike, where you can share a drink or meal, be entertained, or watch public life happen. Or something that draws us together to share an experience in a locally and culturally relevant way. Examples of Wayspot categories Pavilions Post Offices Gaming/Comic stores Libraries (including free little libraries on public spaces) Parks and plazas Fountains and water features Famous transit stations Popular restaurants Favorite coffee shops Is this not part of Popular Restaurants?

Niantic Note

Thanks for the appeal, Explorer! We are unable to verify as per the nomination context how this business is a hyperlocal hangout hotspot significant to your community. We suggest that you add more information explaining why this business is important for the local community in a new nomination. This can greatly increase the odds of this nomination getting approved. We recommend you review the content guidelines before submitting your next Wayspot contribution: Content Guidelines — Wayfarer Help Center

Reviewers provided these top reasons for not accepting this submission:
  • The submission lacks uniqueness or historical and cultural meaning

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Description

J Park Garden Korean Shabu Shabu, Unlimited Grill, Authentic Korean food. Must try! A bit pricey, with street parking

Location

M.H Del Pilar, cor Pedro Gil St, Malate, Manila, 1004 Metro Manila, Philippines

Supplemental Information

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New Korean Restaurant in Malate Manila, Must Try

Wayspot Submission for New Coast Hotel Manila

Manila

Appeal Not Accepted

2025-10-04

Appeal Notes

This is an established land mark and destination in the area, one of the few developments in this side of Manila, along with Diamond Hotel.

Niantic Note

Thanks for the appeal, Explorer! We are unable to verify, as per the nomination context, how this business has been a locally longstanding and culturally significant hotspot in your community. We suggest that you add more information explaining why this business is important for the local community in a new nomination. This can greatly increase the odds of this nomination getting approved. We recommend you review the content guidelines before submitting your next Wayspot contribution: Content Guidelines — Wayfarer Help Center

Reviewers provided these top reasons for not accepting this submission:
  • The submission lacks uniqueness or historical and cultural meaning

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Description

New Coast Hotel Manila is one of the oldest 5 star hotel in Malate Manila, cor Pedro Gil and M Del Pilar street. Enjoy fine dinning and relaxation in New Coast

Location

Unit 26e, Marina Suites, 1588 M. H. Del Pilar Street, corner Pedro Gil Street, Malate, Manila, 1004 Metro Manila, Philippines

Supplemental Information

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New Coast Hotel, one of the 5 star hotels in Manila

  • A screenshot of your nomination, including rejection reasons if it has already been rejected
  • Include the title, description, both photos, and supplemental information
  • Copy and paste the title, description and supplemental so others can translate them
  • If you feel comfortable please share the location, as it is helpful (i.e. hidden duplicates), but you can mask it if you wish.
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Hey and welcome to the community.

This is another ask but can you provide the exact coordinate of all your submission so we can check?
The coordinate can be found in the submission email.

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Hello and welcome,

I’ll run down each and why they could have been rejected. No additional location info is needed.

Hotels are typically seen as generic businesses, unless they are historic or have something else that makes them culturally significant, like unique architechure. I agree with the rejection here, and I wouldn’t resubmit it.

This isn’t Pocahontas from the Disney film, it appears. I also see some characters from the comic strip/cartoon Peanuts, such as Linus and Lucy, so it seems to be more of a mural of cartoon characters looking up at the constellations in the night sky.

The description for tis one also doesn’t match the title, as the title is for a mural, but the description describes this as a playground. Saying it’s a mural at a playground would make for a better description.

This is an indistinct building to me. What makes this a great place to be social/exercise/explore? All nominations must meet at least one of these to be eligible, and this just seems like a business building that’s pretty generic.

The influencing reviewers rejection reason is incorrect here, as this is a mural that does feature PIkachu. Influencing would be if you are using game terms for a nomination that has nothing to do with the nomination, such as noting in the description that this would be a great place for trainers, what PoGo players are called, to play at.

There’s no Street View here, so reviewers do have to use their best judgment in trying to locate the mural (the other mural also doesn’t have Street View). Satellite view does seem to indicate a playground may be here, but it’s hard to tell. This may be one to consider appealing once you have an appeal back (you get 2 every 15 days).

Your appeal doesn’t focus on how this is a popular restaurant in the area. Are they known for any specific dishes? Do they have good reviews online? Do they have a website with more info? Are they locally owned and not a chain? None of this is explained in the nomination or the appeal.

Again, same with the Korean restaurant, you haven’t explained why this bar meets criteria and makes it unique. Also, bars may be age resitricted in some places, so if you can provide proof that it’s open to all, such as a link to their website or if their menu has a kids’ section, that would be helpful.

You may want to review the Wayspot Criteria section to know what may or may not be eligible. The Criteria Clarification Collection is also a great place to check out, as it covers some of the most discussed POIs. Being you do have some businesses here, I would highly recommend checking out the Generic/Non-Generic Businesses section.

Being there are some issues with your descriptions, you may also want to look over the Description Guidelines to know what makes a good description, as well as the Supporting Text and Photos info to be able to better craft these with more useful info (and yes, links can be included in the supporting text).

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I’m by no means an expert but I think both of the murals seem really good and just need better descriptions and supporting evidence. Uploading a streetview image of the location and/or a geotagged photo (there are free apps to do this) would be a great way to verify the location. Ideally with even better titles and descriptions I would happily accept this. I think it’s probably best you don’t mention copyrighted content in the title and descriptions, not sure if that is an official rule, but I know Disney in particular is very strict when it comes to others using their content.

The other submissions seem generic plus the first one being a bar in a casino would probably cause me to categorize this as an adult location.

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Hi Trung,

I’ve delete the emails coming from Niantic, these are some of the coordinates I’ve managed to pull from trash

(14.474012, 121.021731)
(14.474061, 121.021813)
(14.473201, 121.022274)
(14.573398, 120.982195)
(14.573396, 120.982330)

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Thanks for taking the time to share your insights.

From your feedback, it looks to be like the common denominator is giving a better description for the pokestops nomination

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Since i notice you have some location issue. I suggest you to use gps map camera on surrounding foto or appeal description(you can upload foto somewhere and attach the link) .you cant use this on main foto because it have watermark

Some area is hard to be verified when it doesnt have streetview and it might not visible from satelite. This will help verify it

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Damn, what an expert…I really need to up my helping skill.

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Well. Knowing location can give more insight on what to improve

In the side note i look into coordinate but it doesnt seems right. You need exact coordinate to be sure if there is location issue.

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To me, these don’t seem to have any issues right away with location. All but one can either be improved upon, or may not be eligible. I think it’s best to list those out before location, as most I was able to look up on Google Maps or with a web search with the info provided.