This bricck column is over 6’ tall. It marks the different phases of construction of the subdivision. It is along the sidewalk on a safe street about 150 meters from a park. Many kids along around this sign.
I am trying to learn what makes a good submission. This is fairly unique. It is a 6’ column beside the road and sidewalk. Not every subdivision has one.It touches the sidewalk, so it is safe.it is not on private property because it is in the city’s right-of-way. The sign is along one of the two sidewalks that you have to walk on to get to the park in the subdivision. It is on the line between the single family houses and the duplexes. There is another column without any letters across the street. I would think that is the exact thing that makes a good submission. Can someone explain what I am missing?
Neighborhood signs have been widely discussed in this forum. I do not believe they meet any of these:
Must meet at least one of the three eligibility criteria
A great place for exploration
A great place for exercise
A great place to be social with others
The rejection reason “Wayfarer criteria” usually indicates that this was an ML (machine learning ai) model rejection. The email will say “our team” instead of the community.
You get 2 appeals, each on a 20 day timer before you can use it again. If the “Appeal” button is not showing for you, then you have to wait until you get it back.
Welcome to the server, and you have come to the right place! I know that it can be very confusing, especially when what you see live in game doesn’t always mean it meets current criteria. I think that the Criteria(Niantic Wayfarer) and Help (Niantic Wayfarer) sections on the Wayfarer site can be very helpful. And the Criteria Clarification Collection (which is also posted in that help section) should give you some ideas about what makes great Wayspots.
I was looking up the area to see if there was anything else i could suggest.
I see that “Harmony Park” play area and park is in game already. A lot of times these neighborhoods will have a community clubhouse, pool, picnic area, dog park, etc. I don’t see anything like that from Maps, but there is still some area under construction. Those would be great to submit if you have them.
Thank you for replying. The appeal button is not there because of previous appeals. I guess subdivision signs could be a debate over being worthy of a pOI. You see my confusion, this sign isn’t that different that existing POI, while still being different from the other signs.
It just seems like since you have to walk by there to go to the park which is only 200 feet away that it would be a good place to explore. It is in an area with other POIs.
Do you think it might be worth trying to appeal it when I get the ability back?
This submission is just north of your screenshot on the first road in the subdivision the heads north toward the park, on the west side of the road just before half cup-da-sac.
Honestly, no. It doesn’t meet any of the three eligibility criteria. To be eligible the post would need to be (or be a marker for) a great place to exercise, a great place to explore, or a great place to socialize. It’s not sufficient that the place is someplace where people happen to pass by or meet to go exercise, explore, or socialize.
Unfortunately, far too many of these neighborhood signs have been excepted over the years so it misleads people to think that they are eligible.
Another thing to note, which is not made clear at all in either Pokémon GO or Ingress, is that when you make a submission or nomination of a point of interest, what you’re doing is submitting an nomination to the light ship database owned by Niantic. This database serves as a resource for a variety of games, including the two named above. So even though you might think it’s a great place for a PokéStop, for example, your submission may never make it into a given game on where it is in relation to other game spots.
That’s mostly just in case you might get disappointed, if you submit something, it gets accepted and it doesn’t show up anywhere
Welcome, thank you for your questions! Echoing what’s been said above, indeed other existing wayspots (sometimes older, sometimes misguidedly accepted, sometimes a result of abuse, …) are not good references for what is eligible. And “having to walk by the object to go somewhere” usually isn’t sufficient for it to be a believable “great place to explore”. There has to be something inherent to the object that would make you come and see it, and in the case of this lettering, I kind of doubt it. I walk by many places to go to the office, but just that fact doesn’t make them eligible
Sorry for the disappointing reply, this is just to set expectations for an appeal in this situation.
