I decided to look things up, with regards to the age thing
Here’s what the UK government says. Under 18s can attend pubs and even drink alcohol in them with an adult. I did know this, but its nice to provide proof.
Thats a title to be sad about
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Isn’t room temperature 58F in England? Not exactly ice-cold, but then it’s often 50-60 and raining outside, anyway.
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Today was indeed 55F outside. It’s “Summer”.
I had the doors and windows open all day too.
can’t wait for this policy to be changed… there needs to be more allowance for “repurposing” that isn’t abuse. and I’m mad at those who abused the system in a way that made the policy necessary.
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Hello there @NianticAaron and @ramennoods, thank you for chiming in. We appreciate it greatly. As I have said multiple times on multiple platforms. This is adding extra steps to the explorers experience. I am all about following the stated criteria and it’s clarifications.
I even understand and appreciate @ramennoods’s points. “If it was eligible and it’s changed names/description, is it still eligible?”
However, currently it is much easier for explorers to just turn a blind eye to name and photo changes because of the impact requesting removal will haveon the local players.
In my area, good luck with removal and re-nomination within a short amount of time. This hurts the players who are trying to keep the Lightship map clean. They lose a POI for an undetermined amount of time.
Is it in the rules? Yes, is it convenient? Heck no.
A replace and repurpose option would be a monumental change to Wayfarer. I’d personally go out and change several things I’ve seen in my city that I know have been updated.
As it sits currently, they don’t bother me enough to go through what I would consider an unnecessary and overreaching process.
Love the conversation and all the points and ideas from the community.
Happy Wayfarering!
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It might be convenient to change the Wayspot but the new object or location might not meet the criteria. What if the new church has a school inside it or the pub is adult only? To me, it completely makes sense to have it go through voting again.
It makes sense as a general ruling.
In this case or similar it makes no sense whatsoever. If I suggested to someone in the UK I was going to remove a pub Wayspot only to have it then go through the system to be readded under its new name they would think I had been drinking way too much.
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I know for a fact that this has been abused extensively. People have repurposed Wayspots to ineligible objects. To me this make sense.
They have a documented rule to not repurpose Wayspots and I would want to follow that.
They have a database to maintain and it makes total sense to not allow something that can compromise it’s accuracy.
If local players found out someone had been deleting waypoints that had simply had a name change and a lick of paint, the abuse would be so upsetting that person would not wayfarer anymore
I think Niantic forget that part of it when making these recommendations - people will be targeted and ostracised for doing this, if the waypoint is replaced in a week maybe not but in some areas it’s still taking months or longer and that would be pretty hard to explain in a way that didnt make people hate them
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That’s a problem with the local community. Any company will not make rules to appease abusers. Yes, someone who opposes reporting a Wayspot that should be reported is an abuser and so is someone who files false reports.
Pokemon Go players get angry about people deleting stuff that isnt there anymore ie a buiilding that got demolished
Imagine trying to explain they can’t have a pub for months because the name is different and it got painted 
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There are anonymous ways to report a Wayspot. So, community targetting someone for reporting and invalid Wayspot is addressed by Niantic.
People make mistakes when put on the spot amd revert to honesty sometimes
Honesty has to be a continuous thing. It’s not honesty if someone is honest when it’s convenient.
Honesty would mean that one follows the documented guidelines.
Sorry if this comes across as tough stance but I am sort of a stickler for rules. Just sharing my perspective. I mean no disrespect to your opinion.
I like rules too, I just dont see anything wrong with pointing out issues with those rules if I think they are not correct in some situations
I think if a pub is still a pub, a cafe is still a cafe, then it doesn’t meet removal criteria and should be edited
That’s different to if something that was eligible becomes ineligible and does meet removal criteria
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India and Turkey are laughing in the corner.
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