Denied PokeStop Title Change

[hankwolfman]

Sorry to comment on an old post, but I’ve got a similar problem to this in my local area.

A pub in my town has been renamed. Both of the main local newspapers (one of which I can’t properly use as a source because it requires a subscription to actually read its articles) are using verbiage that, to me as an autistic person, strongly indicates that the pub is the same pub, rather than a new/separate business. They use words and phrases like “reopen”, “renovation”, “renamed”, and “freshened up”.

Additionally, the official listing for this pub on the Campaign for Real Ale website is the same entry as it was before the name change. The entry specifically mentions that the pub has been reopened and renamed, and lists both its former and current names. This is opposed to having separate pages for the pub under its former name, and the pub under its current name (which I have seen done in other cases). This seemingly further confirms my understanding that it’s the same pub.

On top of all of that, aside from the name change, it’s still got the same locals frequenting it, and most of the staff are the same, too. It even has the same crest above the main entrance, as the crest works with both the old and new names.

Like I say, to me as an autistic person, all of this information suggests the pub is still the same pub, no matter what it’s called. To a Niantic reviewer who is potentially thousands of miles away and doesn’t know the UK though, they consider this repurposing for some bizarre reason. As @elijustrying said, this is a fairly commonplace occurrence here in the UK, and I think it definitely needs a stance change for the sake of common sense.

I completely agree that repurposing wayspots is not valid (a post office that has shut down and been replaced with a chiropractor are two very different things, for example), but a pub that has simply been refurbished and changed its name should not be considered repurposing. The same people are using it for the same purposes that made it eligible to begin with.

[elijustrying]

Thanks @hankwolfman.
I understand what you are talking about with regards to the use of language and its interpretation.
I agree that this is the same. I actually really like the example of the CAMRA webpage. That “expert” (best word I can think of ) group recognises this as the same. The purpose of the wayspot has remained the same so to use the term repurpose seems even stranger.

I’m a great believer in common sense. There is no change of location. It’s at the same place. Title change is needed probably a minor text edit in the description as the current one might still be mostly accurate eg “a warm cosy village pub, with a large beer garden and a play area” could still apply.
I dont know if it helps but I don’t think there are any malicious motives here. It was an approved wayspot it has evolved into something slightly different but essentially the same.