because they simply don’t train their appeal reviewers and those folks approve all kinds of ineligible things and make up reasons to reject perfectly eligible ones. you can see posts complaining about both ends of this going back long before the beginning of this forum.
simply put, what niantic approves != what is eligible.
This comes up often!
What should be, and what is are not always the same… unfortunately.
lots of baskets here too JJJR+57 Mooresville, IN, USA just came across them when doing reviews
@NianticAtlas I recently reported a park where there are 21 way spots that are disc golf holes or signs for the disc golf course. I found these while reviewing so I reported them through the report abuse page from this site.
After about a week, today, I received an email just saying that Niantic has taken action on these sites. But when I go back to all of them are still there.
My question is, should we be reporting these, and if we report them, should we expect them to be removed? Thanks for any clarification you can offer.
Check again after sync - which has been erratic for Ingress. Give it a day. They have been removing individual holes I have reported.
OK, so it’s now been 9 days since I received the response email that says “ We have made the necessary changes to the Wayspots in accordance with our policies and you should see these changes reflected soon.”
However, every single one of the 20+ disc golf hole way spots remain in the database.
So, @NianticLC , should we be reporting these and if so, should we expect that they be removed?
The address of the park with all the wayspots is 2006 Jones Dr, Emporia, KS 66801, USA.
It’s fine either way, but guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Keep in mind remaining in the database, and removed from games can be a thing.
They remove certain things from the games but not from the database. It’s worth checking that aspect.
Unfortunately they were identified during reviewing. I don’t know if they showed in any game, just that every disc golf hole on the course was a wayspot.
Hi @Leedle95
Maybe you could check on campfire if one of these were/is a gym.
Good idea. Three of them are still listed as gyms in the park. I know Campfire is slower to sync than the games but since it’s been about 10 days, I can only assume they are all still there. I am really more curious than anything because the actions by Niantic on these disc golf holes seemed fairly consistent before this.
Considering my recent experience with reporting via Abuse, I feel like they have some new staff processing reviews and perhaps not trained as well as they could be.
Saw a new submission for individual tees at this same park.
May have to reopen this thread
We have made the necessary changes to the Wayspot in accordance with our policies. Thanks!
