Hello, I would like some help with this. Close the area I live and around it there are some dog signs accepted, which can be eligible because some of them are actual dog parks with actual signs and benches. But the mass produced signs that are everywhere are also gettinh accepted pretty frequently here. In the area I am posting about, they have around 40-60 wayspots of these wayspots of these signs. How should I handle this?
Photos are below with the area and some examples
This is the area (Schiekamp): I left most of the wayspots orange to show how much there are.
If I recall correctly these are either dogs are permitted or more commonly signs reminding to clean up dog poop. Neither of these indicate that they are dog parks - places specifically designed for dogs, where human owners are permitted to stay.
That depends, in some cities they are used for the designated areas where dogs can walk without a leash. For example in Amstelveen. This can be verified at the official site of the city.
Monty and I specifically and intentionally seek these types of places where we can exercise side by side and train.
That said, it isn’t the sign that’s eligible, and I think this is one of the rare cases I think one should be eligible and the subsequent ones rejected as generic.
These are signs that stand in literally every big patch of grass, so to see what the status is and what a dog owner may do here. Since they are so generic (There are literally thousands of them in a span of 100KM) they shouldn’t be accepted I think myself. I kind of want them removed since it are so many in this area, like I said, 40 minimum.
The team themselves also reject them for not having a cultural of historical significance which I agree on.
Indeed probably a cultural thing. In my city it is illegal to walk a dog without a leash, except for a small number of designated areas.
As far as being common, we have way more playgrounds than dog walking areas.
With these aspects in mind they do meet the criteria for being mass produced and the core criteria, for being a good place to explore, socialise or sport. But what you think about these? Especially since it are at least 40 wayspots we are talking about here, I want to get a good picture of them before I do a report to hopefully get them removed
If you’re asking about reporting, I think some folks will push back and say “leave well enough alone,” “why bother,” and the dreaded “you’re ruining the game.”
I gave my opinion on eligibility above…
… and I would want to be very clear to appeals staff that I feel this way, or else make sure that some sort of sign representing the park is in for other areas.
Staff has said before that Wayspots must meet a very precise and limited removal criteria that is not directly equal to acceptance criteria. However, staff does regularly do the unexpected with keeping Wayspots the community reviewers would have rejected for various reasons or remove Wayspots the community would have accepted.
If you do plan on reporting, be clear with the facts (ie “5 identical signs in this park located at every entrance and spaced about 50 meters apart”). An argument can be made for eligibility, and I generally try to not insert the “I think these do or don’t meet criteria” argument.
Apparently without me even reporting all the wayspots, action was taken yesterday. I don’t know how many wayspots have been removed there but some dog signs are still there as @Gendgi suggested with keeping a couple and the rest as duplicates. It’s still really weird right know as I don’t know what exactly happened since some gyms shuffled around as well now.
That’s what I saw on the map this morning indeed. It is just really confusing since I didn’t report the wayspots quite yet and now I don’t know how many have been removed. The shuffling of gyms was bad for the area, but it is what is with that.
staff will sometimes check into situations reported on the forum and do something about them, even if they don’t comment. another possibility is that another explorer did do the reports after seeing your post.
You raised this issue four days ago. Staff do look at threads, then sometimes handle issues without waiting for a formal report and without posting about it, so four days is definitely long enough to explain why action was taken.
Your area was just unlucky with the (correctly) random re-selection of gyms to replace the ones that were removed (where gyms were still required based on the new pokestop density).
