Edits > Play Area / Climbing Frame to Basketball Court when Wayspot is clearly on the latter > Repurposing?





As you can see from the aerial photograph, the wayspot is on a basketball court and the climbing frame is over 30 metres away. The wayspot does not reside within or close to any enclosed play area.

I thought both the photo and title needed correcting to reflect the on the ground situation and there was no description at all. The photo edit was rejected 3 days later and the title and description edits have remained in queue.

Having read some other threads, I am now concerned that the edits I have submitted would be deemed to be ‘repurposing’ and even though made only with honest intentions would lead to a ban. Should I withdraw the edits or have I got the wrong end of the stick and have let the paranoia take over?

IMO that does look like repurposing when the more logical thing would be to correct the location.

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Thank you for your reply.

I never really entertained the idea of a location edit, probably because I’d read a lot of ‘bad press’ about them.

In this case, the climbing frame lies about 30 metres to the south-east and is difficult to pick out on aerial photos. Again, it’s my paranoia kicking in, but I can just envisage the trigger-happy email-bollocking machine thingy thinking “Oh, I see you’re trying to move a wayspot into a different S14 cell - have a ban.”

In my view, unless I have missed something, the edit function is really lacking in not having any form of justification section, so that a wayfarer can explain the rationale behind the change from the outset.

Hi @Liverlouike15
Location edits >10m have to be done through helpchat (wayfarer menue → help → orange icon).
That should reduce your concern about bans, cause you do it with niantic.

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