1)first this photo, I skipped it because I was not sure what to do, it is clearly a house numeration, but its really cool and worth looking at, but I was not sure if its “legal” because is a residence, so first question is: is this a “legal” nomination?
2)looking at the same photo, under the photo it says " Photos should be clear and give a clear view of the whole location" I have a question regarding this, because if the photo was of the “whole location” the mosaic would be really little and the stop would lose its meaning, soo… this should be followed when is a big place or thing, and not all things?
3)on the socialize part looking at the same photo: when it ask for the quantity, should I put I dont know? or a few people 5-10? beacause is on the street and is not like many people would gather to look at this mosaic
now other quetions not regarding this photo:
if everything of the nomination is good, but the title and description has typos, is this enough reason to reject it? example, a mural of a bear on a river, and the title says " Vear on a Riber"(that is a example of a bad typo). now if the typo is lesser, should I let it pass? using the same example: “Bear on a Riverr”
if there is a sculture inside a building (on the lobby, not on an appartment floor) is this an aceptable stop? clearly I cant access it by google street view so should I just solely trust the nominator?
No. Anything on single family private residential property (SFPRP) is ineligible. Clarification:
Use your best judgment here. You should be able to tell what the point of interest in the photo is. The “whole location” is up to interpretation. In this case, the “mural” is the point of interest, so this photo does show the entire thing.
I never put in a number here. I just the main question.
If the typo does not prevent people from being able to understand what was meant, and does not turn the meaning into something completely irrelevant or offensive, you can accept. An edit can be done later. You will have to use your best judgement to decide if it is so bad it should be rejected.
You can look at the supporting photos and information provided to determine if it could possible exist where they say it is. You can use “I don’t know” if you aren’t completely convinced either that it is or isn’t there. Only reject if you are certain it isn’t there. For example, the clearly indoor statue is pinned outdoors and away from the building.
A POI, and therefore a wayspot, can be of something very small. Size does not indicate eligibility.
A house number stylized like this is nothing special, so I would reject as not permanent and distinct for an apartment, or as private property if it is single-family PRP.
Number of people for social is an optional question, so can be ignored.
Decision on typos are always context-sensitive. If you feel it has a significant impact, you can reject for inaccurate text.
Sculptures inside buildings can be a problem. Firstly, are they significant enough to be a wayspot; secondly, are they actually there? If the submitted has done nothing to assist with proving location, I am unlikely to accept.
thanks cyndiepooh, you always answer my questions right away
may I ask another one? if the nomination is good but the supporting information says something like : “this should really be a stop to give more pokestops to the pokemon go community that plays in this area, please accept this is really needed” should I reject? even though it would not appear on the final stop? does this count as " influencing reviewers"?
i just ignore the stuff about pokestops in the supporting. we know they want a pokestop or they wouldn’t be submitting. often these wouldn’t be eligible to become a pokestop anyway.
if you see a bunch that have something that appears to be a code word to a voting ring, you could report that. or if they say something threatening.
I wouldn’t reject a submission just for this, because I’ve nearly always made a decision before I come to the supporting information. I only refer to it if the submission needs support, such as evidence for why something is special or that it does actually exist there.
However, if a submission is borderline and needs supporting information, but the only support given is to beg for a pokestop, the submitter has done a bad job and I’m likely to reject.
Code words or threatening texts would be a problem, as @cyndiepooh said.
Submitters are asked to explain why their Pokestop nomination is important in this screen, and imo they are just following instructions with supporting statements like these.
code words to a voting ring, i would have never guess that, okay thanks for the insight,
and sorry, I am reviewing while I write this so the questions keep blooming, if you are so kind:
you said that eveything on a private property should be rejected including the outer facing facade, but most graffitis and mural are indeed on the outer face facade of homes and private recidences, should this cancel almost every graffity or mural stop? I myself have summited many graffitis and many have been accepted
That’s one of those texts that could have been altered once Niantic had seen how it was being interpreted. As a general rule, if you make something that people misuse without meaning to, then you need to change it, not blame them.
The intention of that text can be seen once you know what the supporting information is for, but if you are coming at it as a new player, it’s easy to misinterpret
If the graffiti is on the facade of a Single Family Private Residential Property, it should be rejected. Not everything that regular people call “private property” should be rejected. Just the single family private residential property that we call SFPRP for short.
I might also have submitted murals on the outside of houses right against the pavement edge and seen these in the game without reporting them. Strictly, they are not eligible. This is the result of a legal case/legal action several years ago, so is non-negotiable.
However, I find that most graffiti and murals around my area are not on SFPRP (single-family private residential property) but are on the sides of businesses, walls between businesses etc.
so stricly they are not eligible but they are still being accepted by the reviewers?
(talking about the priavate property ones) because I will “confess”, I summited a stop recently that is a mural of hands on water, and the photo and description said exactly that, but on the supporting information I wrote: “this mural is on a house but is facing the side walk and everyone can see it” i am geussing most reviewers dont see the supporting information because the nomination passed and is a stop now, so this stop is i
ilegal?
Yes unfortunately that should not have been approved. Sometimes things slip through. Many people don’t fully understand the SFPRP rules. I recommend that you don’t nominate things similar to that anymore. Additionally you should reject these if they come up in review.
I suspect they are accepted because reviewers see an amazing mural that has been explicitly put there for people to stop and admire, and struggle with the idea that the building behind it means the wall is an ineligible location.
It is especially difficult to reject when you can walk up to the mural and stand spread-eagled against it.
In reality, when there is a wide pavement in-front of a mural, on the side-wall of a house in an area where people congregate for other reason, that mural being a wayspot is not going to cause any problems. However, Niantic have to stick to this rule for legal reasons.
Niantic have imported locations to be used as powerspots, many of which have appeared on private single-family households.
They have also created locations for extra pokestops in low-pokestop-density areas, but have sometimes created them on private single-family households.
I suspect @frealafgb is being slighty facetious, as well as being slightly annoyed and making a justifiable dig at Niantic/Scopely.
ok I get it then, anything that is SFPRP should should not be aproved then, soo, what do I do in nomination that is on a SFPRP, should I report it? mark abuse? or what else specifically (sorry for the late reply)
the main question.
