[image] [image] Title: Bubbling Fountain Not Accepted 2024-05-25 Niantic Note Thanks for the appeal, Explorer! The object fountain in question does not meet the Wayfarer criteria as it is a normal object. We recommend you review the Wayspot Criteria before submitting your next Wayspot contribu…

Just looking at the location on Google Maps, it does seem like you will need to include some information that this is at a multi-family residence, and it may be good to include Lake Grove in the title, not just the description. If there are more of these in the area, you may want to use descriptors…

For some reason, the reasons provided when Niantic staff review nominations often fail to match the subject. That is one of the improvements they have said they are going to work on, sometime. If your nomination is for a feature on a private single-family residential property or duplex it is catego…

this! i was looking for a link to that statement about the reasons and finally found it: [image] What is going on with niantic reviewers? General Discussion The rejection reasons shown are do not correspond correctly to the reasons selected internally. We are aware of it a…

I see! This is not located on a single family residential property. It’s located within a multi-tenant complex (see below). Lake Grove Condos, Lofts & Townhomes For Sale | Lake Grove Real Estate | Lake Grove, Garden Grove CA | 12555 Euclid St (gardengrovecondo.com) Would adding this fact improve a…

Id call it more of a waterfall or water feature but it is definitely something Id seek out - I love the sound of running water. I would have voted for it under explore, it might be a tough one to get approved but I dont think its ineligible, its probably personal preference as to how cool you think…

This type of fountain is definitely something I would find interesting to explore, but if the ML model and Niantic reviewers are rejecting that photo, I don’t know what else to suggest. Can you find an angle that is more obviously manmade? Is there a seating area focusing on the waterfall? A garden …

Thank you all for the advice! I’ll take it all into consideration as I attempt to nominate this and the number of other decorative fountains and lakes within the same community. It’s always a little confusing when the response as to why something was rejected isn’t very clear haha! I’ll definitely…

Was the original rejection “the team” or “the community”? It’s possible that AI kicked it out because it looks like just nature. Rocks and plants. It’s probable that appealers looked at rejection information from the original review. And said yeah, that’s right. Especially if they live in a place …

I find it interesting that you got that reply from your Niantic appeal. I nominated a decorative fountain at a care home in my town. The community rejected it - but Niantic accepted it on appeal! So why was mine ok, but yours is rejected as a standard object, or whatever the text said? The biggest …

So I’m back with another, very similar submission that also got rejected lol. [IMG_3789] [IMG_3790] [IMG_3791] I didn’t think to specify that this lake (and the fountain in the original post) are man-made, as they are in the middle of a community/city. With that being said, is something like t…

I was told recently on here that natural features are no longer ineligible as aren’t part of the restricted criteria anymore - I checked for myself and it definitely isn’t listed as something you can’t nominate (pretty sure when I started it said you couldn’t). So if it’s been removed from the crit…

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cyndiepooh June 24, 2024, 7:34pm 3

this! i was looking for a link to that statement about the reasons and finally found it:

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