what happens if a nomination is good, but not in the exact location? let me go deeper on this
first example, the nomination is good, it exist but is not in the correct place, and the nomination marker is way out of place (talking about 200 or even more meters away) this is a rejection on the “acurracy” criteria, no problem there
second example, the nomination is good, it exist, but the marker is lets say between 20-100 meters away, what happens here? 1) if I “suggest a new location” and move the marker to the right place, will the final stop be moved? or almost no one moves the marker? 2) if I reject the nomination because is not accurate on location, but other reviewers accept it because they dont use street view, will my rating suffer? 3) if I accept the nomination, with out moving the marker to the right location, would my rating suffer? 4) if I reject the nomination, because I dont want to move the marker will my rating suffer? (assuming that if I suggest a new location the stop would be good)
The in game pin will only let you move it a certain distance. If you can’t move it far enough, you should reject. That is your first example and is correct.
For the second example, the final location where the Wayspot goes live seems to be some kind of average between the reviews. I have had ones I reviewed go live right where I put the corrected pin when it was very obvious, so I guess most reviewers also moved the pin. I have also seen some go live where they were submitted that I had corrected, and halfway in between where they were submitted and where the correction was. So I think the system averages the pin from all the reviews.
Your rating is based on agreements and disagreements with other reviewers, but you should always do the right thing. If you are trying to guess how other reviewers are deciding, that could get you in trouble later if abuse is uncovered or something like that. The agreements and disagreements will work themselves out.
I won’t suggest a new location in these situations, because the submitter is abusing the system, and I don’t want to find I have accepted a wayspot that shouldn’t exist. I believe the final location is an average of the review locations, so one person correcting and 9 people not correcting would not change the location much.
It’s a judgement call. Most of the things I review have the correct location, but when it’s wrong, I try to work out whether this is an accident or intentional. I will often check the cell boundaries to help with this decision.
The area makes a difference. If it is an urban landscape, location errors are much harder to treat as accidents. In rural areas without nearby wayspots, they’re more likely to be accidental, especially under trees.
If it is a small distance that makes no difference to whether it will become a pokestop/gym, it may not matter.
Often a location error will be deliberate, which is abuse by definition.
If rejected, they can try again. If I put it in the right place and it is accepted there, they can’t. (Sound familiar @RoIi112 ?) I don’t spend too long on it.
