This is the sort of garbage submission that eMiLy is very useful for removing from the review flow. I can’t see how this got past ML.
Subject: 3 pritchatts road
Description: Great road for student and residence
Supporting: Google map and residence investigation
Location: Google Maps
hmm… maybe it is still in the system from when the ML model was not filtering?
or maybe it hasn’t been trained on a sign like this one with a number except in the context of sports fields?
I suppose it is /possible/ to be from when eMiLy was offline, although that is very unlikely. It would have had to get into the voting queue then sit there for several months because /lots/ of submissions were ahead of it in the same area. Submissions are getting through voting quick enough that it would have needed a good number ahead of it, which is statistically very low chance.
I’d hope that the number plaque alone wouldn’t be enough to confuse eMiLy, because that would make the ML system really easy to bypass and I haven’t seen other coal recently.
I assume there was no references to Harry Potter or something odd like that?
All of the details from the submission are in the first post. It is absolute coal. The suggestion from @cyndiepooh is the only thing that makes sense, because this getting past ML while it is working is not a good answer and something I hope Niantic would address.
It could also be that whoever keeps submitting this keeps submitting after ML rejects, and ML could now be giving it a pass to community review. Can’t say for sure why it got into community review.
it hant been several months since ML was down, its barely been back a month and 3 days, well withing normal review turnaround.
Hah, I know where this is and weirdly enough it ties into this discussion - University Buildings
3 Pritchatts Road is a student residence at the University of Birmingham (see Your arrival essentials) so it’s not an SFPRP. Pritchatts Road is full of buildings that used to be private houses but were bought by the University over the years, not just as residences. It’s also notorious for this extremely narrow bridge in what is the heart of Birmingham - Google Maps
So this might arguably be a valid wayspot but I’d definitely vote to reject on not being distinct.
The reason I posted is this was the first thing I have seen in weeks that was an absolute junk submission. Everything else I have rejected was at least vaguely possible. This stood out a mile.
However, I have had a couple with photos at severe angles (or one sideways), which stood out less but maybe those also should have been caught by eMiLy, suggesting this isn’t the only one from the down period.
I didn’t realise it was so recent!
More coal, having not had any in weeks 
The dross that ML keeps out of the system, but I really hope these are layovers from the down period.
Title: Volkswagen commercial vehicles
Description: workplace, vehicle sales ans maintenance
Supporting: next to redway and public walking space
Location: irrelevant
face palm
I was about to make a joke that a real business is higher quality than the power spot imports, and then the pictures loaded 
This doesn’t even come across as a deliberate attempt to get a junk wayspot into the system, because it’s utterly hopeless and would depend absolutely on a voting ring with no ML in the way. It simply seems like someone who hasn’t got a clue about what they are doing.
I agree. This is someone in need of help.
They are possibly inspired by powerspots. I think the difference between imported places used as powerspots and regular wayspots is generally not seen amongst players that are not doing wayfarer.
The onboarding should address this but how you read it with what you established as your background thinking is probably different than intended.
I don’t know what they might receive as the reasons for rejection but I doubt it will make any sense to them.
They may not even know there’s an account to log into to see rejection reasons 
