This community sign is made out of bricks! The denial said it’s not permanent and there is no option to appeal?
Welcome to the forum @margotaway
The rejection reason in full is “not permanent or distinct”. The distinct part is the important here. Reviewers were telling you that they think this is just a generic sign.
These kinds of signs are often debated on the forum. Some people like them and accept them. Others can’t see how they meet the criteria for being a great place to socialise, exercise or explore. We have yet to have a clarification on them.
As for appeals, you get two of those, and each one has a 15 day cool down period from when you use it, so the button not being there means you’re currently in your cool down period and that you’ve appealed other nominations recently. It will reappear when the 15 day cool down is over.
Thank you for the reply. I think the issue comes from every other pokestop being a community sign name. If the communities didn’t have sidewalks connected through out and between each other, I would maybe understand. This picture and the supplemental photos provided shows a sidewalk that connects the community to pedestrian walkways. What’s the point of walking and not having any pokestops along the way? It increases spawns and gives you items to play the game. I think people need to dial back their rejection hand of god with this, it’s really not that serious. It’s distinct and permanent.
That there are a lot of estate signs points to the reasoning that a reviewer might choose that it is not distinct.
There are areas of judgements calls to be made.
Your fellow wayfinders made the decision that this didn’t meet the criteria. They had to consider whether this was a great place to do exercise or that it was a great place to be social or that it is a great place to explore.
Did you make that case in your submission?
The people reviewing made a judgement call based on what was presented. Please don’t assume they set out to reject.
Thank you. Yes. I make sure to outline the public access and connection to sidewalks and public greenways that make the sign accessible.
Your statement here is about why this would be good for Pokemon Go. This is not about why this builder’s sign inherently meets any criteria as a great place that encourages exercise, exploration, or being social. Would this sign encourage you to do something with a friend here without Pokemon Go being a factor? Would you set out to see this neighborhood sign without being headed there to spin a stop? Would you be encouraged to exercise in some way by this neighborhood sign? Those three items are the eligibility criteria, and a point of interest is supposed to meet at least one of them to become a Wayspot.
I won’t address the “hand of god” comment.
I agree with you that it is confusing that these are all over the game board in some areas. Some got in validly, as distinct pieces of art in themselves, or as markers for truly historic neighborhoods. Some got in during the time the “automated process” could accept, and were not removed. But however they got in, the more submitters and reviewers see them on the game board, the more they submit and accept.
I have been begging for a clarification on these for years. I just want to know whether Niantic wants these on their game board or not. I am happy to follow their instructions either way. If they decide they think these meet criteria, then I can go submit 129 tomorrow, thanks to the new Wayfarer rating update. But if left to use my own best judgement, I don’t feel they meet criteria https://niantic.helpshift.com/hc/en/21-wayfarer/section/166-wayspot-criteria/