My wife and I have been trying to get pokestops put up in our area. We have re-read the guidelines. We’ve changed the pictures added as much detail as possible and all 4 locations are getting rejected. They are in safe foot traffic areas, artsy or high traffic buisness areas. As well as on routes wi…

You get 2 appeals, each on a 20 day timer before you can use it agin that you access from your contributions page. [image] It will be grayed out if you don’t have one available currently. Feel free to post the nominations you are planning to appeal in Nomination Support for fellow explorer feedb…

[IMG_3987] [IMG_3988] Here are the photos submitted today for both sides of the ones I’m trying to do.

It’s a law office? Can you let me know how that means criteria of a great place for exploration/exercise/being social with others?

It’s the last light before connecting to the trail. We have pokestops that are just open space. Literally nothing of I treat in the picture. It’s also along the route to get from the trail to our local public transportation. It has a unique name and is frequented as well as being safe. Is it locals …

[image] koja112324: It has a unique name and is frequented as well as being safe That doesn’t make it a great place for exploration/exercise/being social with others. [image] koja112324: Is it locals deciding these poke stops or people who are not from the area. It can be both. You ge…

I’m just going to stop here this is arbitrary and frustrating not fun. Seems to be based off of if the person voting is having a good day or not. Just Reddit 2.0

That’s fair enough if that’s how you feel. It can be good to add new Wayspots, you just have to understand the criteria and not nominate something and hope for the best.

If I saw this nomination in my queue, using my broad understanding of the requirements, I would be hard pressed to give it a positive vote unless there was some compelling reason to vote in favour of it.

I know @OldDirtyBard and @BlameJamal have discussed barber shop submissions, maybe they could help with some examples. It might be a stretch, but clock towers are usually successful. The building next door to this office has one on the storefront you might be able to nominate. There’s also a lot of…

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jokeinsurance December 7, 2024, 1:09pm 18

It’s been about 23 days since my last appeal went through and it hasn’t refreshed yet. Has anyone else ran into this issue before?

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