For over five years, I have been participating in Wayfarer both as a nomination author and a reviewer. I am very familiar with the guidelines – I have read them multiple times – and I always act in accordance with them. I carefully prepare my nominations, taking into account both quality and compliance with Niantic’s rules. As a reviewer, I also put great emphasis on fair and objective evaluations.
One of my nominations was rejected with the justification that “The nomination may interfere with access to emergency or critical services, such as a hospital, military base, or utility facility.” I would like to strongly emphasize that within a radius of at least 4 kilometers from the nominated location, there is none of the above-mentioned infrastructure. Therefore, the rejection was completely unfounded and, in my opinion, unfair.
Cases like this – where nominations are rejected for reasons that do not reflect the actual situation – have occurred multiple times. Nevertheless, I remained actively involved in the system because I care about its development and quality. That is why the current ban on my account is especially surprising and disappointing.
Welcome to the forum, and sorry it is under difficult circumstances.
So did you just have a nomination rejected, or were you actually banned? Will tag @TjoeMi to share examples of the emails you would have recieved for an actual Wayfarer ban. The emails would explain what the ban was for.
Welcome to the forum. I am sorry to hear this news. This looks like suspension but do you receive email explaining what nomination cause it?
If the email mention this particular nomination and you are comfortable with sharing full detail of it(photo, surrounding, title, description, location, supporting info), we might be able to look into if there is anything wrong with it.
Ban are usually not publicly discussed so you can opt to DM to staff
Hi, I actively create new PokéStops and rate them. I’ve had a Wayfarer account for over 5 years. This is a ban from Wayfarer, which is also a ban from Pokémon Go.
Staff will have to give you any more details then. You should have one that tells you what the infraction was for, as @TjoeMi was kind enough to share. You should be able to appeal from a link on the email as he suggested, but may want to wait for a staff response if you truly do not understand the reason for the ban. Staff here are very responsive to matters like this, but it is a weekend.
You can also appeal from this link if you did not get the email, but it probably did not originate from Wayfarer if you weren’t given a specific example.
I wrote an appeal, but I haven’t received any notification, and my account is blocked. I’d like to get back to playing Pokemon Go because I don’t think I’ve done anything wrong.
Apologies if you thought I was staff. They will be clearly marked on their profiles when they respond. If the ban was from Pokemon Go, staff here will not be able to lift it.
Yes do search any emails that might have been associated with Niantic.
As it is the weekend the wayfarer Team might not be able to respond for a few days. If you stil haven’t found emails they can resend via a DM in discourse.
If the suspension was due to game activity there will be nothing the wayfarer team can do.
If it is because of a wayfarer infringement you will be given an example of the issue. You can then appeal on that basis with whatever evidence you have.
They will carefully assess your appeal.
There is probably little you can do right now except check for emails.
Since i dont want to speculate if the suspension come from wayfarer or pogo, I am afraid you will need to wait for staff DM you.
Anyway if you got suspension from wayfarer, your pogo will also got suspended
This may or may not be related, but did you ever receive 1 day warning notice?
1 days warning is 1st strike
30days suspension is 2nd strike but depending on severity staff might jump straight into harsher punishment, although i doubt the submission in emergency service cause this.
That’s the expected outcome as per the abuse ladder:
Be suspended from all our games and from Wayfarer for a duration of 30 days. When attempting to log into the game, you’ll be presented with a message stating that your account is suspended. You will not be able to bypass this message
Thank you for your confirmation. Since you didnt receive any email, please wait for staff to DM you. It seems ban come from wayfarer although the cause is not clear.
The nomination you have attached here is almost 5 years old. I suspect it had anything to do with your ban. I hope staff was able to share what caused it.
