Niantic has clarified appeals are per case basis and should not be applied to other cases.
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Citation?
But the reminder remains that a decision by Niantic on an appeal only applies to that specific instance.
I agree as someone who is constantly trying to learn, that this is frustrating. But we need to take these instances with a grain of salt, I suppose.
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I have used other decisions to back up a claim that a spot should be removed.
So, do you have a link to an official source backing up your reminder?
Here
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And that is in direct contradiction to their guidance in the Clarification category.
Which is why this is so frustrating.
If they decide to update Little Free Libraries, then fine. But they havenāt (yet, anyway).
They say this, yet it is not possible for us to operate without paying heed to the cases Niantic itself determines.
At a bare minimum, we are going to generalize the amount of clearance from a residential street to a LFL that Niantic has deemed acceptable for similar cases.
There are always unique or special circumstances that people can argue about in gray areas, but when Aaron overrules the team, we are going to sit up and take notice.
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You have proof of this? You are making assumptions. You donāt know who made the decision.
Aside from that, Iām my point of view, thereās no overruling as the cases donāt seem to be direct 1 to 1 comparisonsā¦ as you say some grey area.
I donāt know what youāre talking about. I followed links within this thread, which showed LC accepted the OPās challenge for this LFL. The original coordinates were way up the driveway on the other side of the sidewalk. The team subsequently reversed the finding. I donāt know who changed the coordinates, or if the physical object was moved, etc., but I know what I read and saw.
Sometimes they cover their tracks and erase the evidence, but I double-checked it earlier.
The grate is in the road, but OKā¦ā¦
If a car wanted to park on the street right there (ignoring the driveways), their tires would be on the grate, thus road.
But hey, if we want to start redefining words, well I guess thatās what we do.
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What @RoIi112 and @LetsRollGirl said is absolutely spot on. Decision on appeals are only for that particular case and not a criteria clarification in any way.
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And those people would be wrong to use it in that way.
Each LFL located in a predominantly residential area has to be assessed against the basics.
Appeals are often about situations that could go either way.
They are not creating case law.
Every location left on the board creates case law. Every statement made by staff is shared. If yāall want to deny that, fine.
Thatās it! Iām going to put 100ās of LFLās in the middle of every road in my local area and subā¦ oh waitā¦ canāt reveal my plans hereā¦ 
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Iām not going to deny that people do those things,
But we repeatedly tell them they are wrong to do so.
Itās a pitfall of wayfarer that people because the are human fall into.
That human behaviour should not stop staff reaching an independent decision on any individual case.
When we all appeal our cases thatās what we expect staff to do. I want it to be looked at based on its own merits without concern that it might set a precedent.
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If I appeal something, I think my position is correct and that the situation should set a precedent. I am done with this topic. An LFL that does not meet the clarification standard is being allowed to remain in game. So be it.
As this topic has been solved and the discussion is not progressing I am going to close this specific topic.
If there are wider issues to discuss please feel free to open a new topic in general discussion area.