Just like mine… they have said no to everything and NEVER ONCE given an explanation or reason why not. So either it’s extremely petty people, cold Niantic ghosting, or a serious glitch in the algorithm. I’d like to believe it’s three, but I’m not sure … and since there is no way to reach out to the company and find out it makes one want to quit after a near decade of faithful play.
Hi, welcome!
I moved your comment to a new thread. This helps make sure responses in the original post remain on-topic and helps you get the support you may need.
It sounds like you’ve had some bad luck with some submissions? I’m sorry to hear that! I’d first encourage you to give a look over at Wayspot Criteria — Wayfarer Help Center to see if there’s anything you’re missing on your submissions.
If you feel comfortable, please take some screenshots of your submission attempts and upload them! We can help look over them and make some suggestions to improve them for re-submitting or suggest how to make your appeal statements.
If you just wanted to swing by to vent, that’s fine, too! But I can assure you the community would love to help you understand what’s going on with your rejections and help move forward.
If its rejected, you can appeal if you really think its eligible . Appeal is quite normal especially if its rejected by AI. You have 2 appeal. Each with 15days cooldown.
Edited to remove confusion
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Is there some way to respond to this message ?
I’m not sure what you mean?
Niantic staff is active on this forum and does contribute individually to some of the threads to help clarify as needed.
I apologize I didn’t see a way to reply to you at first. I’m trying to understand how this landmark family farm that I have twice submitted, “doesn’t meet the criteria”. (Please see attached pictures. I realize I had a few typos in my description. I would just like to know how exactly it doesn’t meet the criteria? Specifics would really help me with future submissions. “You simply did not meet our standards” is not constructive information that helps me improve. I would appreciate elaboration on my submission. Thank you for your time And help!
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Hard to tell on emails what’s a description vs supporting information… mind explaining where the description ends?
Is this on farm?
Anything on farm is ineligible .
I agree that it’s confusing. The online forms are two separate boxes but then the submission summary mashes it all together . I believe the description ends with the sentence “…and perhaps a poke-gym one day!” I hope this helps
It’s the song by the road. It’s not on the farm … on the side of the road where bicyclist , walkers , and joggers rest. It’s a marker for the farm , not a farm itself.
Hey, so use of Pokémon GO related text in the description is strictly a no-go - - that falls under “irrelevant text” and should not be submitted.
Generally speaking, for Wayfarer purposes, the entire property is considered part of the private residence or farm. Farms haven’t had a lot of exclamation provided by Niantic, but this farm looks like it’s attached to single family private property. Despite the other information you provided, I think it’s going to be deemed strictly ineligible because of that.
I know that’s not what you want to hear, but I think this candidate simply isn’t eligible.
With the PoGO text in mind and consideration of private residential property or farmland, are there others you think should still have been accepted or could be improved on?
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It’s not part of a family residence. It’s between two unaffiliated properties. Thank for the feedback, I guess I will ill avoid landmarks in the future.
I am sorry but people wont believe that farm marker is build on unaffiliated property. Because that would be illegal its permanence is questioned
As for signs, these are normally not eligible in themselves, these should normally only be used as an anchor for the actual object.
Example: You find a church that is not a waypoint. There is a wedding or even worse a funeral going on so you don’t want to take a picture at the church.
Taking a picture of the church sign is OK but you should still pin the actual church.
This does get abused with some people trying to get both but these should be rejected as “Duplicate”.
I can see that, but reviewers will see this information while reviewing:
These locations are not appropriate:
- Private property - A single family private residential property (even if historical), farmland, etc.
Emphasis added to “farmland”
I don’t believe we’ve had a lot of strong clarification from Niantic about how they define “farmland,” so unfortunately we don’t know much more than it generally is a reject able location. A place that offers tours, has events, or has a showroom I think you could more easily nominate that rather than a collection of farm use buildings and grain storage.
Landmarks are great, but ineligible locations override what may otherwise be considered having community significance, and in this case being a farmland might be a struggle.
You DO still have the option to re-write your description to remove any of the PoGO references and reiterate in your supporting text field how you think this place meets guidelines on Eligibility Criteria — Wayfarer Help Center (hint, I think your only earnest tie to criteria is “exploration” - the fact that people can meet at this sign to walk or meet there is not relevant - it’s the importance the place may have held for the community and if it’s been recognized). Even then community reviewers may continue rejecting - and that’s when you can use your Appeal for Niantic staff to make their decision.
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I know this has been popping up but I’m really concerned that it’s generally not great advice. There’s been a long standing guidance and mantra that the pin for the nomination must be located on the object being nominated & presented. Regardless of what exactly criteria does or does not explicitly state to this, reviewers may move the pin to the sign, reject it outright, or report it as abuse. And I’d rather not set them up for that experience.
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Is that not what I said, the sign is just an anchor (quick search several people are calling it a “Proxy” which is probably a better term) the pin should still be at the object.
It “could” be useful where you are unable to get a decent image of said church due to the lay of the land or other buildings stopping you getting a wide enough photo.
Searching through the forums and this has been stated by staff as well as several Ambassadors.
A proxy is usually a proxy in terms of visual anchor as well as physical anchor. Can you point where staff has suggested the pin should be on the building and not the sign?
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If the church sign is on the church, that’s a great way to represent a church.
I’m not sure where staff has stated anything about anchors or proxy.
Again, I know it’s been general advice, but I stand by the statement that it can be misinterpreted by reviewers and lead to an unwanted outcome.
If the focal point of a photo of a nomination is a sign, I think many would expect that to be the pinned location. A wide-frame photo including the sign and building(s) could be great in a hypothetical situation. It also is vastly different if its a collection of buildings or sports fields or equipment.
Since 2 ambos have weighed in, I will give my understanding of the sign vs building situation.
I think this is completely situational. There are times when there is no sign on the building and the building is so generic in appearance (and possibly similar to surrounding buildings) that I think the sign makes the best visual proxy/representation for the wayspot. But since the title and description are for the actual building (because it is the qualifying place for socializing or exercising), I will place the pin on the building.
This is my interpretation of using my best judgment.
I will add that I almost never support having a wayspot at both the building and the sign. Signs rarely make eligible wayspots in and of themselves.
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