Hi there all. A Pokestop/Gym disappeared while my Pokémon was in it at some point between this morning at 8AM EST and 5 PM EST. This gym has become an important community hotspot that is battled over offen. It also has routes attached to it as well. I’m confused why it has disappeared and what can …

[IMG_4017] [IMG_4010] [IMG_3979] [IMG_3943] [IMG_3942] Additional pictures of route attached to the location, current game view with the gym gone, as well as the gym view with raid opponents.

The other stuff is irrelevant. The pin you dropped looks like this lfl is on SFPRP (single family private residential property) and has been correctly removed if so [image] Ingress hasn’t synced yet so can still link the portal for now: Books and Games Little Free Library

Hello @CoreyProton and welcome. First the wayfarer forum deals with the actual creation of the wayspots what happens when they go over to Pokémon Go is outside our remit. This Little FreeLibrary looks as though it may have been on the property of a single family residence. If that is the case the…

Gotcha! Some extra info: It’s a sanctioned free public library location for the community and accessible by and located on the sidewalk and does not require accessing private property to go to.

The fact it is on the property is what is critical and why it was removed.

[image] Private Residences, Farmland & K-12 Criteria Clarification Collection Single-family private residential properties (SFPRP), farms, and K-12 (schools or facilities primarily focused for persons under 18 years of age) are ineligible. This includes the outer facing fa…

Private Residences, Farmland & K-12 Objects in or upon apartment blocks, gated communities, or their shared spaces may be eligible assuming they otherwise meet criteria and are intended to be accessed by a community, even if not everyone. Communal spaces have the potential to be eligible locatio…

Oh then add evidence of that to your removal appeal request!

To be honest @cyndiepooh , I contacted support, but I have no clue if that’s the way to appeal it :sweat_smile: Since I didn’t submit the stop originally and it doesn’t exist anymore, I am not sure what the process to appeal that is? Are you able to point me to how I can do that? :grin:

@elijustrying can you move this to Wayspot Appeals

Missing Pokestop

Wayspot Appeals

cyndiepooh August 7, 2024, 12:12am 7

There was a lot of misunderstanding previously about where SFPRP stops, so this clarification was made.

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