Niantic seems to have lost the plot entirely

I see those six wayspots have been restored. Good. Just don’t make me come back here 7 months from now to get them restored a third time.

And now the rest of my list, please. And judging by the look of things, there might be some new additions in a bit because it seems Niantic has been busy today too.

Yes, it’s right there in each. Seriously. :person_facepalming:t2:

Thanks. Still exceptions and not the rule, right? Most people wouldn’t jump for joy or go protect their wall if a street artist came and painted their property for most street artists.

We can’t keep trying to make rules for exceptional circumstances. The general idea is that most things fall into the most general category, and then it’s possible to make exceptions for exceptional situations, right?

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None of these are on anyone’s private property.

Graffiti on private property has never been allowed… so that’s a non-issue.

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I didn’t say anything about private property and the definitions say private or public property. Even public property typically has someone who has authority to approve how it is used.

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And clearly the city approves of it, since they wouldn’t have made an entire website dedicated to showing off local street art if they didn’t.

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I imagine people would also try to get it removed from their property if it wasn’t welcome. So it would already fail the requirements due to not being permanent.

That’s fine. As a particular case. You had lots of different examples above. We weren’t talking about a particular case, we were talking about what’s considered vandalism and what isn’t considered vandalism. As long as when you submit, you provide evidence that it is truly sanctioned, it shouldn’t be a problem. But it is on the submitter to make that clear, in most cases.

Found plenty more unjustified removals in today’s batch.


This one is part of a series that’s literally featured on the city’s street art website as seen here: Walls with Paint: Sockets | This is Eindhoven






These five are all part of series of artpieces that are described in this article: Walls with Paint: Traffic Lights | This is Eindhoven


This one is part of this series of artpieces: Walls with Paint: Mysterious machines | This is Eindhoven


This one is part of the same series that I listed three examples of in my first post.


This is another cool piece that’s painted on the side of a wall that’s next to a church, so it’s not on any private residential property whatsoever.


And this one is literally listed as explicitly eligible in the criteria clarifications.


It’s a unique piece of business signage that is very notable for the locksmith business it represents.

These can be added to the list, @NianticAaron

The Red Orange Yellow is defaced and contains graffiti that isn’t allowed.

Today’s batch of removals was surprisingly light on the unjustified ones, though it was focused on a part of town I basically never go to, so maybe I missed a few, but the players from that neighborbood can appeal those if they want them back.

Today’s two misfires:


This little character has featured plenty of times in my earlier posts in this topic. This one is painted on a public skate ramp, so the location is clearly fine.


And this one doesn’t seem to be from any of the artpiece series I mentioned so far, but it’s still a nice-looking piece with a clear singular style that’s painted on a transformer box on a public sidewalk.

Add them to the list @NianticAaron

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Got two more from today’s batch of removals.


This is an informational sign about nearby bat shelters. I don’t see how this is in any way ineligible.


And this is another artpiece from this series:

To the list they go @NianticAaron

This was a duplicate, theres another waypoint for this sign.

I followed the link to read about the art project, but the website says these painted utility boxes are temporary. “For a couple of months, you can also find painted electricity sockets on power distribution boxes. They’re all by Dutch artist Muugeherder.”

This skate ramp was removed sometime between April 2022 and July 2023


This Mural was painted over sometime between May 2022 and Oct 2022


No. It’s just a bad translation. The original Dutch version of that page says “sinds een aantal maanden”, which accurately translates into “since a few months ago” or “for a few months now”. The writer means that those works have been around for a few months at the time of writing, and doesn’t mention anything about them ever being removed.

No, I’m pretty sure that’s the wayspot in question. The Ingress sync just hasn’t happened yet, which is why it’s still showing up. The Pokestop is gone already.


Hmm, I can definitely still make out a structure on the satellite view that definitely looks like a skate ramp.