Wayspot Title: Kunstwerk De “Lelie”
Location (lat/lon): 52.34309, 5.61563
City: Harderwijk
Country: The Netherlands
Screenshot of the Rejection Email (do not include your personal information):
Additional Information (if any): Hello, earlier this month I submitted a removal request for the POI called “Kunstwerk De Lelie.” This artwork used to be publicly accessible in the garden of St. Jansdal Hospital. However, since 2024, the hospital has renovated and expanded its garden, and the artwork is now located behind closed fences, making it accessible only to hospital patients.
I have attached the original POI picture alongside up-to-date images showing the current state of the site. For reference, the plans for the garden expansion can be found here: Actueel, nieuws en persberichten | Ziekenhuis St Jansdal.
Old picture:
Current situation:
I am kindly requesting a Wayfarer member’s @NianticAaron assistance to review and fix this issue, as the current Wayspot no longer reflects a publicly accessible location.
Thank you.
Hey so, in my opinion, the POI is still eligible as limited access is appropriate
As long as it is in the garden, or somewhere that does not Obstructs emergency operations within the hospital, it is perfectly eligible.
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A wayspot does not have to be accessible to the general public. It has to be accessible, but not necessarily for everyone. This wayspot is still valid.
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I do understand where the confusion on “publicly accessible” comes from:
https://niantic.helpshift.com/hc/en/21-wayfarer/faq/2771-acceptance-criteria/
Must be safe and publicly accessible by pedestrians (indoor or outdoor)
What they mean by this is better explained in the tool tip @TrungLatias shared.
It’s a fairly easy logical jump, even though incorrect, from this to “must be safe and publicly accessible by everyone”. I completely understand why this happens, because conceptually “pedestrians” equals “the general public”.
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Oh. I just realised it does say “publicly” accessible.
That term is actually really hard to interpret from a technical perspective, because the meaning is not necessarily when everyone expects. “publicly” literally means “by the public”, but places you have to pay to enter are still publicly accessible.
agree. i think they mean that it can’t be in someone’s private office or something similar.
I think that would be the reason why my swimming pool got rejected as unsafe 
Someone could have fall into the pool
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It would be nice if the Acceptance Criteria page were changed to the actual meaning. It’s frustrating to have limited appeals wasted on eligible POIs because they were reviewed/rejected as “not accessible to the public.” I’ve even had coffeeshops rejected because “it’s a private business.”
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I agree sometimes finding information can be tricky. I have found that my favorite references is using the “i” in the review flow process. See below screenshots I grabbed. It does talk about Restricted areas as an example of things that are eligible.
That’s how clear the Acceptance Criteria page should appear. Just had an apartment complex pool get rejected because it wasn’t “publicly accessible.”
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Thanks for the appeal, @Staafdestroyer! We took another look at the Wayspot in question and decided that it does not meet our criteria for removal at this time.
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