Removal decisions are at a one by one basis and their decisions are not to be applied to other waypoints.
Yes, but when you apply to remove a portal there are categories under which you send that in.
It would be useful to know the reason for this being removed when there are dozens like it in the area that werenāt removed. Or whether we should be removing all similar ones.
@NianticLC Heya, so I submitted reports for a number of identical waypoints in the same area as this one over the past few days which have come back as rejected.
Would really appreciate some clarity on removal criteria here so we can apply some consistency.
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You can appeal any rejected reports in the appeals section of this forum and include relevant proof.
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@RoIi112 Thank you, but that is not very helpful. I am trying to get an answer as to what criteria is being applied here, as currently it is unexplained/makes no sense.
Further context, one report was just approved on a different stink pipe. Again identical to the others. Iām not convinced this is an unfair question to be asking.
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While your request isnāt unreasonable, as @RoIi112 noted, each case is decided on its own. You are asking for a reason so you can apply that reason to other situations, but that isnāt how this plays out usually. Yes, it can be frustrating, but Iāve rarely seen Niantic staff expound on their reasoning exactly because people try to extrapolate one situationās outcome to other situations.
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It is pretty frustrating. If you donāt understand why a portal is removed, and then thereās no explanation, it a) makes it harder to know what to report or submit moving forward and b) know what to say in an appeal against removal as you donāt know what youāre appealing against.
I feel like Niantic probably donāt want the forum flooded with appeals asking the same question about different portals thatās never answered, but I can do if that is really how they want to run things. Just seemsā¦ Crazy
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I get this frustration. For example, here was this decision Gym removal appeal - Grafiti Tatoo - #5 by NianticLC But when I reported a Wayspot titled as a tattoo studio with a photo featuring a Pokemon themed grafiti tag which appears to be on the back of the building, the report was rejected. I am not appealing here, because I donāt want to go public. They can keep the Wayspot.
For me this is a clearly valid wayspot (and I say that as a local player of the āenemyā faction). Iāve visited this portal, attacked it and it is there, it is not a duplicate, and it is an historic part of Londonās street architecture.
The system for removing wayspots is very frustrating. The goal must be to improve the quality of the game, which I share, but the results of the current system are so erratic that it ends up encouraging toxic gameplay, where players submit deletion requests at random for any wayspot they donāt like and hope to get a lucky decision.
My area is full of bad wayspots. Iāve tried getting a number of them deleted with mixed results (including some of āmyā portals). Some blatantly donāt even exist but their deletion requests are turned down repeatedly. At the same time perfectly valid wayspots like this disappear.
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Totally agree with you. I also provided a similar situation in another topic. A eligible wayspot was deleted more than five times just because it was close to the school.
Compared to the effort of applying for Wayspot, collecting information, and taking photos, this is really frustrating.
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