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 werenât removed. Or whether we should be removing all similar ones.
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@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. Iâm not convinced this is an unfair question to be asking.
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While your request isnât 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 isnât how this plays out usually. Yes, it can be frustrating, but Iâve rarely seen Niantic staff expound on their reasoning exactly because people try to extrapolate one situationâs outcome to other situations.
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It is pretty frustrating. If you donât understand why a portal is removed, and then thereâs 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 donât know what youâre appealing against.
I feel like Niantic probably donât want the forum flooded with appeals asking the same question about different portals thatâs never answered, but I can do if that is really how they want to run things. Just seems⌠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 donât 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 âenemyâ faction). Iâve visited this portal, attacked it and it is there, it is not a duplicate, and it is an historic part of Londonâs 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 donât like and hope to get a lucky decision.
My area is full of bad wayspots. Iâve tried getting a number of them deleted with mixed results (including some of âmyâ portals). Some blatantly donât 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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Examples of portals that I feel should be removed are boarded up pubs (e.g. The Bell in Rainham Essex, The Playhouse pub [formerly The Greyhound] in Eltham, and The Papermaker Arms in Hawley, in the Dartford postcode area), pubs that become residental houses (e.g. The Foresters in Wilmington), POIs that got demolished (e.g. The Greyhound pub at Sutton on Hone and Shaad Indian Restaurant in Swanley) or donât exist anymore (e.g. Gueules Cassees at Sidcupâs Queen Mary Hospital, the memorial record POI outside Marks & Spencers in The Glades called Bowie [in Bromleyâs The Glades mall the memorial record there sadly got replaced with something to do about recycling]) because they were temporary.
Perfect valid POIs definitely shouldnât be removed because they are in the way of fielding.
Stinkpipes are valid POIs as far I am concerned due to their historical use.
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