Photos for POI Suggestions

General Discussion
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Hello everyone!
For those who have questions and are new to the community, please be aware that photos taken from GOOGLE MAPS are not accepted, and reviewers may report the POI suggestion. Depending on the number of reports and notifications, you may receive a suspension of a few days, as it is a photo taken by a third party and not by you. For a photo to be valid, you must have taken the photo yourself.

Here is an example of an invalid suggestion; notice that the photo is a screenshot from Google Maps:

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This is clearly stated in the nomination prompt, too.

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Unfortunately, some people don’t follow this and ignore it. The screenshot I sent was taken from the review center; I clicked to start evaluating some POI suggestions, and this was the first one that appeared, the one in the screenshot I sent.

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Exactly. I am amazed at all the folks who come here complaining about being banned who didn’t know it wasn’t allowed.