Hello, i got a reject ftom the ai and would like to know if i should try to appeal
Hello and Welcome @0ShtrudelMaster
Artistic work is allowable for consideration. However this does not appear to be artistic but something that is vandalistic painting. Do review this criteria clarification as to what is acceptable.
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As well as what @elijustrying says, this looks like it may be a residential neighbourhood that is in the process of being built, and as such, if this wall belongs to a single family private residence, that would be further grounds for rejection.
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Thank you very much for the detailed answer. I see what you mean, but I would argue that artists who do graffiti do not define any graffiti as vandalism.
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The artist might not, but local authorities, officials, owners might.
I can get Banksyâs goat vandalism at Kew removed then?
Banksy is usually welcomed and even protected art. No comparison really.
Your opinion is that itâs art, my opinion may be that itâs art.
Itâs vandalism.
Art is subjective.
But there is a difference between a simplistic design such as this or a name tag or stencil and good quality street art.
Sometimes the difference can be small, but in this case in my view itâs clear.
As soon as I cut my first stencil I could feel the power there. I also like the political edge. All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history
Banksy
https://pricelessblog.squarespace.com/articles/protecting-banksys-work
Clearly I will defer to Banksy.
March 2008, the Thames Water tower was graffitied with a child writing âTake this â Society!â As a response, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham spokesman Councillor Greg Smith called for its removal after he labeled it as vandalism. Later that year in October, another one of his work was ordered by the Westminster Council to be covered up as it âhas no more right to paint graffiti than a childâ regardless of his status and overall positive reputation. Throughout his career, Banksy faced countless other criticism over the legality of his work where the government ordered for removal.
The Dover and Clacton pieces by him highlight the what is art and what is vandalism with the most humour.
To say itâs protected and welcomed because itâs Banksy is naive and ill informed @RoIi112
When it comes to graffiti being vandalism or art, I tend to think about how Iâd react if this was on my wall.
Would I scrub it off, or would I be pleased and think its cool?
The unown thing I would not be pleased, and would scrub it off. The Banksys Iâve seen Iâd be pleased and would leave it. Then probably someone would try to steal my wall 
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It looks temporary, maybe private residential property too⌠however perhaps the main problem is that the description contains the word âPokemonâ which may be leading the AI to think that youâve made a game-specific reference in the submission, when wayspots are used across all Niantic games and not just PoGo.
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Ambassadors please read about acceptability and acquaint yourselves with the criteria.
https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/t/unique-art/12459/2
Works that are considered vandalism would not qualify.
In this example âpokemonâ is actually an accurate word to use in the description and wouldnât invalidate the waypoint due to âgame specific terminologyâ since the item is actually a picture of a pokemon.
But generally speaking yes, and we dont know if the ML has been set to weed these out and reject regardless of if the item is actually pokemon related so that definitely could be a reason it was rejected here
I said usually⌠not all or always
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That misses the point and their work is not âusuallyâ sanctioned. They are a street artist. Sometimes their work is given the green light after when people realise there is money or fame in having it on their property.
I could care less whether Banksy is a vandal or an artist or both.
Vandalism - willful or malicious destruction or defacement of public or private property.
That is what Banksy does.
Maybe the act was vandalism⌠but when it becomes accepted and protected, it no longer is vandalism.
The discussion seems to have wandered down a rabbit hole about a very specific aspect of what consistutes art/street art/vandalism.
It is interesting and without trying to go further down this rabbit hole I suggest we climb back out and move on to something else, preferably in a different topic?
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