Hello Wayfarer Team,
I am a Pokémon GO player from a small rural village in Telangana, India. My village has very few existing Wayspots, and I have been trying to nominate genuine public places such as temples, shrines, statues, and other community landmarks.
Many of my nominations are being rejected, and I would like to understand if there is anything I should improve. If possible, could you please review my nominations and let me know whether the rejections are due to photo quality, descriptions, location accuracy, or Wayfarer criteria?
I want to submit only genuine and eligible Wayspots that benefit my local community. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time and support.
Welcome to the forum!
First, make sure you study the Wayspot criteria: Wayspot Criteria — Wayfarer Help Center
Then here is a great topic for folks who are struggling with rejections: Top Mistakes Made When Nominating, and How to Avoid Them
Finally, if there is a specific nomination that you can’t understand why it was rejected, please share screenshots from your contributions page at https://wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/new/nominations so we can try to advise.
Welcome to the forum 
In order to be accepted, a wayspot has to not fail any of the rejection criteria
- it has to be safely accessible to pedestrians
- it can’t be on school grounds, single-family private residential property, farmland
- it has to exist at the location given
- it has to have a reasonably accurate title and description
- the photo cannot contain licence plates, identifiable people, unnecessary animals
- it cannot represent something that already has a wayspot
- the photo must be one that you took and have not posted elsewhere
It also has to meet one of the key criteria
- Exploration
- Exercise
- Social
Shrines and statues are generally eligible nominations, but if you don’t understand why your nominations are getting rejected, you can post details here to get advise - please keep each message to a single nomination