Poke stop randomly removed from game

Wayspot Appeals
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When submitting a Wayspot Appeal, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible:

  • Wayspot Title: Piedmont Location and Trail Sign

  • Location (lat/lon): 4251 Taylor Hall Pl, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA

  • City: Chapel Hill

  • Country: USA

  • Screenshot of the Rejection Email (do not include your personal information):

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  • Additional Information (if any): Pokestop was in Pokémon go for a little over a month before it was randomly removed from the game. I do not see anything wrong with the poke stop and would like to see it back added to the game and know why it was removed.

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Oh, I got this to review and rejected it as a Private Residence or Farm. Guess I got a disagreement if this went live anyway. From my review history, it was pinned here:

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My guess is that it was removed for that reason. If you have evidence that this is not SFPRP (single family private residential property) then you should post it here. It also appears to be a home made sign. If you have evidence that this is an official sign for the trail, you should also present that.

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This one may be hard to overturn. The area seems to belong to Leigh Farm Park. Piedmont is just the name of one of the activities that takes place in the park; it’s a wildlife education center. Unfortunately, the park does not have a map that shows its boundaries or any trails. The POI in question seems to be forest area just behind or next to a house and I agree the sign seems to be a handpainted sign. The evidence will have to be that this is in fact a named dedicated trail within the park and the sign is part of that.

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Here is a nearby sign showing a completely different style of marker

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I do see other Wayspots with this kind of sign way at the other edge of the park though. Not here.

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Which makes sense because the Piedmont Wildlife Center is over to the west in that area, but not near the neighborhood.

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I didn’t realize it had been placed there in that location, how can I move it to where it is because when I used the map and placed the location it was further away from the houses.

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I think you will have to do a new nomination for this. Be sure to pin it where it actually exists this time. If it belongs on the west side, put it there. You may have been trying to remote submit from too far away and the pin could have bounced back to where you were when you tried to submit, so consider doing the nomination while you are standing at the location if this seems like what happened.

I would suggest adding any information you have so that people can verify that this trail exists to the supporting information. Also double check your spelling on “permanent” if you choose to use that word again.

I am going to have to get up to Chapel Hill to check this place out one of these days. Looks cool!

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Thanks for the appeal, @GPRO1000. We reviewed your appeal and stand by our decision to retire the Wayspot in question.