Pokestop rejected

[skillepoang]

So let me get this straight, in the town of Chester VA where I live almost every single street corner is a pokestop with absolutely no picture or description. There are literally dozens and dozens of them. Many of which you’d have to stand along the side of the highway to use and that’s 100% fine with everyone.
Yet a garden dedicated to an actual Air Force Veteran, which included all asked for pictures and a description that is located at the end of a residential street that people walk up and down all day and is adjacent to a field where cars can’t go isn’t good enough?
What an absolute joke this community and game have become

[TjoeMi]

Welcome

Those street corner without picture is new wayspot testing to help populate area when there arent any wayspot. Those import doesnt follow normal wayfarer criteria

Testing New Wayspots in Pokémon GO

Hello Wayfinders, The experiment continues! In the upcoming days, Explorers in selected areas of the United States of America may notice some newly added Wayspots in Pokémon GO. Just like last time, these Wayspots have been added to the map as part of our continued experiment to enhance gameplay and increase accessibility in areas with low Wayspot density. As a reminder, we’re adding Niantic-generated PokéStops in these areas to help Trainers level up faster, become Wayfarer eligible sooner, a…

Anyway if you disagree with the rejection, you have 2 option :

1. Appeal (you have 2 appeals, each with 15days cooldown)
2. resubmit with better evidence/foto. If you share your nomination here, other wayfarer can advise if its possible to improve your nomination.

Can we see the rejection reason? If its rejected by AI it means no human review it yet.

[salixsorbus]

Welcome to the forums

The street corners are not fine with everyone. Lots of them were created on single-family private residential property (SFPRP) or in the road, but Niantic want each one to be reported separately before considering removing them. In one case, they moved a street corner wayspot from the SFPRP and put it into the road.

They have not been marked properly to make it obvious that are an import/experiment, and look just like regular pokestops (although without a picture or description), so it is easy to think they are acceptable.

They do not meet submission crireria and a lot of them break eligibility rules for location.

Your submission has nothing to do with them. Your submission might be eligible, but have other issues (location wrong, access problems, poor description, people in photo, car licence plate in photo, duplicate) or might not be eligible (nothing to indicate it is a garden dedicated to a veteran, doesn’t look like a garden, just a single flower bed with no bench etc).

If you post details, you can get advice on your submission

[cyndiepooh]

Welcome to the forum.

@skillepoang

What an absolute joke this community and game have become

Sorry you feel that way.

@skillepoang

located at the end of a residential street that people walk up and down all day and is adjacent to a field where cars can’t go

Is this is someone’s yard? SFPRP (Single Family Private Residential Property) locations are ineligible. At least for Wayfarer submissions. Those experimental street corner signs that Niantic placed themselves are the exception that I cannot understand. The strict rules around SFPRP are because of past lawsuits against Niantic.

Private Residences, Farmland & K-12

Single-family private residential properties (SFPRP), farms, and K-12 (schools or facilities primarily focused for persons under 18 years of age) are ineligible. This includes the outer facing facade, fence of these locations, and property boundaries. Objects in or upon apartment blocks, gated communities, or their shared spaces may be eligible assuming they otherwise meet criteria and are intended to be accessed by a community, even if not everyone. Communal spaces have the potential to be eli…