A month ago I made some pokestops because I live in a rural area with only one or two pokestops. Some got accepted in just like 2 days (I didn’t use an upgrade). But I have a problem with one of the pokestops that I applied for. I used an upgrade and I think an upgrade should make it easier to get noticed by reviewers but it’s been a month and it’s still in voting. Is this normal even after using an upgrade? Please share your thoughts thank you.
Edit - it was my mistake thanks for helping me figure it out!
No, that doesn’t sound normal. Even if the quickly accepted nominations were Niantic reviews and not natural turnarounds, a month is a very long time for an upgraded nomination to take.
You may want to report it in one of these posts, as it seems to be an issue with upgrades:
Niantic hasn’t confirmed that this is a known issue, but there were a good number of reports on the old forums last month, and there are still users reporting the issue as well.
Yess that not normal. Think Niantic is just careful for rual areas. Which is unfair. Because to get rual area to play more is by accepted reasonable PokeStop.
It’s a new church built in my town. I’ve added the location in Google maps too. It’s close to a park that’s already a pokestop but I’ve checked that it’s not in the same level 17 s2 cell so it shouldn’t be a problem. The area around it is pretty safe and accessible too.
Ohh I see :0 I thought I got a free upgrade the first time I opened the Wayfarer thingy and I guess I mistook it for a “free” upgrade Well after doing that it said “upgrade next” in my nomination so I thought an upgrade was applied. Sorry because it’s my first time making pokestops and I joined the Wayfarer thingy just like a month ago. Well that’s my mistake thanks for helping
This is a known issue connected to the recent drop in ratings for some users. Because of the ratings drop, there were less reviewers, so it was taking longer for all nominations to get resolved.
Let me put it this way. I know that Niantic has a system in place that will give a nomination that is about a year and a half old without a decision a soft upgrade to get it decided because that has happened to my nominations. So yes, a month can be perfectly normal. I used to celebrate whenever I got a community decision in as fast as 6 weeks.
This is the Wayfarer Discussion Discord’s standard reply to that question:
What does an upgrade do?
An upgrade fast tracks your nomination by pushing it out to a wider audience for review.
How do I earn an upgrade?
You earn an agreement point towards an upgrade when a nomination you review finishes the voting process, and your review aligns with the outcome of the nomination. When you earn 100 agreements you will earn an upgrade.
Can I save my upgrade?
If you turn (ON) auto-upgrade in your Settings the nomination you chose as “upgrade next” gets upgraded, if no “upgrade next” is set the system will choose your oldest pending nomination.
If you turn (OFF) auto-upgrade then earned upgrades will be banked and can be applied directly to any pending nomination.
You can view your total available upgrade count on your Profile page.
Hmm. It doesn’t seem to have replied to @PokemGud so edited to add a tag.
Upgrades allow yur submissions to be reviewed by a larger area of reviewers, which in turn may get it resolved faster. There’s no guaranteed exact timeframe for resolutions of any kind, even upgraded ones, but upgrades do tend to help, especially if you are in an area with few reviewers, like I am.
Well after doing that it said “upgrade next” in my nomination so I thought an upgrade was applied. Sorry because it’s my first time making pokestops and I joined the Wayfarer thingy just like a month ago. Well that’s my mistake thanks for helping 
