Pokestop was approved but has not appeared

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I received an email on 10/11 that the poke stop I created was approved however it has never showed up. It was created and approved through pokemon go but when on pokemon go the stop is still not there. How do I get the stop to appear? The pokestop is called pizza plus mural in linden California.


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Hi there and welcome. I’m really sorry to hear that your nomination has not appeared in game. Unfortunately, the Pokémon GO does not accept everything approved - it “thins them out,” presumably to prevent too much crowding of the map.

It appears that due to proximity to the nearby Linden Post Office, this will not be eligible to appear in game.

How do I know if it is too close to another pokestop/gym?

Pokémon GO Hub has a decent writeup on it but the information may be outdated - I haven’t looked over it, recently.

https://pokemongohub.net/post/article/comprehensive-guide-s2-cells-pokemon-go/

To be very, very clear: you should never misrepresent the location of a candidate nor should you edit the location simply for location manipulation of the map to get something to appear. This is considered abusive by the Wayfarer team and can and frequently does cause in-game sanctions and punishment.

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That is one of the only other things in town because it is a small town and if that is crowded I don’t think there is any other places and we are trying to make it easier for people to find more pokemon around town.

I have moved from Bug Reports & Technical Support to Nomination Support as it reflects the discussion.

Due to the algorithms of each game app, sadly we can only mirror what is there. This does provide more reasons to discuss and initiate the creation of places tied to leisure in the real world through official (real world) means. Which will reflect the game map eventually.

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Hello @Dillonwr23
If you feel comfortable could you share where this is so we can try to check your local situation? We can look at this nomination and if you would like we can look around to see what else might eligible and make suggestions.

Yes this is located in linden California just east of Stockton California the nomination was at pizza plus off of highway 26

Your Waypoint is not eligible to appear as it is in the same cell as the Post Office which should be a pokestop or a gym.

Hey, again.

I did spend a little time after our previous conversation poking around on Satellite view but unfortunately just didn’t find anything. If anyone else wants to try:

I do encourage giving this a read as it might spark some ideas. You’re definitely welcome to bring back some of those ideas to talk through with the community before spending time nominating.

Is there really nothing on the map?
I’ve found something:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/53xjbWyBEZj6v2TNA?g_st=aw

https://maps.app.goo.gl/FzkyfSC9oMaNNckR9?g_st=aw

https://maps.app.goo.gl/E2qb8AVFe4fsZz3WA?g_st=aw

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Saw this, worried about permanence… my assumption was pop up Halloween house and I didn’t look further.

With proximity to the school, I didn’t notice this pin.

IITC showed me a nearby pin for the church and a statue.

OP may be able to provide more context for a few of those.

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