I have posted several unique spots in my area with briefly worded descriptions and appealed some as well i am really beginning to wonder why NOT EVEN 1 was accepted am i being singled out here!!!
What seems to be the problem with my submissions when all meets the correct criteria is Niantic or Scopely even reviewing the ridiculous rejection I am getting a building and supermarket is not a fixed location??? And a clear lake marker was reported as abuse how come? This does NOT MAKE SENSE.
Hello and welcome to the forums,
Wayfarer can be frustrating at times, but if you’re willing to share screenshots of your rejected nominations from your contributions page, there are a bunch of folks here who would be happy to help you figure out why your nominations are getting rejected.
Welcome to the forum!
I would recommend looking at the Wayfarer Criteria again before you try to nominate anything else. A supermarket is not normally a great place for exercise, exploration, or being social. Here is a link you can bookmark: Wayspot Criteria — Wayfarer Help Center
The other half of the temporary rejection reason is “or not distinct”. We have been told to use this rejection reason when something just isn’t significant.
These ones are being rejected with ridiculous reasons how could a submission on a lake walking path be abusive from my part this is a public open slace for walking and how could a building be NOT PERMANENT OR DISTINCT there is only one of thaf building in the whole country
This one says that it was submitted at an incorrect location in the appeal response. That is abuse. Those rejection reason are just the string that prints out when abuse is selected. It doesn’t mean there is actually an issue with the text. We are hoping Niantic corrects that.
This just looks like a random building to me. Can we see the entire contribution?
Many of the rest of your nominations just look like generic businesses, which should be rejected. If you are in an area that had a lot of imported wayspots just to make the game playable, that may be confusing to compare to what is in game already. “Generic business” is a rejection reason.
Look at this ones how could it be not distinct or permanent that is a 22 storey building with 5 basement parking
The appeals team explained that this is just a common apartment building. As I said before, we have been told to use “not distinct” to reject something that just isn’t significant. This was correctly rejected.
Hello and Welcome @Babayega99
It’s not always clear where the best place to post is. Since this is about your nominations I am moving it to Nomination Support
There are lots of experienced wayfinders happy to help explain and improve nominations, even find potential nominations. We will try try to help 
I did not get your point how could it be not distinct when there is only one of those buildings in the entire country with that label? What is the definition of distinct then or lacks uniqueness there are way worse spots approved in other areas in my local area than this? I dont get it?
NONE was accepted with my submissions and all rejection was being done by this mafia group in my area these people are the ones abusive and abusing their so called authority on this game witj NO CONTROL from niantic or scopely
If you want assistance, it would be good to start a new thread rather than jumping on one from two years ago.
Also, if you want assistance, provide details of one or two submission that were rejected, so that you can get advice on why they were rejected.
However, if you just want to vent, you’ve done that.
Venting is one thing if i get the artention needed then FINALLY!!! i repeatedly complained and no one seems to care as all my submissions are being SINGLED OUT imagine zero approved do you mean to say i am that stupid in my submissions all of them? Really!!!
My point is that we have been told to use this rejection reason when something is not anything significant enough to be a Wayspot. Just like how the abuse rejection says that about text, the reason does not really convey why it was rejected. Don’t worry so much about what the words are, just try to understand why it was rejected.
I have moved this post here as it is about your nominations and it best to keep this in one place.
Your frustration at what has been happening is clear.
For the purposes of wayfarer, something can be considered to be “not distinct” if it is just seen as something ordinary, of no particular interest, as something that most people wouldn’t notice or wouldn’t pay any attention to as being a great place to explore.
I got zero approved submissions do you mean to say i am that not capable to read and adhere to the criteria and take good photos and do a good write up or am i being SINGLED OUT
Okay the conversation has jumped around and I can’t follow it anymore. Will be happy to help if you ping me later.
You are not being singled out - that wouldn’t happen.
What is happening is that you are submitting wayspots which don’t meet eligibility criteria.
Please have a look at these for understanding what makes a good wayspot.
Eligibilty https://wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/new/criteria/eligibility
Acceptance https://wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/new/criteria/acceptance
Rejection https://wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/new/criteria/rejection
Also Wayspot Criteria — Wayfarer Help Center
