We tried to submit a community sign as a pokestop and were told it was on private property but it is not. Can anyone help us. We have nothing within walking distance of our community development so we have to drive 15 min to spin at a restaurant. Please help.
Thank you for all your responses. I am reading them over again and appreciate all the help you gave me.
If you can provide the photos and location, it would be possible to advise on the private property issues.
What is not allowed is anything on single-family private residential property including anything on or attached to the external boundary. This can sometimes include the grass verge in front of the wall/fence/hedge/gate.
If you are talking about one of those big builder’s signs in front of real estate, imo, those rarely meet criteria. Unless there is something special about the sign itself, like historical relevance, seating, or artistic value then they are not great places to exercise, explore, or be social.
A lot of those were slipping through voting and being accepted incorrectly. We do not have a way to vote that something just does not meet criteria. Just voting down on all the criteria questions is not a rejection. So reviewers are trying to pick a reason that is close enough that will reject, since just a thumbs down on each of the criteria questions does not.
I understand this is not what you want to hear, but that is not a Wayfarer problem. And it is not a reason to accept wayspots. Each wayspot must meet the criteria as laid out by the Wayfarer program, while also not falling under any of the rejection criteria.
Eligibility Criteria — Wayfarer Help Center
Rejection Criteria — Wayfarer Help Center
The thing you are submitting must meet one of those three outlined above regardless of any usage in a game. If someone was not playing Pokemon GO (or any other Niantic Scopely game), would they think this object falls under one of these 3 criterion? Typically, a neighborhood sign does not.
Thank you. I will look at the pictures again.
Thank you for your response. The sign is a big cement sign in the beginning of the community development. Maybe i was standing too close to one of the houses in the neighborhood.
How is that a place to:
