Removal Appeal

Wayspot Appeals
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I submitted a POI that was initially approved but was removed a few weeks later.
Based on the submission criteria, this POI appears to qualify as a Portal.

  • Wayspot Title: Monolith
  • Location (lat/lon): 48.854543, 2.470807
  • City: Fontenay-sous-Bois
  • Country: France
  • Additional Information (if any):

This a google street view screenshot on which the Sculpture is visible:

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Google street view URL of this screenshot:

This sculpture is part of a set of similar sculptures located nearby.
This is some of the other monoliths:

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I’m struggling to see how this meets the criteria. What’s significant about this monolith that makes it stand out? Is there some specific history behind this? Is there a sign saying what this is? It just looks like an item placed in the flowerbed.

I may be missing something here, which isn’t impossible, but am genuinely interested to know more.

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The wayspot still exists in the database from what I can see. I’m not sure why you can’t see it.

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Just noticed this.

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The dark red marker is the co-ordinates provided. The red circle for Szlama Ejzman is slightly south. So it shouldn’t appear in Pogo, but may also fall into the 20m rule that won’t make it appear in Ingress.

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It never appeared in pogo.
But it appeared in Ingress before being removed few weeks later.

6

This monolith, like the others nearby, is carved from a single piece of basalt. In my opinion, it is a sculpture, which makes it a work of art.

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Ok. Maybe I am struggling to see the appeal of this submission. I personally need more convincing. May need some documented proof on, for example, a Government Website or something that would help me appreciate this. Sorry.

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Possibly other questions, but we’ll never know for sure. I’m only looking at this submission from a criteria point of view, and the only people who can really answer the question will be the Niantic Staff.

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Just checked again, the wayspot that exists in the same cell may not put the removed wayspot within the 20m rule for Ingress. So if it existed in Ingress before, it’s been removed now.

The nomination may exist in the Lightship DB, but it doesn’t exist in Pokemon Go and Ingress.

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The only people who can say for sure as to why it has been removed is Niantic.

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It has not been removed. It was never added to the gameboard. I have pushed a fix and it should appear on the gameboard in a few days.

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Ahh fair enough. I misunderstood what the OP said in their first post.

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Not exactly. There was a duplicate that might have been live on the gameboard. It was retired. That could have tricked @Lappeau into thinking that the Wayspot was live and was later removed :thinking:

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A follow up of this issue
The portal has been restored after this initial report
I appreciate your time and understanding in addressing this matter

Unfortunately, the portal has been removed once again this morning
I am confident that it meets the required criteria for being a legitimate portal
I don’t understand why it suddenly disappears like that once again