Removed existing wayspot

Wayspot Appeals
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  • Wayspot Title: Graffiti Łódzkiego Klubu Sportowego
  • Location (lat/lon):Ingress
  • City: Łódź
  • Country: Poland
  • Additional Information (if any): graffiti on that wayspot is existing one but wayspot was removed. The previous version of this graffiti is visible on street view. Also on the closest wayspot on main picture this graffiti is visible on background. This graffiti is a name of local football team.
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This looks very much like a tag, which is likely vandalism and is therefore not considered to be a valid wayspot. Similar wayspots are currently being removed to improve the wayspot quality.

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So how that kind of wayspots should be reported? When reporting on ingress there is no option to choose for low quality points. In Poland big amount of wayspots are that kind of graffiti. Sometimes it looks better with more color etc. and sometimes is worst than this above. If there is decision to remove that kind of points maybe should be some dedicated option to report them? In my opinion many times quality of waspots its really terrible and everytime when I report it there is no dedicated option to report them and I mamy time my report are rejected.

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You can use the abuse form for it, as these wayspots should not have been approved.

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yeah but it’s not that simple and convinient to use like reporting on the app

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That might be the case you can still report the ones that are not there anymore as permanently removed from the location

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@iFrankmans Am I to understand correctly that now every POI that is a so-called TAG (e.g., sports club graffiti) , we report as “non-existent” in the Scanner, even when it exists, because Niatic started to care about the quality of portals?

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And if they reject then we report Abuse through the form by selecting this option?
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Reporting as criteria issues is the proper way to go. But maybe @NianticLC @NianticAtlas or @NianticAaron can comment if report as permanently removed from the location is also good for reporting such wayspots through the different games?

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Either one is fine as long as the actual issue is explained.

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You can’t explain the issue when reporting through the games.

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My bad. I was not clear. This was for the report using the Helpchat. The first part of the message holds true for both the avenues though.

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Trying to be clear. I can report graffiti or individual disc golf holes with in game report options that don’t exactly match, since “doesn’t meet criteria” is not an option?

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Yes, you can.

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Does using the Abuse Report for criteria issues automatically get the other Wayfarer in trouble if accepted, or does the team decide if the reported issue was abuse?

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The team reviews the report and decides accordingly.

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Out of curiosity, why does “does not meet criteria” extend to individual disc golf holes but not

  • Generic franchise clothing stores
  • Fire departments
  • Medical offices

Thanks!

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yeah i would add to this low quality wayspot list also:

  • common street water pump
  • parcel lockers
  • each point located on cemetery
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And single sandpits :wink:

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@NianticAaron @NianticAtlas @NianticLC

In case this wasn’t clear, this is an earnest question since what meets removal criteria seems to have changed last posts Casey made that I was aware of.

Can one of you please elaborate? Thanks,

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