Removed gym but graffiti is still there

Wayspot Appeals
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When submitting a Wayspot Appeal, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible:

  • Wayspot Title: Bhask
  • Location (lat/lon): 43.293343,-2.984292
  • City: Barakaldo
  • Country: Spain
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  • Additional Information (if any):
    Please I would like to know why this wayspot has been removed. It has a lot of years and it has been one of the most popular spots to play for years. It is a graffiti of a well known artist. Drawn next to a pelota court a place to play some basque sports. The graffiti has not been removed, it is still there, I have taken a photo and a 360 photo of the place.

Original photo:
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Current photo:

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Link to the 360 photo: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QMQjWwF6cM5h8BXM6

Thanks

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That looks like a random graffiti tag, which is typically seen as vandalism rather than art, and thus not eligible.

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I completely agree with it, but as far as I know removal criteria is not the same as elegibility criteria… Once it is accepted it is only removed for few reasons…

In fact, in the past I have reported a Police Station that is a wayspot here and it has not been removed…

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Niantic has been making exceptions to that “never should have been accepted” is not a removal reason for disc golf courses. Possibly they are doing the same for graffiti tags. I hope they will acknowledge that so we know what to report.

I just had a report for a Boy Scout Camp with the sign saying “Boy Scouts” in the Wayspot photo rejected, so I am really not certain what to report anymore.

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Locally, I have observed several removals of graffiti and similar types of vandalism. Looks like they are getting rid of all the random tags placed.

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@OhMaikGosh It looks like we haven’t gotten to this request yet or it hasn’t been submitted through in-game. At this time, we only take appeals to overturn decisions we’ve already made.

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This was a request to restore a removed Wayspot, not a rejected removal report.

(Or more accurately, a request to know why it was removed.)

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As said in the previous message, I wanted to know why was removed. The graffiti is still there…

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People shouldn’t be shallow in the interpretation of what is art.

I believe not only does the original picture look incredibly artistic, the actual graffiti someone placed on it since not withstanding, 16 years later it’s largely intact, that is more than some of these other waypoints we can’t remove from the game to save our life. I have a pizza hut waypoint near me, I just reported it for the third time since they shut down.

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This is a removal appeal, I don’t see how that could be in a system

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But it’s vandalized, therefore not eligible

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That sounds like an easy hack to get something removed.

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That’s a regular vandalistic tag, is not showing any type of art of quality on it. Being 16 years in a place does not make it more valid or to meet criteria. As @cyndiepooh says, it seems they are making exceptions with graffiti tags as they are probably doing with other type of wayspots.