I have now admitted multiple poi’s. I have had every single one rejected by the automated systems. I have double and triple checked every one and all meet the criteria. Im completely convinced at this point that anything thats located in a rural area gets automatically denied. If its in a city center it gets accepted. Ive seen a single baceball dimond have 5 stops and 2 gyms on it. Literaly one for each sign. You can call me cranky all you want but it doesn’t change the fact that every time i fallow evey single rule its auto denied with absolutely no reason listed or explained. Its a total waist of time even trying to grow this community in my area.
Hello and Welcome @Frankinstin7267
It sounds as though you are having a very frustrating experience. It is not a good feeling when your submissions re repeatedly rejected especially when they dont have a chance for human review.
The auto-review system (nickname Emily) was not in operation for several weeks, did you manage to get any submissions made during that time?
It is good that you have decided to post here as we can now try to help unpick what might be going wrong for you with the hope to improve things.
Can you please post a few of your nominations in full. We can then see what the issues might be.
If you also give us the rough location we can have a look and see what we can suggest.
To help with this I am going create a new topic for you so that it doesnt get muddled up with others.
How would i go about showing you my rejections? Sorry. Im new to this aspect of this site.
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Slackers Too
Wayspot Submission
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2025-09-27
shawnee community recreational area
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2025-09-26
shawnee community United States Postal Service drop off and pick up center.
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2025-09-25
Wayspot Submission for shawnee community United States Postal Service drop off and pick up center.
Baroda MI
Description
shawnee community United States Postal Service drop off and pick up center. a great place to gather in the community.
Location
1558 W Shawnee Rd, Baroda, MI 49101, USA
Supplemental Information
a large, safe, and well lit area that’s perfect for gathering. this community is large and a good place to walk due to minimal traffic and its figure 8 lay out.
Ideally we need to see both images and all the data plus the GPS co-ordinates if possible.
Open in “Contributions” and screen grab.
Thanks
that is a good start.
You can send pictures too which is really helpful.
This icon allows you select any screengrabs you have saved.
or you can simply cut and paste into the message.
make sure you allow time for them to up load - wait until it says its complete before sending.
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Im assuming the second one is because the picture is to unclear. I will have to wat until they have a better sign outside in order to take a picture of that instead.
The second maybe has some potential, but you would need to provide alot of evidence why this particular shop is importsnt to the local community. If this store has a website defenitely include it in the supplemenral info.
Also, this nomination was rejected, because there are identiafiable humans in the first picture which violates picture criteria.
Please ensure your first picture is as clear as possible without humans
These slip through the process but should be rejected as duplicate. It should be possible to report them to get them removed.
In regards to the 1st one I don’t see how it meets criteria.
People don’t go there primarily to Socialise, Exercise or Explore, they go to collect / drop off parcels. If they happen to do any of the main 3 criteria whilst doing that then it is just a by product not the actual reason.
When you submit wayspot, please ask yourself is it great place to explore, exercise or socialize?
I am sure there will be other thing that you can submit
Please share it to us and we can tell if it have potential or no
But yet every post office and fenced off water tower has a pokestop? Every bar?i was assuming this ould fall under the “explore” criteria. Its fine. Ill just grab some spray paint and smash them against a wall, take a picture and call it art. Seems like thats kind of stuff gets automatically accepted. Sorry if i seem a little annoyed, im just not understanding apparently and im just trying to get it figured out. There are so many kids in my community that try to play. But theres literally nothing within a safe walking distance for them. As for the store, i think i understand and i believe i can get it fixed. Or i will just get more experienced ppl in the area to get it put on the map.
It is kind of weird that post offices are generally acceptable, but mail depots are less so. I guess a post office is usually more than just a place to deal with letters and packages.
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This may help you to find some eligible candidates:
Please don’t.
I understand that it is frustrating, especially when there are live game locations that you don’t think should be eligible. Some of these were seeded way back before Pokemon Go was even a thing to create game locations for Ingress. Some should not have been accepted, but were. If they meet removal criteria, they can be reported for removal. Pubs that aren’t adults only are great places to be social, and do meet criteria. If a bar is adults only, it can be reported for removal as well. Official Post Offices keep us in touch with the community at large, and are usually significant to locals. Water towers can be significant landmarks, but most don’t meet current criteria.
I understand this concern. But the point of Pokemon GO is to go and sometimes there just isn’t anything eligible close by. I wish you luck with finding some great Wayspots that are nearby.
Businesses are some of the hardest nominations to get accepted. “Generic business” is a rejection reason. Slackers Too does have potential to get accepted with a better photo.
Are you familiar with S2 cells and Pokemon Go? I tried to find where Slackers Too is on the map, but don’t see it. It appears to be across the street from the Wayspot I highlighted here. There are already a lot of Wayspots in this area, so even if accepted, it may not become a pokestop or gym, and that appears to be your goal.
Thats close. The store literally just opened this weekend. Its a tcg store that also sells table top games, d & d, warhammer, etc. Its all set up to be a social place as well with all the tables and stuff to play the games. Also open late for ppl to have a place to play and hang out. Its the only place like that within a few hours drive. But i dont even think its officially listed on google yet. I may have to wait until it gets more established.
But im not interested in remembering stops. Its just a game and you get a couple basic items for spinning a stop so please dont expect me to take it that seriously. I get that the whole idea is to “go” but you shouldn’t expect children to only be able to play when they go to a store. Or go into town. They should atleast be able to make a route thats accessible. I mean, do you really think kids need to be walking an hour away to play a game?
If you can get a supporting photo that shows the nearby businesses then that can help reviewers to place this one. Definitely needs a better main photo.
My two cents worth, it’s worth submitting if it’s a good wayspot even if it won’t show in PoGo. It might become a power spot, and it could appear in other games. It’s also a good bit of practice and will help you polish those future submissions.
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Is this the right area? Is there just one Wayspot for this whole area? The map I am looking at has not updated since May 23, so there may be Wayspots I am not seeing.
There isn’t any street view and satellite view is too blurry for me to make things out, but possibly check here for anything eligible on its own. Anything in the purple highlight would not be eligible to be a pokestop or gym, but there are several other things I can’t identify in the empty cell.