Yikes… @NianticAaron, this could have a chilling effect on people trying to improve the lightship map. If you remember, players were apprehensive in PoGo to scan wayspots for fear of them being removed.
Now, if someone is trying to update a title and the wayspot gets removed?
If this is going to be the official rule. It should be stated somewhere fairly easy for Explorers to access like maybe, Wayfarer Basics.
I’m going to pile on and say, I don’t think this is a good idea or practice at all. It sounds like you’ve lost @cyndiepooh as an editor of titles out of fear that could have been prevented. Or at least made clear to her so she could have made the decision to do it in the first place.