Several wayspots removed, even though community accepted them

I have a situation, where two pokestops were removed.

I created two new ones for different things.

Both wayspots were accepted, appeared in both PoGo and Ingress and then they dissappeared (in 1-2 days).

Meilės Lapinas

pasvajok - ir meilės lapinas suras tau antrą pusę!


(54.698497, 25.289983)

Second one:

Žirmūnų astronautas

// (astronaut of Žirmūnai)
o kuo svajojai užaugęs būti tu?


(54.698465, 25.290746)

Locals agree on these nominations.

There is kindergarden and school nearby, but these ones are outside the zone of schools and same was for previously existing wayspots.

What might be happening, so all wayspots disappear in this area?

Hello and welcome @Rigedu,

I’m sorry your wayspots have been removed. I personally enjoy the artists style. But looking at the locations and other markings, these don’t appear to be sanctioned street art. Tags and other things are there as well. These were likely reported for removal.

See more information from Niantic clarifications below:

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Usually here, this kind of art is quite long lasting and remains for long period of time.
People to like picture ones (not the tags)

This kind of graffiti is not usually acceptable. The types of murals and other street art that can be accepted are things that the property owners commissioned to be done. In other words, the artist was hired or at least approved or asked to create the art on the space officially, not vandalism.

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It is a very pretty design, but I agree with you that these Wayspots have been removed. These pranks are criminal and cause property owners financial loss in terms of repairs and loss of value at the time of sale. The impact may not be as great, but think of what would happen if these pranksters found out their work was being used in the game. Perhaps someone who wants more Wayspot might encourage them to do even more pranks. This is not appropriate for Wayspot because it could encourage criminal activity.

Thanks for valuable input!

Seems like, all previously removed and these two wayspots follow the same trend.

In our community it was widely accepted as good wayspots and thats why I was wondering what suddenly happened to not see these wayspots anymore.

Will know better now.

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