I know this is an eligible wayspot, so what do I need to change in the submission?(Funny part is, this got rejected while the photo frame that lierally has the tower’s name on right next to it got accepted… I really wish the e-mail would specify what did I mess up.)
Edit: Apparently I just needed to wait for it to load in. It’s because of the people faces.
I would reject it for all the people visible in the picture.
I’ve seen pokestops and gyms with way more people on the picture. Some places are crowded and you can’t send everyone away just to take a picture.
I think you could have avoided them with a slightly different angle or crop.
I would have it cropped the picture so the tower filled the photo.
What can you see from the tower? that would be good top put in the description.
The supplementary doesnt say much. Why is this a great place to explore? Use that term to demonstrate how it is meeting criteria. trails passing by is not that vital Is it visible and easy to locate on google maps? Guide the reviewer through the criteria to the location and they will be able to agree it.
did you try to refresh the website a few times already to try and see if a rejection reason shows up?
So, it’s okay to crop the picture? I can do that. Is there any rules for the size of the photo? Or it doesn’t matter as long the as poi is clear?
Also thank you for the description tips! I thought the tower itself was self explanotory, but now I see how can I improve it.
Wait, it’s supposed to show the rejection reason? I feel dumb now. I can’t see it anywhere.
I can understand that, the other day I nominated a very nice outdoor restaurant, I took the picture just after it rained, so naturally there were no people, and it was rejected for being a generic place. The appeals team were kind enough to accept it. But I still advise not to include people.
If the “frame” is a sign for the tower they may have used this as an anchor for the tower itself. Signs themselves are usually not eligible but are used to represent the actual POI.
This would then be seen as Duplicate?
Oooh… Yeah, I don’t see one.
No, it’s a monument/statue thingie, like a big photo frame with the tower’s name on it. (Sorry, I’m not that good at explaining things in English.) There’s a different, actual sign for the tower (it can be seen on the second picture), and there’s plate at the bottom of the tower.
Please reply in your preferred language, the forum has a good translator built in. (a planet icon will appear at the bottom of the post).
Have you tried logging out and back in? Also does your email say “the community” or “our team”?
I wish it would say why exactly it got rejected. I can understand if it because of the people, but then it just… feelsbadman. I’ve seen fountains and churches being accepted with a lot of people on the photos while it could’ve been avoided it easily. Here I tried to angle it to not show the crowd, but this is the least amount amount of people I could get. Well, I was planning to hike up there again anyway, hopefully less people will be there this time. (Sorry for the bit of rambling… I’m lowkey proud how the picture turned out with the clouds.)
I received the e-mail 7 hours ago, I have logged in and out on wayfarer a couple of times since then (and refreshed too as others suggested) and checked the page several times since then. I just went back and the rejection reason suddenly appeared. I don’t know if someone did something or the niantic gods playing a joke with me, but now I can see it lol
Also, the e-mail says “the community”. I thought every nomination is reviewed by the community?
Soo… whats the rejection reason?
Anyway you are not alone. For some reason some of my nomination also need more time to load reason t
Regarding the community, sometimes AI pick up and reject it. When AI reject it will be by “team”
There are at least 3 review paths. Machine Learning (eMiLy) is used to pre-scan nominations. These rejections are from “Our Team” and are received usually in less that 24 hours. “Our Team” could also mean that it was a Niantic Review. They review a percentage of all nominations. Most are passed from eMiLy to the community for review. Personally, I would have rejected it for the people; especially in the foreground. A picture showing the view in the background would have been much better.
It’s rejected because faces on the photo. I wanted to copy/paste the reasoning, but as I opened it’s blank again. It’s been a good 10 minutes and refuses to load in. I’m don’t know why it’s so stubborn to load when everything else loads in fast.
