A few days ago one of my location edits was marked as abuse and I have been suspended for 30 days (got a warning a week ago )
However, the location was originally incorrect and I moved it to the correct location. Due to the Pokemon Go’s distance editing limit, when I slid the location to the correct location, seemed like it automatically moved closer to the original location after I clicked submit, which I was careless and did not notice. By the time I noticed the edit went in voting and I cannot withdraw it. The wayspot location originally was incorrect in the first place and I was trying to move it to the more accurate location, I feel like my suspension is not deserved and would like to seek appeal.
Wayspot: Bishan Blk 202 fitness corner
Current wayspot location: 1.354985, 103.846901
My edit: 1.35519, 103.846927
Intended edit: 1.355242, 103.847181
The wayspot can be seen on street view.
I will be sure to check my edits before submitting now, but I feel like my edit was nowhere close to being abuse, since I was moving it to a more accurate location than previously when it was on the road. It was the game’s location sliding that shifted it to a slightly off location that I had not intended.
Welcome to the forum @YChess
I am sorry that you got suspended for abuse.
The email lists one example, there might be more that made the team decide to suspend you. Did you appeal the decision to get a better understanding of what was considered abuse?
I got this
We have completed a thorough review of your account and have concluded that your account has violated Wayfarer criteria. This includes, but is not limited to:
low quality contributions (nominations, edits, etc)
fake contributions (nominations, edits, etc)
trying to influence reviewers to vote in a specific way
bullying and/or harassing others through contributions (nominations, edits, etc)
sharing personal identifiable information
Patterns of incorrect reviewing and/or participating in voting rings
Investigated:
*Bishan Blk 202 fitness corner, 11/1/24
Please consider this email as your warning. We recommend you review the Wayspot Criteria (Wayfarer — Niantic Technical Support and Help Center) before making any more contributions. Note that any further violations can lead to the suspension or ban of your Pokémon GO account.
Best,
Which I did not do of and it did not list other examples.
It also said “Please consider this email as your warning”? Do not understand that. I also only got one email for “Malicious location edit”
While I have made some mistakes in the past, I already got a warning for that a week ago for a day.
It was my understanding from the Wayfarer Discussion Discord that you have already used the ban appeal form. Is this correct?
Yes, above was what I was replied with
Hopefully staff will start a DM with you for more explanation.