Unimarconi - Main Entrance (Auto-Rejected Higher Education Institution)

Hi everyone,

My nomination for the main entrance of a university (“Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi” in Rome) was just auto-rejected by the Niantic machine learning filter.

I would like to ask for your insights: why do you think the AI flagged and rejected this nomination?

Here is the context: it is a higher education institution (a university), which makes it a great place for learning and socializing, and fully eligible under the criteria. I specifically mentioned this in the supporting information to clarify it is not a K-12 school.

Do you think the automated filter simply got triggered by words like “studenti” (students) or “università” (university) and assumed it was a primary/secondary school? Or could there be something in the photo/location that triggered a generic rejection?

Here are the details of my nomination:

  • Title: Unimarconi - Ingresso Principale

  • Description: Ingresso principale dedicato agli studenti dell’Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi. Attiva dal 2004 come prima università digitale italiana, la struttura rappresenta un importante polo accademico e un naturale punto di ritrovo e socializzazione per la comunità universitaria.

  • Location: Via Plinio 42, Rome, Italy

Any advice on how to improve this for a resubmission or if I should just appeal it directly would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


do you recommend an appeal?