Valid Waypoint Removed - Appeal Brincadeira de Criança

Valid Portal Removal
Wayspot Title: Brincadeira De Criança
Location (lat/lon): -11.643855,-42.009189
City: Ibipeba, BA
Country: Brazil
Additional Information: The portal was recently dishonestly deleted, significantly harming the Resistance faction.
The portal is a vital element for our community, and its unfair exclusion needs to be reviewed and corrected.

This portal is one of the oldest in our state, it was sent by @bozreloaded on January 1, 2015 and approved by Niantic

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The portal “Brincadeira De Criança” is a significant drawing located on the wall of Praça da Liberdade, in the city of Ibipeba, Bahia, Brazil. This square is a central point of the city and houses the Ibipeba Municipal Public Library, a cultural institution of great importance to the local community.

The square, where the mural is located, is a public space frequented by residents of all ages, being a meeting and coexistence point. The Municipal Public Library, which shares the space in the square, has an active profile on Instagram @bibliotecamunicipalibipeba, where it frequently shares photos and videos of activities and events held there. This profile serves as proof of the existence and relevance of the art drawn on the wall.

Photos and videos of the mural are available on the library’s official Instagram profile. These visual records prove the existence of the mural and its maintenance over time

We have photos and videos proving the existence of the drawing and the location.
Resistance agents have visited and interacted with this portal countless times.
See the video in this Google Drive file: video.mp4 - Google Drive

Deleting the portal resulted in the loss of many keys that were distributed in several cities in Brazil, South America and other continents outside of America. The portal was frequently used in MU operations.

Operation: Brincadeira De Criança : https://telegra.ph/Brincadeira-de-Crianca-12-31-2

The portal is more than 500 km from the large city of Salvador. We require an investigation to identify and hold accountable players who may have dishonestly requested removal of the portal, damaging the integrity of the game and the community.

The perception that the exclusion was dishonest on the part of dishonest players generates demotivation and distrust among players, damaging the game’s integrity and community.

This is the government website where it shows the location of the Municipal Public Library of Ibipeba, where the drawing “Brincadeira De Criança” was drawn on the wall: http://www.fpc.ba.gov.br/2023/08/10/ibipeba/

This is the location on Google Maps where you can see the drawing on the wall, the trees are big so it’s not easy to see with google maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@-11.6440827,-42.0085038,3a,75.4y,292.67h,83.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sO_lqxavSSB1njpFvEYBKPQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu

In view of the arguments presented, we request the reinstatement of the “Brincadeira De Criança” portal to the Ingress portal network. We believe that its exclusion was unfair and disregards both its cultural importance and its gameplay value for Resistance agents. We hope that this defense will be considered seriously and that the “Child’s Play” portal will be reestablished, allowing it to continue to be a point of significant interaction and engagement for the gaming community and the city of Ibipeba.

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The portal is not just a drawing on the wall, it has a whole meaning, it is in a historic place, it should certainly return

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Surely the portal should come back!! It does exist.

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Legitimate graffiti of excellent quality in a public area (library) without vandalism, completely within the rules!

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It seems to currently be in the database twice. Once at its actual location and also about 30 meters away.

If it was duplicated, the displaced portal should have been removed and not the “Brincadeira de Criança”.

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It is a completely valid, existing and historical portal within the community. On this portal we had several moments that Niantic values ​​as well as being important for the community. if graffiti are no longer eligible candidates, the rule should only apply to new candidates, old and existing candidates should not be excluded, this only feeds the ego of bad players who no longer play and if you have the trouble to take advantage of these details to harm active players who still keep the game going. Either Niantic makes this type of reporting difficult or it will continue to lose good players and consumers of its products.

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The graffiti is legitimate and the place is easily accessible, it should be back in the game.

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Give them a chance to respond. Having many people just say it’s legitimate and should be restored doesn’t help. Niantic staff will get to the report as soon as they can.

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Hi @Leedle95 thanks for your visit and posts in this thread, I don’t know if you play Ingress.

Ingress is much more than just an augmented reality game. It creates a global community of players who connect through real-world exploration and collaboration on common goals. Players band together into factions to control “portals” at real points of interest, promoting teamwork, strategy, and shared adventures. This in-person and virtual interaction forms a close-knit community that goes beyond the game, providing lasting friendships and shared experiences. Deleting 1 single strategic portal can cause huge financial and psychological damage to a group (large or small) of players, because thanks to the union of teams, portal keys can travel an entire world and several continents.

@Leedle95 The portal you sent in the photo is not a duplicate, it is another drawing/wall mural. But, approving other portals alongside, and excluding the city’s first portal that was approved in 2015 is not the right attitude, it was not done with good intentions.

If Niantic programmers look at the Ingress servers, they will discover that the “Brincadeira de Criança” portal had hundreds of keys spread across several countries and some continents.

Thanks for your comment!

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Wayfarer is “game agnostic” (a term used recently, but I can’t remember who to credit). In other words, it doesn’t matter if the wayspot is important to one or more games.
What matters is that the POI meet one or more eligibility criteria and none of the exclusion criteria.
Regardless, it’s been less than 24 hours since this was posted. You seem to have a good case for reinstatement, you just need to have patience and allow the Niantic team to get to this report. Bombarding the thread with pleas may make it difficult to tease out the important details.

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Is it not on the same small building? Either way, the place where it is pinned is incorrect and both pictures seem to be of the same small building.

@Leedle95 Thank you for sharing your opinion, let’s not make this forum a chat like WhatsApp. Please be patient, we will allow the Niantic team to read this report.

If you have new doubts or questions I can help you in DM, just send me a message on Telegram and the same Nick as this forum.

That’s all, Thank you!

I consider it valid and welcome positive feedback.

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I am sorry, I don’t quite follow. No questions on my part, thanks!

The graffiti is legitimate and the portal should return

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It seems that the complaint was not dishonest, but this appeal is dishonest. The drawing was erased between 2022 and 2023.

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…May I just remind this thread as well that giving your entire faction the link to an appeal post you agree or disagree with is not what this forum is for and it is definitely not going to help the case go in either direction. If you think this somehow looks like genuine engagement, well, it doesn’t.

We all love a good faction war but keep it out of the Wayfarer forum please.

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Analyzing the information from this appeal. It seems that the “dishonest report” is more honest than this appeal. It appears that the drawing was deleted between the years 2022 and 2023.

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You’re correct, street view from 9 months ago shows the building completely painted white. Removal was correct.

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