Let’s walk through the list of things I’m told “wayfarer criterion” might mean. To begin with, it’s “our team” and rejected within 24hrs so we can assume that it was rejected by automation. First possible meaning, failing to demonstrate social, exercise, or exploration criterion. This submission …

Putting on my computer brain… Those are photos of a fence with a sign. Those are not photos “of” playgrounds. In Wayfarer terms, they “represent” playgrounds. A human brain can understand that. But i don’t think ML should know that. I’m also uncertain about whether it reads your text and sees “ele…

I would also avoid using the word “School” anywhere as the computer brain will flag that and think its part of a school which breaks guidlines. I would say its a playgroud attached to a libuary. (which it is) but leave out the bit about it being a former school playground.

Er… you don’t think it’ll be rejected for being a school in that case?

I think the computer AI model is mistaking the POI as a school and then rejecting it acordenlly. As youve said it was rejected within 24 hours which sounds like an AI reviewed it. I would mark it to be reviewed by Niantic Staff as that gets a pair of human eyes on the submition and they will then a…

My first thought is that ML sees a picture of a fence. But it has a sign, and often signs are the wayspot. ML can read the words on the sign. Maybe it doesn’t like “ages 4 to 6”, or “supervision”. Also, the colors seem to be very enhanced (so the fence lines are jaggedy), so maybe ML doesn’t like …

In reference to the adjacent playground that was approved, could it be that ML sees this second playground as a duplicate, and rejects it?

They have different locations. And I’m pretty sure they’re far enough apart to be distinct.

Except… the second one wasn’t rejected and has nearly identical wording.

I wouldn’t mention this being a former school, and I would try to take a photo of the actual playgrounds, not the signs. I nominated, and had accepted, 2 playgrounds for different age groups at a park. I also gave them titles that didn’t include the ages, as those can be included in the descriptio…

I would like to point out and highlight that this is yet another situation in which the phrase “wayfarer criterion” communicated absolutely nothing. I mean, I appreciate the pointers that might make this acceptable on resubmit. Those are helpful. But it seems pretty clear that no one, not me, not…

"Wayfarer criterion" again

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"Wayfarer criterion" again

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