Wayfarer’s pretty privilage

General Discussion
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Hi, few months ago in Warsaw we had a major purge that resulted in the disappearance of quite a few PokéStops. PokéStops that were located in occupied cells. And I know that according to the rules, of course, there can only be one PokéStop per cell (not to mention sponsored ones, etc.), but basically in every major city, situations where there are two PokéStops (or sometimes more) in a single cell occur every few dozen/hundred meters.

In Warsaw, entire gym cells were purged. (64 PokéStop cells) where, for example, a Gym cell that had 57 PokéStops had NONE for about 24 hours. And after those roughly 24 hours, instead of 57 (with a few pokestops in one cell) only 52 returned, with the number restored to 1 stop per cell. Such purges took place, for example, in cells with popular places like

Constitution Square
the Royal Łazienki Park
and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)

And in all three of these locations, there were only a few cells that had more than one PokéStop.

However, if we look at other well-known cities in Europe, there are actually plenty of PokéStops that violate the “one stop per cell” rule. They violate it much more than the previously mentioned locations in Warsaw, yet they aren’t being removed, and I’m pretty sure they never will be. For example, the Sagrada Familia.

Hence my question.
Does Wayfarer have pretty privilages?

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Welcome to the forums :slight_smile:

No.

The rule of “one pokestop/gym per L17 S2 cell” is one established by the community, but is not 100% accurate.

Sometimes, Niantic allow two community-submitted pokestops in a cell and the community have not established the reason for this. This is fairly rare.

Some cells have sponsored wayspots, which are in addition to the community-submitted onces.

Some cells have historic abuse which has not yet been cleaned up.

No area is treated as having better privileges than another area.

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Hi
What you are describing was deliberate malicious manipulation of wayfarer for gameboard advantage.

The clearing out and resetting according to the observed rules has been reported on this forum in a wide range of places around the globe.

If you are aware of places where this has happened and needs looking into please do use the form here

There is no particular bias. If maliciousness has been detected then it will be acted on.

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Wayfarer review are mostly run by community, only smaller percentage are reviewed by staff. In certain case,its possible that review circle “work together” to move or accept pokestop for game advantages. But this is considered abuse and subject to abuse ladder system.i have seen people got suspension for this. If you notice such behaviour, you are free to report them for staff checking.