Wayspot Title: Grafite Boca - Na rua e na chuva!
Location (lat/lon): -22.889796, -43.273010
City: Rio de Janeiro
Country: Brazil
Additional Information (if any): Mass deletion of valid wayspots in the area, the graffiti is still there (photo below)
Hello. Vandalized wayspots and individual disc gold holes are getting removed, and this appears to be vandalized, therefore can’t be restored.
The graffiti itself has not been vandalized, those black lines around it are indicative of movement and the words are being spoken by the mouth.
Unfortunately spray paint vandalism in walls and gates in awfully common around here…
What is “individual disc gold holes”? English is not my main language
Hello @Exumai! I’m looking the graffiti and the place where it is located it and I personally don’t see any problem to be honest. It seems is located in a building, not a SFPRP, and I wouldn’t call that as vandalism as it seems to have a little bit of effort and details from the artist. Looking at Google Maps it was created between 2019 and 2022, I don’t know if it can be considered temporary in your area or not. I live in a place where graffitis are not usually getting removed from real life so I can understand a little bit your situation. Related to your question about “individual disc gold holes”, is a common thing in some countries but I don’t think is common in Brazil, so you don’t need to worry about it.
@LCDAngel99 I appreciate your help but in this case I wouldn’t call that as vandalized wayspot. In some countries around Latin America and some in Europe is usually to see this type of wayspots, so I wouldn’t make a statement about something that is not pretty clear due to some social/cultural context.
I think (my opinion) they are trying to distinguish between murals, which are sanctioned art, and “graffiti” which is typically not sanctioned by the property owner and thus “vandalism”. There can be sanctioned street art that looks like “graffiti” but I would think the submitter would need to demonstrate that in some way. It seems Niantic is removing what appears to be unsanctioned graffiti.
This is right on the edge to me. I don’t know if it’s vandalism or not.
Falando a verdade não sei dizer se é ou não vandalismo olhando essa imagem.
that was a typo of “gold” for “golf”
i had wondered if niantic was treating graffiti the same way as disc golf holes on another post and removing graffiti tags. but i didn’t comment on this post because that looks like more than just a tag and i have no opinion or advice for this one.
Thank you all for your time to look at my appeal 
@MegaTrainerRed If i’m not mistaken it was made mid 2021… I’d say that it is until now permanent. There is a poem by Vinícius de Morais about Love that ends like this:
“Be not immortal, since it is flame
But be infinite while it lasts.”
So, I follow this rule, a graffiti is permanent while it lasts…
@Leedle95 At least in Brazil there are “4 levels”:
Large murals, not always paid:
Small ones (the one I’m appealing is here)
The ones above are considered art by most people
Searching for images I came across this article, very interesting and explain a lot of the cultural-political-social side
@CarolFigueiraRS Você é Br?
@cyndiepooh Thanks, I’ve never heard of this sport. It appears to have 3 official fields in 2 states in Brazil.
I’d fear A LOT to be playing anything in the phone with flying objects being trow about 
Very long post, sorry…
Sim, achei que era fácil de ver pelo meu nome.
Interessante, vou dar uma olhada na reportagem.
Meu pensamento foi mais se o dono desse local aprovou a arte. E tem, não sei explicar bem mas a tinta escorre um pouco. Não é uma coisa que seja muito elaborada. Nos teus exemplos tem alguns melhores. Por isso fico em cima do muro.
I agree, that’s really the point, whether or not the property owner has sanctioned/approved an artistic mural, or if someone placed it there without permission.
Thanks for the appeal, @Exumai We’ve reviewed your appeal and stand by our decision to retire the Wayspot in question.
Poderia ser Portuguesa ou de algum país que fale… 
Provavelmente ninguém liga, pq esse é os fundos do estacionamento do condomínio moderno que fica na rua Cachambi.
Quanto à tinta escorrendo, eu lembro de passar um dia e estar em branco, quando passei no dia seguinte lembro que estava chovendo, pq nunca mais alterou, inclusive eu acho que desbotou pouco nesses 3 anos…
Todos os exemplos eu peguei pesquisando, nenhum foi meu mesmo…
Pena que foi negado, mas agora vamos ter bastante trabalho pra editar esse monte que acabou de ser importado 
É né tá complicado. Pior que não sei se ajudou as cidades pequenas que precisam de fato.
