Wayspot Removal Appeal

  • Wayspot Title:林家祖祠
  • Location (lat/lon):24.72004,120.873206
  • City:Miaoli
  • Country:Taiwan
  • Screenshot of the Rejection Email (do not include your personal information):

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  • Additional Information (if any):
    This type of tomb design is very common in Taiwan…

And it completely violates the community guidelines.

I request a reassessment

I may be misunderstanding the request. But why does it need to be removed? According to Google Translate, the location is one of the following:

Lin Family Ancestral Hall
Lin Family Ancestral Temple
Lin’s Ancestral Temple

I appreciate that I don’t know the language, so am unsure if the translation is accurate. Are you inferring the location is a cemetary of some sort? Did it appear recently? What’s the reason for requesting the removal?

Lin is a very common surname in Taiwan, and that location is just an ordinary graveyard.

If a family tomb with a common surname has uniqueness, then wouldn’t similar designs around the world also be places worth exploring?

That’s fair. One more question, I assume that the person who was buried at the location didn’t play a significant part to the community? So they weren’t the Mayor, Politician or someone that people respected? On the surface, I think it needs to be removed / retired, but will leave this to the Niantic gods.

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I 100% agree with the OP
In Taiwan, this type is a private grave
But because it looks like a religous temple,
rookie reviewer or AI often misjudge it as a religious place and pass it.

This is something to pay attention to

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Ok. So I didn’t want to write this, but I think it’s only fair that I have the right to reply.

I’m not sure why you are replying to my comment with your post. I sought clarification and it was provided. I had subsequent questions, which didn’t need to be answered, and now it’s down to Niantic to decide whether it should be removed or accepted. I wasn’t part of the reviewers who approved this nomination, so am unsure as to what attention I need to make.

Sorry, I’m not familiar with the forum yet :melting_face:
This reply is not directed at you :joy:

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Thanks for the appeal, @52iv87bonbon. After reviewing the additional evidence provided, we’ve decided to retire the Wayspot in question.