Like misspellings. I bounced a submission for a pool for “residence of the complex”, an obvious misspelling for “residents”. I’m sure there’s a submitter somewhere scratching their head & cursing about that one.
I wish I could see which submissions made it and which didn’t. It would be supernice if that listing also reminding me where I matched and where I didn’t. The feedback there would be invaluable, especially if I’m going to be rated on my match rate.
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I would not reject an otherwise good submission for that. Edits exist precisely for this reason.
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It would be interesting to see things I gave thumbs up, but were rejected because others gave thumbs down on one of the first 4 questions. For example, maybe they voted 3PP (third party picture)… what did they see that I didn’t? Maybe they voted inaccurate Description… is there a game term in there that I don’t know? Maybe I thought it was Safe, Permanent, and Distinct… but I missed something?
The next 3 questions are more subjective, so would probably be more frustrating than helpful. (Maybe helpful for a nominator to know, but I’m one reviewer of many on it.)
But all of this would be a LOT of new code for Niantic. They’d need to be convinced that the gains would be worth the expense. I think I’d argue that they should spend the time streamlining the help desk, or a dozen other things, first.
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Except that it’s inaccurate. And I, the person who noticed the problem, don’t get the opportunity to offer the edit.
That same argument could snowball into an awful lot of problems. Bad location? No problem. That’s what edits are for! Photo not of the portal? No problem.
I’m curious. How egregious does an inaccuracy need to be before you will reject it as inaccurate?
Minor Misspellings and gramer issues i let slide (im digonosed dysleic so often dont even notice them). but if there is a pub submition and the POI Title is obviouly diffrent to the pub name displayed in the photo and lookes like the location is in the middle of a football pitch. with no supporting information. it would be usefull to write somthing in that none of the info matches
i start wandering but i can only select one rejection option
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Know what else would be great for 2025. Changing in-game nomination text (about Supporting info) to just be “Explain why this is a great place for exercise, exploration, or being social.” There’s no reason to refer Agent or Trainer, Pokestop or Portal - or even Wayspot or Lightship for that matter.
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Also, make Showcases in PGO better. Like it always the largest. I don’t even catch tiny Pokémon because what the use ? So rotation of showcases should be considered. And the upgrade criteria for scanning POI should be less and more rewarding. Since only a limited people actually doing it. We already being rob with PGO prices for buying tickets etc.
That’s more for the Pokémon Go team.
There is an official forum for Pokémon in general. Maybe raise this over there?
Yeah, I understand your argument here. Would be hard to identify a common definition for rural areas.
Thank you 
Sorry if this has been mentioned before… but can we have something similar to the Ingress Intel map integrated into Wayfarer so that we can plan our nominations accordingly without having to create an Ingress account (For Pogo players benefit)?
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https://wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/new/help/reviewing-a-wayspot-nomination
This is as close as I can come to an official guideline. While “correct spelling/capitalization/grammar” is listed under situations to “thumbs up,” typos are not listed as reasons to “thumbs down.”
If I feel a typo is so bad that it makes the text slip into one of the latter examples, then I will thumbs down. But it is rare.
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This is weird to me that it doesn’t happen when the supporting statement is so long that it scrolls out of the box:
We can’t click on the ones that do break, so the issue must be somewhere in that. Thank you for bringing this one up.
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運営側しか見えない画像のGPS情報を審査時にどの方向へ撮影したか等の検討の為欲しいです。
悪さをする人が居ないのが一番ですが
Good idea! Even just a red north-pointing compass arrow in the upper left could help.
Just got this response from Aaron on another topic.
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My wish will be staff “clarifications” do not contradict established and published guidelines.
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I don’t think many are likely to report photos that are duplicates, especially in Pokémon GO where you need an extra tap to view more photos.
So I really think this isn’t a solution.
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I dont even think most people know about the additional photos and being able to change what photo is actively displayed.
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I wish for a markedly increased emphasis on fidelity, cooperation, and transparency.
It would be great if attention were paid to ensure that all in-game text, auto-generated email messages, Contribution Management content, strikes, warnings, guidance, tool-tips, etc., was informative, accurate, and on point.
Don’t tell an explorer that their rejected edit will appear in game within two days. Do not say you are warning us to restudy the criteria lest we face sanctions including loss of accounts, only to about-face and claim that no warning was given.
Improve interdepartmental cooperation such that players do not have to guess if they need to correspond with Trust and Safety, Legal, Wayfarer, or specific game divisions. Get rid of the byzantine systems that begin with the department of rejection, hop over to misuse of forms only give a blanket rejection with no explanation.
The games are full of weird stuff that conditions players to participate in lies: e.g.: “I am a passenger” while standing still. Somebody needs to rethink all of this, and someone ought to state precisely what is wanted from Wayfarer - and why.
A more open, more honest and accurately-expressed set of guidelines would go a long way towards creating a happy and harmonious community.
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