I believe it’s wrong to punish a person for placing a stop off an object it represents by 5 meters when GPS on most phones even modern ones doesn’t have enough stability and can shake here and there 20 meters
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If you take photographs and make them available placed on web services so that others can see them, and then at a later point use them for a wayspot submission it is possible that the nomination will be rejected. This is because the photograph will show as being available and seen by others and considered as published which is not allowed.
@cyndiepooh was simply explaining that it could have been reason that someone has a problem with images. It has happened before with wayfinders so it is something to take care over,
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You may consider this as not acceptable, however the important part is that Wayfarer makes it clear that the placement should be accurate on the object. When submitting you are asked to confirm it is correct and on the object.
If you have concerns about where it is pinned you should check your submission and if it is wrong you can withdraw it. It is the nominators responsibility to ensure it is accurate.
I do hope you are checking.
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@elijustrying I haven’t submitted anything recently just because of fear someone may complain about a photo of one of 100500 playgrounds in the former capital of Kazakhstan.
I was deeply frustrated I could lose my Ingress account which has so many medals on it starting from 2013. Now that Ingress has a separate database I think I am going to resume submitting portals.
Thank you for reminding and yes I do check that my nominations are directly on the object.
What about situations when Google maps which are used for check screen in nominations are outdated? What are we supposed to do in these cases?
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I have not posted these photos anywhere, that is not the point! We have never had any disputes about this. This discussion is not important. I repeat, if I want I have the right to post these photos elsewhere, for example Google Maps after posting them on PokeStops.
Putting my own 2 pence here
Based on all yhose submissions having abuse as the rejection reason, that would suggest to me that skmekne is abusing that as a rejection reason.
The op has stated that the player admits to doing it. I would maybe suggest to the op that he take screen shots of said player admitting hes doing it and start a dm conversation with a nia (or scopely) staff here so they can present those screenshots as evidence of the player abusing the system
As for the nia staff claiming they thoroughly investigate claims, sorry, i know from experience that they dont, ill not get into specifics, as police had to get involved and it even wen to court, but wheb people can dorectly dm a nia staff, sometimes things arent “thoroughly reviews” by the staff
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I agree, Nia employees do not investigate “thoroughly”.
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The first nomination was indeed submitted at an incorrect location away from the correct location of the object. That’s abuse. The others were rejected as per protocol. It is standard practice to reject pending nominations when abuse is detected.
Submitting Wayspots at incorrect locations is considered abuse.