My family bought a restaurant almost 1 year ago. We recently changed the name and type of restaurant 1 month ago. The restaurant itself is a Poke stop (way before I bought it) I have submitted the updates like name, photo, category multiple times and they keep getting rejected over and over again. O…

@AychXP Welcome to the community! What you are trying to do is called “repurposing”. Be careful as this can be considered abuse. Ignoring that it’s your family’s place - the previous restaurant may have been eligible because it was a great place to socialize. The new restaurant may not meet the …

Please reach out to the team using this link and they would assist you.

The link is for reporting a wayspot. This way they will be able to get the old location removed prior to nominating their current restaurant. [image]

Niantic has been consistent that businesses need to meet criteria on their own. So removing and old one in combination with nominating their new one. There is leeway on things like murals. see below threads for good discussion on various examples: [image] What is considered…

[image] Mystogan5097: property owners can request repurposing? Yes, they can. The new candidate will be vetted and changes will be made if needed.

So based on the first response I now reported the pokestop as incorrect to try and get it removed first. So I don’t know how that affects the process. Either way - I have submitted it from the link as well. I would really love to keep this pokestop but have it reflect it correctly.

if Aaron doesn’t have a chance to reply, i would still use that form and explain the situation. even if the removal process has been started, i know that staff also have the ability to reinstate removed wayspots. let us know how this goes. i would have given you the same advice if i had seen this f…

Ok so update: I appealed the rejection for name and photo since then I made this post and got suggestions. requested the pokestop is incorrect just filled out that link from Aaron to get it removed/updated eventually And now I just got an email my appeal was approved and the name and photo has b…

Oh nice result. I’m pretty sure that @NianticAaron can cancel the other requests and let the concerned people know that this is already dealt with

Why are my suggestions for a pokestop being rejected?

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NianticAaron September 1, 2025, 2:03pm 9

Yes, they can. The new candidate will be vetted and changes will be made if needed.

Any risk of getting strikes or banned for incorrectly rejected edits/appeals?

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Why are my suggestions for a pokestop being rejected?

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