Can someone please explain why this was rejected by the automatic process? This is my first submission, and it seems like a perfect Pokestop, consider I’ve seen mile markers on road sides get Pokestops. I don’t want to waste my one appeal. Thanks. [1000025540] [1000025546]

Firstly, welcome to the Community. I am confused as to what criteria this meets. In what way does this make us want to explore, socialise or exercise? Watches @cyndiepooh give a far better response

Welcome to the forum! First let me address this [image] Papoop: I don’t want to waste my one appeal. We get 2 appeals, each on a 15 day counter before we can use them again.* Second, what we do know about the “automated process” is that it is a machine learning model. What we don’t know is…

I think I would approve this. I would probably trying submitting it again. Reframe the image so that the bike takes up a lot more of the image. You have too much space around the object, IMO. But there’s still no guarantee that the ML will understand this is a cool sign rather than a real bike.

Because big people that take this stuff way to seriously denied it If it was a food location, or a bench .. no issue

You made a similar comment on another post. The “automated process” is a machine learning model that checks every nomination. It can reject nominations where it can’t determine anything eligible. This is not “Because big people that take this stuff way to seriously denied it” since a human never eve…

I think this looks quite fun! Certainly I think it would do better in front of human reviewers rather than the automated process, which probably just didn’t know what it was. I would appeal, or like suggested already, re-frame the photo to show more of the bike and sign and try once more.

If it is me, i wont appeal this, but i would try resubmit. i would try focussing on the sign and getting image without car. I dont know what cause AI rejection but its just one of the probability.

This post will most likely be removed as well, as you are addressing a different topic and making false allegations. If you would like to make a separate post in Nomination Support addressing one of your nominations that you believe should have been accepted, we can try to advise you. If you do not …

Your posts are being flagged as you’re spreading misinformation and calling people racist who are just trying to help. The bicycle sign we are trying to focus on was rejected by the automated process, not by humans. Lets keep this on topic and respectful please

Why was this subject to an automatic rejection

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1giraffetoman May 2, 2026, 1:11pm 13

The criteria library has covered these kind of nominations. I would accept that as well.

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Why was this subject to an automatic rejection

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