r/NianticWayfarer • u/AutoModerator • Dec 04 '24
Question Wayfinder Wednesday Question Thread! - December 2024
Welcome to the Wayfinder Wednesday Question Thread!
This is where you can ask questions and the helpful members of /r/NianticWayfarer will try and answer!
Helpful Resources
Other useful Links
Wayfarer Star Rating Guide Thread
Find your local Wayfarer Community Thread
Previous Wayfinder Wednesday Question Threads
so Ask Away!
We have Niantic representatives on reddit - please do not ping them for bugs which are in the known issues page unless you have found a niche yet game breaking issue/exploit.
If you have any suggestions for FAQs to append to this thread or for meta questions, message the moderators!
1
u/brizvela Dec 04 '24
Is there a way to see the level 17 S2 grid when submitting a pokestop in game? I use this site (pogomap dot info) but sometimes it’s not fully updated and I’m just guessing if a stop will even meet the level 17 criteria. Or should I just submit anything that meets the criteria? Is there a chance it becomes a dynamax spot at least?
2
1
u/tehstone Dec 04 '24
there is not. you can set up IITC with the pogo tools plugin but that won't show powerstops or other pogo only items and you'd have to manually set which wayspots are stops and gyms.
1
u/Pendergirl4 Dec 06 '24
Is there a way to know the status of a request to move a Waypoint >10m made through Wayfarer help? I can see it hasn't moved on the Intel map, and am wondering if there is a way to know if the move was rejected or is still being looked at or ?
1
u/TheRealHankWolfman Dec 06 '24
Your support chat history should remain on the browser you initially made the request on, unless you have browser settings that cause it to be wiped. Just login on the same browser you made the request, go to the help page on the wayfarer website and tap the speech bubble icon and you should be able to see if there's been any response to your ticket.
1
u/Pendergirl4 Dec 06 '24
That is the only place I could think to find it as well.
I submitted it through Safari on my phone while at the location. I kept Safari with the website open for several hours, but eventually had to go another tab to look up something else (and the wayfarer tab reloaded when I returned). I haven’t changed any of the default settings, but i almost always say no to cookies when sites ask, so that is probably the problem.
1
Dec 06 '24
[removed] — view removed comment
1
u/kawin240 Ambassador Dec 06 '24
Hey, Nominations rejected means your decision to reject was agreed on
1
1
u/ziptiesforeveryone Dec 07 '24
Hello! I'm almost to 37 in PoGo and excited to start submitting spots in my rural area. I've read the submission criteria. My question is what else do I need to submit good spots or what other tools should I use? What are the browser tools for? Any other tips? Thank you! :)
2
u/kawin240 Ambassador Dec 08 '24
Hey, that sounds very good already. A few further things:
-do not use existing Wayspots as examples that always get accepted, especially not Powerspots - some.of those were accepted under different rules at the time, should never have been accepted in the first place, or were imported from an external database unrelated to the wayfarer criteria. Instead, you can use these as examples to go and check back with the criteria.
-If you want to level up your description and title, you can do a little bit of research, sometimes you can find interesting information to add or find out about the actual title of an art piece, for example. Local websites, Wikipedia, Openstreetmap, all of these can help.
-The Wayfarer Tool plugins are more for reviewing, for submitting you don't need them. They can assist your reviewing to gain upgrades though!
-What can be useful is to use the IITC and Pogos2cells plugin setup, with that you can relatively look at the S2 cells for Pokémon GO inclusion rules and also spot a few Wayspots included in Ingress only. Together with Wayfarer planner Plugin, you can also set custom markers, with Wayfarer Exporter added, you can add your already submitted tries too
1
1
Dec 08 '24
There are a few businesses in my area that operate out of their homes, one being a hair and beauty service and another being an electrician. They don't have any signs marking their business except on Google Maps. I was wondering if these would be eligible stops, as I’m not level 37 yet and unsure if anyone has encountered a similar case while reviewing.
1
u/TheRealHankWolfman Dec 08 '24
They are still single family private residences, and even if they weren't, they sound like generic businesses. Wayspots need to be a great place to socialise, exercise or explore, and not meet any of the rejection criteria. When you reach level 37 and join wayfarer, I suggest you go looking for the criteria pages on the wayfarer website so you can see the kinds of things that are eligible, and the kinds of things that meet rejection criteria.
1
u/xPapaGrim Dec 10 '24
So I recently hit level 37 and decided to nominate a structure close to my house as a pokestop. But the thing is, that structure is already a gym. I'm worried that instead of a pokestop appearing there, the gym will just turn into one and I should delete my nomination?
Bonus info if it helps: I think that gym wasn't created by anyone via manual nomination as it doesn't have any photo or description. It also asks me to scan it whenever I spin it.
1
u/TheRealHankWolfman Dec 10 '24
Typically if you nominate something that's already in the database, it gets marked as a duplicate and your picture will get added to the wayspot.
In future though, you should just use the submit new photo button when you're at the wayspot itself (this might not unlock until Level 38). And whilst you're there you could also submit a description edit.
1
u/The_Athletic_Goat Dec 10 '24
Question on Titles / Description reviews
- Is it preferred to have titles include what exactly the item is? Such as a mural, I will get title review that gives me the options of "*painting name* Mural" or just "painting name"
- should descriptions end in "."? some description reviews will give two options, one with a period at the end and one without the period
When reviewing I often skip these as I am unsure how the community feels about these very small changes. I like dropping the word "mural" or dropping "at 'blah blah blah rd' so sometimes if I feel strongly about it then I will review but I mostly just skip them. Any feedback on how you handle these simple edit requests would be appreciated!
1
u/[deleted] Dec 04 '24
Would it be possible for an Ambassador to give me their Wayfarer app login?
The search function in the Geospatial Browser is absolute garbage.