A boutique hotel closed several years ago and re-opened under new management with a new name. I submitted two edits: a new photo showing the sign with the new name, and a title update with the correct title. The photo update is still in queue: [photo_submission] My title change got rejected, so I…

Welcome to the forum @mingosanch You should probably be fine if this is the first time you’ve tried to do this and been told not to. The issue is that Ginkgo House is a separate business to Harding House. You yourself have said the management is different, so the wayfarer team will see them as two …

Thank you for the reply, @hankwolfman ! Your explanation helps. Is this concept of repurposing, or the correct actions to take when businesses have changed, explained anywhere in more depth? I didn’t see anything in the Help section on the Wayfarer website, but it’s possible I missed something. I a…

The only place I know of that “repurposing” is explained is on this forum, in random comments. For example: [image] What is considered to be Repurposing? Review Support Trying to change the object connected to a Wayspot is considered repurposing. …

Thank you so much, @cyndiepooh ! If there isn’t a clear explanation in the rules of how to handle cases like this, perhaps the Wayfarer team could update the rules and/or FAQ to explain this more clearly. It was pretty alarming seeing that note of violating Wayfarer’s policies! It seems like lots of …

There don’t even appear to be any mentions of repurposing in the Help Center, which is probably where most people go when they get confused. [no_repurposing_in_help_center]

It makes complete sense to try to update the game board to what is actually there from a Pokemon Go player perspective. From a Wayfarer point of view, it makes sense that a different point of interest needs to be vetted again.

I’m a Pokémon GO Community Ambassador, so I want people to feel comfortable using Wayfarer to make our play area better and more accurate! It’s tough for me to recommend Wayfarer, though, when the process seems so intimidating and risky. Many of my players have said they won’t use Wayfarer because t…

I think it is meant to be educational, but I am right there with you on that issue: [image] Why did I get a warning? Nomination Support PLEASE put somewhere in the email that this is an educational email and not a warning. It is terrifying to get these.

[image] mingosanch: Many of my players have said they won’t use Wayfarer because they’ve heard of people getting banned for making good-faith submissions and edits. People on social forums often take about the bans they have received and forget to mention the intentional abuse they committed …

I’m sure many of the posts I see online are from people who actually have knowingly abused the system, but I also know from speaking with my community members that many of them get warnings about abusing the system when they don’t know what they’ve done wrong, and then they get spooked into never us…

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

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cyndiepooh June 12, 2026, 1:50pm 9

I think it is meant to be educational, but I am right there with you on that issue:

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

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