# Appeal decision against criteria with seemingly non-sensical rejection reason **URL:** \ **Category:** Nomination Support\ **Created:** [August 6, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/appeal-decision-against-criteria-with-seemingly-non-sensical-rejection-reason/115743 "2026-08-06T10:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GabrielPBC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@GabrielPBC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/GabrielPBC)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/appeal-decision-against-criteria-with-seemingly-non-sensical-rejection-reason/115743/1 "2026-08-06T10:49:48Z")
Hello everyone, I submitted a post office branch which got denied by the community (lacks uniqueness or historical and cultural meaning). I appealed it, as post offices are explicitly listed to match criteria to meet others: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/7/7/77c16ecbe497b35de3b0488de7508b8382486401.png) However the appeal was denied for the following reason: “Thanks for the appeal, Wayfinder! We suggest that you add more information explaining why this business is important for the local community in a new nomination. This can greatly increase the odds of this nomination getting approved. We recommend you review the content guidelines before submitting your next Wayspot contribution: [Content Guidelines — Wayfarer Help Center](https://niantic.helpshift.com/hc/en/21-wayfarer/faq/2775-content-guidelines/)” I genuinely don’t know what there is to add, post offices are a good place to meet others no matter if it’s important to the local community or not. It’s the same as with chain gyms, which are a good place to exercise no matter if important to the local community or not. I personally feel scammed out of my appeal and would like for this to be re-reviewed. **Even if it is found to not be eligible, I’d want a proper explanation from Niantic/Scopely, as the appeal rejection notice makes no sense at all taking their own criteria into account.** Submission details, machine translated from German to English for consistency: Title: Deutsche Post Branch (number) inside EDEKA Description: Deutsche Post Branch (number) is located inside the EDEKA supermarket on (street). It offers all the services of a post office branch. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/d/1/d11cd92149ebc97cf8d73651c5b2fde52690b877.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/0/3/03b602c18eee390b636e35d69e37511201453597.jpeg) (won’t share the other pictures as I would prefer to not reveal the location in public) EDIT: Supporting info referenced criteria and explained why it’s a good place to meet others. ---
**Author:** ![saltssaumure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@saltssaumure](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/saltssaumure)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/appeal-decision-against-criteria-with-seemingly-non-sensical-rejection-reason/115743/2 "2026-08-06T15:39:20Z")
It seems like your appeal reviewer was treating this as a business submission rather than a post office. I’m not entirely familiar with what German post offices should look like, but that seems pretty post office-y to me. Shouldn’t matter that it’s inside a supermarket, as most post offices are part of a shop or commercial building to save on operations costs. The rejection should be overturned imo, as you say post offices are literally in the acceptance criteria as an example. ---
**Author:** ![GabrielPBC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@GabrielPBC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/GabrielPBC)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/appeal-decision-against-criteria-with-seemingly-non-sensical-rejection-reason/115743/3 "2026-08-06T17:17:58Z")
Appeal was overturned and accepted. Thanks @ Staff for reviewing this again ✌