Invalid Wayspot Appeal

Wayspot Appeals
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When submitting a Wayspot Appeal, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible:

  • Wayspot Title: Casinoruimte Citadelpark

  • Location (lat/lon): 51.0377174227909, 3.719895496972962

  • City: Gent

  • Country: Belgium

  • Screenshot of the Rejection Email (do not include your personal information):
    Wayfarer deny

  • Additional Information (if any): PoI was made from an long closed casino (1945), the image used was from a generic online site Google Lens search. The complex of buildings is now mainly a convention centre and a indoor cycling. The last time this exact building was used was for a flower exibit called “Floraliën”

Have tried a few times to report the PoI, first time to appeal. especially since this PoI is out of reach for Ingress, barely reachable for other games.

2

A convention center sounds like a great place to socialize.

3

Welcome @Graineag

I don’t quite understand and want to help you help staff with this decision. Are you saying that “Casinoruimte Citadelpark” no longer exists? Can you provide evidence that it is gone, like a news story or something?

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Restricted entrance alone is not a removal reason and is listed as an appropriate location in the tool tip for Appropriate:

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Ugh. Google has changed how search works, but I did find that photo online here:

Staff will have to tell you what evidence they will need if it never existed.

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It’s quite tough finding any articles around this. I have been living in this town for 15 years and i have never known for it to be a Casino. I’m having trouble finding any decent articles around this.

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Now it’s just an empty warehouse. The convention centre (ICC) has no connection as far as i know and the indoor biking building that now serves as concert hall (‘t kuipke) doesn’t either.

They have tried to make the space a part of the museum., which is part of the other side of the park, but 30 years later (article was from 1995) that still hasn’t happened.
Like i said in the original post. The last time i knew the space was actually used was for the Floraliën in 2020 and 2022.

6

It’s not part of the ICC. That’s why this feels like it should not be a PoI.
It’s been used twice in the last 5 years for a flower expo called Floraliën.

7

Thanks for the appeal, @Graineag. After reviewing the additional evidence provided, we’ve decided to retire the Wayspot in question.