# Nomination was finally rejected by niantic review, what if there was a misunderstanding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Nomination Support\ **Created:** [November 29, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458 "2024-11-29T11:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ko4756](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@ko4756](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/ko4756)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/1 "2024-11-29T11:45:52Z")
Please provide: - A screenshot of your nomination, including rejection reasons if it has already been rejected - Include the title, description, both photos, and supplemental information - Copy and paste the title, description and supplemental so others can translate them - If you feel comfortable please share the location, as it is helpful (i.e. hidden duplicates), but you can mask it if you wish. ![IMG_2317](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/b/d/bdcabfbfa4c9758cfede22ec3efa5636da32132c.jpeg) ![IMG_2323](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/8/c/8c77c521815cff0dafbe0353b62ef37d14fde58a.jpeg) This poi was rejected during the user review due to the quality issue of the photo. I appealed, but Niantic finally rejected it as a senior citizen center. But this is a misunderstanding. It is a community facility for the elderly to socialize in an apartment complex. There seems to have been a misunderstanding just because the name is Silver House. First of all, this poi is not a nursing facility or welfare center for the elderly. That’s how the name was used to highlight that it is a place for socializing for the elderly. In Korea, the word silver house is not used in facilities for the elderly. The meaning of the word written in Korean next to the picture means a place to rest. It does not violate Niantic’s stop regulations. And look at the location. It is in the middle of an apartment complex. Elderly facilities in Korea can never be located in that place. Also, other stops with the same name have been approved by Niantic’s review and become stops. Even if you can’t read Korean, you’ll know that the two pictures have the same letters. ![IMG_2315](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/3/2/3275e5d1dada67300be6ce681f3d2354fbd597e6.jpeg) ![IMG_2313](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/c/6/c639d6391daf4873edb8090ab5e0b98d447540db.jpeg) I’ve been waiting 6 months to make sure this candidate has no problem. If I ever apply again, I have to wait a few months and that’s too much. Hope you reconsider. ---
**Author:** ![cyndiepooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@cyndiepooh](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/cyndiepooh)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/2 "2024-11-29T12:02:20Z")
I am very concerned by the appeal statement: > The Wayspot nomination in question is a Senior Citizen Center which is an ineligible location/object under Wayspot rejection criteria. This is absolutely incorrect. Senior Citizen Centers meet criteria as a great place to exercise and be social. At least the ones I know do. ---
**Author:** ![cyndiepooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@cyndiepooh](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/cyndiepooh)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/3 "2024-11-29T12:09:12Z")
I can’t Google any information on “Silver House” in Korea to confirm which kind of facility this is. Do you have a link to information @ko4756 ? ---
**Author:** ![elijustrying](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/user_avatar/community.wayfarer.scopely.com/elijustrying/32/25162_2.png) [@elijustrying](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/elijustrying)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/4 "2024-11-29T12:09:31Z")
Older citizen here agrees that there is nothing inherently against criteria that means age in itself should be a factor. ---
**Author:** ![ko4756](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@ko4756](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/ko4756)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/5 "2024-11-29T13:57:04Z")
![1000005108](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/b/7/b7e1f4798e34f53031dbe1cd552228245aa90b39.jpeg) [https://naver.me/xCBP7kbh](https://naver.me/xCBP7kbh) Unfortunately, the service of Google Maps in Korea is not good, so I send you a link to the local map and a picture. As you can see from the picture, children can run around in front of the rejected stop. ---
**Author:** ![cyndiepooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@cyndiepooh](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/cyndiepooh)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/6 "2024-11-29T14:11:45Z")
I meant do you have any link to a website that shows what kind of facility this is? To be clear, I am just another forum user, not someone who can make a decision on this, but sometimes staff will see our discussion here and reverse the rejection. ---
**Author:** ![seaprincesshnb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/user_avatar/community.wayfarer.scopely.com/seaprincesshnb/32/14_2.png) [@seaprincesshnb](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/seaprincesshnb)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/7 "2024-11-29T16:06:31Z")
This age discrimination is bad and needs to stop. ---
**Author:** ![Gendgi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/user_avatar/community.wayfarer.scopely.com/gendgi/32/333_2.png) [@Gendgi](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/Gendgi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/8 "2024-11-29T16:41:45Z")
Hello there. I see a few places you did refer to the candidate as “community center/facility for seniors.” Did you ever use the phrase or a translation of “Senior Citizen Center?” Just wondering if the appeal reviewer saw that phrase and copy & pasted into the text or associated the words you used with the “senior citizen center” and that’s somehow on their “do not accept” list. ---
**Author:** ![ko4756](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@ko4756](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/ko4756)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/9 "2024-11-30T05:20:54Z")
Korean reviewers rejected my nomination because of poor photo quality. The reviewers knew that my nomination had no problem with anything other than photo quality issues. Therefore, when I appealed, I focused on the fact that there was no problem with photo quality. In addition, it appealed that this facility is a community facility for the elderly to socialize. Of course, I decided that these issues would not occur, and I wrote the appeal in Korean. However, I think the word I used was mistranslated and translated into civil senior center. This is because the Korean word translated to the civil senior center I used means a community facility for the elderly to socialize. ---
**Author:** ![ko4756](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@ko4756](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/ko4756)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/10 "2024-11-30T05:33:00Z")
As this facility is an ordinary community facility, it does not have a separate website. However, for information, I share the link of the real estate company. After translation into English, when you check the details of the building, it says that there is a facility related to the elderly. It is just a community facility for the residents included in the apartment complex site. In Korea, such important facilities are generally not approved next to ordinary apartment complexes, plus playgrounds. ['중흥동 광주제일풍경채센트럴파크아파트2단지' 시세, 실거래가, 후기 | 집품](https://zippoom.com/review/mIkC-aosUXEv1smTWzp6cg) ---
**Author:** ![paulingzubat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/user_avatar/community.wayfarer.scopely.com/paulingzubat/32/10536_2.png) [@paulingzubat](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/paulingzubat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 6:01am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/11 "2024-11-30T06:01:15Z")
> [@ko4756](#): > > It is just a community facility for the residents included in the apartment complex site. In Korea, such important facilities are generally not approved next to ordinary apartment complexes, plus playgrounds Is there a local group where you can discuss and disperse info about the criteria? This feels like a recurring issue in the region. Restricted public access has been highlighted as allowable from several pages. Review Tooltip ![PRP](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/a/b/abb3a0d2581770d34a3b0c67a337b1276371b8bf.jpeg) Help page ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/8/e/8e45a1fcdc3999e227595165203d510fa255d909.png) [Forum Clarification](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/private-residences-farmland-k-12/12462) > [@Private Residences, Farmland & K-12](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/private-residences-farmland-k-12/12462/1): > > Objects in or upon apartment blocks, gated communities, or their shared spaces may be eligible assuming they otherwise meet criteria and are intended to be accessed by a community, even if not everyone. Communal spaces have the potential to be eligible locations for Wayspots: for example, a mural in an entrance foyer, an outdoor exercise area, or a dedicated social space. Do you think this is miscommunication, gameplay, or other reasons why the behavior is like this? ---
**Author:** ![ko4756](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@ko4756](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/ko4756)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/12 "2024-12-01T13:40:36Z")
What local group are you talking about? Are you talking about the Pokémon Go-related community in Korea? Or are you talking about the residents’ community of the nomination? I think the nomination I applied for was rejected because of a simple error in translation. There is a community related to Pokémon Go where the Niantic staff participate. ---
**Author:** ![paulingzubat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/user_avatar/community.wayfarer.scopely.com/paulingzubat/32/10536_2.png) [@paulingzubat](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/paulingzubat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/13 "2024-12-01T23:26:08Z")
Wayfarer groups in Korea. If what you say is true about shared spaces in apartments not approved by the communiy, there must be some aay of alleviating it through discussion. Not about the Niantic decision itself. ---
**Author:** ![ko4756](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@ko4756](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/ko4756)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 9:16am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/nomination-was-finally-rejected-by-niantic-review-what-if-there-was-a-misunderstanding/62458/14 "2024-12-02T09:16:21Z")
Some in our community are overly strict about the quality of photographs. Some still think that they are disadvantaged if they review them generously. The reason why my Poi was rejected is because of the quality of the photograph, for no other reason. However, Niantic refused because the place was a senior civil center, not because of the quality of the photograph. I would have accepted the results if the community and Niantic had similar opinions.