# Rejected Removal Appeal - Country Inn & Suites **URL:** \ **Category:** Wayspot Appeals\ **Tags:** remove-poi\ **Created:** [April 14, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384 "2025-04-14T20:58:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DTrain2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DTrain2002](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/DTrain2002)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/1 "2025-04-14T20:58:24Z")
- Wayspot Title: Country Inn & Suites - Location _(lat/lon)_: 46.860969999999995, -96.834524 - Screenshot of the Rejection Email _(do not include your personal information)_: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/3/3/333c326f04f1c17699bb801676aa2e7d8a390962.png) - Additional Information _(if any)_: This is a hotel that is part of the Choice Hotel brand, making it a generic business. I’ve stayed in a few of these in different places, so it’s not unique. I even got this to review, and rejected it as a generic business. Here is their website, which is with Choice Hotels: [https://www.choicehotels.com/north-dakota/fargo/country-inn-suites-hotels/nd136?mc=llgoxxpx](https://www.choicehotels.com/north-dakota/fargo/country-inn-suites-hotels/nd136?mc=llgoxxpx) Here is the website with more general info about the brand: [https://www.choicehotels.com/country-inn-suites](https://www.choicehotels.com/country-inn-suites) Here’s a recent photo of the hotel and the parking lot (Wayspot is at sign in parking lot): ![20250407_182006](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/a/a/aa4db8f3de06ca048dc1f49f74e0cba07608f024.jpeg) And here is Google Street View showing both the south and north entrances, as well as the parking lots and signs: ![Screenshot 2025-04-14 154708](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/c/c/ccc6478bbaa1c7949e83d125ae95265855429948.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2025-04-14 154811](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/2/7/27527cb705bfbaac53fb165c1474377a0a46fb87.jpeg) Please remove for being a generic chain business. ---
**Author:** ![ScopelyExpLC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/user_avatar/community.wayfarer.scopely.com/scopelyexplc/32/56681_2.png) [@ScopelyExpLC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/ScopelyExpLC)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/2 "2025-04-16T04:03:44Z")
Thanks for the appeal, @DTrain2002! We took another look at the Wayspot in question and decided that it does not meet our criteria for removal at this time. ---
**Author:** ![DTrain2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DTrain2002](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/DTrain2002)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 4:09am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/3 "2025-04-16T04:09:48Z")
How does a generic chain hotel, owned by an international chain, not meet removal criteria? I even rejected this in voting as a generic business, as it doesn’t meet eligibility criteria currently. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/4 "2025-04-16T04:17:27Z")
What game did you report this from? ---
**Author:** ![DTrain2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DTrain2002](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/DTrain2002)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/5 "2025-04-16T04:45:40Z")
Ingress, but it’s also a stop in PoGo. I also submitted a ticket that was rejected, too. ---
**Author:** ![DTrain2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DTrain2002](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/DTrain2002)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/6 "2025-04-16T04:54:30Z")
Here is the rejection I gave to it in voting as well: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/2/a/2aab29a8d987b65bc991cacb15c97fbe2d76c146.jpeg) I noticed it was accepted when reviewing a mural at the restaurant just west of the hotel, and that one is actually mislocated in the hotel, not the stand alone restaurant next door. That was on April 6th. I had to go pick something up at a nearby business the next day, so I put in a removal request (I checked Ingress 1st, as I didn’t know for sure about the cells in the area, but it’s in it’s own cell and is a stop). It wasn’t a remote removal request either, as I was near the sign in the parking lot when I reported; I took the photo from a different area to show what this place actually is. ---
**Author:** ![TjoeMi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/user_avatar/community.wayfarer.scopely.com/tjoemi/32/53015_2.png) [@TjoeMi](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/TjoeMi)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/7 "2025-04-16T07:00:19Z")
Maybe wayfarer team think the sign is unique enough _shrug_ ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/8 "2025-04-16T12:02:50Z")
> [@DTrain2002](#): > > Ingress, but it’s also a stop in PoGo. Interesting. Either your super precise coordinates are inaccurate or the Portal is no longer there. Do you want to take another look in Ingress and PoGO? ---
**Author:** ![DTrain2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DTrain2002](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/DTrain2002)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/9 "2025-04-16T18:33:48Z")
Just checked the Intel map, and it’s no longer a portal, most likely because of the mural at 46.861157999999996, -96.834486, which I actually voted on, too. It was misplaced as being in the hotel, in guest rooms from the looks of it, and I couldn’t figure out where it should be in the restaurant next door, so I rejected for inaccurate location. I did that the day before I reported the hotel Wayspot, and found the mural was accepted when I opened Ingress. I’ll see if I can get over there later today. I’ve never eaten at that restaurant, and it might even be a bit weird to staff to have someone coming in asking to prove the existence of a mural there just to get a geotagged photo. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/10 "2025-04-16T18:36:31Z")
> [@DTrain2002](#): > > most likely because of the mural To my knowledge, Portals have never de-synced because of newer accepted Wayspots. ---
**Author:** ![DTrain2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DTrain2002](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/DTrain2002)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/11 "2025-04-16T18:58:14Z")
The mural’s on the Intel map, but the hotel isn’t, yet they both were portals on April 7th. I’m not at my laptop, which is best set up for, well, everything Wayspot related, but should be soon. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/12 "2025-04-16T19:15:27Z")
Yup. And then you appealed, drawing attention to it. The _Wayspot_ appeal was denied, but it appears the _Portal_ was removed. ---
**Author:** ![gazzas89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@gazzas89](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/gazzas89)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/13 "2025-04-16T19:53:37Z")
It shouldnt have been accepted if it was the sign they used as the poi. If there was a bar and restaurant id have maybe accepted it tbf. But removal criteria isnt rhe same as refection criteria remember ---
**Author:** ![DTrain2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DTrain2002](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/DTrain2002)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/14 "2025-04-16T20:13:51Z")
The bar is 21+, so an adult location. There’s no restaurant in the hotel itself, but there is one next door in a stand alone building, and it’s not connected to the hotel whatsoever. Yes, I was surprised to see it approved, especially after rejecting it as a generic business. The mural I would have approved if it was placed at the restaurant correctly, but it was placed over some of the guest rooms in the hotel. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/1/7/1790e42efbbe0d29035e4d910101037b7d3f4c91.jpeg) And yes, the restaurant’s menu does have this burger on their online menu: > **[Our Menu | Crooked Pint Ale House](https://www.crookedpint.com/menu/#LucysBurgers)** > > Explore Crooked Pint’s full menu featuring award-winning juicy Lucy’s, burgers, hearty entrees, and more. Something delicious for everyone—check it out today! Here’s where the pin for the mural is on the Intel map, showing it above rooms at the hotel, not at the restaurant to the west with the existing portals: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/8/4/84a7842637f9b073fb3f745db43a361b22f5ba6b.jpeg) And here’s where the pin is for the hotel sign: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/8/3/83ae4852f2f5039e9b6e5e6cfd6f4dd2e23f6213.jpeg) Both those cells were empty, and if the mural is moved, it could end up in an already occupied cell, either the one for the restaurant, another art piece, or the hotel. ---
**Author:** ![gazzas89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@gazzas89](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/gazzas89)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/15 "2025-04-16T20:46:15Z")
Ah, i should say, in the uk, bars are all ages, even the most skeeviest, disgusting dangerous looki g bar allows kids in so long as supervised lol so thats why i bring up bar lol ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/16 "2025-04-16T20:51:07Z")
I’m not sure how you’re getting the coordinates for the mural there. The blue Portal in my screenshot is the Stars and Stripes mural. The red pin is the location of the hotel from Geospatial. ![1000046444](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/a/0/a0319bdf74c81a08716c44c7c14114da65b33014.jpeg) The hotel has been removed from Ingress, presumably as a result of you reporting it. ---
**Author:** ![DTrain2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DTrain2002](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/DTrain2002)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/17 "2025-04-16T21:18:11Z")
Even that location now for the mural is incorrect, as it’s in the stand alone restaurant building to the west, closer to the 2 existing portals on the map. The coordinates come from the review saver extension, so what was originally provided when it was submitted. Maybe the mural was moved by staff to the new location, so then it would be put in the same cell and 20 m radius as the hotel sign? There isn’t a good Street View showing that the restaurant and hotal aren’t connected. However, thie area I highlighted below is open space, with some trees, inbetween the 2 buildings. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/c/8/c8ca4bc3391fc83ace688e83211f25ce9727a8e1.jpeg) ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/18 "2025-04-16T21:21:53Z")
> [@DTrain2002](#): > > 20 m radius as the hotel sign These appear to have both been accepted greater than 20m apart, according to my screenshots. ---
**Author:** ![DTrain2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DTrain2002](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/DTrain2002)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/rejected-removal-appeal-country-inn-suites/85384/19 "2025-04-17T02:18:12Z")
So, just got back home. I had to drop off my recycling, and there’s a drop-off site by the hotel. Seems there’s another bad Wayspot added here, but the hotel one is not on the map anymore: Ingress: ![Screenshot_20250416_204026_Ingress](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/9/9/998f1818e394877feaf8971fd0871c456cd1d5ac.jpeg) PoGo: ![Screenshot_20250416_205213_Pokmon GO](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/3/9/39b7679d18f2015638f5e7a55ad95356db6f8c20.jpeg) The new “bad” Wayspot is for what someone called a banquet hall in the hotel (it’s not large enough to have one, nor is one listed on their website), but all it is is a lighted advertisement for a brewing company located in Minneapolis, MN that’s at the bar. This one was also misplaced, as the bar is on the west side of the hotel, while the lobby is on the east side, where this Wayspot is. ![Screenshot_20250416_204551_Pokmon GO](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/3/6/369fc5e723af14caa98e37cdcfa3d89956a57b58.jpeg) > **[Minneapolis - indeed](https://indeedbrewing.com/)** > > \[et\_pb\_section fb\_built=”1″ admin\_label=”Hero: MPLS” module\_class=”indeed-hero-location” \_builder\_version=”4.27.4″ \_module\_preset=”default” global\_colors\_info=”{}”\]\[et\_pb\_row column\_structure=”3\_4,1\_4″ use\_custom\_gutter=”on” gutter\_width=”1″... I’m thinking I may now have to submit an abuse report for this area.