# Removal Appeal Garden of Mary

**URL:** <https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/removal-appeal-garden-of-mary/115180>\
**Category:** Wayspot Appeals\
**Tags:** remove-poi\
**Created:** [July 17, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/removal-appeal-garden-of-mary/115180 "2026-07-17T11:41:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![cornelwest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@cornelwest](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/cornelwest)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/removal-appeal-garden-of-mary/115180/1 "2026-07-17T11:41:38Z")

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This is a Wayspot attributed to the school on the church campus. It is intended as a tribute to the school. My request for removal was rejected.

 ![Screenshot 2026-07-17 062721](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/7/b/7b2c3c4c177c487280fc6ede25fca9cabffb9583.png)

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**Author:** ![salixsorbus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@salixsorbus](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/salixsorbus)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/removal-appeal-garden-of-mary/115180/2 "2026-07-17T11:51:54Z")

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Something being a **tribute to the school** is not a problem. The issue is solely about the location of the wayspot, not what the wayspot is about.

From streetview, it does look like this is located on **school grounds**. This is what you need to provide evidence for and focus on. A wayspot being on a church campus is not a problem.

There are lots of wayspots here and it is not clear which ones are on school grounds and which are not, but I suspect several are on school grounds and should be removed.

If you can, finding the evidence of what is the school grounds and putting all the wayspot removals into a single report would be the best route [Reporting Abuse in Wayfarer — Wayfarer Help Center](https://niantic.helpshift.com/hc/en/21-wayfarer/faq/2190-reporting-abuse-in-wayfarer/)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/e/8/e85e6dd770bf9b276292cca2fb9e73799372a099.png)

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**Author:** ![gecko3030](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e56c9b/32.png) [@gecko3030](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/gecko3030)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/removal-appeal-garden-of-mary/115180/3 "2026-07-17T17:18:55Z")

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Religious buildings and gathering places are very common wayspots as they are encouraged by Scopely/Niantic. If you want it removed I suggest looking into proving it is on K-12 School Property as that is grounds for removal

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**Author:** ![ScopelyExpAaron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/user_avatar/community.wayfarer.scopely.com/scopelyexpaaron/32/56681_2.png) [@ScopelyExpAaron](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/ScopelyExpAaron)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/removal-appeal-garden-of-mary/115180/4 "2026-07-17T17:46:13Z")

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Thanks for the appeal, Wayfinder. We have retired the Wayspot in question and you should see the changes reflected soon.

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**Author:** ![salixsorbus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@salixsorbus](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/u/salixsorbus)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://community.wayfarer.scopely.com/t/removal-appeal-garden-of-mary/115180/5 "2026-07-20T10:28:26Z")

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The wayspots which were obviously on school grounds (there were at least 4) have been removed from Niantic following report(s). This is the active wayspots that remain (and are part of the church grounds).

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wayfarer/original/3X/d/7/d7a1bf759240afaa1b1941ddd1d20e2a85e65c07.jpeg)