I have reported this location multiple times through the appropriate channels, but my requests have consistently been declined.
I respectfully request that the Wayfarer team reconsider this Wayspot based specifically on its lack of safe pedestrian access, rather than its cultural or historical significance.
The attached photographs and satellite imagery document the marker’s proximity to moving traffic, the absence of pedestrian infrastructure, and the drainage ditch immediately behind it.
I recognize that this is a legitimate physical marker. However, I believe its roadside placement warrants further review under Wayfarer’s pedestrian safety requirements.
Thank you for reviewing this appeal and considering the documented safety concerns.
Staff have previously confirmed that a grass verge can be considered safe pedestrian access, but I think it always has to be a case-by-case analysis.
Sometimes it seems that every third post fits with my “bank robber asking the police for directions to the bank” metaphor. An awful lot of players post here because their initial attempt to manipulate the gameboard has failed and they have the sheer hubris to think that they can demand the changes they want without anyone looking long enough to see what they are doing. It usually takes about 2 minutes on the wayfarer map to identify that the move they want is incorrect and will move the waypoint into an empty cell, or that the gym that they are trying to get removed will lead to the creation of a new gym that got 12 photos uploaded to it yesterday.
All too often, people are tiresome, sneaky and predictable.
See the “where’s my third gym?” post a hour or two ago, that’s going to result in (I would assume) multiple accounts banned and at least three cells cleared of 80% of their fake stops.
(Although I should say that I don’t know if the OP was actually involved in the creation of the stops).
I get that. That’s a genuine concern to be weary about, but how is anybody supposed to submit anything real in good faith here if having a fresh forum profile is cause for distrust.
I wouldn’t want my kid playing at the spot I reported, so I did. Wouldn’t you have done the same?
Honestly, I don’t know. This one is a bit of a 50-50, and to be blunt, I’m used to living in a country that generally gives more priorities to pedestrians than the US seems to.
Ultimately, if you’ve not done anything wrong, then that will probably become apparent, as it has done here. But you are right. I will try to be slightly less suspicious
To be blunt, you probably don’t go anywhere. Staff had a second look, saw the site pretty clearly on StreetView and made their decision.
It’s not impossible of course, but it’s highly unlikely that it will be changed / commented on further. I can’t imagine what further evidence you could offer that isn’t already visible.
Most of the posts we see requesting removal of a gym laid out with bullet points and bolded highlights turn out to be ai generated requests to remove a gym in order to manipulate the game board to put the gym in a more desirable place for that user.
I am very sorry if the community has made you feel unwelcome.
Edit: I was very confused what this is, since it did not seem to be associated with the Grand Masonic Lodge of Texas as in the Wayspot name. However, when I searched on the words actually on the marker, “Gran Logia Internacional de Habla Hispana” I found that is down this driveway at 1215 E Violet Ave, McAllen, TX, which also has a Wayspot that I hadn’t even noticed in looking at the street sign. I wonder if these should be marked as duplicates and the single Wayspot should be located at the building as is often done with churches and their signs? Grand Masonic Lodge of Texas Marker 26.244930,-98.200166.
You might be being too generous. There’s two pokestops next to each other (26.240254,-98.203990 and 26.240152,-98.204244) which have 6 likes each, enough to become the replacement if photo likes are still used. Not everyone gets their replacement bombed with dozens of likes when a mere handful would do.
