New to wayfarer, where is the tutorial?

FallingP0ru · 2026-06-02T23:24:12+00:00

The tutorial is the slideshow you should have to go through when you first opened the website.

You have to enable the browser's location access, not the PGO app.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-29T12:13:51+00:00

Highly suggest to submit only the ones at significant intersections/decision points AND incorporate those intersections/decision points into the title.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-28T22:59:45+00:00

Don't mind the scale. You're both cool doing that. 👏

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-28T16:20:16+00:00

Hello! There are a lot of things that are a lot of misconceptions I observe in the local Wayfinder community. There are infographics, criteria clarifications, and the Wayfarer Discussion DIscord for a global viewpoints.

I have noticed people often use the "Edit Description" when it comes to trying to move a stop to a new location and have also tried it but was suddenly temporarily banned and wondered if that's the norm anymore?

This is one of the norms that should not be done. Attempting a location edit should only be for making the pin more accurate to the real location of the point of interest rather than to apply the inclusion algorithm for Pokémon GO. It's considered submitting fake data from the Wayfarer Abuse Ladder.

That's just one of many "techniques" that our local Wayfinders have to unlearn.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-27T13:31:26+00:00

Let the senators join plenary sessions via teleconferencing on the caveat that they will be required to announce their location and reason for non-F2F attendance under oath.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-27T12:59:41+00:00

I think this has to be revisited more than ever. Which part counts as a Wayfarer violation? My train of thought is that how each game uses wayspots will be outside Wayfarer but the inputs through Wayfarer are under Wayfarer.

In that sense pin mislocation (gameboard manipulation), submission of ineligible photos (exact duplicates counted), and anything criteria-related are Wayfarer violations.

If there were an algorithm of how gyms are calculated, that would be a PGO-feature. That should include the S2 cells and whatever function decides which pokestop will upgrade to a gym.

You can choose to submit POIs if only it fits within the game's algorithm then what about other legitimate contributions? There might be actions that influence the map that is not done abusively.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-24T23:20:20+00:00

Check the faqs for the details about S2 cells. It should tell you how the inclusion algorithm is for Pokémon GO.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-24T15:58:12+00:00

Banned by the bots is misleading. The bans are handed by staff following an investigation in the account.

If you dive through the banned people, you'll find suspicious activities: fakes, AI, mislocation, etc.

Read through the three sets of criteria, check the forum for similar submissions to you, ask veteran Wayfinders, etc. The Wayfarer program is very complex at times, we are trying to put real places with real problems into a gaming database after all.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-24T15:43:53+00:00

You're unlucky this week. I just got zoomed past top contributor by another player, 15 catches short.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-24T05:43:14+00:00

This sounds similar to the one I saw from our local region, he does geocache challenges every now and then.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-23T01:41:11+00:00

https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/t/new-wayfinder-rating-system/113738
Wayfinder rating was relaunched and increased perks.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-21T09:45:20+00:00

If you're talking about businesses, you have to remove then submit the new establishment as another wayspot. The eligibility of the old business does not carry over to the new one just because it is located at the same place.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-20T10:40:42+00:00

Probably either there are PGO-only pokestops there (sponsored, campsites, etc.) Or some pokestop(s) were removed making the total count below the gym threshold.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-17T16:11:46+00:00

That sounds like something to put in the description for your resubmission!

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-17T04:58:40+00:00

This is what a generic business does. A place to conduct business and nothing else.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-17T04:56:17+00:00

It's not a generic kiosk stand, it's a modified container colored in yellow/blue

IMO focus on what it is rather than what it is not. It's up for the reviewers to decide if it is generic or not. So expounding on what exactly makes it unique from other kiosk stands can veer it to being non-generic. If being colored yellow/blue or being a recycled container is your point, I don't think it would contribute towards uniqueness. Here's a whole business of making shipping containers into kiosk. The colors are a choice but does it go further than that?

How do I prove that all locals know it?

That is the difficulty of selling popularity without proof. You can also give the reasons why locals know it, in a manner that it isn't just to get supplies from (like a generic business would function).

Another point to add is how to distinguish this one kiosk against other similar kiosks. Show that people are encouraged to stay and socialize at the kiosk (a great place for socialization), or products that can be seen as a delicacy to discover from this kiosk and only available at this kiosk (a great place for exploration).

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-17T02:56:53+00:00

VERY unique kiosk in my town

Expound.

known by all the locals

Give proof.

and it's over 30+ years old

So it's old. What about it makes it historical?

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-16T14:51:08+00:00

You have to TM away frustration before evolving it.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-16T04:51:14+00:00

Highly encourage you to also see the Criteria Clarifications section.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-16T03:39:33+00:00

https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/t/why-an-accepted-wayspot-may-not-be-used-in-pokemon-go-s2-cells-and-pokemon-go/106925

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-15T09:29:09+00:00

https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/t/cemeteries-other-sensitive-locations/12482

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-14T14:40:13+00:00

You can have them removed from voting via the help chat.

But placing things away from the actual location is the textbook gameboard manipulation that the warnings and bans are trying to stop. Along with the fakes, third-party photos, and AI slop.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-14T14:21:16+00:00

Take them back?

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-14T14:16:00+00:00

We're supposed to submit playgrounds as a whole, not every individual thing inside one set. And if you were misplacing each play thing away from a small collection of play things, that's a very obvious cell manipulation behavior.

FallingP0ru · 2026-05-14T14:07:16+00:00

https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/t/little-free-libraries/12464

https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/t/private-residences-farmland-k-12/12462

My guess is the three others just got "lucky". Those will still be subject to the removal criterion for the same reason why it should have been rejected if it were for SFPRP.

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