Received a warning for portal edit

Hi there,

The category choice I have is very limited but I've chosen the one closest one to my problem.

Today I received a warning for portal edit abuse on a portal I found to be on the lawn of a private residential property on 15th June 2020. I was asked by the owner whether I was lost and then asked to swiftly leave. I was trying to help the community by reporting it as an invalid portal, and when that was denied by Niantic, I submitted a description edit to say that it is found on private land... to warn players that they risk trespassing. I have lost complete trust in portal reviewing, as other agents in my local community have also faced similar warnings and bans for legit edits in recent days. I have photos of the private property signs, all geotagged together with my location tracking with Google Timeline.

Any advice on how to appeal my warning, or to understand the reasoning for it, and/or for the reason this portal is accepted in the way spot criteria will be appreciated.

The property which I assume the lawn belongs to is rented out to holiday makers, does this mean it still violates the wayspot criteria?

Old photos from 2013 show the lawn before the hut was installed.

Location of portal :

45.7990760, 6.5105010

Intel link : https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=45.815508,6.804758&z=10&pll=45.799076,6.510501

Link to Google maps to find photos and drone footage of portal. :

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aux-chalets-des-Alpes/@45.7992668,6.5107325,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e5!3m6!1sAF1QipNqDBn4YzWGz1jS7WOAmQNR8vGv77omZ0yFLEJk!2e10!3e10!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNqDBn4YzWGz1jS7WOAmQNR8vGv77omZ0yFLEJk%3Dw203-h114-k-no!7i1280!8i720!4m18!1m7!3m6!1s0x478be42a690495f3:0xecc6ef5ede0bda45!2s73590+Crest-Voland!3b1!8m2!3d45.795107!4d6.505361!3m9!1s0x0:0xdc2d81106511e311!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d45.7992667!4d6.5107325!14m1!1BCgIgARICEAI

Answers

  • HydracyanHydracyan ✭✭✭✭✭

    Doesn't matter if you had the best intentions, the description edit is to describe the object, not to ask to move it or explain why it is valid or invalid.

  • AtunatunakAtunatunak ✭✭✭✭

    Hydraulinski is right.

    Also, the place to talk about these things now is the Wayfarer forum. Probably some admin can help you with this portal if you explain there the issue :

    https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/

  • @Hydraulinski

    I submitted the invalid portal request first reporting it to be on private land.

    When this was refused a few weeks later I suggested a retitle from mini chalet to 'mini chalet on private lawn' to improve the accuracy of it. This phrase is not offensive or incorrect or misleading... I also don't agree with you that this was explicitly asking for it to be removed.

    Thanks for your help guys and I'll take it up in the wayfarer furum.

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