The State of Nominations, Part 21

I find that there's always something to report on the state of my PokéStop nominations, even if there aren't anything to report, for maintaining the two-month cadence between reports. Even so, for this report, there has been something big going on that has affected my nominations, but I'll address that later in this report. As usual, there are the particulars to address in order to provide insights into what has gone on over the past two months.

From the last time, on Wayfarer, my In Queue nominations went up by 2 to 20, while In Voting decreased by 4 to 8. As for results, I've had 5 more nominations accepted to total 80, not accepted nominations stayed at 66, and interestingly, 1 nomination turned out to be a duplicate, augmenting it to 12. I also managed to appeal 1 nomination - albeit a very old one - and increased its count to 4. Now, some of these numbers may be peculiarly interesting, and that is in part due to what has been happening.

What's happening is that nominations from December 2021 or older are being "fast-tracked" if one chooses to allow them as such. These nominations have their status changed to "On Hold", which is a status that in general (outside of this current happening) allows In Queue nominations to be removed temporarily from (progressing in) the review process for pending changes and/or verification, as in this case if the need arises. Releasing the Hold then allows them to be put back into the review process, in this case getting the "fast-track" treatment. It was in fact some of these nominations that became approved, or in one case discovered as a duplicate. At the moment, I've exhausted all nominations from that period, and the results should be known soon.

The situation above also affected my counts - the ones that differ from the above - though minorly. Now my active nominations number to 28, with 4 new nominations made since the above plus 1 renomination in progress. Rejected nominations decreased by 1 because of that old appeal, and superseded nominations increased by 1 because of the now-known duplicate. Even with the different counts, there is still some significance in some of these counts, and keeping the counts remains an incentive.

Speaking of incentives, it seems that Niantic may have its hands full if it wants to make things beyond nominations work in Pokémon Go... though that's better reserved for another post. At least, the temporary "fast-tracking" system is a true incentive as well to keep on nominating, especially if the process becomes smoother later on. Still, for nominations of new PokéStops, some things remain easy to work out and if possible reported as above.

One year ago: Consume and Create

Two years ago: "New Daybreaks" for Pokémon

Three years ago: The Long-Winded Side of Things

Four years ago: Cosplay: ONEGAI Bunkasai 2019 - Eiyuu no Uprising

Five years ago: Mauville's Progress

Six years ago: Nostalgia: Episode 672 - "Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!"