Next on the end-of-month run of topics is updating the status of my PokéStop nominations, which as usual occurs bimonthly. This edition also happens to be the last one for this year - as the next one would be when the year turns over - and to fall on a day of certain other nominations in my local area, although I had no choice in the scheduling anyhow. Those other nominations are not to be discussed here, but the nominations for PokéStops can and certainly need to be discussed, along with the recent dynamics that have occurred for them.
For that purpose, it's time to deal with the hard numbers as usual. Presently, I have 161 Accepted nominations, a massive increase of 21 from last time. The ones that are Not Accepted number to 62, overall another minor decrease by 2. There are now also just 7 nominations In Voting and 2 nominations In Queue for the undecided ones, meaning that these have also massively changed in quantity. Since Appealed ones are now not so pertinent due to being decided rather quickly and there are no changes in Duplicate ones, I'm ignoring these for now.
So, the major effort that I mentioned last time seems to have happened. Within the last month, Niantic seems to have been fast-tracking many undecided nominations and evaluating them on the spot, deciding them while the reviews of Wayfarer users were deadlocked. Many of these, obviously, turned out favorably, although a few didn't; some of these were overturned with an appeal almost immediately, while I may continue to accept some rejections. This major effort may just be what is needed from time to time in lieu of deadlocked reviews.
At this time, I would also like to discuss further about Accepted nominations that didn't make it as PokéStops. Since I began keeping track of this state, I've found that 6 are completely absent in Pokémon Go (as far as I can tell) and 5 have become Power Spots at one point in time or another. As well, there are 12 nominations whose state I'm not able to determine because I'm far removed from them and I do not have reliable ways of checking them at present; they are likely to be PokéStops rather than Power Spots, but the only way to tell is to revisit them directly.
It seems that my next objective, aside from continuing to find objects and nominate them, is to check as many of those unchecked Accepted nominations and determine their state. Improving my overall success rate by submitting Appeals for some older nominations is also another objective; right now, it is approximately 65%, meaning that on average, two out of three nominations have successfully become Accepted, whether or not they become PokéStops, which are more preferred, or Power Spots, which are less so.
Ending the year on this fine note for my PokéStop nominations seems to be a good thing. Though it's not as dynamic as some other current Pokémon Go affairs - notably, the ones that take place in the new kind of place made possible by Waypoints from Accepted nominations - the dynamics are still fairly unique, even with a separation of two months. They'll continue to be covered in that manner, with or without the certain other nominations, and they'll need the nomination process to be continued to really make them happen.
One year ago: NYT Games, Pokémon Editions?
Two years ago: Pokémon Loot from ChibiCon
Three years ago: The State of Nominations, Part 13
Four years ago: Go Onwards to Home
Five years ago: Herding the Last: Wooloo Sticker
Six years ago: Poké-Pareidolia
Seven years ago: The Pacing of Types
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