Criteria For Portal Development/Submission (Ingress International)

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Description
On a roundabout or on the side of the road with no sidewalk access
There is a cross walk leading up to the object and an area next to the object for players to stand
A popular local spot that you would take a friend visiting your community for the first time
A popular spot where locals gather, but may be lesser-known outside the community
Buildings designed by renowned architects
Light installations
Little free libraries, provided they are not on private residential property
Mosaics
Museums
Paintings
Performance art theatres
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
PUBLIC PLACES OF WORSHIP
Statues
Structures famous specifically for their architecture
Tourist spots
Venues that showcase fine art
Post Office
Candidates on the grounds of PRIMARY/SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Farms
Mobile libraries
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Scout camp or scout installations
Antique/Rustic Farm Equipment if on private residential property or a farm. ACCEPT if on display
in a public park or museum and is visually unique or historic.
Apartment/Development Sign, ACCEPT if historic or has some significance

Cemetery, ACCEPT if historical or has special significance in the community
Historic home, ACCEPT if open to the public
Hotel/Inn, ACCEPT if historical, has an interesting story or is a unique local business
Mass produced corporate art, ACCEPT if the first or has an interesting story behind it
Memorial benches, ACCEPT if a notable member of the community or in a low density area
Memorial/dedication plaque, ACCEPT if a notable member of the community

Pokemon only - no mention in Ingress Guidelines
An original description that adds value to the Portal
Content directly copied from other sources

Descriptions with player names/codenames (Artist names are acceptable)
Description that has promotional content, URLs or email addresses
Descriptions that are derogatory/offensive
Descriptions with emoticons or emojis
No pedestrian access
On private residential property (including farms)
On the grounds of primary/secondary schools (up to K-12)
Obstructs the driveway of emergency services and may interfere with the operations of fire
stations, police stations, hospitals, military bases, industrial sites, power plants, and air traffic
control towers
Object has been permanently removed and no longer exists at the location
Official Titles
Creative Titles (as long as they add value to the Portal)
Titles that do not match the Portal
Titles with player name/codenames (Artist names are acceptable)
Titles with promotional content
Titles that are derogatory/offensive
Titles with emoticons or emojis
Spelling/capitalization issues
Historical significance (Not just old)
Interesting story
Portals inside places that charge admission or that are only open during certain times of
day/certain days out of the year - so long as safe public access during those times
HTML in Portal descriptions

HTML in Portal titles
Locations with NO SAFE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
NOT PERMANENT
PEOPLE, BODY PARTS, LIVE ANIMALS

Photo contains a license plate that can clearly be seen
Photo depicts a group of people in front of Portal
Photo has a watermark
Photo is a picture of an image
photo Shows people's faces

PHOTO THAT YOU DID NOT TAKE YOURSELF
Photo too dark or blurry
Portal names, codenames, faction or group names in titles

SEASONAL DISPLAYS that are only put up during certain times of the year
Text or images from Wikipedia (or similar) to use for the candidate Portal’s description/photo
URLs in Portal descriptions

Transit stations
Fire lookout tower, if open to the public

Water Tower IF if accessible without entering a restricted area, is uniquely decorated, or are
otherwise a notable monument
Candidates that may interfere with the operations of FIRE STATIONS, POLICE STATIONS AND
HOSPITALS
On military bases ("Currently, our policy is that Portals on Military bases should be given a one-
star rating")
Fire Department, ACCEPT if memorial/museum OR in low density areas; must not obstruct the
path of the emergency vehicles
Hospital; on, inside: ACCEPT hospital gardens if they are not in the path of emergency vehicles
Adventurous tourist attractions

lookout towers
More off-the-beaten-path tourist attractions (i.e., if you weren’t a local, you wouldn’t necessarily
know to go here)
Observatories
Plaques, signs, etc. - near natural features
Signs or markers atop mountain peak
Baseball fields
Basketball courts
Soccer fields
Volleyball courts
Exercise Equipment if in a park or community gathering place;If there are multiple pieces of
exercise equipment, ACCEPT one submission for the whole group and not for each individual
piece of equipment.
Cairn (Stacked Stone Monument)
Survey Marker if on a trail or helps you explore the location
Fountain, if safe pedestrian access (REJECT if in middle of lake)
Gazebo in a park or community gathering place
Mountain top marker; permanently attached logbooks, structures, or signs
Playground if in a park or community gathering place
Ruin if the site is open and accessible to the public or can be accessed from an open sidewalk or
viewing area
Trail Marker
Lake
Landscapes
Mountain
NATURAL FEATURES
River
Stream
Volcano
Waterfall
City/Street Sign
Golf course; holes and locations on the course; ACCEPT if cafes and club areas
Gravestone, ACCEPT if belongs to a famous/historic person or notable member of the local
community and is more than 50 years old and community norms for use of the cemetery are open
to historic visits and other uses
Highway rest area, ACCEPT if popular tourist spot or a historic location OR in low density areas if
it has character or amenities
RV/Mobile Park, ACCEPT if historical, a community gathering spot, has an interesting story or is a
unique local business
Pokemon only - no mention in Ingress Guidelines
Suggested Source
decision
rate 1 star https://opr.ingress.com/help
Rate 5* https://opr.ingress.com/help
Accept (2*-5*) Niantic Candidate Portal criteria
Accept: 4* NiaOps OPR G+ Post - 6 Jul 2017
Reject (1*) Niantic Candidate Portal criteria
Reject (1*) NiaOps AMA Dec 11 2017 [wk 21]
Reject: 1* NiaOps OPR G+ Post - 6 Jul 2017

Accept
Do Not Accept OPR Portal Edits Guidelines

Choose the option that’s OPR Portal Edits Guidelines

closest to the accurate
location + meets criteria;
add a note before
submitting

add a note before
submitting

add a note before
submitting

add a note before
submitting

add a note before
submitting
Accept OPR Portal Edits Guidelines

Accept OPR Portal Edits Guidelines






Accept (2*-5*) NiaOps AMA Dec 11 2017 [wk 21]

Reject (1*) NiaOps AMA Dec 11 2017 [wk 21]







Pokemon Go? Supporting link
Places without safe pedestrian access. All https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001
PokéStop nominations must have pedestrian
access otherwise they will be rejected
A hidden gem
regardless or hyper-local
of the spot
quality of the PokéStop.
https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001
A hidden gem or hyper-local spot https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001
An interesting piece of art or unique architecture https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001
(Statues,
An paintings,
interesting piece mosaics, light installations,
of art or unique architecture https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001
etc.)
(Statues, paintings, mosaics, light installations,
etc.)
etc.)
etc.)
Public libraries https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001
Public places of worship https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001

etc.)
Places on the grounds of child care centers or https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001

primary/secondary schools
Adult-oriented stores or services (such as liquor https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001

stores, adult entertainment, shooting ranges,
firearm stores, etc.)
Private residences & surrounding private https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001
residential property
Locations that interfere with operations of fire https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001

stations, police stations, or hospitals
A location with a cool story, a place in history or https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001

educational value
A location with a cool story, a place in history or https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001

educational value
Objects that are not permanent (such as https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001
seasonal displays)
Objects that are not permanent (such as https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001

seasonal displays)
Major transit stations hubs (like Grand Central https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001

Station)


Natural features such as landscapes, https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001
mountains, waterfalls (however, man-made
points of interest connected to these natural
features are great, such as plaques or
informational signs)






Public parks https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001

NiaOps G+ Post contains same information
as the OPR guide:
https://opr.ingress.com/guide
#NAME?
ACCEPT
5* guideline candidates 4* guideline candidates
Fountain, if safe pedestrian access Post Office
(REJECT if in middle of lake)
Gazebo in a park or community Fire lookout tower, if open to the

gathering place public
Mountain top marker; permanently Water Tower IF if accessible without

attached logbooks, structures, or entering a restricted area, is uniquely
signs decorated, or are otherwise a notable
monument
Playground if in a park or community Cairn (Stacked Stone Monument)
gathering place
Ruin if the site is open and accessible Survey Marker if on a trail or helps
to the public or can be accessed from you explore the location
an open sidewalk or viewing area
Trail Marker
ACCEPT
3* guideline candidates 2-5* guideline candidates
Exercise Equipment if in a park or A popular local spot that you would
community gathering place;If there are take a friend visiting your community
multiple pieces of exercise equipment, for the first time
ACCEPT one submission for the whole
group and not for each individual piece of
equipment.
A popular spot where locals gather, but

may be lesser-known outside the
community
Buildings designed by renowned
architects
Light installations
Little free libraries, provided they are

not on private residential property
Mosaics
Museums
Paintings
Performance art theatres
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
PUBLIC PLACES OF WORSHIP
Statues
Structures famous specifically for their
architecture
Tourist spots
Venues that showcase fine art
Historical significance (Not just old)

Interesting story
Portals inside places that charge

admission or that are only open during
certain times of day/certain days out of
the year - so long as safe public
access during those times
Adventurous tourist attractions
lookout towers
More off-the-beaten-path tourist
attractions (i.e., if you weren’t a local,
you wouldn’t necessarily know to go
here)
Observatories
Plaques, signs, etc. - near natural
features
Signs or markers atop mountain peak
Transit stations
Baseball fields
Basketball courts
Soccer fields
Volleyball courts
Official Titles
Creative Titles (as long as they add
value to the Portal)
An original description that adds value

to the Portal
REJECT CONTROVERSIAL CANDIDATES
- based on G+ and other group discussions
1* guideline candidates Please feel free to suggest more in comments!
Candidates on the grounds of Playgrounds
PRIMARY/SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Farms Trail markers
Mobile libraries Information signs
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Postboxes (UK)
HTML in Portal descriptions Stolperstein (Germany)
HTML in Portal titles

Locations with NO SAFE PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS
NOT PERMANENT
PEOPLE, BODY PARTS, LIVE ANIMALS
Photo contains a license plate that can

clearly be seen
Photo depicts a group of people in front of
Portal
Photo has a watermark
Photo is a picture of an image
photo Shows people's faces

PHOTO THAT YOU DID NOT TAKE
YOURSELF
Photo too dark or blurry
Portal names, codenames, faction or
group names in titles
SEASONAL DISPLAYS that are only put
up during certain times of the year
Text or images from Wikipedia (or similar)

to use for the candidate Portal’s
description/photo
URLs in Portal descriptions
Candidates that may interfere with the
operations of FIRE STATIONS, POLICE
STATIONS AND HOSPITALS
Lake
Landscapes
Mountain
NATURAL FEATURES
River
Stream
Volcano
Waterfall
Scout camp or scout installations
On military bases ("Currently, our policy is
that Portals on Military bases should be
given a one-star rating")
Antique/Rustic Farm Equipment if on
private residential property or a farm.
ACCEPT if on display in a public park or
museum and is visually unique or historic.
Apartment/Development Sign, ACCEPT if

historic or has some significance
Cemetery, ACCEPT if historical or has
special significance in the community
Historic home, ACCEPT if open to the
public
Hotel/Inn, ACCEPT if historical, has an
interesting story or is a unique local
business
Mass produced corporate art, ACCEPT if
the first or has an interesting story behind
it
Memorial benches, ACCEPT if a notable
member of the community or in a low
density area
Memorial/dedication plaque, ACCEPT if a
notable member of the community
Fire Department, ACCEPT if
memorial/museum OR in low density
areas; must not obstruct the path of the
emergency vehicles
Hospital; on, inside: ACCEPT hospital
gardens if they are not in the path of
emergency vehicles
City/Street Sign
Golf course; holes and locations on the
course; ACCEPT if cafes and club areas
Gravestone, ACCEPT if belongs to a
famous/historic person or notable member
of the local community and is more than
50 years old and community norms for use
of the cemetery are open to historic visits
and other uses
Highway rest area, ACCEPT if popular

tourist spot or a historic location OR in low
density areas if it has character or
amenities
RV/Mobile Park, ACCEPT if historical, a
community gathering spot, has an
interesting story or is a unique local
business
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post about the changes to appeals?
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Appeals W19Q32: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - Given that NIA Ops
no longer accepts appeals for submitted portals that were
rejected, can you see your way to setting up a cross-
factional private body of trusted Agents, who can do the
appeal process instead of Niantic?
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Appeals W1Q2: +diane wilson: As new portals are being approved there are a few rejects that peop
Appeals W20Q16: Antony “tony2001” Dovgal - Can we get some
more NIA OPS attention to the Portal Appeals community?
Appeals W22Q108: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - Has there been

any discussion about a player review panel for portal
appeals? Any traction on the idea?
Appeals W22Q145: Sean “Vire5cent” Anderson - Any chance that
+NIA Ops et al., can "moderate" and/or have some proper
Niantic presence in the appeals community? Time and time
again, we see the same arguments going on and perhaps
worse, that we see people trying to sway influence by
deleting comments and blocking anyone who opposes the
appeal; people who do that deserve to be (and +NIA Ops
doesn't even need to make their presence known) kicked
from appeals community and have their appeal canned.
Appeals W22Q221: Gorilla Blackwood - Why +NIA Ops doesnt

delete portal apeals with proofs, that portal is fake?
Appeals W22Q245: Richard Miles (TheGuvna) - Will there ever be
or is there a way to appeal NEWLY submitted portals. My
understanding in the Portal Appeals community is that they
will not deal with any portals submitted since OPR began.
For instance, a little free library located just inside a local
grocery store... Repeatedly denied because it doesn't show
up on Google Street View. Perfectly acceptable portal under
the new submission guidelines and probably better than
90% of the LFL out there since it's actually on publicly
accessible property and not somebody's yard.
Appeals W22Q34: Dirk Formhals - In Germany, a group of people

remembers the holocaust by placing bronze stones
permanently on the sidewalk in front of houses where
deported familys lived, called “Stolpersteine”...Some
players are misusing OPR to create home portals by
creating Stolperstein portals far away from the real location.
...Is there a possibilty to escalate those portals? Of course,
we try to move them to the correct location, but these portal
edits often get rejected. Other Stolperstein portals were
created with pictures from other citys, so they should be
deleted.
Appeals W23Q21: Rodrigo Díaz Orellana (ardéis) - I have found a

very good portal candidate, but sadly is located just 5
meters away from a shitty portal approved before OPR that
is a graffiti and even doesn't exists anymore. As a rule of
thumb, how should I proceed? Thanks!
Appeals W24Q33: Matias Fuenzalida - Is there a way to appellate
for a particular portal that has been taken down for request
of this kind of malicious groups?
Appeals W25Q65: Xine Lgt - I was hoping Niantic would consider a
“trusted agent”-type program for portal appeals. If a portal
edit request is not approved, perhaps a trusted agent in that
portal’s area can submit any additional information so
Niantic can confidently make the requested portal changes.
For example, a portal request to remove a statue because it
no longer exists, a trusted agent can go to the location and
submit a new photo or video of the location.
Appeals W25Q75: O S - What are your thoughts on reopening a

submission appeals community with the caveat that
rejected submissions entered there must fall under the NIA
Ops recommended 5 star rating list (gazebo, playground,
etc.)? It is getting very frustrating to have the OPR
reviewers fail to follow the recommendations and use their
personal opinions on what a portal shouldn't be.
Appeals W4Q17: +Munch WillbeBlue When will portal appeals start to be reviewed again ?
Appeals W6Q32: Munch WillbeBlue - Is +NIA Ops still working on

reviewing their processes making sure they not missing
anything regarding portal appeals ? It's now been 11 weeks
sinds I posted my initial portal appeal after OPR came to
europe.
Appeals W9Q25: Sean “Vire5cent” Anderson - Could you send
someone down to the appeals community as it seems a
little unloved, for a very, very long time now?
Appeals Q51: Mathilde Poussin (Brunissende) - Hi, any update on a
system of appeal for OPR rejects that are actually valid
portal candidates?
Appeals: W23Q54: Tom Lentz - What is the best way to report invalid
military portals that you can't reach by the scanner? I'm thinking of
two in particular, one misplaced at the start of the game on
a military firing range which nobody can access and
another on a 1500 acre private ranch.
Critera; W22Q158: aza rine - Please clarify "community gathering
community area" meaning in terms of OPR.
gathering area
Criteria Q15: Owen R (TAMRanger) - What is the +NIA Ops position

on Blood Donation Centers as portal candidates which are
not located near hospitals or emergency medical facilities?
Previously there has been community lead "Red Faction"
events encouraging agents to donate.
Criteria Q43: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - The OPR criteria in

https://opr.ingress.com/help don't match the Portal Criteria
on the support site, and the Guidelines on
https://opr.ingress.com/guide cover other instances. Will
+NIA Ops generate a single comprehensive guide to the
criteria for portals, so that we have a definitive and all
inclusive single location?
Criteria Q23: Piotr Wieczorek - What's the difference between

Geodetic Marker and Survey Marker? When should I use
which category in OPR?
Criteria Q28: William Goggins - Topaz petrol stations are now Circle
K in Ireland. Does this make them valid portals in Ireland?
Criteria Q3: Aaron Almeida - Consider this situation, an otherwise

legitimate portal candidate has been submitted. But there's
one problem. A part of the photo contains people whose
faces can be seen and identified. I'm not talking about a
scenario where there are people but they cannot be
identified via their facial features, etc. Should these be flat
out rejected basis privacy issues and maintaining an
unbiased submission, or are identifiable faces in the photo
acceptable? Would that be the right thing to do?
Criteria Q8: TheFarix - There has been an ongoing dispute over
whether locations that fail to meet any point of the
"Acceptance Criteria" of the Candidate Portal Criteria
should be accepted as portals. One side says that the
location must meet the "Acceptance Criteria" unless
explicitly stated to reject. The other side states that the
"Acceptance Criteria" is merely a suggestion for "high
quality" portals and all locations should be accepted unless
it is explicitly stated to reject. So which of these is correct?
Criteria Q61: Daz Bambrick - Hi Andrew, two questions, I've noticed

there's lots of options missing under the OPR categories
tab for things that are often accepted as portals in Australia,
e.g. basketball courts, swimming pools, CWA halls, Scout
halls etc. I was told that typing them in would register the
category and Niantic regularly updates the list based on
user submissions, is this true or am I wasting my time?
Criteria W24Q56: Denis Milanović - Once OPR is extended to

review edits, could Niantic please consider reversing its
criteria of rejecting non-permanent portals?
Criteria W17Q18: Alexander Kirwin - Would bothies be acceptable
as portal canadiates?
Criteria W22Q223: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - What's the policy
on hanging pictures in portal submissions? Are the pictures
required to be historical or proven non-temporary?
Criteria W22Q234: Filipe Coury - What are your two favorite hyper-
local spot portals?
Criteria W24Q100: Fernando Roberto (FeExred) - What is your

opinion about convents, crematoria, pet cemeteries? Are
they considered valid portals to submit?
Criteria W25Q22: Ruin Dig - When portals with bulidings or

architectures were rebuild or dismantled(not relocation),
should be portals deleted? Keeping portals after rebuilt is
worth for historical point, I think.
Criteria; W23Q10: David Knight - Portal submissions for#missionsforgood - do you have any sugge
#missionsforg
ood
Criteria; W8Q1: Jeremy Johnson (mcmxcAD) - Should charitable organizations be accepted as por
#missionsforg
ood
Criteria; Q2: Graeme Bragg - In the Portal criteria, under “A cool

architecture piece of art or unique architecture”, “Buildings designed by
renowned architects” is listed as a specific criteria. Please
could you confirm whether this applies just to ‘interesting’
buildings or to any building designed by a
famous/renowned architect?
Criteria; W25Q1: John TheAussie - What's the stance on live in
business businesses. Ones that are registered and operating as a
business but also have an attached residence, or a
residential house on the land of operations?
Criteria; Q59: Nathan Stelzer - Is it safe to assume that we should 1*
children OPR submissions for locations that are exclusively oriented
towards children (ie. Daycares, preschool, ect.)?
Criteria; Q5: Graeme Bragg - In the December 11th AMA, NIAOps

children confirmed that we should treat scout camps and
installations as schools because of the target age range.
This raises some questions regarding youth clubs and
centres - should we be treating them as schools as well and
rating 1* overall? If this is the case, is there any chance that
the criteria can be updated please as there are a lot of
scout huts, youth centres, etc. making their way through
OPR.
Criteria; W25Q6: Clash with PG - Can we submit and accept cinema

cinema Halls?
Criteria; W24Q106: Maxim R - Would you consider Apple stores to
commercial be valid portal candidates?
Criteria; W13Q108: Lucas Momosaki - Hi, we are facing here on
graffiti OPR some issues about "Should graffiti art be a valid
portal?"
Criteria; W13Q58: Jeremy Frey - Can we get some examples added
hidden gems to the OPR guide for portals that are acceptable /
unacceptable under Acceptance Criteria 3 ("hidden
gems"/"hyper local spots")? I've both seen complaints
stemming from rejections, and experienced some myself, of
portals that I'd argue are fair candidates under AC3.
Criteria; W21Q63: Matt Buchwald - Can we get some clarification on
Historically/cu what "Is it historically or culturally significant?" means in
lturally OPR?
significant
Criteria; W14Q52: Liberty Naud (LibertyBot2) - Many potential

indoors portals are being rejected for being indoors instead of
viewable from the street (hyper local spots, museums, etc).
Can OPR training or guidelines be updated to requiring 3
stars for unsure instead of 1 for outright "no" as most
people seem to be doing?
Criteria; W21Q79: Dominika Pawluś - And another, very dumb one -
indoors is it stated anywhere that portals have to be outdoors?
Criteria; W8Q28: Tabris J - Hi Andrew! I joined OPR since April. In

indoors OPR & portal appeal community, Many OPR agents thinks
indoor portals should be all rejected. Many good portals are
rejected by this way.What do you think about indoor portals
in public area? The first term of the OPR guide says antique
in museum can be accepted, but many people ignored it as
always.
Criteria; pubs W22Q263: Mark L (trakka) - Hi Andrew. OPR guidelines

state that hotels/inns are to be rejected. Does this include
pubs and bars? In AU, "hotels" usually doubles as a pub. In
UK, pubs are the primary term for places that serve alcohol.
Its funny to see hardly any pubs in AU for OPR review, but
plenty in the UK, purely because of a semantic difference
Criteria; W5Q9: Laurent “X6996” In OPR, should we accept

restaurants & restaurants, cafes, restaurants or bars as portal or are rate
bars them 1 star?
Criteria; signs Q66: S. C. - Are welcome signs for townships,
municipalities, boroughs, cities, and towns valid portal
submissions?
Criteria; sport Q27: Steven Cunningham - Are Athletic Fields (Baseball,

volleyball, tennis, etc.) without signs/names to be rated the
same as those with signs/names? And is taking a picture of
the athletic field itself instead of uninteresting signage be a
valid portal photo?
Criteria; street Q76: Sam Bowen - In OPR, how should reviewers rate
art painted electrical boxes on the street if they are visually
interesting?
Data Updates W16Q31: Volodymyr OSTAPIV - Could you please provide
some updates on OPR?
Data Updates W19Q27: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - How many portals
have been submitted since it reopened and how many of
them are reviewed? Are we staying ahead?
Data Updates W22Q37: Aaron Almeida - Can you give us some stats or
indication on whether the OPR queue is growing, being
cleared or staying at the same level?
Data Updates W9Q66: Hannes Janssens (Maringo) - A question from my
son: how many portals are there in total?
Edits W10Q33: Gerald Wolf - You mentioned that "mass
reporting" players doesn't influence the outcome of said
reporting. Is that true for reporting / editing portals aswell?
Edits W11Q22: Gerald Wolf - You mentioned that "mass

reporting" players doesn't influence the outcome of said
reporting. Is that true for reporting / editing portals aswell?
Do you have any success-advices for such requests?
Edits Q64: Laurent “X6996” - Hey Andrew. I hope you have a

great day. Are there any plans to open portal edits review in
OPR for European Agents soon?
Edits Q10: Death TheCorgi - Portal Edits have rolled out to
everywhere via OPR. After talking to various people across
the USA it appears that no one has seen any of the edits
they sent in go live. They get seen in OPR, they gets votes,
and then...nothing. Edits have been out in OPR long
enough that you think we would be seeing some stuff going
live by now.
I was wondering if there was a bug in the system stopping
stuff from going live, that there are not enough votes on
everything, or it's intended for them to be held back for
now?
Edits Q25: Nate (StallionMang) - Portal Edits: agents have been

approving/rejecting portal since May. But to my knowledge,
no Agents have had any of their submitted edits go live. Do
you have any info as to when edits may start moving into
the game?
Edits Q42: Aline P. - Hi andrew ! Could you ask Niantics please to
add minimum level for portal edition ? Dummy relocation
requests and dummy edits are a nightmare during opr
review... it seems pokemon players have found a solution to
get pokestop without suggesting : recycling ♻.
edits Q64: Laurent “X6996” - Can it be that portal edits are
processed without any feedback mail to the originator of the
edit? Or are edits still stuck somewhere in OPR? Steak or
sausages on the grill?
General Q34: Sascha “MC Sushii” Büttner - Hi Andrew, glad to see

you back. I have a question regarding OPR. What's wrong
there?
General Q58: Mathilde Poussin (Brunissende) - It seems pretty
evident that there are numerous OPR issues. Is there some
actual appeal system? If not, why?
General Q100: Zenn Loo - Will there be another OPR/submission

based AMA with NIa OPs? I feel like a lot of people missed
out on the last one.
General Q54: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - Is OPR still considered

to be running smoothly? We've noticed even wider than
country reviews.
Guidelines W19Q35: Aaron Almeida - Could you please update the
portal criteria on the support site. The one on the OPR site
lists a more detailed set of guidelines.
Guidelines W22Q21: Zenn Loo - Do you think we need a more
comprehensive OPR review guide? It feels like there is
differing consensus on a lot of different criteria.
Guidelines W22Q261: Sarah D'Amato - Can we expect any additions
to the Candidate Action Guide associated with OPR?
There's been some discussion of various portal examples,
but without the information added to the Guide, perceptions
seem to be floating in limbo.
Guidelines W22Q41: Michelle Park - Would it be possible to implement
a tutorial or test for new level 10 agents who want to submit
portals? Many poor submissions could be prevented if
people better knew how to place their portal, what are good
candidates, and what locations are off limits.
Guidelines W24Q59: Fernando Roberto (FeExred) - Do you intend to

expand Recon's "Candidate Action Guide" list? Today the
guide is small, without many options and this generate a lot
of discussion among the agents about what is a valid portal
in numerous cases where candidates are not listed there.
Guidelines W12Q16: Aaron Almeida - The portal criteria and the
anomaly FAQ seem to be outdated on the support site. Are
there plans of updating those?
Guidelines W22Q52: Joseph Kam - If we have a suggestion/opinion
about the change of portal criteria, to whom we should talk
with?
Instructions to Q21: Tobias Hengst - I had some great candidates in OPR
reviewers that had a terrible description along the lines of "You better
approve this OPR monkeys, it's not a duplicate" and so on.
Because I couldn't find a clear rule, are we supposed to one
star those portals?
interface Q34: Aaron Almeida - When is the promised OPR abuse
marking feature coming?
Limbo Melbourne NL-1331: 41. Is there an eta for OPR portals in
limbo?
Limbo W13Q75: Aliénor Fragnier - Hi Andrew. When we submit a
portal, some will land in OPR to be accepted or rejected.
However, what will happen to those never going to OPR?
Are they lost for ever? Should we resubmit it after a while ?
Limbo W14Q12: Сергей Грачёв - Where do the portals that were

viewed by the agents in OPR go and for which I have not
received a response about the reject or acceptance? I saw
in screenshots my portals in OPR a week ago, but I did not
get an answer.
Limbo W14Q50: Rebekah Rogge - Is there a plan for all those

portal submissions that appear to currently be in purgatory?
Limbo W14Q75: Gavin Treadgold (rediguana) - Where have the

OPR submissions gone? They have been reviewed, and
are not popping up for reviewers anymore, and not denial
or acceptance requests have been sent to the submitters.
What gives?
Limbo W15Q56: jose aestruli - What about the submissions in the

limbo? how much they have to wait to be live?
Limbo W18Q10: Sascha W. (Pentagress) - Are there any News
about the Portal Submissions which are stuck in the OPR
System?
Limbo W18Q47: Simon Bucsai - I've submitted a bunch of portals,
a lot of which went through OPR a month ago. But none
have gone live OR been rejected. Do I wait? Do I resubmit?
Limbo W19Q34: Pan Rafał (r4ph4ell) - Hi, I have few submissions

with more than 50 days in a queue. Do you have a solution
to this problem?
Limbo W19Q38: Josh Stock - What is the status of the "black hole"
submissions?
Limbo W20Q23: Fred Espenscheid - Are there blackout areas
where portals won't be accepted even with the requisite
upvotes?
Limbo W20Q32: Klasse “Sw3Viking” Persson - Recurring question
each week, what is being done with backlog (limbo)
portals? Several of us have submissions counting 63 days
now so please help us understand why and no standard
company answers plz
Limbo W217: Randy Booz (Wyndmyr) - So, I have a spreadsheet
to track my portal submissions. I had two stuck in portal
purgatory at the beginning, but after the first 29 days, one
of them was released. The other is still going at 76 days.
Recently, a portal I submitted 16 days ago seems to have
made it into portal purgatory. My question: is this the new
Guardian badge?
Limbo W21Q1: O S - Portal submissions are still in OPR reviewing

limbo with reports of dozens stuck for upwards of two
months now. Will the resolution mentioned last week be
coming in the next few days? Weeks? Months?
Limbo W21Q57: André Rivotti Casimiro (Rivotti) - Some portals

where submitted, by several agents, in my local area
months ago, we know that some appeared in OPR but still
no response. Do we re-submit these portals?
Limbo W22Q235: Gary Tolley - Grogyan - What do you think of the
idea for submissions that are over a month old and not
completed OPR review, given priority to be pushed out to
more players?
Limbo W22Q57: Keyner Villegas (xKey015x) - Hi Andrew! Any
word on the fix for the submissions that have been on
queue for a couple of months?
Limbo W22Q84: Klasse “Sw3Viking” Persson - Any update on
limbo submissions.
Limbo W23Q1: O S - Any updates on the resolution for portals
stuck in OPR limbo for the last 3 months?
Limbo W24Q11: Maya R (nyxr) - What’s the solution/ETA on
portals neither accepted nor rejected and older than 1
month. Many of us are waiting on these since
September/October. Also in areas with enough reviewers.
(Several onyx reviewers in both factions)
Limbo W24Q91: Chris Unverfehrt (EvilSuperHeros) - Andrew,
when can we honestly start to see movement on portals
stuck in "limbo" that have recently be submitted?
Limbo W25Q29: Oscar Fuentes - Any news about portals in
limbo? It is a bit frustrating waiting 6 months (for now)
without answer.
Limbo W9Q31: Bart Van Haver - all over the country Agents report
the local OPR queue (NR02-HOTEL-01 and surrounding
cells) is empty yet I still have 9 submissions that haven't
been approved nor declined. How is that possible?
Limbo W25Q3: Daniil Zemchenkov - Hi! What should we do with

limbo portals? Resubmit it or waiting for solution?
Limbo Q7: gr myrick - Is there still anything being done about

portal submissions that are in limbo? I still have
submissions from December that I haven't heard back from,
and I'm seeing portals that I submitted several months ago
(that are still in limbo for me) go live from being submitted
by other agents. Thanks.
Limbo Q51: Th Sch - Will it be another run of the OPR - Limbo
Tool from Niantic. Since the tool last ran, no new proposals
have been accepted or rejected by me.
Mechanics Q49: Justin Bennett - Has there been any discussion of

moving OPR away from a 5 star system to a more binary
Yes/No system, or any other kind of voting system?
Misc W17Q34: BabyMakr (L16 Enl NQ) - Have you submitted

any portals since submissions reopened, and have any
been approved?
Misc W18Q14: Danilo Majhenic - Seems like OPR is currently
the thing to ask. Could you please encourage a coworker,
which does OPR development to contribute in the AMA? :)
Misc W19Q44: Dries Goddefroy - How many OPR points does
the OPR team have?
Misc W22Q111: Aaron Almeida - Does OPR / OPS have any plan
to deal with bogus G Maps edits?
Misc W22Q112: Isira Kaluarachchi (buttowskiSL) - Hi andrew..
got your bio card mail.. � im buttowskiSL from srilanka.
After the OPR Sri Lanka is getting more portals portals but
no Field Trips (Binoculars). Is there any way to contribute to
submit field trips
Misc W23Q51: Gaby G - What is your favorite type of portal?
Like, if you were sending new portals, what would be the
ones that you will be sending because you find them more
interesting or valuables? What makes something a good
portal for you?
Misc W7Q12: Travis Smith - n your personal, non- niantic opinion
as a long time ingress enthusiast, do you agree that
operation portal recon has been a runaway success?
Old Q63: Aaron Almeida - Is OPS aware of an issue wherein

submissions; pre-2015 submissions marked as dupes through OPR did
pre-2015 not get rejection/dupe mails?
OPR W13Q105: Matt Cathey - Can you confirm that an agent is

NOT able to review his/her own portal submissions in
OPR?
OPR W19Q21: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - Why was the
decision to use local reviewers made, and do the team feel
that local reviewers continue to provide better knowledge,
or does the factional bias interfere too much?
OPR W19Q8: Federico Badaloni (QuanticPotato) - Sometimes I

take some time to investigate a portal. I ask local agents
about the place, and they answer maybe 30 mins later.
When I go back to OPR, time expired and the portal, for
which I now have an accurate judgement, is gone forever.
OPR: Abuse W11Q56: Plymouth Ansbergs - I have hard rumors of folks

agreeing to rate all portals in an area 1-star in order to get
their OPR badges faster.
OPR: Access W12Q15: Sébastien “Chocho Leptitmouton” Muller -
Level Submissions are accessible from Lvl 11. Does OPR min lvl
still is 12?
OPR: Access W2Q9: +Максим Чепурин: Should we expect - that the OPR will be available to players le
Level
OPR: Access W3Q3: +Thomas De Maesschalck - Level 11 and OPR, any date set?
Level
OPR: W17Q12: Francesco Pisani - Can you share a little bit

Algorithm about the behind the scenes of the OPR process? Is it a
threshold of reviews, consensus among reviews, or majority
wins among reviews?
OPR: W19Q10: Peter Mee (Barthax) - Does OPR require a
Algorithm certain balance of reviews from both factions before
reaching a verdict?
OPR: W19Q17: Christophe “NimbusParis” M - About OPR,
Algorithm wouldn't be fair to give 2 points for validated portal if the
validator set the category of the portal (church, statue,
etc.) ?
OPR: W19Q25: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - How many
Algorithm reviewers on average does a portal take, and how does
reviewer weightings affect it?
OPR: W19Q31: Jakub Dvořák - In OPR If you actually mark some
Algorithm other field like accessibility, significance or uniqueness and
then select 1 star in overall score, dropping it off the table,
do the other stars actually matter in the decision making or
not at all?
OPR: W21Q37: Артур Лисс - Is it true that when you give a portal
Algorithm 2 stars but it gets rejected, it counts as a disagreement?
OPR: W22Q74: Matt Cathey - Can you describe to us in full detail

Algorithm what criteria goes into determining the OPR “credit”
performance rating?
OPR: W24Q76: Craig-AusiKifaru -_- - Does a 3 star vote count
Algorithm towards an agreement if rejected or accepted (or perhaps
neither)?
OPR: W2Q13: +Артур Лисс: Does OPR make a distinction between 2, 3, 4 and 5 stars when de
Algorithm
OPR: W2Q17: +Celso González: Can you confirm that votes from both factions are needed to ac
Algorithm
OPR: Backlog W11Q24: Ten Seventeen - Rather than asking, "What's the
OPR status?!?!?" like everyone does every week, do you
think you could pass a request along to the OPR admins to
create a heatmap of where/how many outstanding OPR
reviews? I think that would answer many queries about
OPR.
OPR: Backlog W13Q3: Lewis Tanzos - Many people in our local area are
getting to review only 3-5 portals a day in OPR before
getting "come back tomorrow". They're using a single web
interface, they're not speeding through things, they're not
letting them time out, but they're getting it consistently. Do
you know and can you divulge the things that may be
causing this to happen?
OPR: Backlog W2Q2: +Edward Goodeve-Docker: How many outstanding portal submissions are left (or
OPR: Backlog W2Q21: +Stenli Goodspeed: The question Second. I passed the test and training on the O
OPR: Backlog W3Q7: +Terrance - OPR: In several parts of the UK, we're not seeing any new candidates
OPR: Backlog W4Q2: +Kacper D How long is the remaining backlog of portal submissions ?
OPR: Backlog W5Q10: Manon Loos. Hi Andrew! Nice meeting you in

Deventer! Last week I finally became lvl 12 and I can use
Recon... but the roumers are that the backlog for The
Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany and so on are
empty, is this true?
OPR: Backlog W6Q7:Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - How far are we from
the end of the OPR queue, or at least close enough that
we'll have submissions reopen?
OPR: Backlog W7Q2: Tom Cohen (Tomco2210) - What is our current

status on the OPR portal backlog queue?
OPR: Backlog W9Q12: Rodrigo Díaz Orellana (ardéis) - Are you guys
waiting for a complete clearance of the queue in OPR
before opening back the submissions?
OPR: Data W14Q44: rosie morland - Would it be possible for Niantic to
release a breakdown of the top 10 accepted and rejected
types?
OPR: Data W22Q198: Volodymyr OSTAPIV - Can you share some
statistics about OPR (new portals
submitted\reviewed\approved, how many players
participate in OPR, etc). I'd like to know that weekly but
even one-time answer is great to understand the value of
our job in OPR
OPR: Data W22Q207: Gary Tolley - Grogyan - Can you please give us
a quick run down of worldwide OPR stats since it became a
thing?
OPR: Edits W10Q24: Arthur Lemoine (Letiteuf55) - Hi, do you think Edit
portal should be reviewed in OPR by agent ? It would be
great !
OPR: Interface W13Q32: Vladimir Ostapiv - There would be very helpful to
have portal submit date visible in OPR because currently
people probably assume the portal is wrong if it's absent in
street view. But some countries street view is quite rarely
updated.
OPR: Interface W13Q94: keith black - Hi Andrew. Is there an app coming
for opr that we can use rather than using a webpage on the
go and the app can push portal review notifications that are
in agents selected area(s) that have came available to
review?
OPR: Interface W14Q1: Josh Stock - I have a suggestion for a feedback
mechanism in OPR...will you forward the suggestion to the
dev team?
OPR: Interface W19Q19: Laurent “X6996” - Could location changes by
other OPR reviewers made visible for the current reviewer.
Maybe by a dot or a heatmap. This would maybe reduce
the amount of portals rejected due too wrong location.
OPR: Interface W19Q20: Drew Dondero - Can the OPR team rearrange
the ratings so that the questions/ratings are in some sort of
order?
OPR: Interface W19Q46: Alexis RODET - Will you make an OPR mobile
app with native Android maps api and thus performance ? I
blame my mobile browser which crashes after some review,
because of memory leaks maybe.
OPR: Interface W22Q166: Michael Hughson (HuXdk) - is there a reason

why OPR only uses the 360 spheres, and not the 2D
images ? Most times there are much never data there,
compared to the sphere images.
OPR: Interface W3Q5: +Stephen Doyle - Any chance of adding a skip portal option for those ones that we
OPR: Interface W8Q10: ぽっぷぼっくす - Why does OPR ADA rotate in the
opposite direction to the scanner?
OPR: Legacy W13Q52: - Håkon Obdsaija Bergstad - When can the
chosen OPR-agents anticipate their (what I can only
imagine will be truly amazing cool) t-shirts to arrive?
OPR: Location W13Q51: Brian Smith - When evaluating submissions in

Review OPR, how should the following scenario be handled: The
submission is for a church, but the map shows another
church as an existing portal at that location. Researching it
turns up that a new congregation has moved into the space
and the original church is gone. Do you approve it even
though an incorrect portal exists at that spot, or mark it as
duplicate even though the correct portal name should be
the new one?
OPR: Location W16Q13: Peter Mee (Barthax) - When reviewing on OPR

Review many submissions are in the middle of a road, for example,
I find the need to change the location of the submission and
I move it nearer to the object of the portal submission in a
safe location. Does the Accessibility rating then refer to the
original location, my suggested location or the general area
around the object of the portal (i.e., not necessarily where
the player will have to stand to execute a US)?
OPR: Location W22Q88: Eduardo Daniel Jimenez Reyes - Hello,the
Review context is as follows: One of the criteria inside OPR system
is the help from Street view, however, I have noticed than in
some cases, the street view shown by default is not the
latest available (for example, the place shown has a view
from 2011, and the latest one is from 2016, verified from
Google maps, changing date from 2011 to the most recent
available), which is directly affecting our judgment criteria
by grading portals under the impression that the spot does
not exist, and also affecting the agent that submitted his
contribution by receiving a rejection email for it. Does this
exist now, or will there ever exist an effective measure to
solve this problem? or how long will it take to implement
this?
OPR: Location W3Q12: +Justin Bennett - Would underwater portals ever be A Thing? For example the MU
Review
OPR: Location W9Q10: Gerald Wolf - When will portal submissions be

Review opened for the moon?
OPR: Photo W19Q5: Felix Kloft - I once took a look under the hood of
OPR and noticed a hidden rating for the photo. Will we be
able to rate that at some point?
OPR: Photo W25Q15: Justin Bennett - EXIF data is staying attached to

portal submission pictures, in OPR. Any plans to change
that?
OPR: Photo W25Q16: Joe Priode - Why do portal pictures get removed
without warning or notice?
OPR: Poor Sydney NL-1331: 38. Any way to get out of a poor rating on
Rating OPR?
OPR: Poor W19Q43: Pardeep Bains - I went to Panama/Mexico, and

Rating did some opr down there.... I went from Great to Poor in the
matter of a day while maintaining a 70% agreement ratio. I
have close to 200 agreements since then...and my needle
hasn't moved..and my stat isn't counting. My questions are:
What gives?
OPR: Poor W19Q7: Marcin Ćwikła - Would a mandatory OPR test be
Rating something you could explore for those stuck at bad rating?
What are the percentage thresholds for ratings or is it more
complicated? If so, any additional comments?
OPR: Poor W19Q9: Dmitriy M - why when you move in OPR from Poor
Rating to Good -- agreements do not count towards OPR badge
for a week or more?
OPR: Poor W21Q12: Fred Espenscheid - I dropped from great to poor

Rating in opr exactly a week ago. In that time I have gotten more
agreements than new reviews. That means agreements I
made while great aren't being counted while I am poor. Is
this fair?
OPR: Poor W22Q154: Avalon-Nulunas Z-Z G - Did OPR rater difficulty

Rating get dialed up recently? There's been a good number of
recent posts of OPR ratings going to poor.
OPR: Poor W22Q180: Gary Whorwood - We have had plenty of reports
Rating here of agents from both faction getting “Poor” OPR ratings
and being unable to improve that rating despite rating
portals in a similar way to everyone else. This is leading to
agents giving up on OPR which reduces the pool of
reviewers. Do you have any concerns about the way the
OPR rating system is calibrated?
OPR: Poor W25Q28: Christian HulkSimpson - I like doing OPR reviews

Rating but three month ago my performance dropped from ‘great’
to ‘poor’ within a single day.
OPR: Poor W25Q40: Ha sea - 80% of my candidates reviewed is
Rating difficult to determine approving or rejecting. It made my
performance waved between poor and good for more than
nine times. I hear that give a candidate two star, then it will
be calculated to agreements if approved but won't cause
me to poor even if it was rejected. Is it true?
OPR: Poor W25Q10: Fred Espenscheid - Can we get a roadmap for
Rating getting out of poor in OPR?
OPR: Radius W16Q15: Alex “pyropunk” Dunwell nee Grässer - Is there a

plan for extending the OPR past the 2 cell radius so that
portals in outlying areas can also get accepted?
OPR: Radius W19Q12: Jud Burkett (canon07) What can we do to get
more portals to review if we've already set our locations but
keep running out after we review a half dozen or so
portals?
OPR: Radius W19Q15: Taman-Tyler Grafton (Sonechxeon) - Can you
make OPR pull portals to review from further afield?
OPR: Radius W19Q23: Aaron Almeida - Can you guys open up
submissions even further for cells with low portal density?
OPR: Radius W19Q3: Daeniem Loidlan - Right now i was able to review
a portal far far away than 3x3 cells form my "base location".
There are some changes about revision area?
OPR: Radius W21Q64: Faliq Isbah - Can you please confirm what is the
radius for OPR when we select a Home and Bonus
location?
OPR: Radius W25Q72: Matt Cathey - Does our personal approved or
declined OPR submissions play a role in our OPR rating or
is it solely the candidates we analyze?
OPR: W19Q28: Tony Jay - How come when I asked for my area
Reviewer in OPR to be reset because of an accidental place change I
Location get an answer of "You have one free site change"?
OPR: W2Q10: Craig Wallace : How can OPR saved locations get
Reviewer fixed?
Location
OPR: W3Q25: +Sergio Quirós - Hello Andrew. I Guess that i put my secondary location at OPR t
Reviewer
Location
OPR: W5Q15: Jako Van der Wal A lot of players have reached out
Reviewer to the OPR team to get their (bonus) locations changed so
Location they can continue reviewing. What is your opinion? Is it oké
to add a bonus location to continue on OPR even tough you
have zero knowledge of the location?
OPR: W17Q58: Anubhav Budhraja - I was also wondering what

Reviewer happens to a reviewers rating if a submission gets rejected
rating due to being too close. Does it count as an agreement if he
accepted it or if he rejected it?
OPR: Scripts W19Q40: João Eduardo Oliveira Murta - There have been
agents using a tool call Fast Opr, a script developed by
agents, to make more portal evaluation in less time, do you
and the opr team are aware of this?
OPR: Stats W19Q41: Laurent “X6996” - Would it be possible to add a
counter for the non agreed portals on the stat page?
OPR: Stats W22Q103: CP Chang - In OPR, will there be a stat

indicating how many portals to review in agreement to raise
one's performance level?
OPR: Stats W3Q2: +Andre Koopal - Can OPR show 'disagreements' as well?
OPR: Support W22Q153: Avalon-Nulunas Z-Z G - Where are we with

OPR improvements?
OPR: Support W23Q17: Jakub Dvořák - If I'm getting only repeating
generic responses on my OPR related support ticket
[#563284] saying 'continue reviewing, things will get better'
instead of investigation what went wrong in the first place
using my evidence, do I have some chance to escalate the
ticket to higher level engineer? If so, how? Thanks Andrew
OPR: Support W23Q27: Aaron Breen (Breenzy) - Could we expand the

helpdesk report categories to include subjects relevant to
OPR and reporting other issues such a scraping?
OPR: Test W16Q16: azhakima - When OPR training test opened

again for agents who failed twice ?
OPR: Test W19Q4: Jeff Holloway - Will you ever reset the OPR test for
those who didn't make it initially? Still unable to attempt it
again.
OPR: Test W22Q176: thijs luijtink - Regarding the OPR test, I've failed
it twice now, and I was wondering if there was a reason for
making the candidate unable to access the training module
during the 30 days after your first attempt, and why you
aren't allowed to see which question from the first test
you've failed so you know what to look at better in the
second test.
OPR: Test W22Q196: juan pablo osorio - it is very common games

give you 3 opportunities to complete a task. You may, in the
future, a third opportunity in the OPR?
OPR: What is W14Q61: Preston Ball (Press10) - Can you clarify the
it? difference in OPR between the playground "Site" and the
playground "Structure" options?
OPR: What is W17Q78: Laurent “X6996” - Does it help to classify the

it? portal in opr for the approval or denial process?
OPR: What is W19Q26: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) Does the optional
it? "What is it" element matter?
OPR: What is W19Q42: Graham Watt (guamwatt) - Can the categories for
it? classifying the photo contents/portal location add in
"Helicopter"? I have run across some static aircraft display
submissions and had to punt and use "monument". Thanks.
Outcomes: W14Q15: Glen Foster - With the new portal submissions,

Acceptances you do get AP and a key. I was wondering if there could be
something like a capsule that would show the new portal
online that you submitted. It would be like a "Trophy Case"
where the key wouldn't be used for anything else.
Outcomes: W16Q17: Daiya Dawn - Would it be possible to let portals

Acceptances discovered count as unique visits too?
Outcomes: W15Q8: Adriána Perkele (TheCapsuleCollector) - would it
Decision be possible to get result average star rating from opr in the
emails rejected portal submissions?
Outcomes: W16Q6: Sean “Vire5cent” Anderson - In the response
Decision rejection email, could you guys put more emphasis on the
emails line which says that "submissions rejected by OPR will not
be overturned, please re-submit" ... put it at the top of the
email, in large bold letters with a red background?
Outcomes: W17Q15: Troy Baird - Could there be a suggestion made to

Decision adjust the deny email to be a little more clear based on opr
emails outcome...
Outcomes: W18Q4: O S - Can we get a more helpful response when a

Decision portal submission is rejected? There is currently no way to
emails know which criteria is causing the submission to be
rejected.
Outcomes: W19Q13: Graham Watt (guamwatt) - Is there any chance of
Decision OPR feedback comments actually reaching the Submitting
emails Agent? So they know which violations of the New Portal
criteria led to their disapproval?
Outcomes: W23Q40: Robin Daemen - Since we can't appeal rejected
Decision submissions anymore, how about adding the average
emails ratings to the rejection mail so we know what was likely the
reason?
Outcomes: W24Q53: Karolina Bengtsdotter - Can we get a little more
Decision details in the email why the portals were rejected?
emails
Outcomes: W12Q3: Nils Seegerer (nilsee) - How long does it take from
Decision submitting a portal to showing up in opr?
timings
Outcomes: W13Q13 Randy Booz (Wyndmyr) - Why is there such wide
Decision variation in processing time, and what can be done to fix it?
timings
Outcomes: W19Q6: Blair McKinstry - Why in high density areas does it
Decision takes so long for portals in remote are live within days of
timings submissions?
Outcomes: W14Q41: Stephan Döge - OPR: when a portal receives 1

Rejections star, it is automatically submitted. When I want to specify
why, I have to write a comment before giving the rating. Is
this comment then transmitted, or is it discarded?
Outcomes: W17Q92: Clash with PG - i m submitting a portal which is

Rejections valid and follow all the rule and regulations but then also it
get rejected why? what i do now?....
Outcomes: W21Q30: Vivek Krishnan - When we are rejecting a portal
Rejections by giving 1 star, how about getting an option to say why we
are rejecting it? This could help in understanding why the
portal was rejected.
Outcomes: W21Q72: Dominika Pawluś - Recently someone in in
Rejections official OPR G+ community started digging in code to check
if user additional comments are sent over if you rate portal
one star. It turned out that comment is submitted, but it's
always changed to the word "garbage" before being sent.
Why's that?
Outcomes: W24Q28: Denis Moreaux - Do you think (purely speculative
Rejections as I don't think it would get implemented) that requiring
people on OPR to fill all fields even for 1 star portal and
requiring final note to be between lowest and highest could
stop the "A star all" trend used to artificially increase OPR
badge?
Outcomes: W25Q23: Sebastien H. (Khatre) - Could it be possible to
Rejections make mandatory to answer all criterias when rejecting a
portal on opr ? It would help to have less 1 star rush.
Outcomes: W25Q36: Sigurd Sandve - Some investigation spawned a

Rejections theory that locations that have had a portal removed earlier
prevent new portals from spawning close to where the
removed portal was located, around 500 meter, or within a
certain cell level using the S2 google library. Do you know if
there is any truth in this claim?
Outcomes: W25Q11: Karolina Bengtsdotter - Could the email we get
Rejections when a portal submission is denyed contain a little bit more
inforamtion about why the portal was denyed?
Photos Q22: Jacob Dalley - Why do they allow pictures to be voted
on when there is only one? Which one is better, I wonder.
Photos Q9: Graeme Bragg - New portal photo approval seems to

have stopped entirely from community reports - are you
able to shed any light on this and/or give an idea of when
new photos might start being approved again please?
Playgrounds Q54: Fred Espenscheid - Playgrounds are 5* but what

about playgrounds inside fast food restaurants?
Pokémon Q20: Steven Cunningham - With it being announced that

Crossover POI submissions will become available in Pokémon Go, but
nothing announced about reviewing, will it fall on ingress
OPR reviewers to review the submissions from Pokémon
Go? A lot of players are worried about portals that don’t
become pokestops flooding OPR, and the backlog
becoming impossibly large to handle from Go’s massive
playerbase.
Pokémon Q87: Przemysław Konera - Hello. I've entered the world of

Crossover Ingress as a Pokemon Go player, with the initial intention to
make better infrastructure in my town. Reasons aside, there
is my issue: Recently, Niantic managed to clear most of the
portal limbo backlog (at least in my area). Three thumbs up
for this move. But there still is a group of portals (the long
lasting ones, not new), that did not transit to 'that other
game', despite proper area conditions (single portal in level
17 s2 cell).
Pokémon Q103: Herik Super - Dear Andrew. In our region we see a lot
Crossover of pogo players who are playing together just to reach lvl 10
in order to create pokostops. Personaly these players do
not enrich our communitie. Dont you think Nia should not
make all new portals a pokostop of gym on default?
Pokémon W10Q18: Zaifi Destiny - Since portal submission is going to

Crossover open soon, am i correct to say some new portal in Ingress
will become PokeStop and Gym in Pokemon Go?
Pokémon W11Q34: Karlo Vranješ - +Andrew Krug hello from
Crossover Croatia.Whats your opinion on PoGo players lvling up to
portal submission(currently is 8) level in Ingress then
quitting because they got what they wanted?
Pokémon W11Q40: Stefan Emmerik - Will every new portal in Ingress

Crossover be a Pokéstop/Gym in Pokémon Go?
Pokémon W25Q60: Rebekah Rogge - We believe there are persons
crossover who are one starring every portal submission with the sole
purpose of preventing any new portals (or Pokestops/gyms)
in our area. They are also submitting invalid portal requests
specifically where the portal is a popular gym in Pokemon
GO with the purpose of spoiling the game. Is Niantics
working on a solution to this?
Pokémon W5Q22: Marleen Hanne I recently started playing Ingress,

crossover I'm level 8. My Pokémon Go level is 36. I'm disappointed
that I can't participate in OPR, since I have been visiting
portals/Pokéstops for quite a while. Do you know why there
isn't a minimum Pokémon Go level to participate in OPR?
Poor rating Q63: Randy Booz (Wyndmyr) - What would you do if you
always accurately and fairly rated your mom's lasagna, but
suddenly one day your mom's reviews were called 'poor',
and no matter how you review her lasagna from that point
forward, she only said your reviews were 'poor', they didn't
count, and she would never do anything to tell you why?
Portals: W14Q6: Heshan De Silva - Do you have any plan or

Duplicates mechanism to stop submitting duplicate portals?
Portals: W17Q9: Thomas Scott (StallionNZ) - Do mark as duplicate
Duplicates get higher weightings in OPR and if so Is there any
protection against agents using the mark as duplicate to
deny legitimate submissions?
Portals: W24Q29: Tijs Born - I reported a portal in my
Duplicates neighbourhood as a duplicate since there were two portals
of one object. +NIA Ops did remove the duplicate, but also
the original portal! They deleted both. How could we
prevent this from happening next time?
Portals: Edits W13Q17: Taeler Watkins I'd like an opinion on a portal
dilemma. The object exists, but has been moved, but the
real issue is that both the title and the picture contain the
building it was once by. Thus, it feels that simply editing the
location is likely to fail because the building is possibly a
feature on its own.
Portals: Edits W20Q7: Laurent “X6996” - Hi Andrew. Any update on Portal
Edits in OPR and the souvenir key capsule?
Portals: Edits W21Q28:Marc Holmes - A restaurant closes. It has a

makeover, reopening with a new name. The new photo is
accepted but the name change is rejected. So the portal
Lac Thai now has a photo of the Golden Phoenix. Don't you
agree it would make sense if the two amendments could be
linked together, so when reviewed they are reviewed by the
same agent at Nia Ops at the same time?
Portals: Edits W23Q50: Gaby G - Hi Andrew, Happy New Year! I started

playing Ingress last year and I'm still low level. I can't
propose new portals but I want to contribute improving the
quality of the already existent ones in my community. I've
sent better quality photos for some of them and added
descriptions or detailed names for others. However, the
name and description editions have been in the limbo for
months. I would like others agents to know that the portal
named just "Church" is our only World Heritage Site, or that
the monument with an incorrect name is in reality dedicated
to the founder of our town. The portals are good quality but
some information is missing. Are the name or description
editions being checked or approved? Or it is a waste of
time trying to correct them?
Portals: Edits W24Q71: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - Any updates on a

Trusted Reviewer group to handle portal edit appeals and
submission appeals.
Portals: Edits W2Q12: +Bernard Sadaka: There are currently a lot of bad title/description edits (especial
Portals: Edits W25Q51: Kadah- With portal edits moving to OPR, are
invalid reports going to remain an NIA only review? What
about photos submissions?
Portals: W11Q86: Leon Zhao - We know that Ingress has been
Invalid running for a long time. Many portal objects in real world
are removed or destroyed now. Are these portals still valid
or they should be reported as fake portals?
Portals: W16Q5: Sean “Vire5cent” Anderson - There used to be a
Invalid section on the support pages for reporting invalid portals,
which has been removed; but does the line "Please only
report Portals that are on private residential property.
Portals on other types of private property, such as a
corporate campus with access only for employees, are still
considered accessible, in some capacity, to the public" still
hold true?
Portals: W21Q65: Adail Horst - In currently OPR rules I cannot

Invalid approve a portal located on primary or secondary school.
This is very clear, but, exists a lot of portals in this places...
what is the position of NIA about they ?
Portals: W21Q84: Shannon Black (ImpossibleGrl10) - What is the
Invalid best way to get Nia Ops to actually LOOK at portals that are
reported as invalid?
Portals: W22Q224: Eric Forty (AcidRoam) - I have submitted invalid
Invalid portal request on portals that are literally a sewer drain yet
they always say there is not enough evidence. All it is is a
picture of cement with the words flows to creek written in it
and a drawing of a fish.
Portals: W24Q96: Cade Roux - "NIA operatives have reviewed your
Invalid invalid Portal report. There is not sufficient evidence to
remove this Portal at this time." I have provided links to
newspaper articles and other comments, but still every one
of these responses that I have received indicates that NIA
operatives do not have good access to ground truth about
portal existence. What is the best way to provide evidence?
Portals: W25Q7: Sean Anderson - How come a report for an invalid

Invalid portal needs to be submitted only through the scanner to be
rejected for lack of evidence and appealed with further
evidence to possibly get rid of it...... yet, one agent making
a batch of reports about opposition assumed scraping leads
to a ban, with NO evidence whatsoever and appeals are
closed with a "tough luck" response?
Portals: W13Q23: Aaron Almeida - When retiring a portal OPS
Removals doesn't give a particular reason on appeals, neither is there
a public list of which portals have been retired and why.
This simply adds more noise to the whole process. Why
can't OPS simple maintain a list of retired portals and the
reason for being retired. I doubt player privacy issues play a
part in this.
Portals: W17Q93: Ashok Bohra (JDH) - If a portal candidate

Removals appears in OPR, does it get removed after getting the
required approvals/ rejections or can remain in opr.
Portals: W19Q36: diane wilson (thecatspaws) - For the opr team, hi.
Removals Is it going to be possible to do removals as well?
Portals: W21Q25: Penny Taylor - Am curious why it takes so long

Removals for corrections, removals, etc to be acted on. I have
submitted several and some go back to maybe June. One
being a Circle K placement. Reported the first day it came
on line. Its abt a block away on a side road. Have had
several folks report it yet there it stands.
Portals: W21Q41: Ethern Su - In the Ingress Support website, under
Removals the category "Report an issue with the Scanner or Intel
Map" there was a type of issue for reporting invalid portals.
After successfully reporting some invalid portals previously
(around half a year ago), this type of issue was removed
from the page. I wonder why NIA OPS made this decision.
Portals: W21Q58: Norman Greenlee - Since many existing portal

Removals images have no useful contextual area's , does NiaOps
have any suggestions on how to prove portals that no
longer exists?
Portals: W21Q69: Alexander Nikolov - Why Support-Ingress@
Removals refuses to process invalid portal reporters? And they always
transfer you to the report options in the scanner.
Portals: W22Q92: Chase Milder - Since we are getting so familiar
Removals with prospective portal regulations in OPR, should we, as
the agents on the ground, also be working to clean out
portals that don't meet these criteria by submitting them for
removal?
Portals: W23Q30: Matias Fuenzalida - Which factors are considered
Removals in order to eliminate a portal?
Portals: W24Q32: Matias Fuenzalida - Hello Andrew. In relationship
Removals a deleted portals. Is it possible if many agent of a particular
faction to come together in order to send many requests
take down a portal just to hurt the other faction, will that
portal be taken down?
Portals: W24Q35: Crazyeagle21 S - Can niantic make an
Removals international database to inform the player base about the
reasons a portal is removed from game play? (Ie: unsafe
location, Requested by owner, no longer fits OPR
standards)
Portals: W25Q85: Joseph Ayers (JoeSpaz) - RE: Property Owner

Removals Portal Removal Request. Where should a property owner
write to if the would like a portal removed off their property?
Portals: W21Q75: Thibasch (Thibasch) - In OPR I see more and

Schools & more submission of scout camp or scout installations.
Youth Centres Personnally I would tend to consider these as school as the
scouts are mostly children between 6 and 18 years but I
would like to know your and Niantic's point of view
Portals: W22Q266: The Bacon - Regarding last week's AMA, can
Schools & you further elaborate how Boy Scout camps are to be
Youth Centres considered the same as primary schools in OPR? Many of
these camps are open to the public, to the point where
many groups rent out space throughout the year. To me, it
would seem that Scout camps are closer associated with
playgrounds or parks.
Portals: W7Q14: Vandré Brunazo - Portals that are outside of a

Schools & school. ie the school's wall graffiti, or school logo. Players
Youth Centres don't need to go into the school and bother students.
Approve or or reject?
Portals: Signs W13Q104: Matt Cathey - The OPR guide states to 1-star
& trail markers apartment/development signs. Does this include
neighborhood and business entrance monuments?
Portals: Signs W19Q24: Matt King (TKE1242) - I have had two trail
& trail markers markers rejected due to being mistaken as duplicates. I
plan to resubmit with better wording. However, the pictures
I took have been added to the portals that were mistaken
as the duplicate. Is there a way these pictures can be
removed so as to prevent confusion?
Portals: Signs W23Q6: b4gm4n Jones - Happy New Year! My question is
& trail markers about trail markers. I submitted several directional trail
markers (wooden posts with numbers and direction pointers
on them). They all got rejected, although the guidelines say
5 stars? Can you clarify “trail markers” please?
Portals: W15Q40: Randy Booz (Wyndmyr) - Under OPR Guides,

Sports There is nothing specific for baseball fields, soccer fields,
hockey courts, tennis courts, basketball courts, and etc.
Obviously these things encourage outdoor exercise, and
are not at all uncommon in communities. They don't
intuitively seem to fit with the ruling as 'Exercise
Equipment'.
Portals: W19Q45: Randy Booz (Wyndmyr) - Can the OPR team

Sports please give their input on sporting fields/courts?
Portals: W21Q73: Matt Cathey - For portal submissions and OPR,
Sports what are your views on outside basketball courts, volleyball
courts, soccer fields, baseball fields, etc.? What is NIAs
official view on the same?
Portals: W25Q41: Nate (StallionMang) - Hi Andrew! What are the

Sports acceptance guidelines for disc golf courses? IMO, these
should be accepted as long as the submission is for the
overall course, and not individual holes. However, I think
some agents are applying the criteria (reject) for golf
courses to disc golf courses, which to me is unfair. IMO,
disc golf falls under the criteria of public spaces that
encourage players to walk and exercise. One issue for disc
golf, is most courses don't have a sign for the overall
course. For example, I submitted a picture of the first tee
sign, while the description states the submission is for the
course as a whole. The course is in a public park, and is
free to play, but the portal was rejected. Is there an official
stance on how disc golf should be treated in OPR?
Proximity W13Q40: Sean “Vire5cent” Anderson - David Laight has
asked a question on the following post, which regularly
crops up in the appeals community, regarding how close a
portal needs to be, for it to be valid. Most commonly,
depending on the appeal type, the argument sways
between the 40m deploy range and the 10m effective range
of a level 1 ultrstrike. An opinion on distance would be nice,
but an official ruling would be fantastic as it would end
many debates on the distance factor.
https://plus.google.com/105960242885789012769/posts/Vrj
sczt26g7
Proximity W14Q27: Chris Damoci - Is it worth resubmitting a portal

that was rejected due to closeness of another portal, but
was a valid portal? Should the agents reposition in a better
place? What is the actual distance needed for this not to
happen?
Proximity W15Q4: Jesse Harris - A common problem with portals
going through OPR is the mysterious "too close to an
existing portal" denial reason. Sometimes it's a few meters
from an existing portal, sometimes it's several hundred. Is
there a guideline we can go by when submitting things so
we avoid this problem? I've had some top notch historical
markers denied because there was a forest service sign
about 20 feet away.
Proximity W17Q26: Gisle Enåsen (breal) - What is the limit for a

portal being to close to another portal? 10m? 20m? 5m?
Proximity W18Q52: Dexter Torres (nineteen8t4) - Do you have any

suggestions or tips on how to avoid denial based on
proximity? We'd like to have our fantastic candidates be
reviewed and approved based on their quality and not
denied due to an unknown proximity rule.
Proximity W19Q18: Andrew Smith - How close is 'too close' for the
typical Niantic OPR reject algorithm?
Proximity W22Q206: Randy Booz (Wyndmyr) - +Andrew Krug I sent
you a message on TG about portals being rejected for
being too close together. Based on my experience, which
you can see in the included image, I am unsure if you are
safe, or if the Krugbot has surreptitiously taken your place.
For our peace of mind, can you do something that we know
the Krugbot cannot do, and provide a detailed answer and
follow through to my attached inquiry, and those of my
fellow Agents in today's AMA?
Ratings Q64: Zenn Loo - Could we trouble NiaOps for a complete

breakdown of what the star ratings specifically mean for
each category? There is a lot of confusion. I.E. 3 star
overall is an unsure rating... Well What's a two star rating
for then?
Recon Badge W19Q29: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - Will Seer ever return, or can I hide my#ForeverGo
Recon Badge W19Q30: Akwilinn - hi, why my Recon number on ingress

scanner is still 2118, then in ops site it's 2199? will you fix
it?
Recon Badge W22Q56: Miguel Velasco - Why can't we skip as many

portals as we wish in OPR? I won't value any portal inside
the center of Madrid because they aren't being either
accepted or denied, so it just messes my OPR agreements
percentage up.
Recon Badge W25Q39: Miguel Velasco - If I downvote a portal and it gets
accepted I guess my opr value will drop, but will it rise if we
report that portal and gets removed? Because I'd be right
after all, it shouldn't really be a portal.
Recon Badge W2Q1: +Aaron Breen: How soon can we expect OPR medals to start rolling out?
Recon Badge W2Q3: +James David Smith: The higher OPR medal levels look unrealistic. Any plans to r
Recon Badge W3Q29: +Franklin - Is the OPR stat in scanner up to date now, or is it still slowly counting
Recon Badge Q6: Jan Kulle - Are you planning or would you consider any
additional incentives for people making a lot of contributions
in OPR? The Recon badge is insufficient - I've done
thousands of reviews for the sake of others but get little to
no responses on my own submissions in kind.
Rejection Q35: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - When will we be

required to supply a rejection reason for portals in OPR to
help improve quality and double check cabal behavior?
Rejection Q37: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - If the same group of

people in an area keeps rejecting a valid portal, what is the
appropriate course of appeal?
Rejection Q60: Robin Daemen - In the october 2017 AMA (and again
in the April 2018 and July 2018 AMA), you said that
rejection emails would get a more detailed reason instead
of the current email which lists some reasons why it might
get rejected. Any updates on that?
Rejections Q26: Plymouth Ansbergs - When will OPR start including a
list of WHY we are rejecting a portal? It would be useful
feedback to submitters if they knew what they were doing
wrong. The response email could include whatever the
most selected reason is, or the top two.
Rejections Q48: Karolina Bengtsdotter - Hey, you have mentioned in

an earlier AMA that we will perhaps be receiving more
information in the emails we get when a portal is rejected.
Do you have any more information on this? It would really
help us be better at submitting portals.
Rejections Q77: Peter Mee (Barthax) - Hi Andrew, Do you have any
further information/update on improving the precision of
reasons for portal submission rejections?
Removals Q37: Cliff Martin (CliffM) - Do you have any information on
Zip Car and Circle K portals being removed?
Removals Q84: Jason Frank - So, I'd like to ask a hypothetical
question, with a factual underpinning. We have a portal.
Said portal is on the grounds of a public elementary school.
Clearly against the rules, no debate there. If you even look
at the nearest property line, it is with private residential
property, which is also clearly not permitted. We ask for the
portal's removal. It is denied due to "lack of sufficient
evidence." We decide to resubmit. This time, we provide a
link to the county's GIS site, with the portal put in the same
exact place as on the portal link we provided. There is
literally nothing more we can do to make it clearer that we
can see. Again, we are told there is not enough evidence to
remove the portal. So, what are we doing wrong? What
would make this easier to review on Niantic's part?
Removals Q86: Xine Lgt - When reporting an invalid portal, especially

“no longer exists”, can we please have the option to send a
photo with it? This “lack of sufficient evidence” response
isn’t helpful when a building is torn down, sign is gone,
church has moved on and a new business is in it’s previous
location, etc. Maybe the photo will help the reviewers see
what is actually present on the portal site?
Removals Q43: Fred Espenscheid - Can Niantic send a trusted

employee on a working vacation to the Disney Parks to
scrub old and outdated portals?
Review areas Q75: Karlo Vranješ - i seen some people switch their Home
Location on OPR to somewhere where they do not
live/work like switching from Europe to USA.Mostly players
do that to get faster points for Recon medals. Is that against
the ToS?
Review range Q52: Aline P. - Question regarding OPR : I've now a lot of
portal to check on location outside my play area and outsite
the location I selected as 1st/2nd. Why ?
Review: Q88: Myray - In previous amas you said its ok to have
Access portals in closed areas just because i cant reach the portal
doesnt mean others cant. I can live with that if the faction
who controls the portal isnt some kind of douchebag. Now
to my question how can it be that nia ops say a portal in an
closed area is fine where taking photos is forbidden?
Review: Q66: Fernando Roberto (FeExred) - Portals that may
Access interfere with the operations of fire stations are in list of
"please don't submit". Portals in sea rescue bases need to
respect the same rule? Especially because they also can
disrupt rescue operations.
Review: Q67: Harm Boertien - Hello Andrew, me and a few other

Access agents are big fans of so-called pita portals. Recently 1 of
these portals was removed because of no safe pedestrian
access. You could however safely get to the portal by boat.
Will Niantic ever drop the pedestrian from the safe access?
There are quite a few portals in the world where you have
to prepare yourself to get there safely. So why is the
pedestrian added and how should pedestrian be
interpreted? I would love to see the pedestrian being
dropped from the criteria. Only safe access should be
enough I think.
Review: Q7: Graeme Bragg - Some confusion has arisen in our

Access local OPR chat about how we should be rating subs that
are not safely accessible - please can you confirm whether
we should rate the sub as per other criteria then 1* safe
access, or whether we should be giving 1* to “should this
be a portal”?
Review: Melbourne NL-1331: 14. There's a couple of portals in
Access Central Australia on mining sites only accessible by
employees, military bases too?
Review: W10Q65: Vandré Brunazo - Very recently, a lot of portals

Access have been removed that were located in roundabouts.
These all happened at around the same time even on
locations that had clear marked pedestrian access. People
are speculating that NIA that implemented a script to
automatically remove roundabout portals. Anything you can
say about that? Is that really happening?
Review: W14Q11: Barcode Nem0oo - Hi, in last AMA you said that a
Access fountain surrounded by water isn't reachable via safe
pedestrian access, therefore isn't a good portal candidate.
But you also said in a previous AMA that underwater portals
already existed. Now, I guess one can not walk and touch
those either, he'd have to swim. What's the difference
between swimming to a fountain and swimming or diving to
some underwater object ?
Review: W14Q23: Juano (Juano) - What happens with portals on
Access military zones or on closed residential communities? They
are inaccesible, and reporting them haven't worked. Can
you help me?
Review: W17Q48: Joseph Kam - Is there any plan to change the
Access portal criteria regarding portal with very limited access?
Review: W17Q67: Marek Lazik - how we can remove portal from
Access middle of Military base?
Review: W20Q30: Sean “Vire5cent” Anderson - A few weeks back,

Access you verified (in the AMA) that portals that are in secure
company grounds with employee only access are
considered to have some public access...... so are valid
locations, assuming the portal meets the rest of the criteria
requirements. Since then, we are seeing numerous take-
downs of those very types of portals; because people are
claiming lack of access. So that we don't have some kind of
false precedent being set, can we get a clear, consistent
and official statement on portals inside company grounds
and perhaps some insight as to why there is
inconsistencies in the examples on the linked post
Review: W21Q16: Ken Roon - I have two questions regarding

Access portals. While I can see the value of having parks,
churches, monuments, etc. as viable portals, I find myself
puzzled by the inclusion of playgrounds. The minimum age
is 13 and it would seem the majority of the playerbase is
well over that. As someone who has been questioned by
suspicious mothers at playgrounds (why is that strange
lone man hanging around a playground with a camera?)
and I would rather be questioned by the cops than have
that happen again. Since schools are not allowed as portals
(presumably because Niantic does not want strangers
hanging around schools), why are playgrounds? Second,
why are portals on military bases considered viable?
Hospitals, firehouses, and other emergency services are
considered off limits, so why should military bases, and
other restricted government facilities be considered
acceptable?
Review: W21Q49: Heather Havis ('HeterTheMoth') - Please would
Access you explain the reason why portals at sea with no safe
access are allowed*, when portals on land must have safe
pedestrian access?For example: Portals in the Baltic sea of
sailing markers, sat on tiny rocks, with no landing possible
located in notoriously dangerous waters.
Review: W22Q1: O S - Why are portals on private property allowed?

Access Private corporations, military bases, etc. are content that an
average agent is completely unable to access that can
directly affect their gameplay with control fields covering
them or links blocking them. They should not have to play
at a disadvantage.
Review: W22Q155: Aaron Almeida - Is a military base and a military

Access residential area the same?
Review: W22Q179: OPR - What defines safe pedestrian access?

Access Should you be able to physically touch/stand next to/Ultra
Strike the portal? I say yes, but it's a point of disagreement
in my local community.
Review: W22Q188: Jim Palmer - Has Niantic's policy on portals on
Access Military Bases changed? The three mentions in AMA seem
to contradict each other:
Review: W22Q2: Aaron Almeida - Can you please clarify OPS

Access position on Traffic Circles and Traffic Dividers. OPR and
portal related.
Review: W22Q217: Melissa Glasser - Last week, you stated that

Access new portal candidates on military or other secured facilities
should be given one star. What is going to be done with
existing portals in such facilities? Such portals exist for both
factions. Despite requests for removal, generally an appeal
by the controlling faction gets the portal reinstated.
Review: W22Q23: Aaron Almeida - In OPR, Water Towers have an

Access exception to the accept rule. That is do not accept if one
must gain access to a restricted area. Why does this rule
not apply to other candidates? Or does it apply? Need
some clarification please.
Review: W22Q51: Could niantic release a statement that clarifies
Access the term ‘safe pedestrian access’ as portal acceptance
criteria please? In my interpretation ‘safe’ is related to
safety. And as such should not be an optional feature that
can apply if deemed convenient or the time of the day suits.
Niantic is classifying portals on roundabouts as unsafe for
the full day. Not just for the morning and afternoon rush
hour, correct? A cyclist may capture a portal from a bike
(not by foot). But the safety aspect should ensure that every
time the cyclist would need to get off his/her bike (eg to
avoid a crash), they can do so safely, correct?
Review: W22Q81: monsieur tulipe - Hello. Last week we had the

Access precision that portals in military areas should be rejected.
But... previously, a lot of us (I'm included) took your "if one
can access then it's legit"-statement to assume that portals
in military areas were legit, especially some vanguard of my
mother tongue ( :-* ) That is a real turnaround. So, 1. Are
portals in military areas before 11-dec-2017 still legit ? 2. If
not, will NIA remove all of them, without any exception 3.
What about the grey zones, I mean the military areas that
open to public access sundays for catholic cult, or every 4-
years for nautical events?
Review: W24Q12: Tiernan Messmer - You've mentioned about OPR

Access candidates on military grounds in a previous AMA, what
about mine sites?
Review: W24Q46: Fadi Husseini - Hi Andrew. what is happening to

Access all thoae roundabouts portals. most roundabouts in my
country are small and SAFELY reachable by walking.. yet
they are being removed. what is NIA's problem with
roundabouts?
Review: W24Q73: John TheAussie - What is the stance on traffic

Access Bridges in opr that are unique in architecture, or have
history, or are now historical ruins, which have safe
pedestrian access?
Review: W3Q21: +evil witch - Again, what are the considerations to keep portals in dangerous area
Access
Review: W4Q24: +Shabeeb Mohammed There are portals available in hard to access locations (ha
Access
Review: W8Q46: Александр Коротаев (AA. Vezel) - Hi. Returning

Access to questions about access to portals. How much a person
should have access to the portal so that he change status
from the private space to the public space. For example,
playgrounds exists on the courtyard of each condominium
in Russia (this is the law). Only territory co-owners has
legal* access to which. But the number of co-owners is very
large, from a few hundred to up to one or two thousands
(several condominiums with one courtyard -
superquartiles). Are such playgrounds publicly accessible
community gathering place?
Review: W9Q29: Heather Havis ('HeterTheMoth') - What is your

Access opinion of portals which are located on tiny, uninhabited
islets in the ocean, accessible only by private boats*?
Review: W25Q57: Michelle Park - Would it be possible for us to get

Access further clarification on the status of portal submissions on
military bases?W25
Review: Q5: Jesse Gilmore - I've noticed that portals previously
Access located in the middle of roundabouts are now removed.
What is the reason, and will future portal submissions at
roundabouts be accepted?
Review: W14Q43: Arvind Bala (expediter) - A disagreement has
Residential resulted in our local chat about the policy of portals in
private residential properties following this answer.
Review: W15Q48: Jacob “Mitallust” Pope - Hi Andrew! In the portal

Residential submission guidelines it states that Private Residential is
not allowed. Are portals that are on the public easement
part of private residential property (such as a sidewalk) and
publicly accessible allowed?
Review: W17Q53: Fin Raziel - Hi Andrew, got question about OPR
Residential criteria. Niantic said is a no to private residential area. I
assume its like a clusters of terrace houses with gated and
guarded community yes? Lets say theres a playground
inside it..yes its public playground but the playground only
for the community who live inside the private residential
area. Isit still consider public eventho it was in the gated
and guarded residential area..?isit against the OPR
criteria?
Review: W20Q54: Tanya Dixon - In the guide, it says that little free
Residential libraries should be rejected if they are on private property. If
they are located on a home's front lawn, but reachable from
the sidewalk, would that be considered "private property" in
the spirit of the guide?
Review: W20Q67: Fred Espenscheid - Should public easement be
Residential considered private property for opr purposes if it is directly
in front of private property but still between the sidewalk
and the street? A portal on a public easement could easily
be ultrastriked and captured by an agent walking down the
sidewalk without any trespassing on private property
occurring.
Review: W21Q70: Adail Horst - What do you think about portal

Residential candidates located in internal area of residential
condominium, with access restricted to local residents and
their guests? What do you think about portal candidates
located in internal area of companies, with access restricted
to her workers and their guests (i cannot join to the area
without company authorization and the company not allow
join to play ingress...)?
Review: W22Q32: Aaron Almeida - Is a single building apartment

Residential complex a public space?
Review: W24Q48: Adam - Little Free Libraries... when reviewing

Residential potential portals in OPR, should LFL be approved if they
are next to the road or sidewalk within the county/city right-
of-way, but the lawn they are on is owned and maintained
by a residential home privately owned? These seem to be
on county/city property and private property at the same
time. It seems the LFL is inviting the public to stop by. What
do you say?
Review: W24Q75: John TheAussie - If a fence boundary on the
Residential public access side of a residential property (or similar
frowned upon properties) has murals, art, unqiue
architecture is it an acceptable portal if you are not
trespassing, and can physically touch it from the public
sidewalk.
Review: Q4: Graeme Bragg - An OPR one for you: In the UK,
Residential Historic England, local government and civic societies erect
“blue plaques” to commemorate an event, (famous) person,
former building, etc. that the location has a link with. Quite a
few are placed on the exterior walls of private residences to
commemorate the link with famous people (e.g. “so and so
lived here from X to Y”, or “so and so was born in this
house”) and we have been having some discussions in our
local OPR chat group about the rating that these should be
given. My take is that the ones on the sides of people’s
houses should be rejected as 1*, even if they are visible
from the pavement/sidewalk, as they are still on Private
Residential and the specific Historic House guidance would
apply – please can you confirm if this is a correct
interpretation? p.s. what is your favourite type of tea?
Reviews: W17Q14: Aaron Breen (Breenzy) - Can you give details on

Remote how Niantic will deal with portal subs in very remote places
with no reviewers?
Reviews: W19Q22: Amadeu Pacheco - What about remote places,
Remote like corvo island? no one but me are doing OPR here.
Reviews: W19Q47: Ryan Ragoobeer - Is Niantic working on

Remote something for remote areas with players who have no
portals, no submitters and no reviewers?
Seer W15Q1: Sean “Vire5cent” Anderson - With the launch of
OPR & submissions being limited to seven every fortnight,
is there any reason why the Seer medal couldn't be fully
reinstated? No doubt it would encourage low quality
submissions again, but the current limitations would stop a
'flood' of them.
Seer W16Q4: Sean “Vire5cent” Anderson - What is the likelihood
that the "Seer" medal will be reinstated?
Seer W18Q13: Jana D (Chamyra) - Hi Andrew, on Sept. 25 it
was said: "In recognition of vital past contributions, all
accepted Portal Submissions made during the Phase 1
expansion (until 9/2/2015) will be honored towards the Seer
medal retroactively in the coming months."What is the
current state of that process?
Seer W19Q1: Arnaud - Gustaf Valentine (FUHA TheLicker) - Will
the Seer medal now count for all portals submitted at all
time?
Seer W19Q2: Craig Greenwald - I still have portal submissions
out there from 2014. Will they ever be processed?
Seer W21Q21: David Fuller - Good morning, Andrew! I still have

8 outstanding portal submissions pre-OPR (2015 or earlier).
Are those still in review or are they lost forever?
Seer W22Q228: Eric Forty (AcidRoam) - Also I submitted portals

prior to the seer cutoff date that were originally denied , but
atleast 8 of them have come online in recent weeks
because other people submitted them and they were
approved. How do my new portals get denied previously
and now they are approved when others submit them?
Seer Q33: JulioC Alves - I submit portals, I wonder if the 'Seer'

medal will come back?
Stats Q91: Aaron Breen (Breenzy) - Can we get a disagreement
stat in OPR? Maybe even show recent ones so we know
where we went wrong?
Streetview Q35: Jan Kulle - Some streetview photos in OPR are very
outdated, going back all the way to 2009-2011. Are there
any plans for getting newer ones?
Submission Q14: Juan Sanchez - Lately, some times, when we send
portal submissions, we don't get the confirmation email, but
those sent count for the limit we can send. Can you, please,
take a look, or ask someone, on it? Thanks a lot :)
Submission: Q11: Stuart C. - In OPR, I’ve heard people interpret the

Density “give lenience to portal spares areas when evaluation
submissions” to also mean to be very strict in areas with
portals. Some only give 4 or 3 stars to submissions that
would be a suggested 5 star because there are portals near
it. Should we abide by the guidelines for denser areas or is
it better to only give 3/4 stars to these portals?
Submission: Q38: Joe R. - It's often been said that portals should be
Density judged more leniently in a lower density area. Should this
apply to a large portal sparse park or hiking trail located in
the middle of an otherwise average density area?
Submission: W15Q42: Leandro Quevedo - Hello Andrew. I have a
Density question about the opr and the option to create new portals.
In my town there is a church that got a lot of statues of
saints (picture below) everyone it is different from the
others, and we don't know if we could submit and the same
for approves. I'm not saying sending the 100 statues. But a
lot of them are really good ones. Well, hope your answer to
share with the community. greetings from Argentina
Submission: W11Q63: Dang Nguyen - Hey Krug, my question went

Density unanswered last time, so I'm gonna phrase it nicely again.
Agents doing OPR are complaining about zones where
there are insufficient reviewers, making it impossible to get
any new portal up. What's your thought on this problem?
Submission: W21Q82: Hotbird - Hello, can Niantic please review portals

Density themselves for cells with 1 or no OPR reviewers? There are
no players here in Islamabad Pakistan, and my submitted
portals will NEVER be live as far as I can see. Please help
Submission: W22Q165: Tor Egon Mikkelsen - We traveled Guinea

Density Bissau in west Africa and submitted a lot of new portals.
Since there is only one in the whole country we where
hoping for a fast approval if they met the OPR Criteria. But
only 2 has shown up in OPR and I even moved bonus loc
to Bissau to opr some ( Friends and wife submitted). Is
there a plan to solve the problem with portal low-density
countries and no OPR volunteers living there?
Submission: W22Q85: Aaron Almeida - Where is Niantic on increasing

Density the submission limit in cells with lower portal density?
Submission: W24Q54: Ryan Ragoobeer - Hey Andrew! It's been a while!

Density Any word on Niantic working on something for remote
areas with players who have no portals, no submitters and
no reviewers?
Submission: W25Q32: santosh kumar (ROBOSTAR) - Hi Andrew, here

Density in Hyderabad India, we have only one faction players doing
OPR and there's a backlog of over 1000 and growing, Such
large backlog is creating problem of duplicate submissions
(which probably at some point will affect our OPR rating) .
Any plans to handle such situations!
Submission: W3Q1: +Salah Faya - As for many countries with very low portal count, the current OPR m
Density
Submission: W6Q19: Viona Senke - Would NIA consider a special

Density dispensation for Africa as a whole? I gave some options
last time that I thought might be viable, but I'll hold off this
time.
Submission: W19Q37: Topias Koskela - Is it ok to have Ingress lore in a
Description portal description considering the points of interest will be
used in other games? For example: referring to the player
as an agent or talking about XM in a context that it fits.
Submissions Q59: David Fuller - I've asked before and been told "if you
got a confirmation email, your submission will be
processed." But I've been waiting for over 3 years for some
of my portal submissions to be processed! Can you please
find out what is going on with pre-2015 portal submissions?
I have 8 in queue.
Submissions Q78: Bertje P - Since a week or 2 I am not receiving any
emails regarding submission/edits/photos. I do receive
attack mails and there is nothing in spam box. I don't know
is Portal actions from the game are send now. Opr status is
still great so that's no issue I guess. Could you check or
have someone check?
Submissions Q14: Juan Sanchez - Lately, some times, when we send
portal submissions, we don't get the confirmation email, but
those sent count for the limit we can send. Can you, please,
take a look, or ask someone, on it? Thanks a lot :)
Submissions; Q35: Thibasch (Thibasch) - Would it be possible to

email integrate our portal submission's description in the
confirmation email we receive? We sometimes take time to
write something interesting and, if portal is refused (for any
reason) we can't retrieve the description anymore.
Submissions; Q37: Josh Montano - Hello Andrew! First time submitting a

extra photo question for the Q&A AMA. Can there be a possibility of
submitting an extra photo along the portal submission photo
for inside locations? For example, a panoramic photo for
portal submissions inside businesses or restaurants so that
people can see that the portal is located inside the
building?
submissions; Q72: Sebastien H. (Khatre) - We learn rules for good portal
level with opr at lvl12 but we can submit portal at lvl10. Why not
make it logical with opr available at lvl10 and (at least)
bronze/silver opr medal to be able to submit portal ?
Submissions; Q75: Jesse Harris - When submissions came back, it was

limit teased that the number of available submissions would
change based on individual performance of accepted vs
rejected submissions. Is there any timeline for that to
launch? Those of us getting things approved would love
more slots.
Submissions; Q54: Matthew Smiles - How are you planning on making
rural playing in rural areas fairer in both terms of MU & Portal
submissions/approvals
Submissions; Q46: Brian Smith - A number of people have experienced a

stuck situation where new portal submissions seem to get “stuck
in the scanner” without uploading. Are there any ideas
about whats happening and any action a player can take to
“unstick” them?
Submissions: W22Q193: Pinktacoinvader aka Neonator420 - Why does
Errors my ingress crash when I try to submit a new portal crashes
right after I take the picture don't get to the chance location
and verify page
Submissions: (in order to stop fake portals - created with the use of both
Gallery/Fake fake camera app and fake photos from entering the
Camera/Fake network) in which we extensively research each photo
GPS submitted (meta-data, places in web from which it was
copied etc) and base our decision on that…. Is it possible
for NIA: 1) to limit the location marker when someone
submits a portal to some meters around the agent's real
location? (essentially making useless the fake camera app)
2) To finally update the report forms in the help/support site
to enable reporting the fake "submitters" and possibly the
portals too (since the portals appeal community seems to
be inefficient for a long time now)?
Submissions: Q57: Robert G. - Hi Andrew, what is your position on portals
Gallery/Fake added by fake camera, but using your own photos taken
Camera/Fake earlier?
GPS
Submissions: W13Q5: Stefan Emmerik - Will it be possible again to use a

Gallery/Fake photo from your gallery (that you made earlier) to submit for
Camera/Fake a new portal?
GPS
Submissions: W14Q14: Liberty Naud (LibertyBot2) - Are there TOS

Gallery/Fake issues in using a fake camera app to access your photo
Camera/Fake gallery to submit portals at a location that you are not
GPS currently at?
Submissions: W19Q14: James Perkins (ClumsyNinja) - Will it be possible

Gallery/Fake to remotely submit portals in the future, like how it used to
Camera/Fake be: either by sharing the photo with Ingress from the
GPS camera roll or by using an existing image when submitting.
It then uses the GPS coordinates embedded in the image
so no adjustments are needed.
Submissions: W20Q57: Uliana Lesiv - Is it allowed to submit portals with

Gallery/Fake fake location & fake photo (from the Internet, book etc.)?
Camera/Fake
GPS
Submissions: W22Q238: Jud Burkett (canon07) - I totally get limiting the

Gallery/Fake number of submissions on portals but I'm wondering if we
Camera/Fake could be allowed to use our camera roll instead of just the
GPS live camera so we can remotely submit portals.
Submissions: W22Q50: Olaf Niemeyer (ThreeCheeseTall) - In last weeks

Gallery/Fake AMA your reply to Question 76 was that ‘in the spirit of the
Camera/Fake game, actions should be based on your physical location’.
GPS Would you include submissions under the term actions?
Submissions: W22Q6: Justin Bennett - Did you ever get clarification on

Gallery/Fake using apps like Fake Camera to submit portals remotely?
Camera/Fake
GPS
Submissions: W13Q60: Kevin Wojta (denoche) - Can you comment on
GPS/cell data Niantics position on submitting remote portals in areas
where there is no data
Submissions: Melbourne NL-1331: 42. Will there be extra ways to define

Interface a portal, as in to say what it is?
Submissions: W19Q33: Johnny Stone - A lot of the things being submitted
Interface for review are newer than the most recent streetview
imagery. To aid reviewers, many of us have started
submitting photospheres that show the submitted item
within the local context. However, there is no guarantee that
the photosphere will be what is shown by default in OPR
and it takes several extra steps to view nearby
photospheres. Can the OPR page be updated to encourage
reviewers to take a look at alternate imagery?
Submissions: W21Q26: Michael Conard - I had a thought that ingress

Interface portal submissions/edits should have a comment box. As it
is now, 99% of location edits or other edits get rejected for
lack of evidence/reasoning, and you have to fight through 6
layers of Niantic auto emails before you can reach
someone and explain why the edit would be good (or in
some cases, crucial), and then change gets made. It could
all be avoided with a sentence of reasoning attached with
the edit. What do you think of a feature like that?
Submissions: W21Q78: Chris Whiton (WeveranI know this has been

Interface asked before but since the OPS team is sitting in for this I'd
like to ask. Is there any hope of getting a comments section
added to the portal submission screen?
Submissions: W22Q118: Lucas 'Ktulu789' - Could the new portal

Interface submissions have also street view available in-scanner?
Submissions: W23Q33: Matt Drews - Do you think it'd be possible to add
Interface another field to portal submissions that only OPR reviewers
can see? Something along the lines of "submitter notes".
Like, you could post supporting info like "This is a statue at
the corner of Main and Elm. It won't be in Google Earth
because it was just installed two weeks ago". Info that
doesn't really need to be in the "description" once the portal
is live, but could seriously help out the OPR reviewers
trying to find the portal. Just a thought!
Submissions: W24Q27: Sorak Enl - What do you think about a comment
Interface field during portal submission that will could contain links to
help validate the Submission? I can understand not wanting
a link on the portal because that could be construed as
advertising, however not all rural areas are covered by
street view and if it's something relatively new even if we've
done a photosphere on it that may not be visible when we
do the submission.
Submissions: W17Q37: Grey Innocent - I'm wandering if NIA ops

Language understand Chinese when we use Chinese to name a
portal or we use Chinese in mission submission.
Submissions: W10Q4: Pavle Mandic (Puj0) - Will there be a minimum

Level level required to submit new portals, as it was(is) for OPR?
Submissions: W10Q44: Terikona Robensen - Will there be any restriction

Level on the player's level for creating portals?
Submissions: W11Q55: Terikona Robensen - Players at what levels will
Level be able to add portals?
Submissions: W22Q60: SOLO KiLL - Will Portal submission Level
Level Clearance Change to L8 in future? Or we r stuck at L10?
Submissions: W22Q7: Thomas De Maerschalck - Any new around
Level submissions? Increase, lower level?How about OPR? lower
level? What about old submissions 84 days and counting
Submissions: W25Q49: Garrett Haag - Is there any word of opening up

Level portal submitting to lower level Agents, 8-9 for submitting
new portals. Some areas just lack the high level agents
needed.
Submissions: W9Q46: Aaron Almeida - When will there be portals on the
Location moon, under the sea and in space?
Submissions: W13Q27: Gary Tolley - Grogyan - What are your thoughts
Mechanics on the 2 week downtime to be able to submit portals again?
Submissions: W13Q44: Johnny Stone - Can you clarify the submission

Mechanics cool down mechanic? The g+ post about it says "if you
submitted 7 Portal candidates 13 days ago, tomorrow you
will be able to submit 7 more."
Submissions: W13Q57: Clash with PG - portal submission r for how

Mechanics long?....for how many days or months or years u can
submit new portals??...
Submissions: W16Q3: Thibasch (Thibasch) - Do you know why we don't
Mechanics get the content of the "description" field in the confirmation
email when we submit a portal?
Submissions: W18Q2: Glen Foster - I've been thinking about some
Mechanics incentives/disincentives for portal submissions. It is
frustrating to wait 2 weeks to submit more. If a portal gets
approved, why not open up that slot at that time?
Submissions: W19Q11: Karolina Bengtsdotter - My question is are there
Mechanics any chance that in the near future that the number of portal
submissions each person can do every 14 day will
increase?
Submissions: W22Q35: Dirk Formhals - Do you plan to disable players
Mechanics from being able to create new portals? Like the mission
tool?
Submissions: W4Q8: +Benji Deptula Will you consider a quota or cooldown on portal submissions when
Mechanics
Submissions: W7Q7: Rodrigo Maia-Nogueira - After the new update the
Mechanics option of submitting new portals in Brazil is no longer
available. Has the NIA suspended it or is a bug?
Submissions: Melbourne NL-1331: 43. Will we be able to submit more

Quantity than 7?
Submissions: Sydney NL-1331: 39.Any plans to increase the number of

Quantity portal submissions?
Submissions: W12Q1: Zenn Loo - Will the number of submissions

Quantity granted to each agent increase or decrease based on the
quality of their submissions going forward?
Submissions: W12Q19: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - We're currently
Quantity limited to 7 submissions. Rumours abound about that
expanding to 10. Is there any way to increase your number
of submissions, so that people can go on trips and submit a
heap of rural portals?
Submissions: W13Q102: Karlo Vranješ - +Andrew Krug Will portal
Quantity submission limit increase or it will stay at 7 also isnt 14 day
portal submission cooldown too much?
Submissions: W20Q63: Jordon Mizzi - I probably should've asked this last
Quantity week but I only thought of it this morning... Regarding
number of portals we're allowed to submit it a 14 day
period, what are the thoughts on increasing or decreasing it
by 1 for every 1/5/10/however many portals that are
accepted or rejected?
Submissions: W22Q59: Agent Mstnz - Hi Andrew, lots of agents are
Quantity traveling for Christmas or new year's eve to their
hometowns or are visiting relatives at places outside their
playing area, some of these places may not have any
portals at all or any high level agents to submit portals.
Don't you think it will be a good idea to increase the number
of submissions during these holidays weeks? Thank you!
Submissions: W10Q17: Aaron Breen (Breenzy) - W_h_e_n c_a_n w_e

Reopening e_x_p_e_c_t p_o_r_t_a_l s_u_b...
Submissions: W10Q49: Volodymyr OSTAPIV - Hi Andrew! Which one is

Reopening going to be first: portal submission reopening or enabling
existing portal edits moderation for OPR people? Can you
give any suggestions regarding the time to expect those?
Thanks a lot for answering!
Submissions: W11Q30: Justin Buettner - We need an actual timeframe of
Reopening when portal submissions will be open, can you give us
one?
Submissions: W11Q4: Thomas De Maerschalck - Any surprises after the
Reopening anomaly this weekend? wink wink portal submissions
Submissions: W11Q47: Leandro Nicolás Borquez Zuloaga - Can we

Reopening speculate that you will open the portal sub around the
anniversary of Ingress?
Submissions: W11Q60: Yinepu Sanctimonialis - Hello Andrew ! What do
Reopening you think about this poll result [on timing of Portal
Submissions coming back]?
Submissions: W11Q89: nafah - Is the portal submission reopening still in
Reopening "very soon" stage or are we getting already to "very very
soon"? :)
Submissions: W2Q11: +Sven van Steenis: Will portal submissions open again?
Reopening
Submissions: W8Q27: Aaron Breen (Breenzy) - Can we expect portal

Reopening submissions to come back this week?
Submissions: W8Q40:Jonah Woelfel - Is it true that everytime someone

Reopening asks about portal submissions reopening it gets delayed by
a week?
Submissions: W8Q8: Brent Hollett (Perringaiden) - LA is out of portals.
Reopening Can we have submissions now? What's the queue at?
Submissions: W9Q11: Aaron Breen (Breenzy) - Can we expect portal
Reopening submissions to come back this week?
Submissions: W9Q6: Daniel Düngel (rwolupo) - Like every Monday...

Reopening What's the status on OPR? When will portal submissions
come back?
Criteria; Trail Q61: William Low - Trail posts / guide markers, in the UK
Markers they are often little more than a wooden or concrete post
indicating the trails name and/or pointing in the direction of
the trail. They very rarely have any form of large signage or
map attached. Does this qualify as a 5* suggestion as per
the opr guidelines?
Criteria; G+ Appeals posts, e.g.
Solpersteine Today I received a portal rejection of the Stolpersteine
Wilhelminastraat in Emmen, the Netherlands.
I don't understand why it's rejected. It may not looks like an

monument, but these stones, the so called Stolpersteine,
are very very important to the Dutch people.
The Stolpersteine are stones which remembers the jews

who were transported and killed by the Nazi's during WW2.
The location of the Stolperstein is the location where the
people who are mentioned on these stones lived... So in
our humble opinion this is a historic landmark.
Answer
A9: Report anything suspicious that you think NIA OPS should
investigate.
A4: We are evaluating things and watching how it is being used. The
OPR team
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A27:an I'minput.
not sure that's the best solution.
A35: I am against it and feel like it is against the spirit of the tool.
A16: Yes, we have plans to address this type of issue.
A39: Once a candidate is rejected that decision we will not be
overturned,
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changes
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there won't question
A15: Good be tweaks. and I don't know the answer to it.
A37: The OPR team says that it is on the development roadmap and
they
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A21: Yes. Tweaks will occur. on for now.
A11: I've heard reports. I've passed things on to the OPR team to
investigate.
W9A13: Please don't.
A96: Depending on the issue you can report it via the Portal Appeals Community or the Help Center atsup
A38: It seems like outright rejected is the only correct answer. We do
not
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A55: Use the Report Inappropriate Behavior form. It is the best way
for
A70: players
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probably theissues. Including
best course those with OPR.
of action.
A2: Soon.
A35: Because the players, en mass, evaluate the portals. Meaning it

is no longer up to the subjective nature of a single reviewer.
A32: I think in an ideal world this may be a good idea. We would have
to really think it through and give it some thought though before we
implemented something like this.
W1A12: We use Google+'s anti-spam and moderation tools for

communities. I believe a new poster will automatically have their post
held for moderator review. Frequently something about a post will trip
the anti-spam measures and be held for review because of that as
well. We do try to review these queues regularly and accept or deny
posts based on the content.
W1A2: The Portal Appeals Community is activity monitored by +NIA Ops. To my knowledge, that's probabl
A16: I'll pass this along to NIA OPS.
A108: Zero traction at this point. I need to bring this up again.
A145: I don't know about kicking people from the community, but, I did
check and NIA OPS is active in that community and have made posts
in the last couple of days.
A221: Again, I don't have enough specific information to answer this

questions.
A245: For better or worse OPR is governed by the wisdom of crowds.
There must be something else with this portal. No portal inside a
building would show up on street view.
Q34: Try using the Portal Appeals Google+ Community.
A21: Try using the G+ Portal Appeals Community.

Q33: NIA OPS recommends using the G+ Portal Appeals community.
A65: This is interesting because a program like you suggest implies

we don’t trust the other Agents. NIA OPS says that anyone can submit
additional information on the appeal. We consider both the main
content and the comments during review.
A75: Thanks for this question. I has spawned a discussion internally

and we are working on a plan to do something.
W4A17: I had a conversation with NIA OPS about this. They are going
to review their processes and ensure things are not going missed.
W6A32: They are done reviewing their process and have put
processes in place to ensure things don't get missed. Ping me and
NIA OPS on your appeal. It might just be a problem of human error.
W9A25: I'll talk to NIA OPS again about this.
A51: There is not an update that can be provided publicly at this time.
But know that there are things being planned and developed.
A54: Have you tried the G+ Portal Appeals Community?

A158: A place where members of the community can gather outside of
their homes. A congregation point with something Portal worthy at the
location. I don't understand the over analyzing of this topic besides
people being unhappy that an apartment complex has a playground in
the middle with a portal they can't access are upset about it. People
need to stop over analyzing things and making mountains out of
molehills. There is really too much in life to legitimately get worked up
about beyond whether or not you can access a playground portal or
not. I wish people would devote 1/10th the energy to a charitable act
that they do arguing about playgrounds and military bases in Ingress.
A15: NIA OPS guidance is, “As long as it meets our criteria (has
historical/cultural significance) and does not obstruct emergency
facilities, it can be accepted.”
A43: NIA OPS says, “This is getting fixed - soon! The Help Center will
go through a major rewrite. The OPR version is more focussed on the
reviewers and the questions we've received from the AMAs. Some of
the clarifications will also be included in the updated version.”
A23: I spoke to our OPR team, their response was, “Consider they the
same for OPR.”
A28: No. Not just because they changed names.
A3: NIA OPS recommends giving a Portal a one-star if the faces are
recognizable or the focus is on the people rather than the portal
candidate.
A8: I spoke to NIA OPS and they said, if you come across candidates
that do not fall under the acceptance criteria, but feel they should be
included in the Portal Network, share examples in the Google+ OPR
Community
(https://plus.google.com/communities/109209511922265238865).
They'll evaluate and update the criteria if needed.
As a reminder, the guide has examples of how the Criteria applies to
specific candidates: https://opr.ingress.com/guide
A61: The OPR Team said if you suggest some new ones in the OPR
Google+ Community they will review them and add them
https://plus.google.com/communities/109209511922265238865.
A56: NIA OPS says, this is unlikely to change.
A18: I suppose if it was historical in nature.
A223: Good question. I'll have to ask NIA OPS.
A234: There is a really cool local comic book store near me. The
second is a local pizza place... nah maybe a hyper local donut shop. I
can't choose. I have a lot of keys I keep for cool little places.
A100: Depends on the historical/cultural significance. Check the
Portal Criteria page for details.
A22: NIA OPS says, unless there's something that ties back the new
Portal to the original Portal, you should submit a Takedown request.
A10: Either sound fine as long as they meet the portal candidate
criteria.
W8A1: As long as they meet the criteria for being portals I don't see
why not.
A2: Any building designed by a famous/renowned architect. NIA OPS

says that if it is not obvious that a famous architect was involved, be
sure to add a clear description to help the reviewers.
A1: I spoke to NIA OPS, they said, “Depends on the Portal candidate.
If the candidate is associated with the business and meets our criteria
(for example a hyper-local cafe), this would be ok.“
A59: According to NIA OPS, these should be given a one star and
they will add this to the OPR Guide.
A5: According to NIA OPS, “If it is only for K12 age children, it should
be rated with a one star. If it is for adults and kids it can be rated
based on the other criteria.” They also add, “We are updating the
guide based on these questions and discussions we see in the OPR
G+ Community. Post in the G+ Community if you have not already.”
https://plus.google.com/communities/109209511922265238865
A6: As long as they meet the portal criteria for submissions.
A106: Depends on the historical/cultural significance. Check the

Portal Criteria page for details.
A108: I think in general, if I am remembering correctly, temporary art
is not a valid portal.
A58: Good idea. I'll pass it along. Can you share with me and NIA
OPS some of your example rejections?
A63: Spots that showcase local history, flavor and culture and that
make your city/neighborhood unique.
A52: Not a bad suggestion.
A79: Not necessarily! You may have noticed Portals inside buildings -
think transit stations, museums.
W8A28: It is hard to make a blanket statement about something that is

subjective. I will say that they should be considered though, in my
opinion.
A263: Submit them and let the wisdom of the crowds figure it out.
W5A9: That is really really subjective and hard to answer using broad
categories.
A66: NIA OPS says, “Only if they have any historical or cultural
significance.”
A27: NIA OPS states that signs are preferred, even if they are
somewhat uninteresting and generic photos of Athletic Fields can be
given a one star.
A76: NIA OPS says that, “If it falls under the category of Art, 5 stars on
“Should this be a Portal” question.”
A31: There have been about 238k portals submitted since it opened to
the public.
A27: In some areas we are still processing the backlog in addition to
new submissions. Yes, overall we are keeping up!
A37: I don't have access to those stats at this time.
W9A66: I wish I could provide an answer. I don't know how many

there are though.
W10A33: I don't know about portal edits.
W11A22: Reporting and editing are two different things. I'm not that
familiar with how editing works. It doesn't seem to be a factor in
reporting though.
A64: I think by the time this is published you’ll have your answer.
Enjoy the edits!
A10: We are being a bit cautious with the initial portal edits, verifying
the workflow, and making tweaks as we monitor things. However, the
OPR Team also told me that you should start seeing more and more
edits going live in the coming weeks.
A25: I talked to the OPR team. They are able to confirm that many
edits have gone live. Like Portal submissions, edits require votes to
reach a decision. Once a decision has been reached, you will get an
email about it.
A42: NIA OPS says that they are aware of the issue and it has already
been addressed.
A64: NIA OPS suggests that if you have not received an email about
the edit yet, that the edit probably hasn’t received enough votes to
reach a decision. Sausages… I don’t really like boiled sausages, so I
grill them. Steaks can be cooked any number of ways and still come
out delicious.
A34: Are you talking about the size of the logo? Yeah, it should
probably be larger.
A58: I would love to pass along any feedback you have directly to the
OPR team. Please reach out to me on Telegram. For appeals, we are
working on it. In the meantime, if your candidate is rejected, NIA OPS
recommends resubmitting after improving the title/description or the
image.
A100: Currently, it sort of is that. I frequently forward questions to the
teams to either help inform me as to what the correct response should
be or to verify the response I wrote is factually accurate.
A54: I do believe that things are working pretty good. Are there areas
that can and will be improve? Yes. Software development is an
iterative process.
A35: I will see if NIA OPS has any updates for the support site.
A21: It probably couldn't hurt. What do you have in mind? Shoot me a

message and I'll pass it along.
A261: What suggestions do you have in mind?
A41: We are working on a FAQ and will be sending a notification

directing people to the FAQ once it is complete.
A59: NIA OPS recommends posting these suggestion in the OPR G+

Community. They frequently scan through and add things to the list if
they find any new candidates being discussed.
W12A16: Thanks for pointing this out. I'll pass it along.
A52: Send a message to NIA OPS.
A21: NIA OPS recommends that you rate these with a one star..
A34: I don’t have a date. I’ve confirmed it is being worked on. So……
soon™
I don't have an eta, but the OPR crew is working on it.
A75: All submissions go into OPR. We are aware that some are not
being reviewed and will have a solution for those eventually. I would
not resubmit.
A12: This was posted to the OPR community yesterday: Please be

aware that some OPR submissions, especially those in areas with
high concentrations of existing Portals, may take longer to process.
We will, in some cases, be performing additional analysis on these
Candidate Portals to ensure high Portal quality. In the meantime, you
may not receive updates on your Portal submission. Be assured that
each submission will be processed, though not always in the order in
which it was received.
A50: Yes.
A75: Just to reiterate: Please be aware that some OPR submissions,

especially those in areas with high concentrations of existing Portals,
may take longer to process. We will, in some cases, be performing
additional analysis on these Candidate Portals to ensure high Portal
quality. In the meantime, you may not receive updates on your Portal
submission. Be assured that each submission will be processed,
though not always in the order in which it was received. Oh... and no
the long delay does not penalize or count against you in any way
negatively.
A56: A solution for these is being worked on.
A10: Not since the last time I asked about it. I think the developers are
still working on a solution.
A47: Wait for now.
A34: Candidates are sometimes reviewed further by NIA OPS. We are

working to ensure that these candidates will be processed soon.
A38: We are working to ensure that these candidates will be

processed soon.
A23: I honestly have no idea.
A32: I can only tell you what I know and that is the OPR team has said
they are working on a solution for those portals.
A7: No. This is not the new Guardian badge.
A1: It’s possible these Portals may not have received enough votes to
reach a decision. We don’t have a timeline on the when the resolution
will be implemented to share at this time.
A57: They may not have received enough votes to reach a decision.
A235: I kind of like it.
A57: Still being worked on.
A84: Not so much an update. But things are being worked on.
A1: Still a work in progress.

A11: According to NIA OPS, some POIs might require more votes than
others and we can't share a timeline on when specific Portals will go
live. The general issue surrounding portals “in limbo” is still being
worked on. We hope to resolve this in the next several months.
A91: As mentioned in an answer to a similar question on the same

topic - this should be happening in the next few months.
A29: I am told that we are going through a few processes and

upgrading parts of OPR. We are making progress but it will take some
additional time before things are all final.
W9A31: I have no idea. I'll try to ask around and see what I can find
out.
A3: I spoke to the OPR team. By the time this AMA is published you
should already have started to see Portals that were previously in
“limbo” come online.
A7: Can you reach out to me via Telegram (@RedSoloCup) and

provide me the details of your submission? I’ll pass it along to the
OPR team and see if they can’t figure out what’s going on.
A51: Can you contact me on Telegram, @Redsolocup, with

information about your Portals? I would like to pass on the information
so the OPR team can investigate it. We will need to confirm if you
mean your submissions haven't been reviewed or that your
agreements in OPR aren't increasing as well.
A49: Nothing of substance.
A34: I have not had a chance to. Maybe on my trip to Boulder,

Colorado for the Anomaly.
A14: We were actually thinking of doing a dedicated OPR AMA with

them. Stay tuned...
A44: Our main developer has just over 2000 agreements currently.
A111: I have no idea.
A112: Great question. I don't know. I'll have to ask.
A51: Artwork in airports. It let's me have a souvenier of my travels.
W7A12: What are the measures of success that we are talking about?
If we are measuring success based on a reduced backlog and new
portals being created - then yes.
A63: NIA OPS believes this issues was fixed. They are going to
double check on it though. Thanks for flagging it.
A105: I can confirm that.
A21: Since NIA OPS does not have the local knowledge it is
something that only OPR agents can provide. We think that’s pretty
valuable.
A8: You should analyze candidates based on your own local

knowledge or supporting data that you can find online. Asking other
agents for input could be considered colluding and is discouraged.
W11A56: This is a bad idea for many reasons and the system can tell
when this occurs.
W12A15: Yes. OPR's level is still 12.

W2A9: I wouldn't expect this any time soon.
W3A3: No. Not at this time.
A12: I wish I could but I'm not part of that process.
A10: Yes, it requires analysis by both factions before a decision is

made.
A17: Seems like an idea worth considering.
A25: This information is highly classified.
A31: The first question, “Should this be a portal?”, is not an overall

score. It is asking for your impression of the candidate prior to
analyzing the details of the other questions.
A37: No.
A74: I can't. I'm not involved in the development of the system so I

don't know the magic sauce myself.
A76: Commenting on how things work may skew potential behavior

and this is something we do not want to do or encourage. I would rate
things based on the training and guidelines and don’t worry about the
rest.
W2A13: I would not recommend only submitting extreme ratings.
W2A17: The review system has a lot of inputs and some are
dynamically weighted. I'd avoid trying to rig the system because it will
be obvious and abuse will likely result in loss of access or your
actions will simply carry no weight.
W11A24: While I think this is a neat idea and will certainly pass it
along. It doesn't seem like something that would get prioritized over
Ingress 2.0 in terms of resources allocated for it.
A3: We are working on tweaking and fixing things regarding the "come
back tomorrow" message.
W2A2: I've been told the backlog should be cleared within the next
couple of months if everything continues at the same pace.
W2A21: There is a fix for this coming.
W3A7: From what I understand about the UK situation, it is because

the local backlog is cleared.
W4A2: I know we said about a third a couple of weeks ago. That was
a rough estimate and slightly inaccurate. I've been told we are at 36%
of the backlog as of today.
W5A10: I do not know.

W6A7: We are 75% through the queue. There is 25% remaining. We
are very close to having submissions reopen.
W7A2: 20% of the backlog remains.
W9A12: No.
A44: That's not a bad idea.
A198: I don't have any statistics to share at this time. I'll try to grab
some for the next AMA.
A207: I don't have access to this information currently. I'll try to get
some stats for the next AMA.
W10A24: I think that is eventually the plan.
A32: That's not a bad idea..
A94: Not that I am aware of.
A1: I'll definitely forward it on. They also read these AMA's so I'm sure
they saw the feedback already. But good idea.
A19: If there’s a way to do this that would be fair, we will definitely

consider it.
A20: Unfortunately, this is subjective and everyone would have to
agree on a single order.
A46: If there’s a memory leak we’ll try to find it but we don’t have
plans for this as of now.
A166: I really don't know.
W3A5: I think you can skip a portal by simply refreshing the screen to
get a new portal. It might be tied to a timer. I’m not 100% certain. But I
know you essentially request a new portal that way.
W8A10: Because you are both looking in the same direction.
A52: I do apologize about the wait. We had an issue with the shipping
forms and translations we had to fix. I don't know that they will be
received before the November anomaly. But they should arrive shortly
after.
A51: I'm not sure I have enough information to make an informed
decision. Is the building physically the same or did they demolish and
build a new one? What changed? Just the sign?
A13: The accessibility rating should always be about be for the actual
location of the object.
A88: I'd love to be able to answer this question. I just don't have the
knowledge of OPR to do so.
W3A12: Interesting question. I think some exist already. We don’t take

height into account. I personally don’t see a difference between
summiting a mountain top with specialized gear any different than
needing specialized gear to submit an underwater portal. Just my
opinion though.
W9A10: My guardian on Tranquility base was discovered this weekend via eagle eyed posters onhttp://Re
A5: No, the photo quality can be taken into account in your first
impression when answering “Should this be a portal?”. An otherwise
acceptable photo that is just low quality will be able to be replaced
with a better photo in the future.
A15: The team is looking into it.
A16: NIA OPS says, photos may get removed if they do not meet
criteria or the wrong photo was added (OPR duplicates). Will need
more details before we can comment on a specific incident.
In my experience, people are doing things too quickly, so take your

time. Even if you make your decision in a few seconds, just take your
time before you actually push that submit button, otherwise you’re
probably going to flag something.
A43: OPR performance takes many factors into account including
abuse detection. The best way to ensure your rating stays high is to
take time to carefully analyze each candidate.
W19Q7: This sounds like something worth considering. There are
many reasons you may have a poor rating in OPR. The best way to
recover is to continue to analyze candidates and follow the criteria
and guidelines to the best of your ability.
A9: Agreements will not count towards the badge while you are in
poor standing. Keep analyzing to the best of your ability and follow the
criteria to recover.
A12: Any agreement that occured while your performance rating was
Poor will not count towards your Recon medal. To improve your rating,
review the training materials and re-evaluate how you are analyzing
candidates based on the criteria.
A154: I don't know. I am rarely privy to that sort of information. For

good reason.
A180: I have concerns about Agents colluding to rate submissions in a

similar way. If a person is doing this and their rating drops to poor... I
think the system is working as intended.
A28: From the FAQ: Performance may also decrease if abuse of OPR
is detected. If your score is poor please take the time re-evaluate how
you are analyzing candidates based on the criteria.
A40: This isn’t something we can comment on. Adhering to the
guidelines is the best course of action.
A10: The best advice I was told is to slow down, and rate every
criteria for a Portal on its own merit.
A15: We are working on something to address the areas that don't

have enough reviewers.
A12: We are monitoring the system and currently evaluating how to
ensure that there are more candidates to analyze.
A15: We are periodically allowing candidates to be analyzed from

further away than normal. Further details will be forthcoming.
A23: This is something we will likely consider for a future feature.
A3: In order to ensure that all areas can be processed we are

periodically allowing analyses from further away than normal. Further
details will be forthcoming.
A64: There are a lot of things that go into calculating the radius and
the distance may differ from location to location.
A72: NIA OPS says it is based on the candidates they analyze, not
your submissions.
A28: If you accidentally set your hometown OPR will allow you to
change it one time without needing to contact support. Your bonus
location can be changed after 1 year.
W2A10: File a request via the help center and we'll take care of it.
W3A25: I believe you can submit a ticket to get this fixed.
W5A15: This is tough because it depends on the person in my

opinion. If a person wants to spend the time it takes to verify
something exists, they don't necessarily have to be familiar with a
location but will become familiar with it by doing due diligence. If you
are referring to people just changing their location to continue to
review and not doing due diligence, I would be against that.
A58: I counts as an agreement because it was accepted in OPR.
A40: Yes. We are aware.

A41: Seems like an interesting idea. We’ll have to figure out the
feasibility of it.
A103: I have no idea.
W3A2: Great suggestion. I’ll pass it along.
A153: More features are on the way.
A17: I'm not aware of an escalation process.
A27: Not a bad idea I'll pass it on.
A16: We are not currently planning to open the test if you've failed it
twice.
A4: At this time there is no plan to allow a third chance to take the test.
However, in the future this may become possible.
A176: You aren't allowed to access it because you failed. The failure
indicates you need to brush up on the guidelines and obtain more
knowledge.
A196: Maybe. But not at this time.
A61: I believe one is the location and the other is a piece of

equipment.
A78: Yes, it could help.
A26: Yes, this provides Niantic with extra data about the candidate
that may be taken into account when a decision is made.
A42: Sure thing!
A15: I'm not entirely sure that this is needed with the Key Lockers
being in the game.
A17: That's a very interesting idea and makes sense. I've passed it on
to the team.
A8: That's not a bad idea. I have no idea what the level of effort is to
implement this though. But it could be good feedback.
A6: Good suggestion I've passed it on.
A15: Yes. This has been discussed and I believe should be happening
soon so emails make a bit more sense. Such as getting an email
stating something is a duplicate or too close. The new notification will
have only one reason as far as I understand it.
A4: I've been told the language will be clarified soon.
A13: This is definitely something we are considering for the future.
A40: Good idea. I'll pass it along.
A53: NIA OPS says, usually they are rejected because they do not
meet the criteria. If it's a duplicate or rejected because it's too close to
another Portal, the rejection email mentions that. For everything else,
check the Ingress Portal Criteria and resubmit with a better
title/description/photo if you think it's a valid candidate.
W12A3: Anywhere from 24 hours to a week.
A13: To prevent abuse.
A6: Candidates are sometimes reviewed further by NIA OPS. We are

working to ensure that these candidates will be processed soon.
A41: I don't believe it is discarded.
A92: If you believe it is a valid portal candidate then I would resubmit

it.
A30: Great suggestion. For now, you can scroll down to the text box,
add your comment and then grant it a one-star review.
A72: It can only be read by NIA OPS. [We can confirm we receive
your comments even when you submit 1 star reviews]
A28: I don’t know. I could think of a number of ways to get around it to

be honest. I think there are other solutions to mitigate that beyond
trying to do so on the front end.
A23: I’ve passed this feedback on to the OPR team.
A36: The OPR team says, we are in the process of changing and
upgrading our systems to provide improved service. The way things
function today may not be how things work tomorrow.
A11: This is on the OPR roadmap. I don’t have an exact date for you.
But it will be coming at some point in the future I was told.
A22: If there is only one picture, I would recommend submitting a new

one. Give something for people to vote on. Why is it allowed? I was
trying to come up with something witty as a response but I’ve got
nothing…
A9: Photos are being reviewed but they may not be reviewed in the
same order as they are received. We are testing a few things
including prioritizing reviews for Portals with lower number of photos.
A54:Like McDonald's Play Places? Aren't they commercial entities?

The OPR guide says "ACCEPT if the candidate is in a park or
community gathering place; falls under the criteria of public spaces
that encourage walk and exercise."
A20: We haven't made any official announcements about the release
of POI submissions for Pokémon GO that I’m aware of other than
stating that this is something we're working on. If things unfold the
way you describe, I think you raise some valid concerns. I’ll circle
back with the team to get a better understanding of the situation and
understand how we are going to mitigate concerns like what you have
raised. More information to come…
A87: There is not a 1:1 map of Portals to places of interest in other

games.
A103: Not all Portals are Pokéstops.
W10A18: Don't assume there is a 1:1.

W11A34: I think if they are quitting then we as the community are
failing to reach out to them and show them the awesomeness that is
Ingress. I realize they may be leveling up just to be able to do certain
things in Ingress that benefits them in Pokémon GO. I don't fault them
for using the system. Buying accounts is not acceptable. But is there
more that we as the Ingress player community could be doing to
retain some of these other players?
W11A40: This is a very important question. The answer is - NO. There

is not a 1:1 relationship.
A60: According to NIA OPS, invalid portal requests won’t affect the
Portal unless it meets the criteria for removal.
W5A22: They are two different products.
A63: Order more of her lasagna and keep eating it because it is THAT
good. Send me your information via Telegram and I’ll kindly ask the
OPR team to look into. Sounds like something that might benefit from
additional research.
A6: There is a feature coming that may help with this. More to come.
A9: I'll be honest, I don't know. I'm not privy to that sort of information.
A29: Without knowing the specifics, NIA OPS guesses that this
probably happened because the Portal at the correct location did not
have pedestrian access or no longer existed at the location. They
recommend that you use the G+ Portal Appeals community to post an
appeal and they’ll look into it.
A17: I would use the Portal Appeals Community for this and tag NIA
OPS in your post.
A7: I wish I had an update for you, but I do not.
A28: Each location submitted has some significance for the local
community. It’s possible the original location was a hyper-local spot
and the new one would have to be evaluated afresh. In this case, if
the original restaurant no longer exists at the location, we would retire
the Portal. Use the scanner to report this Portal as invalid and feel
free to submit the new restaurant for review.
A50: Please continue to submit them.
A71: Portal edits are coming to OPR so I don’t think a Trusted

Reviewer group for edit appeals is needed. No update on submission
appeals and I’m not sure it will be a thing at this time.
W2Q12: I believe the next several phases of OPR will involve being
able to edit portals title and descriptions. When? I do not know. EDIT: I
read this wrong. Edits submitted will at some point will be reviewed in
OPR. Not sure about editing any submissions directly.
A51: NIA OPS and the OPR team says for now only edits are being
implemented.
W11A86: They should be reported as invalid.
A5: Yes. I've been told that still holds true.
A65: If you notice any invalid Portals, please report them via the
scanner and we’ll review them.
A84: All reported Portals get reviewed.
A224: Have you posted in the Portal Appeals G+ Community?
A96: Can you shoot me a link to the appeal submission in the G+

community. While I’m not supposed to help with individual cases as a
rule for these AMAs, I can try to flag this for NIA OPS and am willing to
make a one time exception because I drank some awesome warm
coffee out of a vending machine in Tokyo today, ate an American Dog
for breakfast with some fermented soy beans and am in a really good
mood.
A7: These are two different unrelated topics. One is about TOS
violations and the other about Portal criteria.
A23: I am not sure that this would solve anything. I could see a
scenario where a property owner or manager submitted a removal
request and then has Agents showing up on their doorstep to pleade
their case and request they contact us to reinstate things. I
understand what the end goal is but personally don't think this is the
best solution.
A93: They are removed after a decision is made but in some cases
can still appear briefly for a very short amount of time.
A36: This is not currently planned, we are currently hard at work on

support for analyzing edits in OPR.
A25: Edits to Sponsored Portals are vetted by the sponsor before they
go live. For all other Portals, as long as you have received the
acknowledgement email, you don't have to resubmit.
A41: We recommend using the scanner to report Invalid Portals.
A58: If your invalid Portal report has been rejected, use the Portal
Appeals community to provide any additional info on the candidate
including images and proof of the removal of the object.
A69: We accept invalid Portal reports only via the scanner; it is setup
to send us the information we need to review the invalid Portal
reports.
A92: Seems like a good idea to me.
A30 There are many factors. Who submitted the request. What type of
portal is it. Where is it located. These are just some examples.
A32: I am told that the faction, and how many reports are submitted,
do not play in to the decision to remove a portal. We follow up
individually and research all requests.
A35: While this would be a good feature. I don’t know if the cost
benefit is there. Meaning the cost to make a system to inform a small
amount of people about why something was removed is greater than
the benefit. There are also privacy concerns as well that come into
play when an owner contacts us to request a removal. The last thing
we would want is a person being harassed over their request. So as it
stands, this is not something we are actively pursuing.
A85: NIA OPS says, the help center. They do not need an Ingress
account.
A75: We agree.
A266: I would have to ask for clarification fron NIA OPS. I don't have
an answer for you at the moment. However, I wouldn't try to lawyer it.
If they said no, I'd take it as, no, for now.
W7A14: If they are on school grounds I would reject.
A104: I would need more information to render an opinion. I have

seen historical neighborhood signs be portals.
A24: We will work on a solution to this problem.

A6: If it is as you describe, just a wooden marker with a number and
an arrow, that's probably not a good candidate to submit. Find
markers that show the name of the trail and have a description of the
trail.
A40: If you are unsure of something you should rate it 3 stars.
A45: We would need more information to be definitive with a ruling.
A73: Good places for the community to gather.
A41: According to NIA OPS you should reject hole markers and other
locations on the course. They can be accepted if they are in areas
where agents can sit and socialize (like cafes or club areas). If it's for
the park (and not for the golf course inside the park), submit the
signboard for the park instead.
A40: Great question. There are some examples of what to do and what not athttps://opr.ingress.com/help.
A27: If it was incorrectly submitted originally in the wrong location,

yes.
A4: Let me see if I can get NIA OPS to clarify this somehow. If you
have any examples of the "several hundred" I'd love to be able to
pass those on to NIA OPS.
A26: I'm still working on trying to get this answered.
A52: Today, to provide the best game experience possible, the

distance varies from approximately 20 to 30 meters. We encourage
you to continue submitting all unique portals as upcoming functionality
will allow you to help select the best portals in a given area.
A18: Today, to provide the best game experience possible, the

distance varies from approximately 20 to 30 meters. We encourage
you to continue submitting all unique portals as upcoming functionality
will allow you to help select the best portals in a given area.
A206: Reports of my disappearance and fleeing to an alternative
lifestyle colony just below the arctic circle are greatly exaggerated.
The truth is I have been travelling a lot recently and had very poor wifi.
If I have not responded to your TG, allow me some more time to catch
up.
A64: NIA OPS recommendation is to view the scale this way. 1 =

strongly disagree. 5 = strongly agree. So a 4 star rating might be for a
candidate that you agree should be a Portal but is not necessarily a
super high quality Portal. They are going to review the training and
tips and add this clarification where appropriate.
A29: At this point we have no plans on returning it in its current state.
A30: If your rating has ever dipped below good then some
agreements may not be have been counted during that time.
A56: Why would you not want to populate the Portal network?
A39: The appeals community isn’t tied to OPR.
W2A1: They should be awarded within the next week or so.
W2A3: Not at this time. They were thoroughly analyzed using all the
data points we have at our disposal to set metrics so that it would take
about a year on average for most people to obtain Onyx. Fun fact:
There is already at least one person with enough agreements to
obtain Onyx and several very close behind.
W3A29: I believe it is still slowing being processed. Originally,
agreements for beta-testers only counted from mid-March on. The
engineers are working on a fix for this though. So you might see a
mismatch but that should be resolved… soon.
A6: I am not aware of anything being planned. But if you have any
ideas, please let me know what they are and I will pass them along to
the team.
A35: Again, another feature that I can’t provide a date for but
confirmed it is being implemented. So once again… soooooooooon™
A37: For now, the best advice we can provide is to resubmit the
location after making sure there's a clear photo, valid title and a
description that adds additional context on how the candidate meets
criteria. A helpful description can go a long way in giving other
reviewers more context on what the submitter saw and why it's a good
candidate.
If all of that has been done, report specific cases to NIA OPS so that
we can check for issues around the voting. This is the link to make a
report, https://support.ingress.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?
ticket_form_id=164588, select Other and mention OPR in your write-
up.
A60: I think this is a duplicate of Q51 and unfortunately, there isn’t an

update that I can provide at this time.
A26: The OPR team says they are working on this currently. More
information coming… soon.
A48: I don’t have any more information on this other than in talking
with the OPR developers they said they are working on this feature.
A77: Looks like changes have started to roll out in between when the
AMA was opened and when the answers were posted. More
improvements and changes will be coming with regard to this.
A37: All good things must come to an end.
A84: NIA OPS says, “For some locations we may need some more
context before we take an action. For example, in this case, it's
possible the location wasn't identified as a school. If a Takedown gets
rejected, and you have additional context to provide, post it in the
Ingress Appeals Community.” That all being said, reach out to me on
Telegram with your Portal information. It could be good to research
things and see if there is additional issues present.
A86: For now, you are advised to use the Portal appeals community
on Google+. The OPR team would love to implement something like
this down the road. But first, the immediate priority is Ingress Prime.
A43: As much as I want to volunteer for this job, I don’t think we can
do this. I recognize that these type of places can change from time to
time. Perhaps we can take that into account when edits are submitted.
I’ll talk to NIA OPS about this.
A75: I spoke to a couple of internal teams on this and so far the
verdict is that it is not a TOS violation.
A52: According to the OPR team, the review range has recently
changed to help ensure that all submissions, even those in rural
areas, get analyzed.
A88: The TOS states that you agree to abide by all local laws. NIA
OPS does not have the knowledge of every local laws in every city
throughout the entire world. NIA OPS is also not the enforcers of
policy set by municipalities. If someone believes that a TOS violation
has occurred, they can use the Help Center (support.ingress.com) to
submit a ticket for NIA OPS to review. NIA OPS says that they are
happy to work with property owners/managers if they have concerns.
A66: NIA OPS says that in general, yes, they do need to respect the
same rule. Without specifics though it is hard to give a definite
answer.
A67: Our motto is adventures on foot. I don’t think things will change
in the short-term. If you are referring to the Red Sands Fort, I believe
NIA OPS commented on the appeal thread and it was more about the
“safe” part than the “pedestrian” part from reading their reply.
A7: The guidance from NIA OPS that I received is to review the
candidate as per the rest of the criteria and use the location questions
to address the safety issue.
The rule is that they're disallowed on private residential property,

private corporate property is not part of that rule. Only personal
property where one family has control.
W10A65: I have no idea.
A11: Portals that were accepted in the past may not meet today's
criteria.
A23: I would need more information to offer an informed opinion. The
uninformed and general opinion is that they are legal portals which is
why reporting them has not worked.
A48: I have not heard of any plans.
A67: Is the portal invalid based on portal criteria? Just being on a

military base doesn't make it invalid.
A30: Don't mistake and equate the removal of a portal with it not being
legit. It could have have been legit but someone in authority asked for
it to be removed. Your first part of the question is correct. They are
valid portals.
A16: Playgrounds that are within a park or a community gathering

area are acceptable candidates. They fall under the criteria of public
spaces that encourage walking and exercise. Currently, our policy is
that Portals on Military bases should be given a one-star rating.
A49: If you notice any invalid Portals, please report them via the
scanner.
A1: Portals on corporate property are allowed because restricted

access is not the same as private residential access. The people that
can access portals on corporate grounds are doing so legally as they
have access to the location. It would however, be considered
trespassing in many areas of the world for anyone other than the
property owner to access a Portal on private residential property.
What you are referring to as a disadvantage is normalized globally.
A155: This is a very generalized question that I'm not sure I can
answer without more information.
A179: Check my previous answer to this in this AMA.
A188: You have to separate out past, present, and future portals. Yes,
the present criteria is different than the past criteria. This means future
portals may be accepted or rejected whereas in the past the opposite
was true. None of the previous statements contradict each other and
are all true statements given the context of past, present, and future.
A2: This is a very general question. The rule of thumb is - can a Portal
be accessed safely. If you have to cross four lanes of continuous
traffic driving in circles, it probably isn't going to be considered safe.
A217: Check out the answer to question 188.
A23: I really don't know. I'll have to ask for clarification so I cannot
provide an answer at this time.
A51: Safe. Pedestrian. Access. This is not safe vehicle access, safe
cyclist access, or any other access. Pedestrian. Adventures on foot.
A81: The portal candidate criteria is subject to change. This does not
mean that past selections are now currently invalid. It means that
going forward these are invalid.
A12: According to NIA OPS, mine sites are treated the same was a
military grounds. Only portals on residential single family property
should be denied due to property type. Assuming the portal meets all
the other submission criteria which includes not obstructing or
interfering with the operations of a industrial site as cited in the OPR
help article.
A46: NIA OPS says, roundabouts that have pedestrian access (have a
stripped crossing lane, sidewalk around the roundabout, etc) are OK.
If the player cannot walk up to the object on the roundabout, it will be
removed. Note that access from a sidewalk next to the roundabout is
not considered safe pedestrian access. To appeal, adding photos
showing that the roundabout has pedestrian access would help.
A73: NIA OPS says, sounds like it would meet criteria if it has some
significance and has pedestrian access. If it's not easily apparent,
adding a clear description about the significance of the Portal
candidate will help other OPR reviewers evaluate it accurately.
W3A21: It’s hard to comment without knowing the specifics. I’ll say
that what one person considers dangerous, maybe others do not. For
example, there was an issue recently about a lighthouse. One faction
claimed it was dangerous. However, the other faction routinely
captured it without incident.
W4A24: My understanding is portals on commercial property are
allowed, this includes apartment complexes. Portals on private
residential property are not allowed. The issue is one of access. If the
player controls the access and can categorically deny everyone, that's
not fair. If a hundred people have access but only one is an Ingress
player... well... that's an entirely different situation.
W8A46: I don't think playgrounds in general are allowed. Someone

can correct me if I am wrong. If there was a work of art in the common
area it would be allowed because it is not a single family private
residence.Edit: I am wrong.
W9A29: These sort of questions are very very subjective and a

general answer is always dangerous to give because of that. With that
said, in general, this doesn't seem like a violation of the portal
guidelines or TOS so I support them.
A57: NIA OPS says that the OPR Guidelines state to one star
submissions in Military bases.
A5: It is hard to comment on specific portals without knowing more

information. All Portals need safe pedestrian access to be able to
reach the portal.
A43: Given the description of "guarded residential condo", that seems

to be a legit area as it was explained to me. If it was a single family
house and not a condo building with multiple tenants it would not be.
Q49: A sidewalk, that probably fits the bill. Something in someone's

front yard... probably not.
A53: The way you describe it seems like it is a legit portal candidate.
A54: If it is on private property, it is on private property.
A67: By definition, a public easement provides the right of the general public to use certain streets, highwa
A70: Not all Portals need to be accessible to all Agents at all times.
Think of it as an opportunity to make new friend.
A32: This is a very vague question and would require more

information to give an informed opinion. However, generally, they are
not considered private residential property.
A48: According to NIA OPS, If it's on someone's private residential

property (right-of-way or not), it does not meet criteria. If it's on a
common area that's not associated to any private residence, that
should be ok.It's hard for us to know the local nuances of legal access
for a global game, so as a general rule, if it's on the 'Do Not Submit'
list, do not submit them.
A75: NIA OPS says, to keep it simple, if it's on private residential
property don't submit it.
A4: I spoke to NIA OPS, and they said your point of view on the
situation is correct. If the location is currently in use as a private
residence then the candidate should be 1* even if it has historical or
cultural significance.
A14: I can't at this point other than to say we are working on a

solution.
A22: We are now periodically allowing candidates to be analyzed from

further away than normal. This should help locations like yours.
A47: No submitters is a bit of problem as far os OPR being able to

help today but I’m sure we will have a solution in the future.’
A1: I think we want to avoid anything that incentives low quality

submissions.
A4: Probably low at this point.
A13: These will be processed very soon.

A1: The seer medal will count for submissions prior to 9/3/2015.
A2: We hope to analyze all outstanding submissions in OPR.
A21: If you've received the email confirming your submission, it is not

lost. You will receive an email once the decision has been made.
A228: Maybe the criteria changed? I don't have enough information

about your submissions to provide an informed answer.
A33: There are no plans at this time to bring it back.
A91: I’ll pass this feedback along.
A35: Street view photos come from Google.
A14: I was told there was a bug that was identified affecting emails. It
should have been fixed as of today (Monday, June 5, 2018).
A11: NIA OPS says, “Each Portal should be evaluated on its own
merit without taking into account the density of the location. There are
a few exceptions for locations with low density that's mentioned in the
Guide (https://opr.ingress.com/guide). “
A38: It’s really tough to make a determination based on the

information provided. Average density to one person might be different
for another. It’s also hard to provide anything without knowing how
large the park is too. Is it just a baseball field? It is many acres? I’m
sorry we couldn’t help clarify this. We just need more specifics.
A42: Yep these can be separate Portals. Whether they go live
depends on the votes they receive in OPR and whether they are too
close to one another.
W11A63: I think it is a problem we need to think about solving.
A82: Even if you are not aware of any players in the location, OPR
reviewers from other locations could have selected this region as their
home and bonus locations.
A165: Yes there is a plan to address this.
A85: I think things are going according to plan.
A54: Can you ping me with which areas specifically you are
wondering about?
A32: The OPR team has told me, “We have begun and will continue to
adjust the frequency of assigning candidates from outside of ones
normal OPR areas. It will take some time but this should help with
areas that don't have enough OPR participation.”
W3A1: Yes. We plan to open portal submissions in the future.
W6A19: With portal submissions returning very soon, I don't foresee

the need to give Africa special dispensation.
A37: It would be advised to keep the content related only to the

candidate.
A59: I think we may need to research this one. Can you send me, via
Telegram, the information about your Portals?
A78: The OPR team says they recently found a bug with the editing
system and sending emails. A fix for that was recently implemented I
believe. They are researching similar issues in other parts of OPR to
see if they can reproduce some of the other things players have
brought to our attention.
A14: I was told there was a bug that was identified affecting emails. It
should have been fixed as of today (Monday, June 5, 2018).
A35: That’s actually a really good idea. I’ll flag this for the OPR team.
A37: The OPR Team has said this is something currently under
development.
A72: This is being discussed internally.
A75: There isn’t a timeframe that I can discuss. But I have been told
that this feature or something very similar like a credit system is still
on the roadmap and one of the higher priorities.
A54: I spoke to the product team and the general sentiment is that this
is a complex problem to solve. It isn’t as simple as randomly throwing
dice to spawn things, we’ve seen the negative impacts that solution
has had on gameplay for other products. That said, we are working to
improve the experience for our rural players. If you have direct
feedback you want to provide me about is not working for your area
with regard to Portal submissions/approvals I would be happy to pass
it along. I’m sure that when the Ingress servers are upgraded this will
be one of the things that gets a lot more attention.
A46: Can you reach out to me so we can get more information?
A193: That is hard for me to diagnose over an AMA. I would

recommend submitting a support ticket and see if NIA OPS can help.
A92: According to the OPR team:

1) We can (and will) consider this for Prime.
2) Reporting abusive submissions is being worked on now and will be
coming soon directly in OPR.
A57: The current mechanic is intended to enable Portal submissions
from the Scanner at a time when you are present at the location. We
want you to submit what you know and can verify when you submit
them. There are edge cases. There always are. But I can’t advise you
to use a third party tool to circumvent the in game mechanic.
A5: No. At least not for the foreseeable future.
A14: That's a really good question and I don't know that I can answer
it at this moment. I'd have to check with our legal department to
provide a conclusive answer. I'll see if I can't get an answer.
A14: At this time we do not have plans to allow a feature like this.
A57: Fake location and fake photo? I'm fairly confident in saying, no,
you shouldn't be doing that.
A238: Right now this isn't possible and I don't see that changing any
time soon.
A50: Yes.
A6: Don't fake your location. Just don't do it.

A60: No data is subjective. One can almost always, if they are willing
to pay the price, find a way to get data service. I don't think we have a
requirement that portals must be in range of LTE service or something
like that. So grab a sat phone and submit away.
Don't know the answer but I'll write it down. Reviewing edits in OPR is
coming soon.
A33: We am hoping we can improve the submission process in
Ingress 2.0 to include supporting photos and hopefully spheres.
A26: If your edit is rejected, please use the Appeals community to

appeal the decision. We review the Appeals community and take all of
the information provided into account when reviewing the appeals
posted.
A78: We recommend using the description field if you would like to

add more details about the Portal.
A118: Could? Sure. Will? No idea.
A33: Another good idea. I'll this along too.

A27: Honestly, I would have to think about that one more. Providing
people the ability to insert links could be grossly abused and there
may be some liability issues. NIA OPS also says that at this time,
adding a photosphere for the location helps for areas that do not have
updated Street View. For the historical/hidden gem candidates, adding
a description about the significance of the Portal helps (own content
please, not from third party sources).
A37: With OPR, it would be Chinese Agents reviewing the portals so I

hope they understand. With Missions, I have no idea. We do have a
person who speaks Chinese on staff though.
W10A4: Yes
W10A44: Yes.
W11A55: You'll find out soon enough.
A60: I have not heard of any plans to lower it at this time.
A7: I have nothing new to report.
A49: Not at this time.
W9A46: There are already portals under the sea.
A27: I'll be honest, I haven't seen the numbers to make an informed

decision.
A44: Every submission has it's own cool down clock. So if you submit
seven portals on October 1st, you would be able to submit new
portals on October 14th. If you only submitted one portal on October
1st, you could submit 6 new ones on October 2nd. You would be able
to submit one new portal on October 14th and six new ones on
October 15th. Hope that makes sense.
A57: Right now we aren't anticipating the need to end portal
submissions.
A3: I do not know.
A2: I understand the frustration. I'm sure, in time, things will be

tweaked.
A11: Yes, there is a chance.
A35: I'm not sure I understand the question.
W4A8: We have definitely had these conversations. So, yes, it has

been considered.
W7A7: This was a bug. I believe that it is fixed at the time of me
writing this. If you are still having issues, you might have to perform a
reset.
Short term, no, long term I imagine they'll adjust it but I don't know.
There are internal discussions, there’s not a yes on that yes. We still
approve portals where there’s no portals in the area. Coming soon will
be the ability to review edits, that is very close to occurring.
W12A1: Seven is the limit for now. We may adjust this over time.
W12A19: Currently, there is no way to increase the number. I'm not

sure what the future holds though.
A102: For the short term it will stay at 7. We will constantly be

evaluating things though and in the future it may change... or stay at
7. It all depends on many things.
A63: I kind of like it.
A59: It's not a bad idea. I'll pass it along.
W10A17: V_e_r_y_ s_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_o_n ...
W10A49: Definitely portal submissions will be the first.
W11A30: Need? I think you'll be very happy soon.
W11A4: Portal submissions are imminent.
W11A47: You are free to speculate about anything you want.
W11A60: I think it is amusing.
W11A89: We are in the imminent stage.
W2A11: Yes.
W8A27: Probably not.
W8A40: No. The reality is, every time someone asks I get another
gray hair in my beard.
W8A8: 18%
W9A11: Not this week. There is one final step in the release process
we are trying to work through at the moment. But once that is
complete, submissions will be back.
W9A6: Because yesterday was a Holiday and people are still not back
in the office yet, I am unable to provide an update this week.
A61: NIA OPS says, “Yes, since they fall under the criteria of
adventurous tourist attractions and encourages walk and exercise, it's
ok to rate them at 5* even if they do not have any educational
content.”
Thanks for the appeal, Agent. This was rejected in error, and we've now
reversed our decision. Portal online.
Thanks for following up with that information, agent. We've decided to

reverse our decision and accept this as a Portal since it's not located on
private residential property.
For the future, information regarding what the plaques/stones signify would
have been helpful since it wasn't clear on the photo. You can include this
type of information in the description so that we have some context when
reviewing submissions.
Verdict - subjective
summary of outcome
Report anything suspicious
likely
No idea
Report it
Unlikely
against
likely
Resubmit
Audits conducted internally
to check for bias
likely
Possible
No idea
likely
likely
likely
Possible
no
Report
REJECT portals that
defame/insult
No idea other agents
Report
Possible
Possible
Possible
Appeals
Pending
Unlikely
No idea
Appeals
Appeals
Appeals
Unlikely
Possible
Possible
pending
Submission appeals in
development
Appeals
Community gathering area
= A place where members
of the community can
gather outside of their
homes; a congregation
point with something Portal
worthy at the location
As long as it meets our

criteria (has
historical/cultural
significance) and does
not obstruct emergency
facilities, it can be
accepted
Soon
Geodetic marker = survey

marker, for purposes of
OPR
Former Topaz Garage,
renamed Circle K - not valid
portal candidate
1* if people are
recognizable or focus in
submitted photo
Share candidates not
covered by criteria in G+ for
consideration by NIaOPs;
criteria will be updated as
needed
Suggest new "What is it?"

criteria in OPR G+
Community for review
Unlikely
Bothies are eligible if

historical in nature
Pending
Convents, crematoria, pet

cemeteries = depends on
historical/cultural
significance
If a building was a portal

but has been demolished,
submit a takedown request
Must meet portal critera

Any building designed by a

famous/renowned architech
is eligible; description helps
1* child-orientated
submissions e.g. daycare,
pre-school
1* child-orientated
submissions e.g. daycare,
pre-school
Cinemas are eligible if they

meet criteria
unlikely
Possible
Historically or culturally
significant = spots that
showcase local history,
flavour, and culture, and
make your
city/neighbourhood unique
Possible
Interior portals are valid
Possible
Submit!
Restaurants, cafes, bars -

very subjective
Welcome signs are only

valid portals if they have
historical or cultural
significace
Signs are prefered but not
necessary for sport fields
Painted electrical boxes are

valid if considered 'Art'
238k portals submitted
since opening til Oct 2017
yes
No idea
No idea
No idea
Appeals
Edits live in Europe - June

2018
In progress
Edits are filtering through -

consensus required
Issue has been addressed

Edits are filtering through -
consensus required
Contact redsolocup on
telegram with information
Possible
Possible
More info required
likely
likely
Pending
Contact NiaOps
1* portals with instruction to

reviewers in description
Soon
likely
Don't resubmit
Be patient
yes
Be patient
likely
likely
Be patient
likely
likely
No idea
likely
no
Be patient
Be patient
Possible
likely
likely
likely
likely
Be patient
Be patient
No idea
In Limbo' "fix" initiated April

20, 2018; subjective opinion
is that this was a one-time
fix and underlying issues
are still being worked on
Unlikely
Krug had subbed no new

portals as of October 2017
likely
Main developer had 2000
agreements in Nov 2017
No idea
Possible
Krugs favourite type of

portals are airport portals
likely
Pre-2015 subs marked as

dupes without email - issue
should be fixed as of Sept
2018
yes
Local reviewer have better

local knowledge vs NIA
OPS
Asking other agents for

help making OPR review
decisions may be seen as
collusion and is
discouraged
1* 'voting rings' are a bad

idea and can be detected
by the system
yes
Unlikely
no
No idea
yes
Possible
Data classified
"Should this be a portal" is

not an overall score -
answer based on your first
impression of the candidate
no
No idea
Rate based on guidelines
Only using extreme ratings

(1* or 5*) is not
recommended
Trying to rig the review
system will be detected and
result in loss of access to
OPR or removal of weight
from your actions (?Poor
rating?)
Possible
largely solved?
largely solved?
largely solved?
largely solved?
36% of backlog remained

as of Jul 2017 - pre-
submissions reopening
No idea
as of Aug 2017 - pre-

as of Aug 2017 - pre-
No
Possible
Pending
Pending
Portal Edits added to OPR

28 March 2018; NZ Only
Possible
Unlikely
Possible
Possible
Unlikely
Unlikely
No idea
Skip now available
solved
More information required
Rate accessibility on actual

location as per review, not
original location as per
submitted
No idea
Possible
Unlikely
Team looking into exif data

on portal submission
photos
Portals photos may be
removed if the wrong photo
was added (e.g. OPR
duplicates) or do not meet
criteria
To improve a poor rating:
slow down to avoid being
flagged

take your time reviewing to
avoid being flagged
follow the criteria and
guidelines to your best
ability
Reviews while poor will not

count towards the badge;
ability
Reviews while poor will not
count towards the badge;
ability
No idea
Collusion may lead to Poor

rating
Re-evaluate how you are

analyzing submissions if
your rating drops to Poor
No comment on whether 2*
rating counts as agreement
whether rejected or
accepted; adhere to
guidelines

slow down and follow the
criteria and guidelines to
your best ability
likely
likely
likely
likely
likely
It varies
Opr rating is not related to

submissions made by an
agent - only those you
review
Home can be reset once;
bonus can be reset after 1
year
File a ticket
File a ticket
Depends
yes
yes
Possible
No idea
Pending
likely
No OPR Report escalation

process available
Pending
Unlikely
Possible
If you fail the OPR test

twice, you are denied
access to the training
module; re-read the
guidelines
Unlikely
Site = location (e.g.

enclosed park area);
Stucture = item of
equipment (e.g. slide)
likely
likely
yes
Unlikely
Possible
Possible
Pending
likely
likely
likely
Pending
Only rejections based on

duplicate or proximity are
given a specific reason;
otherwise due to not
meeting criteria; resubmit if
you feel it is valid
24hr–7days for a submitted
portal to appear in OPR
Variation in processing time

is there to prevent abuse
Portals in high density

areas may be subject to
further reviewed by Nia Ops
Unlikely
resubmit
Possible
OPR comments are always

received and available for
view by NIA OPS
unlikely
Pending
The OPR system is

constantly changing and
being updated
More information in portal
rejection emails coming at
some point in future
Portal photo reviews may

be prioritised based on
number of other photos a
portal has; OPR team are
testing system
Reject playgrounds in
commercial entities e.g.
McDonalds etc
No official statements about

release of POR
submissions for PoGo;
more info to come
Portals do not port 1:1 into

other games
Portals do not port 1:1 into

other games
Unlikely
Ingress community could
do more to stop PoGo
players who level just to
submit and then quit
no
Invalid portal reports only

affect the portal if it meets
criteria for removal i.e.
portals which are valid as
per criteria and reported will
not be removed
Ingress ≠ Pokemon Go
likely
No idea
Appeals
Appeals

If a portal site changes

(name/photo etc), it is best
to report as invalid and
resubmit rather than submit
edits to amend the existing
portal
Continue to submit portal

edits
Pending

No - only edits, not photos

or removals
Report any portals that no
longer exist as invalid
yes
Report portals on primary

or secondary schools
All reported portals are

reviewed
Appeals
Unlikely
Portal submissions may

remain in OPR for a short
time after a decision has
been made
Unlikely
Sponsored portal edits are

vetted by sponsor before
going live
Report
Appeals
Report
Possible
Many factors considered

when removing portals,
including who submitted the
request, what type of portal
it is, and where it is located
Unlikely
Unlikely
Help center - no account

required to report invalid
portals
yes
Unlikely
reject
Pending
Simple wooden markers
are not good candidates;
preferentially submit trail
markers with
name/description of trail
3* if unsure
Outside basketball courts,

volleyball courts, soccer
fields, baseball fields are
classed as "good places for
the community to gather"
Disc golf guidelines same

as standard golf
A fountain in the middle of a
lake is not a valid portal -
can you reach out and
touch the portal via safe
pedestrian access?
Submissions reported as
duplicate: Resubmit if
original location was
incorrect
Clarity on proximity
rejections requested fron
Nia Ops; clarified as
proximity varies between
20-30m
Clarity on proximity
rejections requested fron
Nia Ops; clarified as
proximity varies between
20-30m
Proximity varies between
20-30m; submit all unique
portals in a given area
Proximity varies between

20-30m; submit all unique
portals in a given area
1 = strongly disagree. 5 =
strongly agree. So a 4 star
rating might be for a
candidate that you agree
should be a Portal but is not
necessarily a super high
quality Portal
Unlikely
If your recon and OPR site

numbers do not match, it is
likely because you dipped
to poor at some point
Skipping portals is not

encouraged
Agreements based on
portals voted through in
OPR will not change if the
portals is later removed
through the appeals
community
likely
Unlikely
likely
Additional incentivess for

OPR currently unlikely;
pass on any ideas
Rejection reason coming

Soon; arrived Sept 2018
If a valid submission is
repeatedly rejected,
resubmit taking more time
to ensure photo, title, and
description are clear, valid,
and meaningful;
alternatively report
repeated rejections to
NiaOps for review



Rejection reason arrived

Sept 2018
Reach out to @redsolocup
on TG; more context can be
provided in the appeals
community if a removal
request is rejected
Use portal appeals

community; possibility post-
Prime
Bonus/Home region
switching to unfamiliar
areas not against TOS
Range recently increased

(June 2018)
If you believe a TOS

violation has occurred (e.g.
relating to local laws),
submit a ticket
Portals at sea rescue bases
need to follow same
guidance as fire stations
e.g. If interfere with safe
access, please don't submit
"Adventures on foot" -
pedestrian access unlikely
to be removed from criteria
If portal has unsafe access,

use location questions to
address safety i.e. do not 1*
"Should this be a portal?"
Portals on e.g. mining sites

are private corporate not
private residential property;
access by employees is
enough to be valid
No idea
Do not base submissions or

decisions on existing
portals; previous
acceptances may not meet
current criteria
Portals on military zones or
closed residential
communities are legal
portals
Unlikely
Being on a military base

does not make a portal
invalid
Portals in secure company
grounds with employee-
only access are valid; do
not equate portal removal
with all portals of that type
being invalid
Portals on military bases

should be 1*; playgrounds
within park or community
gathering are are
acceptable
Report invalid portals
Portals on private corporate

not private residential
property; access by
employees is enough to be
valid
No clarification on whether
military base and military
residential area are the
same
Safe pedestrian access
does not take into account
means of access other than
on foot
Past and present portal
criteria are not the same
Traffic circles and traffic

dividers unlikely to be
considered as having safe
access
Past and present portal
criteria are not the same
No idea
Safe pedestrian access
does not take into account
means of access other than
on foot
Changes to portal criteria

do not necessarily make
existing portals invalid, only
new submissions from that
point onward
Possible
Roundabouts must have full

pedestrian access to be
considered valid e.g. from
on roundabout, not from
sidewalk next to
roundabout
Possible
Definitions of 'dangerous'
are often subjective and
specific
Portals in corporate spaces

that require employee
access are valid - portals
on private residential
property are not; number of
people who have access is
key
Portals on tiny, uninhabited

islands only accessible by
boat are not inherently
invalid
Reject portals on military
bases in OPR (1*)
All Portals need safe

pedestrian access to be
able to reach the portal.
Single family house =

invalid; condo building with
multiple tenants = valid
Portals on the sidewalk ok;

portals in a front yard not ok
- re: Private residential
property
Playground within a gated
community is a valid portal
Little free libraries on

someones lawn are still
considered invalid as
private residential property
Public easement is not

considered private property
Not all portals need to be

accessibly to all agents at
all times
Single building aparement

blocks are not considered
Little free libraries on

someones lawn are still
considered invalid as
Objects on private
residential property are
invalid, even if ultrastrikable
from the sidewalk
Commemorative plaques
on the sides of people’s
houses should be rejected
as 1*, even if they are
visible from the
pavement/sidewalk, as they
are still on Private
Residential and the specific
Historic House guidance
would apply
likely
likely
likely
Unlikely
Unlikely
likely
Seer medal counts fro all
submissions prior to 3rd
September, 2015
Portal submissions from
2014 will be analysed by
OPR
If you have a confirmation
email for the submission, it
is not lost
Portal critera change
No plans to bring back Seer

medal
"Disagreement stat in OPR"
- feedback passed along
Streetview photos in OPR

come from google
Bug fixed May 2018
Each Portal should be

evaluated on its own merit
without taking into account
the density of the location
Density leniency varies by

area - provide more
specifics for a specific
answer
Statues in a church can be
separate portals from the
church itself; whether they
go live depends on
proximity and OPR votes
Possible
Being unaware of reviewers

in a cell does not mean
there are no reviewers -
agents may have the area
as home/bonus
likely
yes
Contact @redsolocup on
TG with info on areas with
no portals, no submitters,
and no reviewers
Frequency of assigning
candidates from further
away being adjusted to help
with areas lacking in
reviewers
solved
Unlikely
Do not include ingress

game references in
descriptions
Bug found in 2018 with

editing system & sending
emails; fix implemented
Bug fixed June 2018
Good idea
Under Development
Access level discrepancy
(L10 v L12) being
discussed internally
Tying submission
availability to submission
success is still on the
roadmap ("credit system")
Fairness of play in rural

areas (MU and portals
submissions/approvals is a
complex problem that the
product team are aware of;
if you have direct feedback
regarding specifc areas,
provide to @redsolocup
Reach out to @redsolocup
Submit a ticket to Nia Ops
Location locking and abuse

reporting being considered
for submissions/OPR
Using Fake Camera, or
other third party tools to
circumvent game
mechanics, is not advised
Unlikely
Pending
Unlikely
No not submit with fake

photo and fake location
Unlikely
Submissions should be
based on your physical
location
Don't use fake camera to

submit portals remotely
No requirement for portals
to be in range of LTE
service etc; data availability
is subjective and not for
consideration in portal
worthyness
likely
likely
Appeals
Use description field to

include additional portal
information
No idea
Pending
Comment field possible for
submissions but require
careful consideration to
avoid abuse and/or liability
issues
Use of languages other

than English for portals ok
as will be reviewed by local
agents
yes
yes
solved
Unlikely
Nothing new to report

regarding changes to
submissions, levels, opr
access, or in limbo portals
Not at this time
Portals under the sea exist
No idea
Each portal submission has

its own cooldown clock and
will be renewed 14days
after submission
Unlikely
No idea
likely
likely
likely
Bug from Aug 2017 that

prevented agents in Brazil
from submitting has been
resolved
Submissions increased to
14 per 14 days on March 8,
2018
2018
Possible
2018
2018
Possible
2018
Portal Submissions opened

to L11+ on September 25,
2017
2017

2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
Accept trail markers, even
those without educational
content
Solpersteine are valid

portals
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Aug 8, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Sept 11, 2017

Sept 18, 2017
Sept 18, 2017
March 5, 2018
Aug 7, 2017
Jun 1, 2018
Oct 9, 2017
Oct 30, 2017
Feb 4-10, 2018

Oct 2, 2017
Nov 27, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
Jan 8, 2018
Feb 4-10, 2018
July 17, 2017
April 2018
Sept 18, 2017
Oct 23, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Feb 4-10, 2018
March 5, 2018
Oct 2, 2017
Oct 30, 2017
Nov 20, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Jan 8, 2018
Feb 4-10, 2018
Feb 4-10, 2018
March 5, 2018
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Aug 21, 2017
Oct 2, 2017
Nov 20, 2017

Jan 8, 2018
Oct 17, 2017
Nov 20, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
March 5, 2018
Oct 2, 2017
Oct 9, 2017
Oct 17, 2017
Oct 30, 2017
Nov 13, 2017
Nov 20, 2017

Dec 19, 2017
Jul 9, 2018
Nov 20, 2017
Nov 20, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
March 5, 2018
July 17, 2017
July 17, 2017

July 25, 2017
Sept 10, 2018
Aug 8, 2018
Aug 8, 2018
Aug 8, 2018
Jul 9, 2018
Jul 9, 2018
Sept 10, 2018

Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Sept 10, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Jul 9, 2018
Jul 9, 2018
Sept 10, 2018
Jan 28, 2018
Sept 11, 2017
Oct 9, 2017
Oct 9, 2017
Oct 30, 2017
Oct 30, 2017
Nov 27, 2017
Dec 11, 2017

Dec 11, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017

Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Feb 4-10, 2018
Feb 4-10, 2018
Feb 4-10, 2018

July 25, 2017
July 31, 2017
Aug 28, 2017
Sept 4, 2017
April 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Oct 9, 2017
Oct 17, 2017

Oct 30, 2017
Nov 27, 2017
Nov 27, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Feb 4-10, 2018

Feb 4-10, 2018
Aug 8, 2018
Oct 30, 2017
Nov 20, 2017
Nov 20, 2017
Oct 17, 2017
Oct 23, 2017
Nov 13, 2017

Nov 20, 2017
Nov 20, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Sept 10, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Aug 8, 2018
Sept 10, 2018

Oct 17, 2017
Sept 18, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Feb 4-10, 2018
March 5, 2018
July 25, 2017
Aug 14, 2017
Nov 20, 2017
Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Jul 9, 2018
Jul 9, 2018
Sept 10, 2018
Sept 10, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Sept 10, 2018
Dec 19, 2017
Jun 1, 2018
Sept 10, 2018
Oct 2, 2017
Oct 9, 2017
Nov 20, 2017
Nov 27, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017

Oct 2, 2017
Jan 28, 2018
Nov 20, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Jan 8, 2018
Feb 4-10, 2018
Oct 30, 2017
Sept 11, 2017
Sept 11, 2017
Sept 18, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
April 2018
Sept 4, 2017
Oct 2, 2017
Oct 2, 2017
Oct 2, 2017
Oct 23, 2017
Nov 13, 2017
Nov 20, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
July 31, 2017
Aug 21, 2017
Jan 28, 2018
Jan 23, 2018
Sept 26, 2017
Sept 26, 2017
Oct 2, 2017
Nov 27, 2017

Dec 19, 2017
Sept 11, 2017
Sept 11, 2017
Sept 18, 2017
Sept 18, 2017
Sept 18, 2017
Sept 18, 2017
Sept 18, 2017
July 17, 2017
Aug 28, 2017
Aug 28, 2017
Aug 28, 2017

Sept 4, 2017
Sept 4, 2017
Aug 8, 2018
https://plus.google.com/105610757730724897736/posts/QQJ5vN7Y6C2
https://plus.google.com/+RalfHildebrandt/posts/B1YCTeiWBh5
https://plus.google.com/+ReinholdM%C3%BCller/posts/DAaLDzRHkZQ
https://plus.google.com/+HeleenKerssies/posts/3Uhfo7ZbBgy
https://plus.google.com/117079454609895299929/posts/HeE9jQYtxYw
All information taken (C&P) from the AMA responses:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W0FUKoW2oV9g80ZWWQfBJqohAT3PloYeG1K3Rnblizw
#NAME?
AMA Date Count - Question
Jul 10, 2017 2
Jul 17, 2017 10
Jul 25, 2017 9
Jul 31, 2017 4
Aug 7, 2017 4
Aug 14, 2017 3
Aug 21, 2017 4
Aug 28, 2017 7
Oct 2, 2017 24
Oct 9, 2017 16
Oct 17, 2017 8
Oct 23, 2017 12
Oct 30, 2017 16
Nov 13, 2017 8
Nov 20, 2017 47
Nov 27, 2017 10
Dec 11, 2017 28
Dec 19, 2017 60
Jan 8, 2018 13
Jan 23, 2018 2
Jan 28, 2018 4
Mar 5, 2018 17
Apr 1, 2018 9
Aug 8, 2018 14
Feb 4-10, 2018 23
https://plus.goo 1
Jul 9, 2018 14
Jun 1, 2018 27
Sept 10, 2018 20
Sept 11, 2017 8
Sept 18, 2017 13
Sept 26, 2017 5
Sept 4, 2017 10
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An interesting piece of art or unique architecture https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001

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