cemeteries are not the best area to play, many submissions are getting rejected there as "inappropriate location". For actually helping you, we need pictures of your submission.
Also, you cant appeal rejected pokestop submissions.
POIs on cemeteries are not necessarily ineligible, but only attractions like memorials are eligible. You need to prove that this is not a random gravestone.
Rule #1 while creating new POIs: NEVER rely on already existent POIs. Unfortunately many of them already in the game(s) are not eligible. E.g. things in the middle of non accessible roundabouts, private property homes and also sometimes cemeteries...
Private properties are no-go. Nothing is allowed there, so that's not why they mention sensitive locations.
With regards to the second sentence, do you mean that there are other cemeteries that should be handled as sensitive but not this one?
Great, you should explain why this is not a sensitive cemetery to the reviewers.
Please, remember that you won't get your nomination approved by arguing here, we're only players from all around the world and the Niantic staff has never approved a nomination that has been rejected by the community.
I don't care if your nomination is approved or rejected, it won't affect me in any way, I'm trying to make you look at your nomination with the eyes of an outsider.
You still haven't shown us the screenshots of your nomination, that's what we expect in order to provide suggestions about how to improve it.
The supplemental photo doesn't provide any additional info, you could take it further away to show better the location.
Is it visible in street view?
In the additional information remove all the Pokemon/pokestop references. No one cares about them, focus instead of the fact that this is no longer used for new burials and it has a high historical value.
"Historical Civil War cemetary, no longer in use for burials." The sign is not very informative about this being an historical site so link to a a website with details.
Whether or not you have any pokestops nearby is irrelevant and saying so only annoys reviewers. Don't mention this.
Honestly, this looks just like every other small graveyard scattered throughout West Virginia. Find better things to nominate, such as churches and local parks. Also, go to your county seat in Martinsburg, which is a roughly 14 minute drive.
Not everywhere is conducive to walking. And since you live in West Virginia, you should be very much use to driving somewhere to get anywhere. I don't know how many times I traveled an hour to go to Beckley or Princeton just to grind out my levels in Ingress. And then there was the event when I traveled to Charleston and Huntington just to get as many uniques as I could for the event badge. Traveling is very much a way of life in West Virginia.
Invalid Appeal - Thanks for the appeal, Trainer. We're not currently reviewing Pokéstop/Gym candidates. Please resubmit the nomination by improving its title/description if you feel that it was a valid nomination.
I find going to historical Grave Yards, an excellent form of exploration it is the best way to find out about the history of the people who lived there, there is always something to discover and learn. I believe it covers the walking component of the mission statement by Niantic. I wouldn't do a current in use grave yard, but where I live they have 4 different sections of the grave yard and I often explore the Historical grave stones, having someone say your name after you have passed is a way for you to be remembered even if that person didn't know you. Most historical grave yards have historical records that are fantastic to investigate you can investigate family members, cause of **** and a little bit about the persons life. So I think there needs to be a section for Historical grave yards.
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cemeteries are not the best area to play, many submissions are getting rejected there as "inappropriate location". For actually helping you, we need pictures of your submission.
Also, you cant appeal rejected pokestop submissions.
A cemetery is a sensitive location. You should show us (not us, the reviewers) why this is different.
POIs on cemeteries are not necessarily ineligible, but only attractions like memorials are eligible. You need to prove that this is not a random gravestone.
Rule #1 while creating new POIs: NEVER rely on already existent POIs. Unfortunately many of them already in the game(s) are not eligible. E.g. things in the middle of non accessible roundabouts, private property homes and also sometimes cemeteries...
Let's put it in another way:
Can you list some example of sensitive locations that shouldn't be wayspots and that aren't already excluded by other criteria like K-12?
Yes, every cemetery is culturally significant as it's part of our culture to respect and remember our deceased ones.
Is that the photo that you used? That's not a good photo, if it's an important cemetery I would expect an entry sign, not tombstones.
Private properties are no-go. Nothing is allowed there, so that's not why they mention sensitive locations.
With regards to the second sentence, do you mean that there are other cemeteries that should be handled as sensitive but not this one?
Great, you should explain why this is not a sensitive cemetery to the reviewers.
Please, remember that you won't get your nomination approved by arguing here, we're only players from all around the world and the Niantic staff has never approved a nomination that has been rejected by the community.
I don't care if your nomination is approved or rejected, it won't affect me in any way, I'm trying to make you look at your nomination with the eyes of an outsider.
You still haven't shown us the screenshots of your nomination, that's what we expect in order to provide suggestions about how to improve it.
That's good.
Did you explain that in your nomination?
Or just: why did you post here? Do you want to improve your nomination or just vent? If I can't help you then I won't bother you anymore.
The main description is good.
The supplemental photo doesn't provide any additional info, you could take it further away to show better the location.
Is it visible in street view?
In the additional information remove all the Pokemon/pokestop references. No one cares about them, focus instead of the fact that this is no longer used for new burials and it has a high historical value.
"Historical Civil War cemetary, no longer in use for burials." The sign is not very informative about this being an historical site so link to a a website with details.
Whether or not you have any pokestops nearby is irrelevant and saying so only annoys reviewers. Don't mention this.
Yes, we've told Niantic about these issues for months and they still haven't done anything about it.
Honestly, this looks just like every other small graveyard scattered throughout West Virginia. Find better things to nominate, such as churches and local parks. Also, go to your county seat in Martinsburg, which is a roughly 14 minute drive.
Not everywhere is conducive to walking. And since you live in West Virginia, you should be very much use to driving somewhere to get anywhere. I don't know how many times I traveled an hour to go to Beckley or Princeton just to grind out my levels in Ingress. And then there was the event when I traveled to Charleston and Huntington just to get as many uniques as I could for the event badge. Traveling is very much a way of life in West Virginia.
Invalid Appeal - Thanks for the appeal, Trainer. We're not currently reviewing Pokéstop/Gym candidates. Please resubmit the nomination by improving its title/description if you feel that it was a valid nomination.
I find going to historical Grave Yards, an excellent form of exploration it is the best way to find out about the history of the people who lived there, there is always something to discover and learn. I believe it covers the walking component of the mission statement by Niantic. I wouldn't do a current in use grave yard, but where I live they have 4 different sections of the grave yard and I often explore the Historical grave stones, having someone say your name after you have passed is a way for you to be remembered even if that person didn't know you. Most historical grave yards have historical records that are fantastic to investigate you can investigate family members, cause of **** and a little bit about the persons life. So I think there needs to be a section for Historical grave yards.