Please update rejection reason descriptions
cyndiepooh-ING
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Yesterday I had this trail marker (that goes through easily here 99% of the time) rejected with the email reason, "Nomination appears to contain extraneous objects or identifiers not representative of the nomination. I don't see this reason available in 1* options, so I asked on Discord and was told this is the description for "Submitter Identifiable" under Low Quality Photo. I will go back and get a new photo without construction in the background, but I am not identifiable in either the nom picture
or the supporting photo
This is not an appeal of this rejection, just an example of how frustrating the rejection reasons are - especially when some reviewers are using the wording in a way that is not intended.
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I've gotten a ****ton of such rejections for so-called (and non-existent) "photo quality" issues. See other thread here: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/22256/will-it-be-possible-to-report-reviewers#latest
But one thing you can do to "improve" the photo, at least in the minds of TOO MANY reviewers, is to take the photo "head on". As yours is taken from the side, they interpret that as being "at an angle" and (still only in their minds) thusly ineligible. It's like they've never taken an art or photography class, and do not understand the simple concept of "perspective".
Your photo is just fine. It's a great picture, perfectly representative of the submitted object. As you're an Ingress player, you can do like me: once the nomination is eventually accepted, you can submit the original photo for the wayspot, get some precious AP out of the effort, and even upvote it to be the main photo anyway. I've got some wonderful pictures that had been originally rejected now the primary photo, including: "angled" photos that just look so much better framed with some perspective; photos taken at night with the object lit up beautifully