Church keeps getting denied
RubyandSamsMama-PGO
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There is a church in town that can't seem to get approved. I have various friends who have nominated it lol it's a very small church in a low income area. I nominated the sign and that was accepted. I'm trying to build my area up as their are still a few things in it that can be added as waypoints. I have seen other churches with multiple waypoints. (Statues, signs, fountains, paintings) I really want to get the church approved to add more to the area. I mean it is not visually unique at all I'm being honest, but there are other criteria that it meets justice being a church. This gets hard denied though. When I nominate it, it's in voting for a few hours tops. Any way I can improve upon this? Or should I cut my losses and just be happy the sign got approved? I mean it seems like a tough crown hard denying a church imo
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I also think that this review is certainly an unreasonable result.
I think you should modify the supplementary explanation a little.
Please add the following sentences.
Rather, it will be easier to accept if you apply only with this sentence.
“It is a religious facility open to the public and a place for interaction among local residents.”
I'm rooting for you to get it approved this time.
When it comes to church signs, they're usually used as a proxy nomination for the actual church (in other words, you can take a picture of the sign or the building, and place the pin accordingly, but the wayspot still represents the church either way).
The sign might be acceptable by itself if it had some details about the history of the church or if it was particularly artistic, but this is just a basic welcome sign. So you're getting rejection reasons like "not visually unique" because some reviewers are correctly marking the church as a duplicate of the sign you've already nominated, but not enough are doing so to actually give you the duplicate message.
I would find something else to nominate.
@RubyandSamsMama-PGO
First this won’t work.
The sign and the building are in the same Level 17 cell
And the pin for the sign is on the church building.
I’m very surprised it just wasn’t duplicated. There is a well known bug that instead of duplicate puts other reasons in the rejection criteria.
I would have said the sign and building are too close anyway.
Second and for future….
It doesn’t bother me what is written in the supplementary info, however there are reviewers who will take against wording like this. Telling the reviewer it keeps being rejected is potentially a signal that it should be rejected. Also referencing the need for a pokestop or gym is another thing that irks some reviewers. Keep the wording focussed on this submission and don’t reference the past rejections or games.
Good Luck
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Generally speaking, the sign and the church are the same POI. “Not visually unique” is not a rejection reason, it’s generally believed to be given as a result of some kind of internal glitch related to voting “Duplicate.” I would also tend to vote this as a duplicate.
As usual, existing POIs are a poor guide for new POIs. Most churches that have multiple points were introduced very early on, are very large, or the POIs are different aspects of the church property (statuary, garden, playground, basketball hoop in the parking lot). A small church like this won’t meet community expectations for the same subject twice. To get another stop on this property you’re going to have to find something different to nominate other than the church itself.
Church Signs = Church Itself. Is pretty much the standard. The only exceptions to this if the sign is visually ornate/beautiful and can qualify as an "Artistic" POI or if the sign is far from the building. Like if the church has say a road in the back that to another major road where you can't see the church building from the Major Road, and can only see the 2nd entrance sign.
Now that doesn't mean that a small church won't have something separate that can be nominated on its own. A statue outside in the back, a basketball court in back, a little free library, playground, a pavilion/picnic area, are all things I have seen in the backyards of even small churches that meet criteria on its own and can be nominated seperately.
The other thing I'll say about your supplemental information is that how many people pass by this place has no relevance to whether or not it is eligible.
the church sign is already approved people will just duplicate it. thats why you keep getting not visually unique