Could historic graveyards/cemeteries be good candidates?
Apache995-ING
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Hi all,
I was reading the guidelines for good nominations and i can't understand if historic graveyards/cemeteries could be good candidates to submit as buildings (not single gravestones or monuments).
I live nearby of what was the area of the Gothic Line in WW2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Line
Many villages and churches were damaged/destroyed by the war, some of the respective graveyards are still present and ,in some cases, the only building left of that place.
If it has 50+ years it's historic for Wayfarer and all of these small graveyards are way older.
Knowning these informations, do you think they could be good candidats to be submitted?
The images inserted below are graveyards. I can provide exact location and historic proofs if needed.
You can find more images here https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_A7sXydiAe4Yvt0zp7xa_UoxaRdbEHSw
Answers
Per January 2020 clarifications:
Cemeteries or Graveyards
Full text at https://wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/help#niantic-wayfarer-clarifications-january-2020
I do believe there was previous guidelines saying historic or inactive cemeteries or extremely rural areas could be allowed, but those have not been updated to the Wayfarer guides, so I'm not certain.
I would hope @NianticCasey-ING can clarify a little. Casey, I believe we're still waiting for little clarification from this post about acceptable cemetery nominations. We've had some really interesting discussions in here, lately, and from what I'm seeing in voting it's clear that additional guidance is needed.
The wayferer acceptance criteria page also states the attached image
The candidate action guide from the old OPR site stated:
Candidate: Cemetery
Policy: Reject
Suggested Vote:
REJECT unless the cemetery is historical or has special significance in the community (see guidelines for gravestones/markers).
Candidate: Gravestone
Policy: Reject
Suggested Vote:
REJECT unless the gravestone 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.
I have had success in a historic graveyard where no one has been buried for 50-60 years. It's full of 200+ year old graves, with MANY prominent local historical figures buried there. I've done a very thorough job digging up the individual's history and have worked hard to create good descriptions. Most have been approved. (4 accepted, 1 denied so far. Have more to try).
They aren't easy ones, but if it is for legitimate historical figures and it's not somewhere that people mourning are likely to be, I think they CAN be good submissions.
Added comment:
"Digging up" . Good lord. No pun intended.
Looking at the two images in the original post, it will be a struggle to have those accepted without a plaque or information board explaining the history of them.
Most of these local graveyards aren't marked by a plaque or informations panel :/
So theoretically graveyards as buildings can't become wayspots, indifferently if they are historic or new.
I remember that line from OPR, there was something for "ruins with significance" too if they had safe pedestrian access.
That allowed me to open some of the church damaged by WW2 on the Gothic line, some of them are barely recognizable.
https://goo.gl/maps/pb4bvL95cRLbiTLb8
https://goo.gl/maps/WYbrSuscZKHyNG256
https://goo.gl/maps/uvBSReC7pp41Xk3b6
Read the guidelines it's clear in there what can and can not be eligible. Most people read far to deep into what can be in or out just take it as face value.