Are DWP buildings banned from becoming PokeStops?
ArcKn1ght-PGO
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I’d hate to waste my future Upgrades towards my local DWP building if they will only keep getting rejected. The building has unique architecture and artistic features in the form of mosaic tiles along its walls. It’s pedestrian accessible and has been in the neighborhood for years.
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HankWolfman-PGO
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Ah, my apologies. I didn't realise that. Here in the UK it's the Department for Work & Pensions, one of the major departments of our national government. If you say DWP to anyone in the UK, that's what we'll think of haha.
The architecture of the building may be eligible, but the actual power and water department is not. So if the building is noteworthy for its architecture, submit it as a building, talk mainly about the building, and keep the references to it being used by the DWP to a minimum, so that reviewers know you're nominating the building for its architecture as opposed to the DWP itself, which doesn't really meet criteria.
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The building itself may meet criteria if it's a listed building, but as far as the DWP goes as an organisation, no one goes to the Department for Work & Pensions to socialise, exercise or explore. Most people go there to claim their benefits and look for work.
Also, the mosaics may be eligible by themselves as well.
With that logic, then why are other buildings such as banks with unique architecture accepted as Stops? People dont go to banks for the exercise or to explore. Nor other buildings such as those; meanwhile, my local DWP actually has historic and cultural value.
By the way, DWP is not Work and Pensions, it’s Department of Water and Power. An actual vital part of the community.
Ah, my apologies. I didn't realise that. Here in the UK it's the Department for Work & Pensions, one of the major departments of our national government. If you say DWP to anyone in the UK, that's what we'll think of haha.
The architecture of the building may be eligible, but the actual power and water department is not. So if the building is noteworthy for its architecture, submit it as a building, talk mainly about the building, and keep the references to it being used by the DWP to a minimum, so that reviewers know you're nominating the building for its architecture as opposed to the DWP itself, which doesn't really meet criteria.
Okay, I’ll give another go for the 3rd time!
Thanks for the suggestion. Maybe I’ll title it “Beautiful Mosaic Building”
sound good?