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  • If they meet criteria, then yeah. Otherwise, they're a generic business. Like I'd be more willing to approve a coffee shop or café that runs poetry open mic nights as an example as opposed to just a run of the mill coffee shop. Same with pubs, if they're not shown to meet criteria, they're a generic business
  • Precisely this. The only time they should be rejected is if they're on school/K12 premises or on PRP, but I can't see many single family PRPs having an entire football pitch in their backyard
  • If that's what he's suggesting, then it's a misinformed suggestion. When reviewing visual uniqueness, it asks us to rate it based on how unique it looks compared to other wayspots in the area. As an example, if three pubs that are wayspots on the same street all share a similar architecture (such as Victorian or Edwardian,…
  • I know how the reviewing system works, so I don't need you being condescending about it. I'm going to say this one last time because this thread is going round in circles: Pubs and bars are usually local businesses, which means they should be rejected if submitter doesn't prove they meet criteria. Until Niantic say other…
  • I agree that without a sign, it doesn't meet criteria, especially following Niantic's recent clarification on memory boxes. However, I don't believe that giving it 4* is abuse, especially when there will be a lot of reviewers that won't be aware that it doesn't meet criteria.
  • It is not abuse if the reviewers feel that it doesn't meet criteria. As I have repeatedly stated, bars and pubs are generally local businesses. Chain pubs such Toby Carvery are also generic businesses. Just because they don't fall under adult themed doesn't automatically make them acceptable. I've subbed a pub before that…
  • Different things meet different criteria. Pubs and bars are LOCAL businesses, which if not shown to have cultural/historic significance, have community value, and/or unique architecture, they're a reject. It even says so in the criteria for potentially confusing nominations. Anyway, this has been argued to **** now, so I…
  • Whilst Confucianism is regarded as an ethical and social philosophy, it is also regarded as a religion - you don't need a deity for it to be a religion (Buddhism and LaVeyan Satanism are two prime examples). Plus Confucianism was established upon many religious tenets that made up Chinese society and culture. So given the…
  • @GearGlider-ING did read your original comment. Once again, you're cherry picking and twisting words around to suit your argument rather than addressing properlt the points others are making.
  • "Generic local businesses don’t meet criteria on their own", as most pubs and bars will be local businesses, they need to stand out on a cultural/historical merit, for distinctive architecture, and/or significance to their local community. If a submission doesn't display any of that, they're to be rejected as a generic…
  • Agreed, agreed, agreed. Below is an example of a mile marker I submitted, that whilst accepted, didn't go live due to close proximity to an existing wayspot.
  • Also, the vast majority of fishing lakes in the UK are CATCH AND RELEASE only. No keeping fish for any reason allowed.
  • Sources to back up your claim please. As I have repeatedly stated, there are is no need for people to go out fishing when the shops are still open.
  • I'd agree except shops that sell FOOD are still open, ergo, there is no need for people to go fishing, especially since the fishing industry is still operating.
  • Hmm, I wonder how many of them actually fishing spots though. Just because parks are open, it does not mean that places where you can fish are open. As I have repeatedly said, people are being encouraged to stay inside and the authorities aren't going to believe that everyone is going out to fish to provide food for their…
  • But if they're using their money to pay bills and buy food, hey guess what? They can't buy fishing gear.
  • But if they're laid off from work, they can't go out and buy fishing gear because they'll be having to try pay off what bills they can and buy what food they can. Also, those on benefits/welfare won't be able to just go out and buy fishing gear either. Maybe after the pandemic is over, I could see fishing spots being…
  • Once upon a time, it was fishing was essential for everyone but then this thing happened where supermarkets and other shops started to pop up and people could start buying them without having to go fishing. As I have said, there has not been a huge surge in people suddenly buying fishing gear and going fishing to feed…
  • But Niantic, as well as various governments, are trying to encourage people to stay inside! So, fishing spots would be a ridiculous thing to be allowed at this point as a wayspot. As I have already stated as well, in the UK, we're allowed out for ONE exercise a day, and essential travel (shopping, key work such as care or…
  • Thank you. Once upon a time, fishing did have significance in my town but the industry itself is no longer what it used to be for whatever reason (some blame EU imposed quotas, others cite other reasons such as the newer generations being "too vegan", and so on but that's a discussion for another day and I'm not derailing…
  • But as stated in another thread by Casey, not every government related thing is eligible, so if NIA say "no fishing spots" they mean "no fishing spots" until they change that bit of criteria but citing Covid-19 as a reason to make them eligible isn't going to make them change their minds. Especially when they have taken…
  • I'll check them out - been meaning to find some new music to listen to 👀
  • Ah! I'm assuming that's an American government office/department then? I've always known DNR to be Do Not Resuscitate - saying that I'm 4th generation of healthcare worker in my family - so when it comes to abbreviations, I always think of the ones used in care work first!
  • Why would I need to look up a Do Not Resuscitate order? As for DPR, I have no clue what you're talking about, but thank you for ignoring every point I've made. As I've already stated, there's hardly been an increase in people going out fishing for their families because fish can still be bought in the shops. I'm not…
  • You keep using the "fishing for our families" argument a lot and I really don't think that is an acceptable reason to allow fishing spots. The only people that would be fishing for their families are the fishers that don't fish for sport and obviously already know how to fish and where the best spots for fishing are. I…
  • Mile markers I accept if the description is well written, since, iirc it's illegal to remove them, especially the older ones. There's actually a mile marker around the corner from me that's built into a hairdresser's.
  • Under what logic should playground and athletic fields be rejected? Bars and pubs are ten to a penny in the vast majority of towns and cities. There's eight pubs within a 10 minute walk of where I live, as an example. Each of them have history (actual history, not just being old), and each have something that makes them…
  • I think what Niantic meant by part of the trail was that it would be part of a named trail. I could be wrong and happy for Niantic to clarify.
  • Precisely this! Like a chain pub such as Toby Carvery meets no criteria because it's a generic chain business. Also, thank you getting us back on topic, @YouLostAStar-ING