Title: Mt. Whitney Motel Ore Cart
Description: Historic ore cart replica for transporting rocks and minerals.
Supplemental Info: Visually distinct permanent landmark. Can be seen from google street view.
Location: 36.607308,-118.064375
Tried submitting, but the bot rejects it. Also tried appealing this, but it was considered to be generic even though I’ve seen similar wayspots accepted. No signs of a duplicate, traced it back to 2018 on google street view so it doesn’t seem temporary.
Wanted to add more pokestops since it’s a small town, but doesn’t want to go through.
Being in the driveway of the motel could be an issue with safe pedestrian access to ML ML could also be seeung ut as just landscaping or decoration, which seems to be what the appeals team is seeing it as.
This is just a theory that I have. I think the team marked this as generic since there is no official sign located here about the historic piece, since the sign is missing it just looks like a good decoration and might not learn something to people directly.
You can improve your submission by adding a link to some articles from this piece if they are available. This way you can prove that this piece does have some historical value.
Also try not to compare submissions on the map to the ones which you are asking. Criteria has changed overtime and might not be eligible to this day. Each submission gets reviewed on it’s own value, submissions that look this might have been wrongfully accepted or like I said from a couple years ago when the criteria was different.
Hope this helps you.
BTW, looking at this motel, it does have a swimming pool. Have you tried to submit that, as motel swimming pools may be eligible as great places to be social and get some exercise? I also find the neon sign for the motel to be interesting and worth exploring, as neon signs aren’t as prevalent as they used to be.
Try a closer crop on the image maybe ?
Maybe try a different title
Decorative Mining cart
Then explain in the description that it’s a replica ( or model? ) and it’s there because….
worth a try?
Try this:
Title: Mt. Whitney Motel Ore Cart
Description:
A historic ore cart displayed outside the Mt. Whitney Motel, representing the area’s rich mining history and connection to the Eastern Sierra.
Supporting Statement:
This is a permanent, unique historical object that highlights local heritage and encourages exploration. It meets criteria as a culturally significant waypoint.
More info: https://mtwhitneymotel.com
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Very nice description. It got rejected the first time, but when I submitted it again with the cropped photo it worked! Guess something in the wayspot photo was causing the bot to reject it. Ended up using your description since it was so good.
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Thanks for feedback always good to know how things work out.
