I recently submitted this amazing oak tree in a huge neighborhood park near me that only has 2 stops at the 2 entrances.
There are parks with 10 or more that are smaller, some of them within feet of each other of objects like park benches.
The photo doesn’t do it justice. Kids love climbing it.
Is it a safety issue or something?
It’s very frustrating comparing its relevance to many of the accepted stops like cheap pottery at restaurants for example.
Thanks
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Is this tree:
- A great place for exercise OR
- A great place for exploration OR
- A great place for being social with others
That’s the criteria.
From what has been said, some kids climb it. They could climb any tree. This doesn’t make it stand out to me, and isn’t the acceptance or eligibility criteria.
Also, I wouldn’t look at existing Wayspots for what is eligible. Sometimes things get approved that shouldn’t be, or are from times when the criteria was different
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Absolutely to all of that criteria.
This game is about healthy exploration and discovery.
If this doesn’t fit that, I’m confused.
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It’s a huge tree with several very low large branches resembling a hand.
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Or fingers I should say
This is a huge park. It needs more stops than one at each entrance.
I disagree and as a possible reviewer you’d have to convince me in your supporting info about how it meets the criteria.
It’s just a big tree. Kids climb on many trees. Doesn’t mean they’re all eligible.
Also, what game? Though the text may be game-specific on whatever game you play, you’re nominating a Wayspot which could be used across many Niantic/Scopely games.
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It doesn’t if it doesn’t have eligible points of interest. 
Come take a look if you’d like: it’s Alexandria Oaks park in Jacksonville, Fl.
And many kids would disagree with your opinion.
Interests are objective. I find natural objects to be more interesting than plaques, but I digress.
They can disagree all they like. They’re not the ones reviewing. I think it’s worth you looking at the link I shared.
Maybe if someone paints some graffiti on it, it will get accepted.
But kids are the bulk of individuals playing this game.
I wouldn’t think so.
Again, please read the criteria and then come back once you have.
They aren’t the ones reviewing though in many cases. I doubt many people under 18 are taking time to log in to Wayfarer and vote on Wayspots.
Again, very much depends on the game you’re talking about too. Ingress mentions that kids cannot play the game, and I don’t know how many kids would be playing Monster Hunter NOW and the other titles.
Do you have any documentation that you can share in a nomination about the importance of the tree? Otherwise, I agree that it is just a tree.
For example, I found documentation about the Champion Tree program and submitted a garden at a church that was centered around preserving a pair of these Champion trees, and was a condition of the sale of the property with the town that it be maintained. But even then, I submitted the garden, not the tree, and it took an appeal to get it accepted.
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For something that may be better to nominate in the park, is this a play area?
That would meet the criteria if so.
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General reminder in this topic to perhaps take things a little slower.
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Is there any historic significance to the tree?
Our larger “town” park has a tree that has a plaque and the official website states “In the 1830’s around the time of Queen Victoria’s coronation year a commemorative beech tree was planted which is still well loved feature within the park.”.
If I was reviewing that then I would approve? It is not just a tree that is climbed by kids (has a fence and signs to avoid this due to it’s fragile condition).
Note: This is not in the game but I beleive that it is because it’s in a shared S2 L17 cell not that it wasn’t accepted.
Is there any history like this for the tree in question?
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Natural objects (e.g. trees, lakes) used to be ineligible as wayspots. Although those rules have changed, many reviewers will still be less keen on this submission. If an object like this has a plaque or sign, you are more likely to get that accepted instead.
As SlimboyFat71 says, there may be more significance to the tree. Perhaps it has a name or is mentioned in historical records, or there’s a newspaper story about it. As a submitter you need to show why your submission is distinct - sometimes the distinctness is obvious but other times you will need to work on it.
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