Often in the nominations in our region, people use the accompanying information field, which serves to justify the acceptability of the nomination, to complain about not having enough PokéStops.
How do you feel about this?
If it is in supporting information, it is fine.
It is a useless information, but it is not rejectable.
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I usually ignore it.
The number of nearby PokéStops is not a factor I need to consider when reviewing.
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Could you please provide some examples of exactly what you mean.
Screenshots would be useful.
Usually the nominations contain something like “No/few PokéStops around”.
But it’s rare to even find something like this:
The translation is as follows:
Players pass through here every day, so a PokéStop at this location greatly diversifies the usual gameplay. For context, this location is located along the main road leading to Astana, where everyone studies and works. Therefore, a PokéStop at this location is definitely …
In this nomination, the object is a canteen whose main dish is pilaf. Since the country is Central Asian, such establishments are quite common. However, the author does not emphasize the features of this establishment, but only says "that it would be nice to have a PokéStop here.”
This is the submitter doing what the game asked them to do, because the prompts for submitting in game are not very good and essentially ask for this kind of information
That’s why I wouldn’t penalised someone for submitting this way
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Thanks, couldn’t remember exactly what it said. I think the person did exactly that in the example above - so in my view they didnt do anything wrong. It’s simply a missed opportunity to talk about more persuasive things
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I wont reject it based on that as long its on supporting information.
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As noted they’re following the prompt and saying why it’s “important”.
I just treat these as if they haven’t typed any supporting information, as that’s what it is equivalent to. The submitter has wasted the opportunity to tell me more about why it’s an eligible and acceptable Wayspot so may just as well typed nothing or “N/A” there.
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I’m the author of this nomination.
I did exactly what you asked people to do in your public Telegram channel, where you comment on other nominations. Here’s the screenshot:
And here’s your note for the screenshot.
I didn’t see any justification for why this place should be accepted. For those who love to throw the rules in my face — please, read them to the end.
Since you didn’t show the full text from the “supporting information” section in your screenshot, here’s the full translation:
Players pass by here every day, so a PokéStop at this location would greatly diversify the usual gameplay. For context: this spot is by the main road leading to Astana, where everyone studies and works. Because of that, no one would miss a PokéStop placed here. Also, within the same level 14 S2 cell is the first and only PokéStop that could become a Gym — Stella Qosshy. It’s a place where travelers can stop, sit down, and take photos before continuing on their way.
I don’t see anything in the supporting information that suggests I was begging or complaining about the lack of PokéStops. So I believe I didn’t do anything wrong. On the contrary, I used the additional information section exactly as intended.
This is a rural area, and according to the description, the nomination has cultural significance for my country. It’s a great place for the local community to explore or be social.
Please make sure to review nominations more carefully in the future. This isn’t the first time our community has noticed that you haven’t been putting in much effort.
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Did you wrote that cell and gym stuff in your supporting information?
My advice to anyone nominating is to never mention the games the waypoint could appear in. It should be able to stand on its own.
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Apparently he intended to, but ran out of characters. I haven’t cut the information and have included what was reflected in the vote.
If you tap or click on the supporting info it will bring up a box with the full text.
No, I didn’t use the word “cell” in the supporting information — the original wording was different, though the context was the same. If that was against the rules, then I apologize.
edit: I only knew that mentioning the game in the description was not allowed.
It’s not against the rules, but a lot of reviewers will ignore any game-specific text in the supporting information, meaning all that text is wasted and the space could have been used to provide actual supporting information for the wayspot itself. How the wayspot will be used in games is irrelevant to wayfarer, therefore irrelevant when reviewing wayspots.
Your accompanying information is the opposite. You’re not emphasizing the importance of the establishment itself, but rather trying to justify the Pokéstop’s location. It makes it seem like the Pokéstop itself is important, but the establishment isn’t.
There’s a good chance they did, since the screenshot from @DenialN1 is only showing the start of the supporting information and the translation only of that part of it. This is clear from the “…” in the screenshot.
(This doesn’t make the supporting information good or bad.)
I don’t think this is good or bad. I came here to hear people’s opinions on this kind of information. I think it’s useless because it doesn’t reveal the significance of the establishment itself, only the significance of PokéStop.