Hey, I was just curious about this. Back in end 2023 I created a Nomination for a Cemetery (it had commonwealth war graves but I did not state it in the description or the supporting info) and it was rejected for “Sensitive Location” To today, I was nominating Nominations when I seen a nearby POI …

A friend of mine once tried submitting the Commonwealth War Graves in his local area. They got rejected both by regular reviewers and by the appeal reviewers, despite him trying to argue that they would meet the explore criteria because the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) actively encourag…

Relevant: [image] Cemeteries & Other Sensitive Locations Criteria Clarification Collection Sensitive locations such as funeral homes, burial grounds, cemeteries, and graveyards should generally be avoided out of respect, but gravestones belonging to historical figures or …

I’m going to be contrary here - these are generic plastic signs that indicate that some of the graves are under the management of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the graves are often in their own part of the cemetery and form part of a memorial.

So, generally speaking, if the wayspot I use shows the sign, it could be accepted? It is the exact same sign used as the one shown in the image in my first post.

Agreed, the whole point of these graves is to have someone visit them and pause a while to reflect on the sacrifice. Apart from dedicated cemeteries which are managed by the CWGC, they manage the parts of other graveyards that may only have a few war graves. Sometimes you can see that someone has mo…

I considered a CWG at a rural church. As always they are very thought provoking to visit and and reflect. Most of the graveyard is old, pre 1900. CWG was set in a plot at the back of the original graveyard. However relatively recently they did decide to expand the graveyard and the CWG is now next…

I don’t think the problem is a single visitor so much, but when a group of players suddenly turn up. I know EX Raids in PoGo don’t seem to be a thing any more, but that certainly can become a problem.

In my example it was such a rural place it was unlikely. But yes in particular a gym seems inappropriate.

I sometimes wish there was a way for local players to add to pokestop information to say “not a good candidate for a gym” because there are quite a number of places that can meet critiera but would be an awful location for a gym/power spot ie not good for large groups either due to being a bit of a …

Commonwealth War Graves - Are they allowed?

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NvlblNm October 19, 2024, 9:06pm 2

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Commonwealth War Graves - Are they allowed?

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