memorial benches in rural and semi-rural are sometimes the best quality nomination ideas people can find. They’re not mass produced quite like people think. At least in my local parks when I looked into it donating a memorial bench or tree to a park is very expensive! As long as Pokémon Go has been out, 8 years they still exist and are maintained in local parks I frequent and yes exactly in the area people stated they were. My personal experience with an older player is remarking how she knew all the people who were memorial stops in the park. They’re not politicians but they were known community members. Another young guy looked another memorial and it was for a young friend who die in service. The park is a veterans park. I’ve never seen so many at any one park or within the entire county that makes it seem like everyone single one is approved or its over-running any other eligible item.
Reading this forum enough lately is to see complaints about old firehouse callboxes in NY and postoffice boxes in the UK. Germany and other similar areas arguing over what qualifies as good and worthwhile trail markers. So apparently every area has their thing.
Ok, then how was grandpa a important person in the community? Did they serve as mayor at one time? Were they on the park board when the park the bench is at was created?
Most do not explain anything about how someone that is being honored was significant to the community. Most of the descriptions and supporting info just note that it’s a memorial bench to said person at said location, nothing else. I don’t see these as distinct, hence the thumbs down for Permanent and Distinct.
I never said the item is eligible. To be eligible, its supposed to be a notable person.
I just said that the inscription is enough that the message is distinct.
Please stop arguing with me as if Im not understanding. I do understand. I just disagree that something which identifies one single person is indistinct from one that identifies another single person.
I agree, and the family/friends may not want to have these benches in a publicly accessible datebase for games. They may want these benches to last as long as possible as well, and if they get destroyed by a player or players, that could be on Niantic’s hands to replace and pay for.
I never said that I wanted to accept all these “dead people benches”. I wanted to reject a lot of them, but as this topic says, there is literally no rejection option that says “this item doesnt meet criteria” so having one again, like we used to, would be useful
I agree. and I do see the other viewpoints of them seeming to be boring. But not every mural or statue or architecture in cities necessarily excite me either. And I’ve seen a ton of murals whose title or description is just “mural”.
I don’t want to approve every single memorial bench either. Just offering up a small defense as to why they’re submitted, especially in rural to semi-rural areas. If it’s in a park or somewhere that looks like a good place to explore or play niantic’s games, which I have always like parks best for, and the area has little to no wayspots around, then I won’t just immediately reject it either. Especially if there was decent effort put into the submission.
I think most reviewers have gotten used to the current system, as it’s been around for half a year now. I don’t think there needs to be anything added right now.
@Ambassadors If you have anything to add, please feel free to do so.
Unfortunately I’ve seen similar from 35+ year olds when dealing with a 17 year old and a 24 year old woman with mental health issues
I think most Wayfarers would agree, I would at least, that a simple this didn’t meet the criteria button would be preferable than ending up fudging rejection reasons.
I do the same - I give more benfit of the doubt in lower density areas and am more understanding of how someone could be notable in the area. Will generally accept well written submissions for these in small villages.
