“This Little Free Library is on the sidewalk median between the street and the sidewalk so it is publically accessible. Streetview is from 7 months ago and this was recently added but you can confirm location based on the brick wall in the background of the supporting image. These make great spots to explore around the neighborhood, thanks!”
I have read several threads including this one:
This LFL has been auto denied twice now. This location is facing the street HOWEVER this is a quiet neighborhood and many people walk in the street, it is very safe. How can I have this not auto reject?
My best guess is that your main photo is so close up that the ML (machine learning ai) model could not detect this as a Little Free Library. If you are convinced that this is in an eligible location, you should back up a bit and take a photo that more clearly frames the LFL. I cannot tell from your supporting photo if this is on SFPRP (Single Family Private Residential Property) or not.
If you felt you needed to take a super close close-up to disguise the location, then you shouldn’t submit it.
Thanks for the advice, I agree the image is at a bad angle cause I was trying to avoid having my reflection in it. I’ll take a better photo.
It’s not on SFPRP as it is on the sidewalk median which is public property.
This is not a blanket statement that is universally true, so anything that you can do to indicate that this is public property will help the nomination.
If you mention it’s not on private property, that may be seen as influencing the reviewer to vote for it.
Like Cyndie, I also don’t submit LFLs if they appear to be on PRP (I learned this in my early days of doing Wayfarer after submitting one on PRP). This one, from the info provided, I would vote down for being on PRP, and I would never submit it either, based on the clarification for both LFLs and PRP.
Here’s another thing to keep in mind: put yourself in the shoes of the property owner. Do you think they’d like a bunch of people hanging around possibly raiding a gym, or others fighting over who has control over the portal in Ingress?
Seriously? The criteria says “ Little Free Libraries with safe access on sidewalks outside of apartment buildings or on municipal or communal property are eligible.” Keyword being communal property. I can leave out mentioning it not being on private property but saying you would deny this just in case is bad faith in my opinion.
You have not shared the location, and from all that you have provided, it does appear to be on private property. Unless you are willing to share the location, I will stand with this being on PRP and ineligible.
I’ve seen so many LFLs on PRP in review that are so similar to this: they are trying to hide the fact that it’s in front of PRP.
Like restaurants, cafes, and the like appreciate the same thing? If someone is putting a LFL in the communal space between the street and the sidewalk, that to me is saying they don’t mind people stopping by.
Like I mention in my description, this one doesn’t appear on streetview because it was just added but you can confirm the location based on the brick wall in the supporting image.
They don’t mind a quiet activity, which reading typically is. They don’t mind a parent reading to a child. They don’t mind helping their community learn to read.
This is not on private property? I sent the address to make it easy to see the streetview, did you check the streetview to see what I am talking about with the median between the sidewalk and the road?
That is a single family private residential property I see on both satellite and Street View. And as you were told before, even the sidewalk medium has to be considered as part of PRP, thus why I’d reject this.
