“We need more pokestops,” or “this will be the first pokestop,” or “please make this a gym,” are not phrases that “make a request,” IMO.
A request would be something like, “I’ve placed this 10 feet to the right if the object so it can appear in its own cell to be a pokestop, please don’t move the location.”
The top set of phrases, in my experience, demonstrate that these people don’t understand how Wayfarer works. They probably think their submission is going directly to Niantic instead of other players. They are responding directly to the intructions they read in PGO that told them to explain why this would be a good Pokestop.
The second thing comes from someone who absolutely knows what they are doing and is intentionally manipulating the game board to their own advantage. They are asking me to assist them in that manipulation. I will not oblige them in that.
Also, as you pointed out, most of the people in this discussion are asking you to consider loosening up the way you review. The names in here are people who have been engaged on the forum for a while. They have a good understanding of how Wayfarer works. I would give serious consideration to the fact that you vote out of step with these people.