Memorial Benches - Opinions Sought

[DTrain2002]

This most likely came about due to this thread:

This is a Memorial Bench GAMECHANGER

Hello everyone. This is another poke at potentially another view upon unique memorial benches. I stumbled upon this website: https://openbenches.org/ I know memorial benches are sooo looked down upon, but in my eyes each one is unique and unique is good in the world of wayfarer. Ive always thought that what better place to sit with a friend or even someone random, chat with them about their day or even their problems. It can even spark friendships or more. Or even sit alone and people…

I laid out my reasons as to why I don’t see them as eligible, which are some reasons why the community doesn’t as well.

This is a Memorial Bench GAMECHANGER

Hello and welcome, Unfortunately, I have to agree with Wayfarer’s stance on memorial benches, and for a few reasons. First, many are mass produced and look very the same in a similar area, like a park or plaza. The only different may be the plaque or name plate on the benches, noting who it’s in memorial to. I have seen some unique ones that aren’t mass produced; I recently had a review for one that was a memorial to a couple and featured cut-outs of playing cards in the metal, as they were …

I stand by the clarification: the submitter has to provide proof that the person was of significance to the community. Links can be so helpful for nominations that need a little extra info to possibly get approved, and I almost always do my research beforehand to see if I can find any links that I can provide that may help improve the nomination.

Just an example is that there are memorial trees at a church in my hometown, and the memorials are to former church members. Other than them being former church members, I don’t think there’s much info out there about what else they did for the community. Also, don’t know if the church wants people to be walking on the grass, so there’s that, too.

I say this often and will say it again: the burden of proof is on the submitter, and if that proof isn’t provided as to why a nomination meets criteria, it may get rejected.