Wayspot Title: Водопад “Абзал”
Location: 49.804611,73.088049
City: Karaganda
Country: Kazakhstan
Screenshot of the Rejection Email:
I don’t quite understand why this fountain is not unique. This is the only waterfall type fountain in this shopping center. The other existing fountain is more of an artificial pond than a fountain. Please explain to me what is wrong with this nomination in accordance with “non-uniqueness”.
Photo of the fountain:
Maybe u can try changing the angle without store on the side. Well i also have many rejection because of this not distinct thing. What you can do is to improve the quality of the photo and/or description and resubmit it. Whats written on the fountain ah?
The first rejection was actually because the fountain was “temporary”. After the appeal, I was told that it was “not unique”. But no one said that the photo was of poor quality…
Temporary and not distinct is under same rejection clause.
And photo play big role on how people perceive distinct or not distinct.
The name of the shopping center is written on the fountain. The problem is that there are lamps above the fountain that overexpose the photo. If I focus on them so that the camera can adjust the brightness, the fountain itself will become too dark.
upd: If I had tried to take a photo at a right angle, the light from the lamps would have been reflected in the water and the words on the fountain would not have been visible.
You can crop the photo. Simple cropping is acceptable
The shopping center’s wayspot already exists. In general, this shopping center is a key hub of the city, as it has a bus stop next to it, through which the most bus routes pass. Therefore, I wanted power spots to appear as close to this place as possible and as often as possible.
Well my suggestion then change the photo and go through community route again.
Hi @DenialN1
I’ve moved your topic to Nomination Support because the Wayspot Appeals category is for appealing rejected removal requests or to ask for reinstating removed wayspots.
With my old eyes I did not notice it as a fountain as the water does not stand out.
If that is the name of the shopping center I would have probably taken it just as another sign and has the center already has a waypoint possibly a duplicate.
Obviously, maybe the Title / Description and Supporting would have made it clear.
Would water feature be a better title? Does the water flow over the sign in some way - its hard to tell.
The name literally translates as:
“Abzal” Waterfall
The description is as follows:
Decorative fountain on the second floor of the same name shopping center .
Overall I was hoping to get an answer from someone on the Niantic team, as the situation is really weird and the rejection criteria are very questionable.
Unfortunately I can’t nominate an object using a video or gif to show how water flows. However, if you look closely, you can see that the pebbles at the bottom of the fountain are sticking out of the water and have a lighter shade.
Yeah I realise it might show better in person, I’m just making a suggestion based on what a reviewer might think 
