Thanks, I didnt realize I only had 2 appeals.
Also
" i would not appeal this one"
Wow ok, rude bro 
lol its a good poke stop dang it! 
You have two appeals, with each one refreshing after 15 days. This means if you use each one as soon as it appears, you can make ~4 appeals every month (
It wasn’t meant to be rude, just advice 
Mentioning why something is good for pokemon go is not a good idea. I know that is what the prompt asks, but you should be explaining why the point of interest is interesting on its own merits. Being good for the game is not a criteria.
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Sorry if that came out rude. I thought you were here for advice.
If its not good for the game then whats the point of any of this? I want to play pokemon?
I highlighted the text you seem to have missed.
Its ok, i was just messing around. I am here for advice lol you were just really blunt.
’This is a bike trail and I feel more poke stops in the area could help bring more people outside to this beautiful trail’ is not a good description.
It is very rare that mentioning pokestops is good idea. Definitely NEVER in the description, which must be game-agnostic. In the supporting text, it can put some reviewers off (“needz more pokestopz”) and will very rarely be helpful. Reviewers can tell how populated an area is using the map they are showing when reviewing.
Also, each wayspot is evaluated on its own merits. That an area “needs” more pokestops is irrelevant, unless this is a borderline submission which might be merited in a sparsely-populated area, but then say more about the wayspot.
Saying “this is a bike trail”, when the submission is a bike trail, tells the reviewers nothing. Tell them what the bike trail is called, where it goes, why people use it, what the views are like etc.
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Oh i read that part. I ment i had 2 before they ran out and i have to wait for more. But i wasnt specific. Thanks for trying to help
Wayspots can be used in multiple Niantic games. I like that the new Web Submit option makes it clear that we are submitting Wayspots, not Pokestops. I understand that it is frustrating when an accepted nomination is not used in Pokemon Go. They have allowed me to post this topic explaining: Why an accepted Wayspot may not be used in Pokemon Go (S2 cells and Pokemon Go)
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Wayfarer is for all Niantic games, now and in the future. Anything added to it could be used by games other than Pokemon Go. Although most submissions are to get things into Pokemon Go, not everything is.
Think of Wayfarer as a separate game - finding cool things to be wayspots and adding them into the wayfarer database, with an extra bonus of them appearing in Pokemon Go.
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But an area like a park with many trails, having more poke stops would attract people to the area who might otherwise miss out. I dont want to go on a 5 mile trail if theres only 3 poke stops. Thats a waste of my time. The game encourages following routes, walking to hatch eggs, among other things. It makes sense to want be on a trail out in the wild like a real pokemon trainer. Instead i’m encouraged to walk around a mall cause theres more poke stops. When malls are more crowded, leaving less room for raid group meet ups. If theres a 5 mile trail with a generous amout of poke stops then youd be encouraging people to walk 5 miles back and forth, in an more secluded open public area, not bothering other people. The game is made to incintivise walking, being out in nature. To say a trail marker on a bike trail is not a good poke stop, though it is distinct and in a safe open public space, simply because i’d like a trail to be more optimal for playing pokemon is… wild. Lol
I should have also been more specific that i dont put it in the initial description of the poke stop. But i put it in the explanation of why i think a place is a good poke stop.
I am uneducated on any other game niantic might also own besides pokemon. But i will keep this in mind.
This is a great article, and he explains the reasoning much better than I can:
Here is a link to Wayfarer Criteria:
If you read through this, you will not see a mention of Pokemon Go. A Wayspot must meet eligibility on its own merits. Not because of what it could do for that game.
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No-one is saying that Trail markers on bike trails can be great wayspots, even if a few reviewers haven’t realised this - several years ago, trail markers were extremely difficult to get accepted (and still are in Ingress, which is now separate from Pogo).
Say why this trail is good. Wanting more pokestops will be why you are submitting, but it isn’t why most reviewers are accepting things.
Being in a safe open public space and being a visually distinct object are helpful for meaning something can be accepted, but they do not make something eligible.
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