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r/NianticWayfarer•
bugpop31

What would you call this?

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I nominated this as a playground but maybe it isn't. I thought it looked somewhat dangerous for a playground. If I was a kid, I'd play on this.

It was rejected as a natural feature. It's obviously something intentionally set up. I think it looks interesting, I guess I could sit on the blocks watching my kids play, maybe it's a sitting area. It looks cool and maybe a bit artistic. Landcape architecture is a thing. I'm thinking it's eligible. I thought it was interesting enough to put up here.

This particular area is a new development in what had been a very rural area. There are not very many waypoints except for a nearby nature preserve about a mile away (by car). In suburban areas built in very rural areas, there's no sidewalks, so it's not practical to go to nature preserve.

So what is it? Is it eligible?

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4VMwrOaQciqEBHiJJ-SnDwiOk4vrYlaVr0qbo5_zUqKqyvb8VZOwXvKJ9Lc32ulYHwhzR872Y401gMPJysROR5EKLQ=s0

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ap0zDCAYqt0Ndz4wJJ0o7WpPIRWl7PUdAz-GplUNKroLVn0kzNeugIfFBASLWmEZ_ogYUtdvfUEh0dU41PsZK6Kp22I=s0

I'd prefer my nominations not get rejected, but my only interest was adding pokestops in a new area. I thought that if people in the neighborhood had convenient pokestops, they'd be inclined to play Ingress. We get a decent number of recruits from Pokémon.

I'm not going to burn another nomination if the consensus is that it's ineligible.

Posted Feb 14, 2020, 4:28 AM UTC

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Sylvamae•

What criteria does it meet? I'd like to see this as a required question in nominations, could even have a "tick the box" answer. That w@y people won’t w@ste their/our time with nominations they think are cool for whatever obscure reasons

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bugpop31OP•

I thought it was a playground. I'd play on if I were a kid. I'll have to take my kids and see what they think.

That's a good idea though.

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winelight•

I don't think you could ever persuade enough reviewers that this isn't a natural feature.

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Doctors_TARDIS•

Yes. Those totally natural, obviously carved stones. This is like the time someone argued stonehenge was a natural feature because it was made of rock.

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-cyrik-•

Organic Playground. Lol.

Or maybe a play garden?

But yeah I'm not sure what to call it other than a playground, and even though it's obviously manmade, many reviewers are idiots and will mark it as a natural feature even though it's not.

Have you submitted it more than once? If you've only done it one time so far I would try it again. Make a comment in the supporting details that it's clearly a man made structure and did not come to be this way naturally.

Also I chuckled at the comment about it being a mile away (by car).😂

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bugpop31OP•

I did get a wayspot that was clearly a playground on the other side of the sidewalk (north side). There was an opportunity for 2 pokestops because a L17 boundary was handy.

There isn't a sidewalk on Waller-Tomball Road or Mueschke Road but there are crosswalks at that intersection. People drive 55mph+ so it's not that great walking on the shoulder.

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=30.075267,-95.720216&z=17&pll=30.075267,-95.720216

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=30.079415,-95.74357&z=16&pll=30.079415,-95.74357

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=30.072492,-95.735938&z=16&pll=30.072492,-95.735938

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MattZapp17:ingress:•

I think I remember reviewing that one, I think I rejected it because I really wasn't convinced that it was a playground. It kinda just looked like a buncha rocks and tree stumps. Obviously placed there by someone, but I wasn't really sure it was a playground. Is there anything similar around that you can link the the supporting info to prove that it's some kind of place where people are meant to gather?

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bugpop31OP•

I remember finding a promotional drawing of the park but I couldn't find the link when I got around to submitting the nomination.

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MattZapp17:ingress:•

If you can find that link, it would be a good thing to include in your supporting info

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MargariteDVille•

I think it's construction debris. They were going to build something there, and when it fell through, they didn't collect all of the materials they'd dropped off there. In fact it looks like part of a neighborhood, so will be a house eventually. Maybe it was abandoned during the recession, and eventually, whoever owns the land will realise they can sell it.

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bugpop31OP•

It's intentionally set up

https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=30.075267,-95.720216&z=17&pll=30.075267,-95.720216

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dogecoin_pleasures•

The photos aren't good because the objects are small and obscured by the tree. If I were submitting I'd describe it as a seating/gathering area?

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Garrett2497:ingress::pgo::hpwu:•

Maybe an obstacle course is a more appropriate title. A better photo would also help. Focus on the item and try to avoid as much of the brush as possible.

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StardustBurner•

It would be a tough sell but you could nominate it as an outdoor parkour course/playground or alternatively, a sculpture garden.

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BillMose•

It is intentionally set up landscaping and is mowed grass for access. It could be a playground or a gathering place for a local community location for a discussion forum.

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