Gazebo vs Pergola
This is a Gazebo.
This is also a Gazebo.
Even this is a gazebo.
This however is not a Gazebo, it is a pergola.
This is also a pergola.
And this is a pergola.
A gazebo is a roofed structure usually designed for people to sit under and gather. They are accepted if the candidate is in a park or community gathering place; falls under the criteria of public spaces that encourage walk and exercise.
A pergola is an open-topped structure designed to have plants growing over it, usually along a pathway or plaza. While it's part of a park, it's no more acceptable than a set of stairs, or a large tree.
Please stop submitting random pergolas...
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I would classify image 1 and 3 as pavilions rather than gazebos. Also there is a difference between a pergola and a trellis since that's also another point of confusion for submitters/reviewers.
There's a pergola around a park in my area that has benches for people sitting. It's not there for plants. The only difference between it and a gazebo is the roof, so I don't see the problem. It doesn't keep a person dry in the rain, big deal, still serves the same purpose as a gathering area for people.
I'd submit it, but it's already using the same cell as a portal.
Pavillion's definition is a bit vague. Gazebo is one of the things in the actual list of OPR options which is why I wasn't subdividing gazebos.
And yes, there's differences between pergola's and trellis' but neither is acceptable to OPR.
If it has fixed tables where people gather, then it's one of those borderline edge cases where they could have built an actual roof but chose to cheap out and built it like a pergola. That's a case by case thing, but I'm seeing time and time again, people posting random structures an even calling them pergolas.
I'm guessing all the real gazebo's have been submitted and people are now stretching for more.
A pergola has the same purpose as a gazebo, I don't know why they wouldn't meet the same criteria.
They are actually more typically not covered with plants but they can be.
This, exactly this.
Pergola = Gazebo as far as uses.
As a place where there are fixed tables, sure.
The majority of ones being submitted are vague cover over walkways, and therefore aren't serving the same purpose as a gathering place.
The guideline actually says gazebos fit criteria under public spaces that encourage walk and exercise, while I don't think I've submitted a pergola that didn't have seating under it I'd still say that would fit under the guide.
To be fair, titled correctly, I'd likely not reject any of those images.
2/3 of their pergola examples have seating under it as well.
Because they aren't the same.
They are though but you can continue to rate them however you'd like.
Every pergola is see come through OPR is at some apartment complex or business and was bought at Home Depot.
I don't know how to break the news to you, but you can also just buy gazebos.
Yeah I'm not seeing a reason to reject based on having to purchase a structure? My apartment complex has many gazebos just because my developer had more money to burn on a fancier structure than another doesn't make it fit criteria any less.
Gazebos fit the lore. Generally they are shaped like this. When you look at them from the top.
The criteria doesn't say Gazebos fit criteria because they fit lore.
They do say it's because that's where people gather. A random arbor along a path isn't a gathering place.
In your own post above
They are accepted if the candidate is in a park or community gathering place; falls under the criteria of public spaces that encourage walk and exercise.
This one from OPR was simply titled "Gazebo".
Pergolas fit the lore, generally they Area shaped like this whenever you look at them from the top
Since you're trying to school people on different structures, that's not a pergola either. I personally wouldn't submit that but more power to them.
This one is literally a dumpster corral.
I've seen redditors comment about rejecting pavilions too. It's dumb.
Pavilions and gazebos, while structurally different, are conceptually identical and imo should both be 5 stars if Niantic says 1 should be.
Pergolas are used in many different ways, but many of them are set up with seating, or are large enough for a group. Those that are would pass with me. @Perringaiden I'd approve those first 2 from your post. The first for size and ability to get shade underneath, the second because it's beautiful.
Yeah I don't think anyone here is going to argue that you should approve a dumpster.
I'm not at OPR level yet, but it strikes me that whatever the name of the thing in picture 5 is, it's a lot more interesting than the generic 'shed without walls' in picture 1. Given that the the objective here is to build a database of points of interest, maybe a definition based on roofing material isn't ideal?
Someone mentioned that A Pergola with a table under it would be the same as a Gazebo. I actually think its a massive upgrade, 90% of the Gazebos in my area have no tables or seating. They are just a covered area for decoration. You know what a pergola is? A covered area for decoration.
Exactly. I always thought that Gazebos were decorative/gathering places but the walk way ones without seating still fit because the criteria is encourages walk/exercise. The walking path ones might actually fit criteria more.
I assume the relevant difference was the roofing material, Gazebos with permanent man made roofs count, Pergolas with non-permanent, naturally growing plants don't count as they are a natural feature. We have the same man-made vs natural distinction here that rules out waterfalls, but might allow a signpost about that waterfall.
A pergola is still a man-made structure. Nor does a pergola require plants or vines to grow up along the sides and top to be a pergola.