Regarding the submission statement

Maybe it's just me but whenever I'm reviewing and I see thing like ez 5* and things like that it annoys me and while I will still rate it per guideline I do look for a reason to mark it down or make sure the location is dead centre of the POI and no conveniently under a tree.

I know often there isn't anything more to say in that section but adding a comment telling people how to rate is unwise.

Comments

  • People sometimes don't know what to do with that box. I get thanks for reviewing type message more often than told how to rate.

  • TheFarixTheFarix ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's a required field, so submitters have to put in something in order to finish the nomination. If it wasn't required, then we would see that box blank more often than not.

  • KliffingtonKliffington ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you're awkward and don't know what to write you just write what the guide says. Niantic also tells people to use that box to say why the submission meets criteria, right? I don't think it should be a reason to seek marking them down.

  • GearGliderGearGlider ✭✭✭✭✭

    I put a $20 bribe in my submission statements to make sure it gets approved

  • TheFarixTheFarix ✭✭✭✭✭

    If I don't have anything to add, I always state the criteria under which I think the nominations fits under. Unfortunately, when it comes to anything under hidden gyms and hyper-local spots, whatever I put there doesn't matter. Of all the nominations that fall under that category, I've only had two get approved so far.

  • 0X00FF000X00FF00 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Often the reviewers are blatantly ignoring the written guidelines. Many reviewers are ignorant of any clarifications or updates from the AMAs. @RedSoloCup gets official information from NIA OPS themselves and passes it on to us.

    For example, that the McDonalds playgrounds do indeed qualify as a playground, and should be accepted regardless of the “generic business” quality of the McDonalds itself.

    And so, even if some reviewers find seeing this information repeated in the supporting statement to be condescending, we as submitters need to keep adding it in.

    This has sometimes the unfortunate consequence that the submitter quickly runs out of room in this very small text field.

  • harkonnnenharkonnnen ✭✭✭✭

    When has it ever gone down well when you tell someone how to do there job? The fact it's submitted is enough to say you believe it's a valid candidate.

    A thanks shout out to reviewer, how the submission fits in the guidelines (e.g. yes the takeout playgrounds, so long as you don't call it a maccas play ground I believe) or just more info about the spoy or area its located in.

  • 0X00FF000X00FF00 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So far, since the reasons behind rejections have been made public, three times. Including, of all things, a trail marker that somehow doesn't have "safe pedestrian access".

  • harkonnnenharkonnnen ✭✭✭✭

    Sorry I don't understand what you getting at? Well beside some people are questionably bad at OPR. Though What help you think saying 5* this portal will do for that.

  • OGMagusOGMagus ✭✭✭

    We have guide "what makes i high-quality portal", why not have a guide "what makes a high-quality submission statement"? If you look at it, some people are only answering the questions in the app, brutally honest "we need portal". That could be used as an example of a poor statement..

  • 0X00FF000X00FF00 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I got a rejected portal, and went through the three reasons the previous review crew had used to reject it, and refuted them one by one. That submission made it through successfully.

  • From what I understand, yes he refuted it on his resubmission by using the supporting statement.

  • I don't tell them how to rate, since some people don't like that. I usually use a more bland "Murals are high quality portal candidates" or reference an AMA for things like McDonald's play places

  • If someone needs to tell me how a questionable justification is category blah, I usually assume it's fake.

    The submission statement should explain things like how a portal doesn't block emergency services, or what significance a person was to a community (as opposed to the description describing the person). It is for additional information, not instructions.

  • OGMagusOGMagus ✭✭✭

    I make sure to take in the pictures, placement and portal text BEFORE I look at the statement. That helps me greatly in case the portal is good, but the submitter is somewhat misguided.

    I picked up that tip in here, can't remember from whom though!

  • This sort of thing makes me want to reject legitimate portals, so questionable ones get the **** easily.

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