Portal Coal Thread-- post the bad ones!
I'm surprised I couldn't find a portal coal thread, so I'm starting one. Post any bad submission, from the ridiculous to the stupid.
The example I'm posting is one that's becoming popular in England: "stinkpipes". These are basically a pipe to allow sewers to vent and are just basic street furniture. Although many of them are old (hence most submissions are "Victorian Stinkpipe" whether they are that old or not), none of them have any more cultural significance than a drain.
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I don't think portal coal is in the nature of how Niantic wants to run this forum. Betterment is always encouraged but this theme is more along the lines of mockery.
The problem here is that people are making bad submissions, and the solution to that is education. Satire has an important role to play in seeking the truth. Posting bad submissions on the forums raise the debate and help people to understand what makes a good portal, and that in turn will improve the portal network.
Take the example I posted above. It was probably submitted simply because it is old. But "old" isn't enough to make a good portal, it also needs to have some form of cultural value.
The people making bad submissions aren't likely on here so your "satire" (the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices) is self serving. Also, what is bad is often subjective. That stink pipe is a funny history lesson. If they aren't all over the place or extremely common, I might even consider a 3* on that. I can't say I've ever heard of one before so now seeing that nomination has taught me some interesting history.
that would actually qualify as historical. Just because you don't care about the old sewer systems, doesn't mean it's not valuable to someone. An architect student might find that valuable for an assignment, or a history student. Doesn't even have to be someone local who's used to those, could be an American or someone else who has never seen one before. Studying those could be important to them.
Dog poop bag stations are valuable to some people. Doesn't mean they meet any criteria.
The same goes for stink pipes. They're mas produced stinky pipes for airing out the sewer. Culturally significant? No. Historical or educational? Nope, just old unless there's an informative display attached.
Some may not like them, some do.
I personally wouldn't reject an original.
Just going to leave this here...
The supporting statement makes this one for me.
People think this one is an intentional fake by Niantic as its been floating around for over a year.
But this one is arguably a valid submission, it's the filming location of the CBC hit show "Kim's Convenience". Nearest portal may be too close:
Streetview is a tad out of date
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6548506,-79.3680518,3a,51y,325.07h,91.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWtRWJZ0nnYwRCUm1apasew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I got a bottle mayonaise the other night in voting. Like seriously.
I agree. join the OPR Fails Telegram if you want to post/laugh at bad submissions. This forum is not the place imo
https://t.me/opr_fail