Hi there, first post. Two questions:
Q1) I recently annotated a series of bat boxes in Devichoys Wood, Cornwall, maintained by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust along a woodland walk. These are numbered boxes visible from the walking trail, and they are explicitly there to house rare bat species (e.g. Lesser Horseshoe bat, Barbastelle bat). More info can be found here: Devichoys Wood | Cornwall Wildlife Trust
I annotated all the Trail Markers and the 12 bat boxes along the “Meadow Trail” and the “Woodland Trail” in Pokemon Go recently as we were there. The simple “here’s an arrow” Trail Markers are sailing through acceptances (hooray), but frustratingly the bat boxes are being accepted or rejected for somewhat arbitrary reasons. This woodland is hard for me to get to, so I’d really appreciate not having to resubmit these. Is there a way to re-appeal a rejected appeal?
Of the 12 bat boxes (sometimes two on the same tree and annotated as a single wayspot), boxes 3 & 4 and boxes 10 & 11 have been accepted, while box 6 was rejected and my appeal was rejected, box 7 was rejected, and boxes 1 & 2 are in appeal right now. The rejections were for “in a sensitive location” (it’s a woodland walking trail…) and “not unique or culturally important” (it’s a series of unique trail markers along a woodland walk maintained by a Wildlife Trust…).
Any advice? Anything I can do to re-appeal a rejected appeal?
Q2) These are part of a series with 8 wayspots nominated (12 boxes split over 8 wayspots, some are two boxes on a single tree). Presently the accepted bat boxes are not “in-game.” If they do enter the game, it’ll be kind of important (and more fun) that they are all included in-game, as they’re part of a numbered series. It’d be silly to have bat boxes 3 & 4 in game, but not 5 or 6, but yes 10 & 11, etc…
Is there any way to promote a wayspot to in-game if it is not currently in-game?
All advice on these questions much appreciated! Wayspot details below:
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Wayspot Title: Devichoys Woods Bat Boxes 1 & 2
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Location (lat/lon): near to 50.201041, -5.121046
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City: Mylor CO
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Country: United Kingdom
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Additional Information (if any): See above. Especially see: Devichoys Wood | Cornwall Wildlife Trust .
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Status: Appeal pending.
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In-game?: n/a
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Wayspot Title: Devichoys Woods Bat Boxes 3 & 4
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Location (lat/lon): 50.201041, -5.121046
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City: Mylor CO
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Country: United Kingdom
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Additional Information (if any): See above. Especially see: Devichoys Wood | Cornwall Wildlife Trust . This wayspot was accepted ~1 day ago.
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Status: Accepted.
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In-game?: Not in-game (yet?).
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Wayspot Title: Devichoys Woods Bat Box 5
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Location (lat/lon): near to 50.201041, -5.121046
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City: Mylor CO
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Country: United Kingdom
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Additional Information (if any): See above. Especially see: Devichoys Wood | Cornwall Wildlife Trust .
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Status: In queue.
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In-game?: n/a.
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Wayspot Title: Devichoys Woods Bat Box 6
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Location (lat/lon): near to 50.201041, -5.121046
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City: Mylor CO
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Country: United Kingdom
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Additional Information (if any): See above. Especially see: Devichoys Wood | Cornwall Wildlife Trust .
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Status: Appeal rejected. I have re-submitted this as a new submission with additional info, but I would hope it does not get re-rejected… Also I had to manually try and annotate the lat/long by doing so online rather than in-person, so it’d be nice to approve the existing ones.
Reason: “The submission lacks uniqueness or historical and cultural meaning.”
Scopely explore note: “Scopely Explore Note. Thanks for the appeal, Wayfinder! The nomination in question does not meet the Wayfarer criteria as these bat boxes are very common and nothing interesting about it. If this assessment is not accurate, please resubmit the nomination with additional context.”- I would please note that I stated these are not only bat boxes (already kinda fun trail features), but are themselves effectively trail markers in a series along the trails, and are maintained by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust as the area is a local and important bat reserve. I could have been more detailed in my original submission or appeal, but I really didn’t expect the appeal to fail because I assumed being numbered and being maintained by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust was sufficient…
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In-game?: n/a.
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Wayspot Title: Devichoys Woods Bat Box 7
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Location (lat/lon): near to 50.201041, -5.121046
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City: Mylor CO
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Country: United Kingdom
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Additional Information (if any): See above. Especially see: Devichoys Wood | Cornwall Wildlife Trust .
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Status: Not accepted.
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In-game?: n/a.
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Wayspot Title: Devichoys Woods Bat Box 8 & 9
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Location (lat/lon): near to 50.201041, -5.121046
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City: Mylor CO
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Country: United Kingdom
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Additional Information (if any): See above. Especially see: Devichoys Wood | Cornwall Wildlife Trust .
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Status: In voting.
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In-game?: n/a.
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Wayspot Title: Devichoys Woods Bat Box 10 & 11
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Location (lat/lon): near to 50.201939, -5.118228
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City: Mylor CO
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Country: United Kingdom
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Additional Information (if any): See above. Especially see: Devichoys Wood | Cornwall Wildlife Trust .
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Status: Accepted.
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In-game?: Not in-game (yet?). Accepted 2 days ago.
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Wayspot Title: Devichoys Woods Bat Box 12
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Location (lat/lon): near to 50.201041, -5.121046
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City: Mylor CO
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Country: United Kingdom
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Additional Information (if any): See above. Especially see: Devichoys Wood | Cornwall Wildlife Trust .
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Status: In voting.
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In-game?: n/a.
