Wind Phone Category

[+stinger503]

Hello! I'm working on creating a new Category for Wind Phones. 

 

What are Wind Phones?

Wind Phones are telephones set up for the public to visit and talk to relatives who have passed away as a form of grieving. The original wind phone booth was set up in Japan by Itaru Sasaki in 2010 and became a well known grieving spot after the 2011 Tsunami disaster. 

 

Since then there are over 350 wind phones have been created according to https://www.mywindphone.com/, with locations in the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The movement seems to be growing in popularity with a Google News search showing a new story about them every couple weeks. 

 

Although mywindphone.com has a comprehensive list, there are other websites such as thetelephoneofthewind.com that exist.

 

Let me know if you would like to be an officer or any other input.

 

Category Group: 

https://www.Waymarking.com/groups/details.aspx?f=1&guid=8876c565-5cb5-4199-8f5d-83f7c048ed9d&gid=6

 

I created an uncategorized waymark based on my own Wind Phone visit here: https://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/wm1BG0C_Riverside_Park_Wind_Phone_Detroit_MI

Edited February 5 by stinger503

[+Max and 99]

What a fascinating proposal. It makes me sad to see so many of the ones in the list already gone. Thanks for telling us about them. 

[+Ariberna]

This Remember me ghostbikes or similar.

[+pmaupin]

A very nice idea for a new category.

[+Ariberna]

I think there is only 1 here in Europe, and if it is a category based in the USA....

[+pmaupin]

There are more than 20 in Europe in 12 European countries.

[+Ariberna]

There are a lot... 20! and in 12 countries.

It's a global for a few possibilities to mark.

 

Edited February 7 by Ariberna

[+pmaupin]

51 minutes ago, Ariberna said:

There are a lot... 20! and in 12 countries.

It's a global for a few possibilities to mark.

Why always denigrate those who want to make our discoveries evolve?

[+Ariberna]

Okay, I recognize that there was some irony, sorry. But there was no intention to denigrate.

There are simply 4 points for a new category: Is premanent, global, interesting and unique.

Intersting and unique is subjective. Permanent, it seems a fad that as has been said, there are not so many phones left, and global with that number does not seem to me.

Anyway, there's nothing wrong with putting it to vote and let it come out whatever, as there were a few categories that were quite bad and irrelevant to my taste.

Progress yes, improvement, of course, but always in categories that all users can find (and outside USA).

 

 

[+T0SHEA]

Edited February 7 by T0SHEA

[+pmaupin]

Great example

[+Ariberna]

Sorry,

it is sad but my example is

 

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But in one African country I found that 
 but I think that was a joke.

 

Edited February 7 by Ariberna

[+Bear and Ragged]

These post boxes are appearing in the UK.

For letters to a deceased loved one.

 

Another category, or combined in the same category?

 

 

[+PISA-caching]

Seems like a perfect addition to the future category. Unfortunately, there is neither a phone nor a post box of that kind in Austria (at least I can't find any), but in Peer Review I would vote Yea nonetheless.

[+GURUGU]

Veo interesante la categoría, desconocía este tema. 

[+Max and 99]

My first wind phone visit.