I agree "useless" requirements should be removed. I also appreciate visits being accepted without pictures sometimes. I "visited" Rome OH in Small Town, Big Name without a picture recently. I rode thru and almost stopped to waymark it, but I had made a few other stops recently and was not making very good time, so I skipped getting info to post it. When I got home and was posting/visiting I saw it was already posted so I logged a visit. This is a game, and that's like getting a Mulligan. 
Fatcat