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Re: Trailmarker
You seem to be really against trailmarkers?
Maybe a nice long walk would clear your mind.
Re: Trailmarker
They're placemarkers for a distinct section of trail - that's the important point. Goalposts all look pretty much the same but you don't expect them to all look radically different when used as markers for football pitches.
Re: Trailmarkers - warning received
why have any wayspots at all if we're going to be so reductive.
Re: Chased off By the manger
@Zuddy1-PGO You weren't being asked to buy something to use a gym... you were being asked to buy something in order to use private property. The fact that you happened to be using that property to play a mobile game is completely irrelevant to the discussion, and the manager's request was perfectly reasonable. I understand that this is frustrating to you, but although I don't know the specifics it's very likely that you could have raided at the shop without trespassing.
My advice, as someone with a decade of learning how to play mobile games respectfully and unobtrusively, is to approach this as a learning experience.
Re: The Best and The Worst of the Wayfarer forums
If I was choosing one single quote to save (take a screenshot, print on paper, etc), I'd pick this one:
Never defame, abuse, ****, harm, ****, or threaten another player.
Re: New Forum, New Adventures, Same Explorer Community - Discussion
I'm not really sure.
On one hand it's the number of disasters that we have seen with Niantic due to the management of accounts, so don't touching the account seems safer to me. Of course probably millions of people have enabled their Niantic ID and there has been no issues at all with that, but we have learn about many people losing their accounts to different reasons and it seems that the only way to recover them is to be a big social media influencer so I'm out of that option.
But probably it's more related to the way that they are trying to force everyone such ID by restricting capabilities like Firecamp to the players with such ID instead of just allowing people to communicate and find raids (and whatever that app is used for) using their Pokemon go account. When someone forces me to do something it's far more common for me to reject it, if they offer me the option and I can see a benefit then I might bite in.
Re: Trailmarker
@Garfieldfreakje-ING Thanks for posting and
Thanks @26thDoctor-PGO for finding that link with a nice clear description.
I also want to link to this thread
I fully expect this conversation to continue in the new forum as the issue is one that is causing deep frustration and distress - it is absolutely clear that the final sentence is a direct threat.
I personally think it is fundamentally unfair to refer to these submissions as violations as they are official objects, and their sole purpose is to aid exploration of a trail. Providing they are accurately placed and have a reasonable title /description they have met submission criteria. Differing in opinion as to whether something is acceptable and is a question of judgement.
The local community knows and understands what these POI mean. I am grateful to the website posted to learn about GR routes. It’s clear that they are all about exercise and exploration 👍👍 that is 2 criteria in the bag. It’s possible that they are not all in a safe location that is an easy judgement to make. Providing they are not located on PRP etc then again that will be fine. Unless they are inaccurately placed, poor photo, title or description they will be assessed as passing that question. For permanent and distinct they are clearly a permanent feature- the route is permanent and the sign is permanent on that route. That leaves distinct as the final question. Distinct is defined in the tool tip as
When in the immediate area, the location is visually distinct enough to identify.
Trailmarkers like these are designed to be distinct - or you wouldn’t spot them 🙄
I understand concerns where there are several a few feet apart, and problems around streetview but it’s not that hard for a reviewer to distinguish if a particular submission is a clear unique point. The guidance is not that it has to be perfect but a lower level of distinct enough.
The tooltips say nothing about requiring a name made up of words - That is such a narrow interpretation and it is concerning that this “test” is being imposed from the perspective of one view that lacks an understanding of global diversity. Other cultures and their choices as to how to represent a trail should in my opinion given more understanding and respect.
The community is clear that the walkable trail is the thing that fundamentally meets the core criteria that is behind Wayfarer and Niantic. The anchor points for that trail, that allow it into the Wayfarer database are the trailmarkers. The thing that baffles the community is why these are suddenly deemed not acceptable and removable. It very much looks like the Wayfarer Team wants to erase the existence of this activity and trails.
Personally (as a Wayfinder) I think the community on the whole is making a correct interpretation of the guidelines - thousands of Wayfinders are getting it right - and that the handful of Wayfarer Team members have a strange interpretation of the guidelines that is wrong. The lack of proper engagement and dialogue with the community is particularly unhelpful.
I shall finish this particular essay 😂 with one of my accepted trailmarkers
The cross and the pink arrow distinguish this particular long distance trail - The Saints Way - at a junction in paths - no words are used. The wayfarer team would be wrong to remove it but in essence it is no different from those that are being removed.
Wayfarer Team please reflect on your conscious bias, and reconsider your decisions.
Trailmarker
I got myself an email where i got the warning because I submitted a trailmarker.
Congratulations niantic you officially made me stop reviewing or submitting pois. And I won't be the only one.
I've been submitted good things over years and suddenly i get a warning it does not show any respect of the players that take time.
Besides that no one should get warnings because they are submitting things that are mass produced just reject the poi like previous.
Also trailmarkers are in my eyes valid pois since they encourage people to go out and exercise.
It is a ridiculous thing that you get warnings or bans for something that was good for years and suddenly it's not why did i even nominate stuff then if they change rules overtime what's the use in this.
Re: Trailmarkers - warning received
The ‘problem’ is that it is possible that smurfs report frogs ankers and the other way around, or so does it look like. My nomination (that started this post) was reported, not available in PoGo so I assume reported by an Ingress player. Since in game I was ‘owner’ of the portal and had many links going in/out. Others portals around did get attacked but this one in question was too far from the road to get attacked from the car.
Re: New Forum, New Adventures, Same Explorer Community - Discussion
Ambassadors having more abilities to keep the forum functioning smoothly and fairly is probably the least of my concerns when it comes to Wayfarer.
That's just my personal opinion though and I'd even say the same about the horrible ones.
