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No it's simply that there's some legal requirement for councils to acknowledge these public rights of way. They're not being restored because actually they're often on private land. A footpath can cut diagonally across a farmer's field, for example. The sign just tells you that you have the right to trample the crops,…
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Yes I often see nominations where the submitter has put placeholder text. If the nomination obviously stands in its own by virtue of the title and photo then I accept. I'd rather see placeholder text than a description that's a repeat of the title, or something idiotic like 'place of worship' for a historic church.
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Without the name, it's not considered a trail in the UK. That's the point.
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No not at all. They merely indicate a legal right to walk along that path. You also have a legal right to walk along the pavement adjacent to any public road. However, they don't put signs up because everybody knows this. By your argument - that anywhere we can legally waik is eglible - every street with a pavement is also…
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If you are trying to nominate a sports field then I think reviewers would expect that to be reflected in your title. Reading your title on its own, it's not really clear what you're nominating.
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Yes but there is room for regional interpretation and variation. Different conventions apply in different countries. Generic footpath markers are definitely not considered acceptable in the UK.
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That's a perfectly reasonable point of view that I'm sure other wayfarers will share. But equally there will also be some who, having seen the plaque, been intrigued by the title, and then read the description, will be sufficiently convinced that they won't care whether the plaque is on a bench, or a wall, a tree, or set…
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Maybe go in a bit closer on the plaque in the photo, and don't mention 'bench' in the title. "Sheriff of Shelton" Commemorative Plaque
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Remember too that the number of reviewers drops off, the further they get through the nomination. Few will get as far as the supporting information, let alone follow any link there. One way to overcome this is to hook your audience with a title that immediately captures their interest and encourages them to read the…
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"Fake Nomination" can be the rejection reason for trail markers that are the self-adhesive sticker type that they use for steel lampposts. There's not really much we can do about that, except not submit them.
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Yes many buildings are grade II listed, often small houses, cottages, bridges, even garden walls, lots of nondescript stuff. Now in terms of the description there have already been several suggestions but the overall objective is to get the reviewer to think "Wow! That's interesting. Worth a look if I'm ever in the area."…
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I just resubmitted one of my rejected appeals and it was accepted by reviewers. Because, you know, it is acceptable.
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In other apps you have a complex, sophisticated international infrastructure full of checks and balances. There is no way for a local cabal to game the system. In fact, it's much more difficult than it is with Wayfarer. The bots in Germany wouldn't last 5 minutes. The fakes we read about in this forum would never see the…
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Yes it was similar with Waze. But the other great thing about schemes like this, is that at some level you then have direct access to Niantic, and can receive definitive decisions promptly, instead of anyone and everyone clamouring for their attention in the forums, usually to no avail.
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And probably you, in turn, could refer edits to a higher level 'supervisor' in case of doubt?
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In other crowdsourced systems, anyone who's completed 23,000 reviews and had 300 accepted nominations would be elevated to an entirely different tier - an area or even regional manager status, along with additional privileges, and even powers - for example, to vet nominations that pass review, before acceptance into the…
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Yes areas do vary. There could be something like percentage acceptances relative to the norm for the area, but it would end up being very complicated. In my area I just don't submit the things that I know won't get accepted, but I realise not everyone is content with that.
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Not just the number of acceptances but the percentage (maybe over the last six months or something). 100 wayspots could be the result of spamming 2,000 ineligible nominations. Even the worst fakes and most obviously ineligible garbage will get through eventually by brute force.
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Well really new people trying the same type of scam will pop up in their place tomorrow. Or they'll just use their other 4 accounts. What would be quite nice if the reviewers were to receive a carefully annotated guide as to why this is a fake and how they should be on the lookout for similar fakes in future.
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Two appeals decided so far, both rejected. One, however, was accepted by reviewers on resubmission (it had been rejected by them the first time round because Google was having a 'bad photosphere day', which is fair enough, but doesn't explain the appeal rejection - the sphere was live by then). The other is allotments with…
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Good question. It's because a bridleway sign just indicates your legal rights. England is crisscrossed by many thousands of paths. These are just the routes that people have historically walked to get from depressing patch of mud A to depressing patch of mud B. Now, over the centuries, some of these paths, where the route…
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Is there a link to an official site you can include in supporting information? Personally I would go for a title such as "Walkhill River National Wildlife Refuge Information Center" that would straight away awaken interest. Putting NWR in full, and dropping the word Office. Could probably drop the first sentence of the…
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Would love to see a tiny bit more information about the bonsai in the description, maybe how old it is or something.
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The beerworks honestly looks like the perfect wayspot itself.
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Oh gosh yes please.
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It's easy enough to add trails to Google Maps. They take about a week to be approved. I could type out the process if you're interested. I do it sometimes for trail markers, but usually a photosphere is enough, I've found.
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More useful I think would be a series of guides on for example "How to nominate trail markers". Then if the nomination is not up to the mark, the submitter is directed to it. If the nomination is fine, then the reviewers are directed to it. I get 100% acceptance on trail markers but it has taken a very long period of trial…
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Well a bridleway wouldn't normally be eligible so the reason doesn't really matter. If you want some helpful feedback, you can post your nomination in full in the Nomination Improvement forum.
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I don't think Niantic lays traps like the following but some of the checks you might want to do are: 1. Check whether that chapel, pub etc has actually closed down and is now housing / for sale. 2. Check whether the photo is a third-party photo (Google image search) 3. Check whether the description text has been…
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Is the beerworks already a wayspot?