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Re: Wayfarer Criteria Clarification - Discussion
At least Niantic's rejection of a named trail marker appeal as 'mass-produced, generic' puts an end to any/all trail marker debates, I guess? -
Re: Wayfarer Criteria Clarification - Discussion
I have been told that at one point Niantic clarified the "visually unique" statement to mean unique and distinguishable in its surroundings. Like not just one specific rock in a rock pile. I have never seen that statement, but do use that definition. The clarification that "we consider any marker on a hiking trail as… -
Re: Wayfarer Criteria Clarification - Discussion
One of the big problems with criteria clarifications is that there is a large chunk of the Wayfarer community, possibly even the majority, who don't apply critical thinking to the guidelines and who look for clarifications to confirm eligibility in a "black and white" fashion. Not everything needs a direct clarification of… -
Re: Wayfarer Criteria Clarification - Discussion
It's pretty clear that in both the Australian case and the UK trail marker case, there's a faction that is just going to try to relitigate it until the end of time in the hopes of getting a vague niantic comment that could be used to justify their positions if you squint at it in the right light. Niantic finally giving an… -
Re: Wayfarer Criteria Clarification - Discussion
One big issue I see, is that no matter how Niantic tries to write an all-encompassing criteria, it's going to be hard to strike a balance between understandability, wordiness, robustness, and applicability. But even taking all that into account, it's still going to be words on a screen that will be interpreted differently… -
Re: Wayfarer Criteria Clarification - Discussion
The majority of arguments in here about "but the criteria say my waypoint should be accepted" all revolve round a very few topics. While allowing the "flexibility" that Niantic want, it would be very good if you could get Niantic to give some definitive "Yes or No" answers about particular nomination types what are often…
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