Why bother appealing anything?
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If you decide to give it another shot instead of rage quitting, maybe try a title that matches the sign, like “I 
NY - New York State Birding Trail Overlook at East Swamp Road in Conesus, New York”
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Why submit that as an overlook rather than a trail marker?
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Hello @KatetheKonz
It is very frustrating to be directed to signfarer.
Would you like some help with this or are you wanting to vent?
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I had the same thought, but this marker doesn’t seem to have a location written on it. I might have been tempted to call it an overlook as well. We can’t see what she wrote in the description - I would have written about the trail in that.
It’s an observation area for bird watching. There is no trail.
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In that case I would describe it as an observation point and have the sign ( I know I know but it is more likely to get in ) more in the picture. You can replace the picture later.
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I wouldn’t recommend using the “bird” emoji in the title. First, it displays very differently across various OS/platforms, and second, the game might not show it at all. It’s better to use the “bird” character instead: 𓅂.
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Unlucky @KatetheKonz it seems like it’s your turn this week to jump through hoops at the Niantic circus.
I mean there’s obviously a sign and there’s obviously a pond and obviously birds and nature for people to get together and explore obviously everything is eligible if only you had put them in a different order!
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Much better!
It’ll also help answer what version of Unicode is supported in Ingress. I’ve already learned it can’t render “ꞯ” properly 
Upon further review, I think there’s an option that better matches the sign:
đ“…Ş
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Oh thats so frustrating - it looks like a wonderful spot to encourage exploring and exercise
Maybe the staff here could reconsider the appeal? It feels bad to have an appeal rejected for “not having a sign” when there is in fact a sign - its like the appeal wasn’t fully looked at.
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https://dec.ny.gov/nature/animals-fish-plants/birds/birding/trail-locations
This SIGN indicates a designated recommended area for birdwatching. I think “Overlook” is an accurate name. It is not a “Trail” in the way Wayfarers usually think of that word. Would this have been accepted with the title: “NY Birding Trail Sign”? Or “NY Birding Trail Observation Point”?
I don’t want to start tagging staff, but hope that someone here will take another look at this rejection. I think this would be an excellent Wayspot.
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So do I
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I know this overlook well. I’ve led trips around the lake, watching birds, and this is one of the stops we make. We’ve seen Red-headed Woodpecker, Green Heron, Bald Eagle, Pied-billed Grebe, and even Otters at this site. It’s part of the Conesus Inlet wetlands and publicly-accessible conserved land. I can vouch for its potential to be a great wayspot!
I think the photo suffers from “too much green stuff” and the description could be improved, but yeah…those can be handled with edits.
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Sorry for the digression 
Summary
Abnormal
Normal Niantic choices resume.
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Lets hope the appeals team can reconsider 
it must be pretty cool to see a submission you recognise too
That’s another reason why this is such a fine Wayspot: it’s at a respectful distance from the wildlife below, and offers an unobtrusive glance into nature.
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Definitely.
I read your post and remembered a friend had sent it to me the other day
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