I’m having trouble justifying this many mass produced trail markers becoming pois. Ive been getting TONs of these and they are all the same discription, same plastic disk, etc. I understand that following the trail is exercise, but is this really ok? I don’t even live in new south wales. (Joke intended)
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These look reasonable enough to me.
Trail markers do not have to be special, they simply need to be official markers placed by people who mark and maintain the trail. So as long as there’s evidence that there’s a trail here marked by red discs, that side wouldn’t worry me
As for the volume, ir doesn’t seem excessive to me. Following a trail through woodland does require a higher volume of markers than following one on roads, because people need to know they’re staying on the correct route, and there can be multiple turns and other paths meeting the main one. There isnt a rule on proximity, it’s just about helping people navigate the route
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I would be concerned that it is ridiculously easy for anyone to get a red plastic disk and nail it to a tree.
Are these official trail markers; is there a website indicating that this is how this trail is marked?
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To answer the question at hand:
These aren’t my nominations but I do live near there and have been to the park
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You did not show the entire supporting section. When I have seen these in review, they have links documenting that they are the official markers.
I have not been to this trail, but have been to similar here in North Carolina. Without these discs, I would have been wandering around lost in the woods.
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So there’s good evidence that they are real! Thanks for sharing that. I feel people jump far too quickly towards concluding that trail markers must be fake. Personally I love seeing places with very little come alive with PoIs for trails 
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Fortunately in this case I don’t think any has made conclusions just asked question 
.…which seem to be getting some answers.
I love a good trail marker.
A good website showing the trail route is really helpful, at the moment we only know it exists. So the markers and trail are real.
So the discs are legit as is the text from what I can tell. And presumably the disks are needed as it is the kind of place where it would be easy to go wrong without them.
The question is then is each at the correct location? That is then a judgement call based on the information presented to the reviewer. This is probably an I don’t know. But if I felt there was anything suspicious it might go to a reject. If I was just plain uncomfortable about the evidence and really unsure then I might skip.
I feel like putting the GPS coordinates in the title means they probably want to be accurate and it should be pretty easy to tell if they are not on the trail from this.
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I’d hazard a good guess that the co ordinates match the location submitted. But without an official trail map to match to at best for me it’s IDK. And there is nothing wrong with IDK. Just as there is nothing wrong with skipping. 
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I’m always skeptical of people writing the GPS coordinates into the title or description. All that tells me is you know the GPS coordinates of where you’re placing the pin, it doesn’t prove anything.
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I saw that last night myself, I ended up just skipping it I will let the locals deal with those if they want them or not. I definitely would like to have seen more of an actual Trail name and direction for trail markers but I know that some areas only do plastic discs on a tree.
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Being local to North Carolina like @jojenreed64 and @cyndiepooh, some of our State Parks have trail markers such as this without a lot of flair or fanfare. We all want the perfect Title and description on the nomination, but sometimes you don’t have a lot to work with. I’m 100% fine with these nominations and have walked on trails where these are in use.
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As a general rule, I’m not a fan of using GPS coordinates in the titles or descriptions. To me, it’s awkward if you then have to later refer to the wayspot by its name.
This is a convention for unnumbered trail markers which gives them unique names without randomly assigning a number, which would not be accurate. What would you suggest when there are too many to use directional titles?
I’m not saying they can’t use them to differentiate between stops, I’m saying that we shouldn’t be trusting the coordinates are accurate for the purposes of determining if the pin is correct.
They can call them trail marker 9321049375195 for all I care…
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okay then, i misunderstood your issue! ty for clearing that up. agree you should not trust the pin simply from the title.
years ago, i helped someone in a similar situation to come up with a naming convention for identical trail markers, and he settled on this. i guess others have adopted it.
But this is ineligible? I really fail to see how one sign with directions to multiple places in town is less unique, important, encouraging of engaging the community, than 100 plastic disks like every 25m in the woods, with copy pasta text smeared on. I get encouraging exercise, but the mundanity, volume, and repetition here just feels wrong. One trail is more important in POGO than like half my city lol. I’ll probably just skip, I don’t like these any more than repetitive survey markers, probably less. Maybe I’m being a stick in the mud but I actually want points of INTEREST. Like one at the start and end, maybe halfway, or something intersting or unique, rather than, this is the mandated distance for another disk. At least around here they are at decision points and unique places on the trails. Thanks for coming to my ted rant.
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The critical part is that it is the trail that is interesting, not the marker along the way.
The markers need to be the same so that you can easily identify the route you are following. Each acts as an anchor point for the trail. Without them you wouldn’t be able to follow this specific trail.
The direction signs are simply saying go in this direction to go to this place. They are not helping you follow a defined, specific route to that place.
Comparing trailmarkers to other eligible POI is like comparing apples to oranges. The 3 key criteria lynchpins of exercise, socialise and explore result in very different but equally valid wayspots.
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These red buttons are legitimate trail markers and therefore legitimate PokéStops. So what’s your problem? Do you want them to be removed again and reduce the fun for fellow trainers?