This is an official trailmarker, as stated and explained in my nomination and appeal. Why does the Niantic Employee say that it’s not eligible because it’s a ‘simple direction sign post’? Isn’t that what a trailmarker is? The examples of Niantic of the trailmarkers aren’t exactly super complicated but also simple. It’s an arrow and does its job.
It’s at an intersection so it point the walkers to the right direction.
Wayspot-inzending voor Trailmarker Groene Woud kruising Heikantsehoeve - Milrooijsedijk
Berlicum NB
BEZWAAR NIET GEACCEPTEERD
2025-10-17
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Deze markering is een officieel onderdeel van het wandelroutenetwerk Noord—Brabant en dient ook als zodanig geaccepteerd te worden. Deze permanente stickers wijzen de wandelaars de weg en zijn ook duidelijk herkenbaar als zijnde van de officiële wandelroute. Meer voorbeelden van officiële bewegwijzering die deze route gebruikt vind je hier: Wandelnetwerk Noord-Brabant | Wandelen in Noord-Brabant Definition of a trailmarker: A sign, blaze, or other indicator used to mark the route of a trail and guide hikers. And that is exactly what this permanent adhesive trailmarker does.
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Thanks for the appeal, Wayfinder! The nomination in question does not meet the Wayfarer criteria as it is a simple direction sign post. If this assessment is not accurate, please resubmit the nomination with additional context. We recommend you review the Wayspot Criteria and Forum Criteria Discussions Library sections before submitting your next Wayspot contribution: https://niantic.helpshift.com/hc/en/21-wayfarer and Forum Criteria Discussions Library — Wayfarer Help Center
Dit zijn de belangrijkste redenen die beoordelaars hebben gegeven om deze inzending niet te accepteren:
De inzending mist originaliteit of historische en culturele betekenis
Deze permanente sticker is officieel onderdeel van wandelroute door Het Groene Woud en is van belang omdat deze de wandelaars de juiste weg over de kruising wijst. Ivm kosten worden, naast houten paaltjes ook dit soort permanente sticker trailmarkers gebruikt om de wandelaars de weg te wijzen.
It seems that we interpret the rule differently. For me, however, a street lamp clearly belongs to the street space and therefore falls into the ‘Not Good’ category. As a German living on the Dutch border, I have many such ‘low quality’ Wayspot suggestions in my review queue, and personally I prefer quality over quantity.
Well the nomination is for the trailmarker which, for me, takes priority whether it’s on a for example wooden post (of which you can argue if a wooden post with a sign isn’t something that belongs to the street space) or a lamp post.
I am not evaluating the street lamp itself, but rather the sticker or marker that has been stuck to its pole. Since there is no ‘trail name’ and this clearly takes place in the street space, for me this clearly falls under category e). Therefore, to be honest, I do not understand your argument about ‘personal opinion’.
Even if there is no route name on the marker, I am confident that the submitter has put a link or some kind of thing towards the route to check that it is official. If not that I find it is understandable to reject since the submitter has to provide prove.
And we are submitting the route not actually the sticker, the sticker is for pointing out a part of the route.
If you are rejecting these kind of stickers please look at the clarification, because they are eligible.
I think I have almost over 100 of these submissions accepted either by appeal or community review if lucky.
The current guidance about assessing trails is in the criteria collection
This is the guidance you should follow. Someone submitting a trail where the markers are plain should provide evidence of the actual trail / route that the markers are acting as markers for.
