All these and more, rejected for the same reason.
The submission is likely not permanent or distinct
I have been submitting new wayspots for the last 2 months , including a lot of trail markers but suddenly all are rejected. Some are not available in street view, but I always include a link to the route
Can someone please tell me what I’m doing wrong? Got so many wayspots accepted but this last week something changed
Please share your full nominations (including title, description, and supporting information)
For this one, this was the full submission
Trail Marker da Rota PR2 VGS#6 (this is the name)
Trail Marker da rota PR2 VGS( Carregosa, Rio tinto e Tabuaço) (this is the description)
Trails & Markers Legitimo, segundo as regras da Niantic quanto a trail markers. Este trail marker está inserido no caminho entre Ouca e Carregosa Link da rota : https://pt.wikiloc.com/trilhas-trekking/pr2-vgs-trilhos-de-sao-martinho-l-sao-martinho-trails-109651915(And this is the supplemental information)
Trail Markers on this same route were accepted earlier this week but now all are rejected
The other ones on the same route share a description and supplemental info, I change the names only.
When I used my appeals, they got accepted but Now I need to wait until I can appeal again and they used to be accepted by the community
I think you need a better description
If you write a minimal one-line description, you cannot legitimately complain when something gets rejected, because you have made minimal effort and have not attempted to justify why this POI is important.
Assuming that your POI is a guaranteed submission is never a good approach.
When I sub trail markers, I always say what they are near, where they start and finish and (if appropriate) a tiny bit about the local area. It doesn’t need to be much, something like:
“This trail marker is part of the [name of trail]. At this point, the trail passes [landmark / shop / pond / crossroads / etc.] as it turns north towards [something]”
I do appreciate that’s easier with urban trails, but if you can get something like “this point is 2km into the 7km trail” in, then that might fill it out a little?
For the example above, what does red and yellow mean? Is one of them a longer route, and if so, how much longer? Or maybe one is more rugged / steeper?
There are a lot of lazy reviewers, and those guys won’t usually follow links. By all means include the to prove the location, but you need to give them as much information up front so their lazy brains don’t have to think. Thinking means ‘skip’ or ‘quick reject’. ![]()
Thank you all. I will change my descriptions for the markers that are still in queue !
Red and yellow means it’s a small route, 30km or less. Big routes here use red and white
You include that information in the description or the supplemental information?
You can put it in either, but as it is an important part of describing the trail, I would probably put it in the description. It’s equivalent to a logo for a long-distance trail, which I would often reference in the description, but either place is OK.
These are some descriptions I have used recently (machine translated)
A 16-kilometer hiking trail at the foot of the magnificent Beauport Abbey. Designed by the FFRandonnée des Côtes-d’Armor and maintained by the local club “Les Bipèdes du Goëlo,” it takes hikers through the rolling countryside and coastal reaches of the abbey’s historic grounds.
Marking of two running routes in the Côte de Granit Rose trail network. Route No. 8: La Clarté–Ploumanac’h is a varied loop of about 15 km that showcases coastal trails, historic hamlets in the hinterland, and deeply forested sections of the valley. Route No. 9: The Granit Rose Trail. This is the flagship and most challenging route in the local network. Approximately 24 km long, it is classified as “difficult” due to its length and sections on sand
I have submitted a bunch of trail markers in various areas not that dissimilar to your first few. I give links to the parks that manage these trails, their maps, and how they describe how they mark those trails. I don’t write elaborate descriptions. That’s why I use the links in the supporting info to describe what the trails are and what they offer.
Sometimes it was a struggle to get them approved. Sometimes they sailed through. Sometimes there would be one or two they would keep getting rejected even as similar markers around them pass. It’s frustrating.
However, until recently, they were always approved on appeal. I’ve had a few rejected in recent months on appeal but still appeals reliably approve what “the community” rejects.





