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Peer review is underway for World War I Memorials and Monuments. To reach the peer review page to vote (yes) on this category (and others): http://www.Waymarking.com/groups/peer_review.aspx Thanks!

The already existing Presidential Birthplaces category allows presidents (or the equivalent) of all nations to be represented. This is in the waymark description. It doesn't say just U.S. Presidential birthplaces, but actually invites submissions for other nation's presidents or prime ministers. The category reads: Locate the birthplace or childhood home of a president of the United States, or the equivalent leader of another Nation. On another related topic: Americans refer to the Revolutionary War as the Revolutionary War. There have been other revolutionary wars (note lower case), but the war is not called the "American Revolutionary War." Just as the Civil War in America is called the Civil War, not the "American Civil War." This is being factual not ethnocentric. If a waymarker in France wants to have a French Revolution monuments category, wouldn't it be called "Monument du La Révolution Française"?

I'd like to know, too.

You know, the logical extension for this is allowing the posting of "approximate" coordinates for a geocache or waymark just because you don't own a GPS receiver. There has to be some minimum standard to play the game. We don't allow people to look at maps and "guess" or “approximate” coordinates for waymarks and geocaches. They have to own or have access a GPSr or they can't play the game. A digital camera or a camera-phone is going to have to be standard equipment to waymark. Just as it was for most locationless geocaches. That's a very good point.. just because I have a digital camera, doesn't mean everyone else does... there should be alternatives for Visiting a Waymark as proof. It does come down to the same old discussion... if someone wants to cheat and claim a Visit... they are only cheating themselves. But then again, I also believe you should be able to find any Waymark without the use of a GPS... after all, if you can't find it using Google Maps and the description... maybe it's not really a Waymark after all. This isn't Geocaching that the item to find is hidden.. this is supposed to be the opposite.. isn't it? The Blue Quasar

Well....I've done it a few times. The system allows you to backdate visits for a few years, so I could actually post 2003 and 2004 visit dates with a waymark visit. I think that as long as you are able to meet the requirements of a category, why not use previous locationless visit pictures and descriptions? For me, I moved from California to North Carolina, but was able to record visits to some California waymarks since I had the required info and photos.

An optional second picture variable would be great. I second this request. I started out requiring two photos on the page for the Oregon Markers category but have backed off to one to use this feature and make things easier for waymarkers. I changed my requirement so as to not have to mix and match the two "picture on the page" methods. I would still like the two photos on the page to bring the waymark submissions to life.

I just received identical 11 e-mails for a Photos Then and Now submission. Eleven! Jeremy is the leader of our group. Hopefully he'll get one of the software wizards to get this fixed.

The system is generating multiple e-mails to group members and submitters when new waymarks are posted. For example, I created a new waymark this morning in North Carolina Historic Markers and posted it. I went back in and added a photo to the waymark page. Then I made a small correction. Each time I updated, a brand-new separate e-mail was sent to all group members. I received three identical e-mails as a group member and three as the person submitting a new waymark. Yesterday, I entered a new waymark in Civil War Monuments and the same thing happened. Multiple e-mails galore! This didn't used to happen. You used to get one e-mail and that was it. Just because you updated the waymark before approval didn't result in a new set of e-mails going out each and every time.

We has a lightning fast sign=up for this one, so we're closed to new officers. Send me an e-mail if you want to be a regular member of the group.

Try this: http://www.Waymarking.com/groups/details.a...86-2506102513f9

In consultation with roamineye, I've started a World War I Memorials group as the first step towards a waymark category. Open enrollment is underway: http://www.Waymarking.com/groups/details.a...86-2506102513f9 All interested waymarkers are invited to join.

In consultation with roamineye, I've started a World War I Memorials group as the first step towards a waymark category. Open enrollment is underway: http://www.Waymarking.com/groups/details.a...86-2506102513f9 All interested waymarkers are invited to join.

GeoGordie: Hate to break it to you, but I already snagged First Horizon Park back in January: http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/details...40-102229431574 showbizkid

I'm in since I have four Minor League Parks already in the category. I know what you mean about the GPSr requirement. Some people don't care for the idea of having their picture on the site. This is not an unusual requirement though. A number of the old Locationless Geocaches had this requirement. If you don't want to have a picture of yourself on the site, you don't have to record a waymark. There are plenty of other categories out there.

Guys - It seems pretty simple. You need to form a Group - "20th Century War Memorials" or "Memorials to 20th Century Wars" to get started. Then propose the WWI category. Or United States WWI category. Once it's approved, you move to WWII, then Korea. But you have to start with a group. Someone should get this active ASAP while there's all this interest. With Group Approval, you can only get one category approved at a time anyway. Let the Groundspeak gurus figure out whether War Memorials should become a new "super-category" at a later date. Don't get lost in the details. Get the group going and get categories approved! Exactly! This is an important principle to remember. The decision is, however, where do you make the break between category and variable? To illustrate: WW II Memorials -- is this one category, managed by one group, with "country" being a variable (e.g. France, Germany, U.S., etc) or do you have each as a separate category with a corresponding mangagment group (e.g. WW II Memorials in France, WW II Memorials in Italy, etc.)? There has to be a way to deal with this, as we already face this with a group being formed for the category of "Churches." Possibly this could be one large category with variables. But, there are already existing categories that would fit under that larger heading. Again, there has to be some way for someone to make a decision as to where to put the branches in the tree. We can have large categories with lots of variables, or losts of small categories, but organized in the structure in a logical way. Somewhere in the middle there is a good balance. How does this happen?

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Let me know when group is formed. I'll join. Okay...standing by....

I'm pretty sure it's yes. But each has to go through the same process of officers voting on a proposed category, then peer review before they are active. Five is the maximum number of categories you can lead, though.

This one pretty much needs to be the full-blown city type newsstand to make it in. I suggest you modify the groups intent to say this. I had thought of this last night after I posted this, and was kicking myself in the butt. Will try and pursue this.

Horn: Did you to form a group for this proposed category?

I'm in, too.

A new category - Civil War Monuments and Memorials - has been approved by the Civil War Group. It is now open for peer review. Click on the link below (or cut and paste): http://www.Waymarking.com/groups/peer_review.aspx?f=-1 Please vote YES! Thanks!

More details please!

Lets not make thing too easy for those players who just want to rack up visits. Proof of visit should always be required! A photo is best. Are you saying that people will be able to log a visit to the waymark even if they haven't actually gone to the waymark site? Or are you differentiating between 'the place someone stands to take in the view' and 'the place being viewed'?

Okay, that makes sense. The tricky part is that my existing category not yet transfered to a group has nothing to do with the Civil War, but I suppose the software is blind to that point. I had the same problem with one 'Old' category on line waiting for the transfer. The 'Category' in the drop down box has to be transferred first and then you will be able to submit your "New" Category' Proposal.