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    Quality of waymarks falling down...

    in General Waymarking Topics

    Posted · Edited by Dorcadion Team

    Last months, during  the WMs approval process, I notice the sharply decreasing quality of the sent waymarks. Sad is that many of them are from experienced long-time colleagues. Quality means: horrible unsharp and underexposed phone-taken photos, poor listings without pinch of effort inform us about the topic etc. Guys, please, try to work better :) - or we will follow fate of geocaches: millions of WMs without real value (really we are doing it only for numbers ? :)).

     

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    Date problem

    in General Waymarking Topics

    Posted · Edited by Dorcadion Team

    After 8 years with Waymarking I'm more and more unhappy from common problem in many categories, where date (birth, death, construction... et cetera) is one of input data fields. Category leaders used date field in fixed m/d/yyyy format, predominantly as required field. This fixed system is absolutely annoying in many and many cases - for example in Grave of a Famous Person category you can not input date lower than 1000 AD. So I was recently in deep s***s with person with Date of birth / Date of death in period 400-500 AD. And that fields were both REQUIRED, without complete of them you can not send waymark for approval. Similar date problem is in dozens other categories...

     

    So, I'm appealing to officers and leaders of categoreies where is this system used, change it to free text fields, without ordered and fixed date format... I'm using this free format in my categories without any problems and it offers more freedom in date publishing (e.g. ca 1300, 300 BC, beginning of the 9th century - which is common situation in subjects from medieval/ancient periods, where the exact date of the event is mostly unknown and we are under four digit year 1000 AD barrier). IMHO I think, that majority of these categories was taylored only for US users, where known event horizon begins in ca 1650... :) ). But Waymarking is global and Old World has really longer history.

     

    Mike, Dorcadion Team

    Romanesque Architecture

    in Recruiting and Category Proposals

    Posted · Edited by Dorcadion Team

    Ok how about a required variable which would be a web link to a site which would prove that the location has Romanesque style elements.

     

    I have very poor meaning about OBLIGATORY web links, because majority of weblinks is unstable - it means that they are changing URL every several months (exception is for example Wiki). But photo of the element is needful, link not-obligatory is OK.

    Romanesque Architecture

    in Recruiting and Category Proposals

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    Just reposting the description here to help in the discussion. I've annotated some of the grammar/wording changes that should be made.

     

    Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 12th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style, characterised by pointed arches. Examples of Romanesque architecture can be found across the continent, making it the first pan-European architectural style since Imperial Roman Architecture. The Romanesque style in England is traditionally referred to as Norman architecture.

     

    Your mission is to find either an original Romanesque era building or structure to post in this category. Here There are no exceptions restrictions - so focus Your interest to on all kinds of Romanesque architecture, e.g. churches, castles, town palaces, burgerhouses, watch towers, bridges, city gates, bell towers etc.

     

    Instructions for Posting a Romanesque Architecture Waymark:

     

    At least two own photos of the Romanesque structure (no GPSr please). Coordinates near the entrance (or another important accessible location) to the structure. Additional information about the history of the structure to include architect, date built, original and current use of building…

     

    [i am not personally in favor of the two photo criteria. Too often it happens that on travels you take only one photo and only realize when you get back that two photos are needed and you're waymark will be declined.]

     

    thanks for changes!!!

    Romanesque Architecture

    in Recruiting and Category Proposals

    Posted · Edited by Dorcadion Team

    Something else to think about, many buildings started out Romanesque and then were heavily modified during the Gothic period. They may retain some elements of their Romanesque architecture. How much of the Romanesque features needs to have been retained to be included in this category?

     

    In these cases, shouldn't the waymark be required to point out the specific Romanesque features?

     

    Yes, and perhaps also point out the Gothic-era modifications. Why were the modifications made? For most of these buildings, which will be historical and therefore studied, that information should be available, we would think.

     

    YES, preserved Romanesque elements (windows, portals, crypts etc.) qualify structures into Romanesque architecture category.

     

    NEO-ROMANESQUE (pseudo-R or also R-revival) - NO, I think that we can prepare special revival category for VALUABLE neo-romanesque, neo-gothic, neo-renaissance and neo-baroque architecture. Problem is with MANY of these buildings in downtowns of European cities. For example in Prague we can find hundreds and hundreds of nice neo-Renaissance residential houses from the end of the XIXth century. So, it needs discussion about the category limitations - e.g. only for public buildings (theatres, museums, churches, concert halls, reilway stations, town halls, hospitals et cetera)....

    If you are a LEADER in an Int. Category please read this.

    in General Waymarking Topics

    Posted · Edited by Dorcadion Team

    Following categories, where I am leader or officer, were checked and provinces to all NL waymarks were added... :)

     

    Art Deco - Art Nouveau, Baroque Architecture, Bells, Bismarck Towers, Botanical Gardens, Cathedrals, Churchyard Crosses, City and Town Halls, Coats of Arms, Coin-Op Binoculars, Concert Halls, Doorways of the World, Exceptional Trees, Ferries and Ferry Landings, Frieze Art, Gothic Architecture, Independent Diners, KFC Restaurants, La Famille Bonaparte, Libraries, Literary Sites, Medieval Churches, Military Ground Equipment Displays, Orthodox Churches, Outdoor Stairways, Relief Art Sculptures, Renaissance Architecture, Research Institutes, Roman Catholic Churches, Scenic at Night, Skyscrapers, Sokol Centers, Statues of Historic Figures, Statues of Religious Figures, Stone Church Artefacts, Sundials, Synagogues, Tearooms and Teahouses, This Old Church, Unique Weathervanes, War and Military Museums, Whispering Galleries, World War I Memorials and Monuments.

     

    Mike

    Inactive Leaders / Abandoned Categories

    in General Waymarking Topics

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    ...last months I'm slightly sad from one phenomenon: after sending of my waymarks I'm waiting for approving for 2,3,4...7 days and nothing (2-3 days are absolutely OK, no problem for me...). But picant is, that responsible category officers are present daily on Waymarking site and some of them are sending own waymarks for approving. For me it is strange, because the first my activity after logging in Waymarking.com is approving of WMS in my categories :)

     

    Mike

    Cubism

    in Recruiting and Category Proposals

    Posted · Edited by Dorcadion Team

    I think the six or seven major architectural categories cover the styles most non-architects are familiar with, but I agree that there should be a space for other styles. Maybe a Miscellaneous type category that could include Cubism, Beaux Arts, Neoclassical, etc.? Though I may be missing a relevant category.

     

    I'm preparing several architectural style categories - one of them is the Romanesque architecture, the second will be devoted to the Revival styles (neo-Romanesque, neo-Gothic, neo-Renaissance and neo-Baroque) and the last to Classicism, Neo-Classicism ane Empire (these styles are slightly differently defined in Anglo-American and continental Europe cultural areas, but generally spoken we can put them all into one bigger category with subcategories).

    Problem submitting waymarks or uploading pictures

    in General Waymarking Topics

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    You know what I do? I take my camera and discover a new city, no need to go to the website today, we also will search a geocache and tomorrow or at the weekend the site will be working perfectly again, so where is the problem. :laughing:

     

    HA! Andreas, I love you, man! You have THE BEST attitude :)

     

    In your honor, today I will take out my camera and find a new icon to capture when the website returns to functionality. Lwt me look at my list (I have an Excel spreadsheet for my WMs)

     

    HAVE A GREAT DAY :)

     

    THX :)

     

    Thanks! We have a great day, it's my birthday. :grin:

     

    ...so we are two here born in the same day ;) 28.VIII.

     

    Then Happy birthday to y'all too, DT :)

    Problem submitting waymarks or uploading pictures

    in General Waymarking Topics

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    You know what I do? I take my camera and discover a new city, no need to go to the website today, we also will search a geocache and tomorrow or at the weekend the site will be working perfectly again, so where is the problem. :laughing:

     

    HA! Andreas, I love you, man! You have THE BEST attitude :)

     

    In your honor, today I will take out my camera and find a new icon to capture when the website returns to functionality. Lwt me look at my list (I have an Excel spreadsheet for my WMs)

     

    HAVE A GREAT DAY :)

     

    Thanks! We have a great day, it's my birthday. :grin:

     

    ...so we are two here born in the same day ;) 28.VIII.

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