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    Does anyone still do this??

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    Posted · Edited by iconions
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    Continuing on with this topic...  
    I am going through my pictures from Williams - both Visits and New Waymarks.  There was a waymark for the Neon Sign for the Sultana Bar.  I was able to post a visit.  This building is also a contributing building on the National Register.  Unfortunately, the person posting the neon sign didn't dig further on the building.  It was built in 1912 and is one of the few examples left of early concrete block construction.  The building's basement was a speakeasy during Prohibition and was the site of the first movie theater in Northern Arizona.  I also found out that the basement may be haunted!!!!  Dunno if that was from bad bathtub gin from the Speakeasy or not.

    Not too bad for what most people would see as a seedy neighborhood bar.  Again, yes, people still do this and yes, there are really excellent stories out there that can be told because of Waymarking!

     

     

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    Signature Line

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    Posted

    14 hours ago, kunarion said:


    Cool.  Get ready for a maze of... fun!

     

    To change your Forum Signature, start by clicking the hamburger menu (the icon that’s three horizontal lines) in the upper right corner of this Forum page.

     

    Then click Account.

     

    Then Account Settings.

     

    Then the gray bar that says Settings Area.

     

    Then Signature, and type the signature text into the text box.

     

    Then Save.

     

    I think you next have to log out and then log back in.

     

    And it’s just that easy! :anicute:

    You forgot to tell him to hop on one leg and to know the super secret handshake!  LOL

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    Declined Waymark that was approved in 2014

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    1 hour ago, Max and 99 said:

    But... but...but....that doesn't warrant a decline!

     

    Who knows what the category description said in 2014 - it probably was good at the time.  I don't post bad waymarks as a general rule.  The category leader has decided that he is only back in Waymarking to beta test a OS and is going to go through his categories and be a Richard.  

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    Declined Waymark that was approved in 2014

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    Well, I got quite the surprise this evening.  A waymark that was approved in 2014 was suddenly denied in 2020.  Explanation was that it had been relocated.  Here's the problem, why was the waymark approved in 2014, but it is now a problem?  Oh, I know, the category owner is now getting rid of the water troughs and is now actually looking for reasons to purge the category.  Yep, people are wondering WHY I have pretty much quit Waymarking.  Petty crap like this.  

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    What's with these "bogus" discoveries of my coins????

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    Within the last three weeks, I have had four "cachers" send bogus logs on some of my geocoins.  How do I know that they are bogus?  Probably because these coins are sitting in my possession and haven't gone anywhere in several years.  It's actions of "cachers" like this, who are only worried about numbers and icons, who got virtuals removed from the game.  Please, have some honor and only claim what you have found....  I have locked the coins in question and have deleted the logs.  

    Which categories require you to use HTML?

    in General Waymarking Topics

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    On 9/28/2019 at 11:19 PM, Max and 99 said:

    I got a notification today that my waymark was declined, solely because I didn't use HTML. 

     

    "Since Groudspeak "fixed" the site a couple years ago...you now need html to keep this straight in ALL the boxes...Your (retracted) coordinance all jammed together...You spaced the nicely in the submission but witout html it will not stay that way...if you put at the end of each one it will make them in the spaced order you typed them. Thanks"

     

    So,  I want to know which categories either require HTML or the officers will edit your waymark page and add it themseves. I will be avoiding those categories. I did not know that my waymark creation  could be declined for not using HTML.

    I've never denied a submission for not using HTML - I am not aware of any categories that require it.  I am trying to learn a little HTML just because it makes for a little nicer page, but it should never be required.  :)

    Best Visit I've Had in Ages

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    Posted

    43 minutes ago, QuarrellaDeVil said:

    This absolute gem rolled in this past week:

     

    http://www.Waymarking.com/logs/details.aspx?f=1&guid=fd0d6ed9-c67a-443f-9d93-295f7a323624

     

    Runs circles around the usual "Saw it while doing something else" or "Snapped a photo at a quarter of a mile away while hanging out the window" or "I'm armchair Waymarking, no photo!"

    Beats - "met the owner of several local waymarks at a Mexican Restaurant and talked for several hours!"  LOL 
    That is a great one!  Congrats! 

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    Medal Of Honor Resting Places

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    13 hours ago, Max and 99 said:

    Do the photos have to be taken by the person posting the waymark, or is the poster allowed to use someone else's photos if permission has been granted?

    Permission was granted to use those photos by the owner of the copyright of the photo and properly marked in the waymark - nothing in the category description states that isn't allowed AND it isn't against the terms of use.  
    This is an original category for Waymarking - I'm sorry, people have had 14 years to post items in here.  There was always going to be a finite number of waymarks for this category.  
    As far as those blue flags - I have already explained, I'm not going to question someone if that object was at the gravesite put by a relative or not.  Sorry, that is tacky at best and downright rude at worse.  The reason for that rule was to keep GPS units off the gravesites.  C'mon, let's show a little class.  I'm not about to tell someone to remove ALL objects including flowers placed by loved ones JUST for a waymark - can we please be real?  
     

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    Abuse of Waymarking for own advertising purposes

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    4 minutes ago, adenium said:

     

    It was me, they slipped this one past.  I didn't notice the submitter had exactly one posting ever... the one he was submitting... nor that it was in the middle of nowhere.  Tried to Reevaluate Waymark this morning, but the website doesn't want to let me do that.  I removed their phone number and website from the Waymark and blocked them from editing.  Will be on the lookout for spammers now.

    We accept your confession - go and sin no more - LOL...  :)
    Seriously, stuff happens.  I wonder if someone else went and did the reevaluation...

    Medal Of Honor Resting Places

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    2 hours ago, QuarrellaDeVil said:

     

    I have a few waymarks here where not only have I been the guy who submitted the photos (and GPS sometimes!) to Findagrave, but I've also been the one who actually created that person's Findagrave page!

    I can imagine with the quantity of cemeteries you haunt, Steve!  LOL 

    I have a few myself, and I have even gotten feed back from relatives thanking me because they were able to locate their lost love one through Waymarking even though the headstone was over at findagrave.  You never know...

    Medal Of Honor Resting Places

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    Posted · Edited by wayfrog
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    7 hours ago, Max and 99 said:

    I've visited at least one, and the coordinates were perfect.

    Let's put this to rest...  DougK, lets be frank about this and state that the waymark that Don.Morfe posted was placed several months before you came back and tried to post.  You then wanted me to retroactively deny Don's waymark because of the reasons you gave.  Are you absolutely positive that the flag was placed by Don Morfe?  How do I know, as a reviewer, that your coordinates are good and his are bad without flying to San Francisco, which, although I'd like to do someday, to settle a dispute on a waymark.  You realize that is really out of my budget as a volunteer reviewer.  I'm really not getting this at all, seriously, why isn't a visit not as valuable as a post?  Is everyone THAT fixated on post numbers?  
    If you also remember, I WAS the one that told you could make an edit on the current waymark of Don.Morfe's - not Don - I wasn't going to go and retroactively deny Don's waymark just so that you could post. That wasn't fair to Don.Morfe because YOU failed to get the required photo of the gravesite the first time around.... You know, that happens - but your failure isn't a reason to punish another waymarker.  Accept YOU failed; learn from it; move on.
     
    I just spent two weeks in Utah.  You know, I was just as happy posting a visit as I was posting a new waymark - actually, I was surprised when I actually got postings just because of the quantity of waymarks out there in the state.  Dang people - relax.  


    Those pictures of Don.Morfe's are his.  They are valid in the category Medal of Honor resting places.  I'm sorry that a gentleman had made it is life's work to document these - I actually think it is quite a feat and I applaud him.  Unfortunately, BruceS is no longer with us as the leader of the MOH group - I was only able to go be the category description as it was left by BruceS.  I find it incredible that one waymarker, no now two, would impugn the character of another waymarker.  I guess everything is fair when it might be possible to get that extra posting number.  Sheesh.

    Medal Of Honor Resting Places

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    Posted

    On 9/15/2019 at 11:29 AM, dreamhummie said:

    After my vacation we want to visit Margraten for some Medal of Honor Waymarks.

    Unfortunately these 7 MoH places in Margraten have already been posted and approved with 1 wikipedia photo.
    Shame on you Officers. Maybe more investigation if its a own taken picture.

    Why don't ask 2 if your not trust it.
    Pictures are coming from Wikipedia, Findagrave etc.

    Pictures a posted under several (nick) names on these websites.

    Are you taken pics and posted on these websites with several (nick) names ??

    John.

     

    I'm sorry - I'm the officer approving those waymarks.  I have approved a huge number of these Medal of Honor waymarks for this waymarker as he has previously documented these for other sites.  Believe it or not, Waymarking.com ISN'T the only place to document these.  Maybe some investigation on YOUR part to see if these had already been waymarked should have been in order, possibly?  
    Now, since I KNOW this waymarker and I have approved most of these for this waymarker, please do your own research before you go on a rant.  I will stand by my reputation as an officer and an approver in this community.
    Apology accepted - there is nothing stopping you in posting a visit on these waymarks.  They are just as valuable as a post!

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    Use of html <blockquote> in long descriptions

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    13 minutes ago, PISA-caching said:

    I don't use the <blockquote> tag in my waymarks, but nevertheless I ask myself (and you) several questions:

    • Isn't it somehow ridiculous to insist on perfect HTML code, if every waymark is full of invalid code that is coming from Groundspeak? For example: http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMC6DV_iconions contains 230 Errors, 118 warnings but you would deny a new waymark because it has one more error?
    • If you insist on the above - does that mean that every officer has to be a pro with HTML?
    • If you see quotation marks in a blockquote, will you check the source and see if the quotation marks are there or added by the WM owner?
    • Isn't w3.org the website that is defining HTML standards or why shall we suddenly care about what w3schools.com is thinking? According to themselves they are not affiliated with w3.org.
    • Even if the example of w3.org or w3schools.com doesn't show quotation marks within the blockquote tag doesn't necessarily mean, that they are forbidden. I for example wouldn't create something like <h1><strong>Headline</strong></h1>, but it's not forbidden.

    And finally my suggestion would be:

     

    <p>&quot;</p>

    <blockquote>

    <p>Quoted text</p>

    </blockquote>

    <p>&quot;</p>

     

    Will look aweful, but you have quotation marks to fulfill the category rules and they are not within the blockquote tag. Beautiful new world! :-)

     

    Thanks for the suggestion.  I do appreciate it.  This doesn't put paragraph marks around the text, only the blockquote.  Probably puts it in the grey area and could be a reason for another denial.   As of right now, I have deleted the offending material as it isn't required to the waymark.  It would be nice to have in there as it gives some pretty nice history.
     

    If I decide to restore that material, and do this absolutely properly, I have to:

    <blockquote>

    <p>(")Quoted text(")</p>

    <blockquote>

    Putting the quotation marks in the parentheses notifies the readers, per MLA (this is a standard English writing style guide  - Modern Language Association), that those marks are mine, not the original author's. 
    Those quotation marks in parentheses would be just as confusing, and this is stated as no offense to anyone as English has some of the worse rules when it comes to proper punctuation.  There is a reason there is such a creature as the MLA guide!  Again, a huge can of worms gets opened by just saying - put in the quotation marks in the blockquote.  They are not needed and are totally unnecessary and redundant.

     

    Or, do this entirely old school and skip the html.  I prefer the html as it makes a little cleaner look to the page, personal preference and stubbornness on my part.

    Use of html <blockquote> in long descriptions

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    Just now, The Leprechauns said:

    Thanks for reminding me why I don't create waymarks anymore.  Enjoy your fun!

    Much better to go looking under lamp post skirts and finding wet logs as you learn so much more that way, correct?  Unfortunately, geocaching has turned into a game where numbers are king and the original idea of actually placing caches at places where you learn something is LONG gone.  

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