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So I found a waymark nearby that has been duplicated and I was wondering if anything should be done.

Here is the waymark:

http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WM15P_Corn_Maze

http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WM15Z_Thunder_Road_Farm

 

The two marks are the same place, I've been to the waymark many years ago.

They are both listed under the same category.

They have identical coordinates (how?).

They were posted by two different people.

They were both approved by Jeremy on the same day about 30 mins apart.

The same identical image is used for both.

 

Is it possible to merge waymarks?

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So I found a waymark nearby that has been duplicated and I was wondering if anything should be done.

Here is the waymark:

http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WM15P_Corn_Maze

http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WM15Z_Thunder_Road_Farm

 

The two marks are the same place, I've been to the waymark many years ago.

They are both listed under the same category.

They have identical coordinates (how?).

They were posted by two different people.

They were both approved by Jeremy on the same day about 30 mins apart.

The same identical image is used for both.

 

Is it possible to merge waymarks?

 

I haven't looked up the waymarks you mentioned but these things sometimes happen. One possible explanation is that the coordinates of one were off, and therefore when the second was approved, the reviewer wasn't aware of the other since it didn't show up on a proximity checker. You don't see this very often, but it has happened.

 

Edit: just looked at the waymarks you mentioned. I do think it's really odd that both waymarks have the exact same default photo. Hmmm.

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This is really odd and should be corrected.

 

They are from the very early days of Waymarking. I guess you spotted the first duplicates ever. You could post it to the First of its Kind category ;-)

 

I remember quite some time ago there was a similar forum discussion and another duplicate was mentioned. I'm too lazy to look it up, though!

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It was fun to read a forum discussion on this matter from 7 years ago! Even back then, a certain category was considered "humongous".

It appears that at first, the proximity alert would show for only the person creating the waymark, with the function available to category officers later on.

Look how far Waymarking has come!

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=112452

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Happened to me as well:

 

WM8G83 Sedlcany Marian Column

WME6BH Plague Column, Sedlcany, Czech Republic

 

I discovered it by an accident, browsing through new Baroque waymarks, posted a note to the duplicate, and the poster contacted me, confirming that he didn't receive any proximity alert. He is a frequent poster in this category, so I don't think he would post an uncategorized WM - guess sometimes the proximity alert just doesn't work.

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