1). COORDINATES: Personally obtained coordinates must be obtained as close main entrance as possible. If they are not, please indicate such in your desription.
2). PHOTOS: At least TWO photos are required - a panoramic view of the entire building and a clear close-up of a sign or other identifying lettering. Consider other photos to highlight significant details of the building. Signs and plaques should always be highlighted with clear close-up shots.
While we don't expect professional photography, waymarks submitted with underexposed, blurred, skewed or otherwise poor quality photos may be declined. All photos must be the waymarkers original photos and be placed in the photo gallery.
3). DESCRIPTIONS: Keep in mind that the quick description is what people see when browsing, so do your best to give a succinct description that will give people at a glance an overview of the waymark.
Relate any history or other relevant information. Architectural descriptions are desirable when available.
If you copy and paste, place give proper attribution.
4). VARIABLES: Please make a good faith effort to provide the information for the variables. Most are not required as they may not apply in all instances.
5). WAYMARK NAME: The city and state or country must be at the end of each waymark name. Two letter state abbreviations are preferred. Example: Temple Beth El - Somewhere, NY
SPECIAL NOTE: While the details outlined in our category description, and the requirements listed in the posting instructions, cover the MINIMUM elements and standards for all waymarks in this category, each waymark will also be evaluated by a volunteer reviewer for overall quality and appropriateness. If a reviewer deems that there are deficiencies in some aspect of the waymark, the waymark may be either declined or accepted with request for changes and/or additions in either content or format.
Each waymark will be evaluated on its own merits. We will endeavor to be reasonable and flexible while maintaining the quality standards for the category. If there is a disagreement, try to work it out with the evaluating officer, or appeal to the group leader, but we reserve the right to accept or decline a waymark based on our best judgement.
LANGUAGE NOTE:
We recognize waymarking as a global hobby and welcome waymarks from all countries. Because of our international scope, we also acknowledge ENGLISH as our lingua franca. English will create the highest level of accessibility globally. All waymarks must have at least a short description in ENGLISH. We encourage bilingual and multilingual waymarks, but one of the languages must be English. We have volunteer translators to help.
Relying on software or internet based translators, such as Babylon and Google Translate, may NOT yield accurate translations that are intelligible. Use these only when there is no alternative. Although we do not expect grammatical perfection, a waymark may be declined if there the English language is not understandable.