Talk:Trail blazing
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[edit] Trail blaze symbols
The article includes this image: 
with the caption: "The most common symbols used in trail blazing." But in years of hiking I can't ever remember having seen them, so they're presumably common only in particular countries or areas. So, where in the world are these symbols used? --David Edgar (talk) 16:19, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
- They're common in the US, it should say. They were developed for the Appalachian Trail and emulated elsewhere in the country. Daniel Case (talk) 20:28, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
- I am removing the marker. Please provide examples of other symbols that are used. Dpetzold (talk) 00:26, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Sources, History
I would like to see both more sources on trailblazing in this article and more on historical trailblazing on the frontier. Ibinthinkin (talk) 03:56, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
- So would I. Do you know where we can find some? Daniel Case (talk) 19:51, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Generally
A lot of great info in this article, almost too much. At times it reads like a how to rather than an encyclopedia article ("avoid using earth tones"), and some of the very specific information on countries in eastern Europe seems unncessary (some of it irrelevant like how many miles of trails are in the Czech Republic). Any more thoughts? MDuchek (talk) 18:09, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, it's been one of those things that people have just coatracked. We should clean it up. Daniel Case (talk) 14:11, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
I took a crack at this. I cut down on a lot of the very specific examples, did some other reorganization, etc... I think examples are good to illustrate points, but this article isn't designed to catalog what every country or trail is doing and some of the information was way over the line as far as being way too specific. Also, previous authors largely discussed the subject in terms of country as if things are standardized. In the United States, trail blazing may be standardized of course across a particular trail or park (that's the whole point), but generally there are not established legal standards by state or nationwide. Maybe this is different in Europe (is it???), and if so it's worth stating that the entire country uses a standardized set of trail markers and if so who sets the standards, where they are used, etc... Otherwise these are just examples and are not as necessary. Likewise, there are a ton of images in this article. It's nice to have them to illustrate the point, but they really dominate the article and again I'm not sure it's helpful or necessary to have so many country-specific images, especially in the gallery. I removed one image and tried to keep it balanced, but I think one could do more. Please review and share any criticism. MDuchek (talk) 17:26, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
- Also, I'd note that the gallery is full of images that aren't really examples of trail blazes, but are more directional signs or signs used to indicate distance to a particular point. It almost doesn't need to be said that signs are important for trail navigation, but this article is about trail blazing more specifically and so I think these sign photos are arguably not relevant to the article, but I've left them for now for others to judge. MDuchek (talk) 17:30, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
