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Delta68
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Weymouth Olympic Rings (GC3BXN0) - 59 puzzles.
When I first saw those I assumed that they were set as puzzles just so they could create a fancy bit of geo-art. They seem unnecessarily tough to me!
(I got bored after solving a couple)
Mark
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After removing caches or trackables from the watchlist, the confirmation message has Yes and Cancel buttons next to them.
Not for me it doesn't!
Mark
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I wouldn't give a hint or ask for one before FTF!
With our own puzzles I'll give as much help as anyone wants, even as far as giving step-by-step instructions if required
Mark
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http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=b6d36acd-35f9-4765-aec2-f0fa5c1e0149
or this one:
http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=4344128
Mark
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Looks like a solution to a problem which doesn't exist!
PQs work great at the moment. I can set one up and within minutes it will be available for download. If the process struggles Groundspeak can probably just chuck another server at it. The PQ server is separate from the web servers.
Apart from that, why would anyone want to download a list of 5-10,000 caches which would include all their finds and hides as well?
Mark
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Yup....once I send a cache to the ignore list, I intend to be done with it forever. Forever and ever. I never want to see the cache again.
I think I have 2 or 3 caches on my list? And for just the reason you say above.
If sending a cache to my ignore list makes them invisible and nonexistent, ...then GS is doing its job.
But like I said, it's inconsistent. They still show on the map.
I add caches to the ignore list so I can exclude them from PQs and I suspect this is the main reason for most people.
Why would being able to see them on someone's Owned Caches list be a problem?
There is a prolific puzzle cache setter within my '1000 closest to home' area. I am working through the puzzles slowly but 99% of the time I don't need them clogging up PQs and there is no other way to exclude them. I DO want other puzzle caches in the area so using cache type isn't an option.
I still want to be able to see them if I look at his profile though.
Mark
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I do not feel that it is up to the users to take care of such issues.
Get used to it!
You are wasting your time asking Groundspeak to back-out a change. They NEVER do!!
I use Adblock Plus to block all the rubbish and I use GreaseMonkey to make the pages more usable.
Adblock,Greasemonkey and Stylish are both free of charge and there are dozens of users who WILL actually listen to what you want and help with any tweaks
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Yep! It certainly looks broken!
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Cachers have been requesting this for years...
The requests have been ignored for years...
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I thought I remembered they had changed. I mean, I can see they haven't, but did I just totally make that up? Was there some other change recently to make geocaching a bit more "free play"?
There was a recent change to the Event logging requirements. There does not have to be a log book and if there is, you don't have to sign it.
Is that what you're thinking of?
Mark
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Are you sure that you were clicking Ok to a repost form data message and not a delete bookmark message?
Pretty certain!
Strangely, I just created a couple of lists called zzz1 and zzz2 so they are at the bottom, deleted zzz1, click back and it was ok. No alert of any sort!
:blink:
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I deleted a bookmark list earlier and got the page saying 'bookmark list xxxxx successfully deleted'
I didn't realise that this messgae is actually at the top of the list of bookmark lists (because I increased the font size earlier today to make the cache pages readable) and clicked the back button to take me back to the list of lists.
Are you following this?
I got the usual annoying 're-post' message box which seems to appear randomly when clicking the back button on any page, and clicked OK
I then realised that one of the other bookmark lists got deleted!!
I can see now that clicking the 'Delete' link identifies and deletes the list according to its position on the page rather than by its name or guid etc
So clicking the 're-post' message box meant that the next list down gets deleted
Not good!
Mark
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Look at this user's profile (I've chosen this one because it illustrates all aspects of the problem).
In the "Geocaches Found" column, the 63 "All Event Cache Types" have four subsections: Event, CITO, Mega, and L+F. But, the links for "Event" and "Mega" are the same as the "All Event Cache Types" link. So I can't (quickly) see (only) which Mega (or "vanilla") events this user has attended. CITO and L+F correctly give a subset of the events.
Works OK for me!
All five links are different (I've highlighted the differences)and the sub types are displayed as expected
nearest.aspx?tx=69eb8534-b718-4b35-ae3c-a856a55b0874&ul=Y%c3%a9+Low&sc=y
nearest.aspx?tx=69eb8534-b718-4b35-ae3c-a856a55b0874&ul=Y%c3%a9+Low&sc=n
nearest.aspx?tx=57150806-bc1a-42d6-9cf0-538d171a2d22&ul=Y%c3%a9+Low&sc=n
nearest.aspx?tx=69eb8535-b718-4b35-ae3c-a856a55b0874&ul=Y%c3%a9+Low&sc=n
nearest.aspx?tx=3ea6533d-bb52-42fe-b2d2-79a3424d4728&ul=Y%c3%a9+Low&sc=n
(urls trimmed to prevent conversion to hyperlinks)
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Found logs on caches within 2 miles of my coordinates, through the Notification System
Right! I see what you mean now.
I've never used the notification system like that. I've only ever use it for Publish Listing
Mark
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I guess he just types "PC" followed by a random four digits until he hits one.
This is quite possible. If I remember rightly, Groundspeak dropped the numeric tracking codes in 2004 because it was too easy to guess the numbers
There are simply SO MANY trackables out there now that you stand a pretty good chance of guessing a valid four character alpha-numeric code (to follow 'PC')
I suspect that the fact that you only have to enter the code once now has made this sort of thing easier as well.
I found an 'unactivated' code last week when I misread a tracking code for a coin I'd picked up and I could have requested an activation code if I wanted to
Mark
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Additionally, you get notifications on them if they meet the rest of the criteria. This is the last thing that I would expect. If I am ignoring a cache, I sure don't want to be notified that people are finding it.
That sounds correct to me though
Surely, you only get notifications if
- The cache is on your watchlist
- It's on a bookmark list for which you've requested notifications
- You own it!
There are caches (tough puzzles etc) which I have on the ignore list to remove them from PQs but I still have them on the watchlist to see who finds them
Mark
- The cache is on your watchlist
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... but what do I tell the TB owners?
Nothing!
The cache hasn't actually been muggled so just wait and see
We've had TBs go missing for over a year and turn up safe and well
I also found a TB in my rucksack once which I had picked up about six months earlier
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2.1. Listing Guidelines that Apply to All Geocaches
I am fully aware of that guideline but it is not enforced.
There have been instances where a CO has archived a cache almost straight away and then have another published... only to archive it and then have another published and so on
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You could publish a cache and then archive it but leave the box in place.
Archived caches are generally still logable.
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How about Snowdon Summit for YSM500 as it is the highest point in Wales.
I wouldn't have thought it would need another Where is Snowdon Summit??? GC5F13 is already there
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There's a very old cache on Glastonbury Tor which I really enjoyed finding in 2009 when I was out that way.
Yeah but it's a Trad!
...looking for a more unusual type of cache...
Mark
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If I add a cache to the Ignore List, it's usually because I don't want it included in a Pocket Query
If I click on someone's profile and then click on 'Geocaches Owned' it's because I WANT to see their cache listings; yet they are not visible
Why would anyone not want to see something they go looking for?
Perhaps a 'show/hide ignored caches' option is required here
If I click on a pocket query while viewing the map, ignored caches are displayed!
Other PQ options seem to work. Why not this one?
Thanks
Mark
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There's a Wherigo Wherigo in SSG not too far from you. (Assuming your first finds and placements are fairly close to where you live)
If you haven't got a GPS which is Wherigo compatible you could ask the CO for help...
Mark
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My advice: Set the 'Hidden before' feature when doing a PQ and select 2003 or 2004. You'll miss out on many newer, excellent caches, but 95% of the geocrud too. Or do what I did in 2008; lower your expectations
My theory is not that 'all caches were great in the early days' but that 'only the good ones have survived'.
I know of a cache set not too far from us which was basically lobbed under a bush outside a hotel. It was muggled and archived before anyone even found it.
'A familiar story these days' I hear you all say with a sigh...
Yet this one was set in May 2001!!
Mark
Geocaching.com site update June 26th 2012
in Geocaching HQ communications
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Call me picky, but in what way is:
an update to Geocaching.com site (the purpose of this thread)
The block party events are of very little interest to the vast majority of cachers throughout the world.![:mad:](//gs-forums-gc.s3.amazonaws.com/emoticons/default_mad.gif)
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