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    Groundspeak Gift Certificates As Ftf Prize

    in General geocaching topics

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    There is a difference between "Shop Groundspeak" and "Signals Corner Store" (aka The Groundspeak Store)

     

    Gift Certificates purchased at Shop Groundspeak (http://shop.Groundspeak.com) are only valid for products on the Shop Groundspeak Site. (Shop Groundspeak does not sell premium memberships)

     

    You may not use them for purchase of a product/premium membership at Signal's Corner Store. (http://store.Groundspeak.com/)

    Puzzle Clarification

    in General geocaching topics

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    Third, in many cases the information that is needed to solve a puzzle cache is not something which can be found on some web page. Often one needs knowledge that in some cases takes several months or even years to acquire for someone who has no basic background at all (take a math puzzle and a cacher who knows nothing else than basic arithmetics).

    Knowledge and skills are not the same as information being provided.

     

    If you put a complex math problem on a cache page, I may or may not have the skills/knowledge to solve it. But the information is there. How hard I want to work at it is up to me.

    Puzzle Clarification

    in General geocaching topics

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    The information needed to solve the puzzle must be available to the general caching community and should be solvable from the information provided on the cache listing.

     

    The information needed to solve the puzzle must be available to the general caching community

     

    means that the caches listed are for the majority not just a small group of caching friends.

     

    and should be solvable from the information provided on the cache listing

     

    This does not say that all information must be on the cache page, it says from the cache page the puzzle is solvable. Meaning, the cache page provides enough information to lead you in the direction of how to solve the puzzle.

    New Look Of The Website!

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    The one thing I cannot find is

     

    UPLOAD IMAGES for my own caches.

     

    I am working on one, and I cannot post the image they will need to solve the puzzle.

     

    I love the change though, a new look is always good.

     

    :mad: The Blue Quasar

    Please make sure any feedback on site performance, bugs, errors, or missing things are placed in the geocaching.com discussion forum.

     

    Thanks

    Guidelines Update

    in Geocaching HQ communications

    Posted

    Our Cache Listing Requirements / Guidelines were last updated in November 2003. Periodically, Groundspeak and the volunteer reviewers take a look at the Guidelines to see whether changes are appropriate. Yesterday we posted an updated set of listing guidelines.

     

    This update does not attempt to make any major changes to the existing guidelines. Rather, the update contains minor tweaks and clarifications to make the guidelines work better for cache owners and for cache reviewers. We recommend that you read the new guidelines in their entirety prior to placing a new cache.

     

    To assist you in working with the new guidelines, here is a summary of the principal changes:

    • We added a more complete discussion of the cache owner’s options if they disagree with a decision made by a volunteer reviewer.
    • Existing language about not defacing property to provide a clue or a logging method has been expanded from its prior location in the “offset cache” discussion, to become a new item in the list of “off limits” cache locations.
    • The list of “off limits” areas for traditional caches now includes elementary and secondary schools, clarifying existing language about not placing caches near public structures and government buildings.
    • The new “small” cache size has been added to the description of cache sizes.
    • The new Earthcache type has been added to the description of cache types.
    • The guidelines for event caches were modified as follows: Events must be open to all geocachers (subject to space limitations, like the size of a banquet room). If you want to have a private event, it should be organized elsewhere. Events no longer need to be specifically related to geocaching – although they still need to be organized BY geocachers and FOR geocachers. This means you can now have an event built around a non-geocaching activity, without having to add the obligatory language to your cache page saying that “geocaching will be discussed.” It’s recognized that when geocachers gather, they’ll talk about geocaching.
    • Some time limits followed by the reviewers for event caches are now spelled out in the guidelines. Events should be submitted for listing no less than two weeks prior to the event, and no more than three months prior to the event. An exception can be made for regional, national or international events, which can be listed up to six months in advance. Event caches should be archived within one month after the event date, unless it is a recurring event like a monthly meeting where the same cache page is re-used.
    • The cache saturation guidelines have been modified to enable a reviewer to require that a series of closely-spaced caches be combined into a multicache.
    • Lighters have been added to the list of prohibited cache contents.
    • The guidelines on Commercial Caches / Caches That Solicit have been expanded to specifically mention charity fundraising as an example of a social agenda that cannot be promoted through a cache listing.
    • Throughout the guidelines, we’ve made minor wording changes. For example, “approvers” are now referred to as “reviewers” or “volunteers” and a cache is “listed” rather than being “approved.”

    We hope that this summary is helpful, and that the updated guidelines provide even better guidance on what’s acceptable for a cache listing.

    Can Approvers Be Ftf?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Yes, the Reviewers are allowed to be FTF on caches. Out of fairness they agree not to use any unpublished information to their advantage. (i.e. final coords for a multi, solutions to puzzle caches)

    So are they allowed to approve a cache when it's convenient to them, i.e. "I'm going home from work now. I'll approve the cache now so I can hit it on the way home". Or, "Can't go out tonight ... I'll wait to approve the cache till the morning when I can".

    I have yet to see a reviewer increase their find count after becoming a volunteer, let alone the FTF count. In most cases what I see is a drop in their rate of finding caches because they have less time to get out there.

     

    They do this because they love the sport, they are not out to cheat themselves out of what they love.

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