Pontiac_CZ
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If you described the reasons for these DNFs in your logs I suppose the owners will stay at home.
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Shame that GS still fails to implement a simple text field for log deletion reason (as it already works for deleting images associated with user logs).
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No. 1 - in the log so other geocachers know as well what they might be running into.
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On 1. 4. 2018 at 9:46 PM, arisoft said:
Previous tools can be used to find some users but not all of them. For example you can not find user "kana" if you try.
I have just tried it and you're right. That's odd...
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From the two options above pick the first one. The cache attributes including D/T rating should always be up-to-date as they're here for those who have NOT yet found the cache and deserve to be provided with the most accurate information.
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If I had tons of caches I would prepare a universal "politely asking a geocacher to write a NM log and how to do it" text and always copy'n'paste it to a message to a geocacher that has mentioned an issue with my cache in his FI/WN log. It is not reliable, I know, and it may take some time until he reacts. But it has the benefit of educating newbies how to do it properly next time. If noone tells them they won't get better.
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Another case of OM-to-be-done-in-the-future... maybe.
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1D0AT_up-the-canal-without-a-paddle
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7 hours ago, SnowstormMK said:
There is a cap, the maximum number of points you can earn for any cache log is 15 points. We created an FAQ for this and other promotion-related questions.
The FAQ is OK, but the brief scoring table in the friend league is a bit different which most likely lead to lison55's confusion. He actually should have earned 35 points according that since he qualified for:
+ 5 + 15 + 15 = + 35
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Are we still on topic "Fraudulent Performed maintenance logs"?
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Certitude works as usual, I have just logged in. Try both things kunarion has suggested.
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1 hour ago, Isonzo Karst said:
"OM log stated that he had taken the cache home". Well that is actual maintenance. I assume that he did not ALSO disable the listing, however. ;-)
No, he did not. That's what he should have done instead.
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This is becoming more and more common, I have just come across another cache where the CO in his OM log stated that he had taken the cache home to dry it up.
He has about five hundred finds but only one hide so he is not an experienced owner and apparently just sticked with the default log type offered.
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@Moun10Bike: how often are the fixed maps going to be updated?
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Reminds me of my DNF on an earthcache last year.
The earthcache involved visiting a mineral exposition in a town hall of a small town I rode through. The visit is free of charge BUT during lunch break the staff goes out to eat and locks up the entire building. And yes, I came right in the middle of the lunch break. The CO had not mentioned that in the listing. Unfortunately I didn't have time to wait so I ended up with an EC DNF.
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22 hours ago, L0ne.R said:
FYI, I've complained several times when COs have posted OMs for "I'll fix the cache eventually" statements, but they never replied or changed the OM to a Write Note.
When I notice such OM next time I'll probably complain with NM saying "OK, but until then it still needs maintenance" so the red wrench goes back.
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16 hours ago, barefootjeff said:
It might also just be because OM is the default log type even on archived caches. This whole idea of pre-choosing a default type for logs is causing a lot of this sort of thing.
Ahaa, now I understand why I have noticed a few OMs lately that were used just as a message with no maintenance info at all and that would previously be a note. Now I switched to the new logging experience and see that it really is a default log type for cache owners. Not a good idea.
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It might have happened that five members of a team took their photo and each of them attached it to his log. Then it would show up five times in the cache gallery.
If it's not top secret, post the cache page link with such anomaly, edexter.
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I log DNF after I came to the GZ and failed finding the cache.
That includes the case when I couldn't actually start searching because there were muggles around and they didn't leave so I gave up. That is useful feedback for the CO and other cachers as well. Some use WN for this and fully accept it but for me it is: I was there and I Did Not Find it so let's turn the icon on the map to a frowny face so I know in the future when browsing the map that I was already here and something failed.
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Well, it DID go away, the only checker I see on your cache page is Geocheck.org.
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Rebore: your first note was a reasonable opportunity for using NM - the cache got enclosed inside a construction area and was no longer legally accessible. Didn't that mean the cache needed maintenance? It surely did. Why care about increasing the CHS when the health of the cache really got worse?
The second note was okay as the listing had already been disabled. It was just an update on the situation there.
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In the main menu click Play -> View map.
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1 hour ago, thomfre said:
Geocaching.com stores images in Amazon S3, and once the object is deleted there, it's gone. So since the image is still there after deleting it from the gallery, geocaching.com clearly doesn't delete objects in S3. So it should stay there as long as Groundspeak keeps paying Amazon...
This sounds reasonable. I upload images to my caches, use their links in the listing and delete them afterwards so they do not show up in the cache gallery and under the listing. So far none of them has disappeared.
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5 hours ago, Michaelcycle said:
I can no longer add images to my archived caches
What was it good for?
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I confess I have developed a "OMG" reflex during release announcements in recent years. But I am pleasantly surprised this time! The edit page looks great. I appreciate not having to go to a separate page for setting waypoints/attributes anymore. I like the way waypoints are handled and displayed on the map now. The choice of OSM is fine as well.
In fact I do not have anything serious to complain about. Yep, just the tooltips over attributes not displaying in FF 57.0.1 but that is a minor quirk and already being worked on. Thank you!
PS: an idea: I am looking closely at the map now. My virtual waypoints are identified by their 2-letter prefixes - why not do the same for other waypoint types? On my "B-17 going down" I have three parking waypoints and it would be nice if they were identified with their prefixes P1, PA and PB. I have also seen caches with several trailheads or reference points and their owners sure would like to distinguish between them on the map...
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Health Score and "Maintenance Performed" logs
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refining the conditional :)
That's a different story.
If it nagged me I would check the listing to see what are the reasons for the e-mail, then read the DNF(s) and if I assumed there was no need to check on the cache physically I wouldn't do anything and would delete the e-mail.
If the CHS alerted the reviewer he would come to my listing and see (just as me) that there was no reason for any action. Maybe he would notify the devs that the CHS didn't work quite well in this case.
CHS is just some indicator in the background, I do not care about it too much. I take care of my caches and that's all.