Phil242

Hi Niels, Thanks for your reply, a summary of years of debates . I must said I don't have read accurately the full subject. As a "noob" in geocaching but little skilled in computer applications management I believe this problem can be solved (or we can try to) involving people. The global Geocaching activities relying on people and ONLY people, giving their best for fun. Involving all geocachers in TB database purge sounds a good solution, regarding the technical means. And we can easily said that it can't be worst than today situation to try something ... Hope something will move on this subject. Cheers, Phil PS: Funny to see you're from Almere, I went there for a "special" event in 1997, a nice place ( https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_in_Progress ). Some wonderful souvenirs !

Hello, I'm new in geocaching world and I must said that "ghost" TB sounds a problem to me : it's a family activity, and I have 2 boys disappointed on each missing TB in a cache . Simple solution always sounds good to me, example : a simple click-able icon "missing" on each TB in the inventory of the cache can appears 3 months after deposit or 15 "found it" without "seen" status. Then when the number of clicks from different accounts reach 5 or 10, the owner of the cache is warned and gain the ability to remove the TB from the inventory. The "missing" icon could be reserved to premium account to avoid abuse. Simple, collective and fair way to solve this issue. Thanks for reading me (and sorry, English isn't my native spoken language) Phil