I for one wish they would just do away with the "Needs Maintenance" attribute. If I search for geocaches nearest to me I find that roughly 25% all have the "Need Maintenance" attribute. However, I'd say only 1 in 5 of these at best actually need anything done. The rest all had whatever was the problem fixed long ago, but the owner just does not know how do does not care to remove the attribute.
So what good does it do if it's not accurate. What is really should be called is, "Owner Doesn't Care" attribute. That would be more accurate in more cases.
As for reviewers takeing into account the practicesof a geocacher before approving past logs, I believe I have read that to have a cache approved you need to demonstrate the ability to maintain the cache. For instance, if you never have found a cache further than 10 miles from your home, the reviewer can ask further questions and perhaps deny a new placement request 100 miles away.
It's very easy to show all the caches someone has placed. You just go to their profile, and then click on "Geocaches" and then "All Geocache Hides" You get a list showing 20 at a time, and all that have the "NM" attribute are easy to see. It would be no problem for a reviewer to delay a cache publication if they see an alarming number of existing caches all "NM". I think that is showing a history of not being able to follow guidelines and I think reviewers should be denying placement of new caches in exactly this situation!
