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I'd change that mugshot avatar right quick, Cheech Gang. You DO know that many reviewers are dogs, don't you? I will admit, some days it's harder than others to hold up that rainbow.

There are probably several IDOITS who review in your province. Don't you want to call out the one who is also bloody stupid, insane and anal retentive before you get sent off to sit in the corner and cool down for a week? PS if you spent more time in the forum you would already know that many reviewers are dogs. They tend to review by smell more than looking at the maps. I wonder how your cache smells now?

It's a rumour that circulates. It is a little odd that a state like Texas only has one reviewer. Ontario has 4. Learning that Texas has only one reviewer is amazing! Considering how big Texas is! LOL How many does RI have? Trivia for ya... It is farther from Texarkana Texas to El Paso Texas then it is from Texarkanna to Chicago. More that 50% of the length of I-10 is in the state of Texas. (I-10 ends on the CA coast and Starts in on the East coast) The Square miles of the state of Texas is larger than 96% of all the COUNTRIES in the world. The so call GNP of the state of Texas is even larger than the GNP of Great Britain. TGC Those are nice numbers and stats, but the only one that really matters is 'does the reviewer for Texas feel he has enough time and energy to volunteer for the job?' When the answer becomes no, he/she/it (some reviewers are dogs) will ask for help. I believe Texas has more geocaches than all but three countries in the world - Germany, Canada and the UK. I might be wrong, but if I am it's not by much. I think the USA has more geocaches that Texas too.

I have read in the general Geocaching forum that some reviewers are dogs. I'm not sure if any of the UK team are canine.

I can confirm that Spot is not the new reviewer. (However, some reviewers are dogs.) MrsB Awwwwwwwwwwwwww THat'll give Tyree ideas I'm not sure he should have, bad enough the cat thinking she owns the computer!!!!!!!! welcome whoever you are and happy reviewing

I can confirm that Spot is not the new reviewer. (However, some reviewers are dogs.) MrsB

I agree much with Brian, although I am not at all sure what the OP was trying to say. There is a cacher going around scouring the cache pages looking for Pocket Caches(PC's) and then telling a moderator(or reviewer) and getting them to act. Sicking them on it (eg. sick 'em fido)(not infering mods and reviewers are dogs) Once again, your information is (1) inaccurate and (2) out of date. Forum moderators have no power over geocaches. And reviewers typically do not take action outside their own territory except in cases of emergency or when asked to help out as a backup. The pocket caches were archived by Groundspeak. Groundspeak is now offering affected cache owners the opportunity to restore their caches in one of two ways, by either creating a new cache (if there was a permanent cache with coordinates) or by unarchiving the old cache and cleaning up the pocket cache finds. So your information is also a week out of date in terms of Groundspeak's approach to this issue. Affected cache owners should contact their volunteer cache reviewer if they wish to explore the above alternatives. Thank you Keystone. One of my issues has been addressed. As far as who was doing the actual archiving I didn't know the exact position but I new one person had to tell on them first. That is my chief concern. not who, or why, but how.

I agree much with Brian, although I am not at all sure what the OP was trying to say. There is a cacher going around scouring the cache pages looking for Pocket Caches(PC's) and then telling a moderator(or reviewer) and getting them to act. Sicking them on it (eg. sick 'em fido)(not infering mods and reviewers are dogs) Once again, your information is (1) inaccurate and (2) out of date. Forum moderators have no power over geocaches. And reviewers typically do not take action outside their own territory except in cases of emergency or when asked to help out as a backup. The pocket caches were archived by Groundspeak. Groundspeak is now offering affected cache owners the opportunity to restore their caches in one of two ways, by either creating a new cache (if there was a permanent cache with coordinates) or by unarchiving the old cache and cleaning up the pocket cache finds. So your information is also a week out of date in terms of Groundspeak's approach to this issue. Affected cache owners should contact their volunteer cache reviewer if they wish to explore the above alternatives.

The posted false coordinates for puzzle caches are generally going to be less than two miles from the actual puzzle location. So, if you are thinking about hiding a cache in Park X, pick a spot in the center of the park and do a nearest caches search on those coordinates, going out about 2.5 miles. If there are any mystery/unknown caches in that radius which you haven't found, then you are rolling the dice by hiding a cache without first finding the nearby puzzle. For multicaches, a fair percentage of them will start and end in the same general area, so a 2.5 mile radius search should work for them too, in the vast majority of cases. If there are tons of puzzles in the area and you can't solve them, write in advance to your reviewer with your proposed coordinates and ask for a preclearance on waypoint conflicts from him, her or it (many reviewers are dogs). You can also ask for help from the owner of a nearby puzzle or multicache. "Hi, I found a perfect spot for an ammo box in Memorial Park, and I wanted to make sure it didn't conflict with any stages of your multicache. Here are coords for the general area on the east side of the park near the pond...."

The first time I read that, I was mentally picturing walking Addy on KBI's lawn (that's her picture to the left) when I read the Keystone's window bit so I accidentally omitted the "k" from "peek". And Keystone is such a nice moderator. Who'd want to peek in his/her/it's window? Many reviewers are dogs. I regard someone peeing on my window as just saying "hello, I was in the neighborhood and wanted to let you know I stopped by." Oh, and I charge $20. Sioneva has my PayPal info.

The moderating team in the "Geocaching Topics" forum does not get paid to go find geocaches. We did, however, demand a large sum of money from Groundspeak -- most of which comes from Platinum Membership sales -- because we have to read all of Vinny's posts. Quiggle gets a double share of the payments, since he/she/it (many reviewers are dogs) is Vinny's local cache reviewer. It is only fair. Mainly I spend my portion on trips to Las Vegas.

Whether he/she/it (many reviewers are dogs) chooses to volunteer extra time for existing cache maintenance issues is entirely up to him/her/it. With that said, it would appear that the local clubs should carry the greater part of the burden of regulating and overseeing what become problems of geolitter.

Please see this article in the Groundspeak Knowledgebase. You'll note that the service standard for volunteers is to provide an initial review within three days. You should press the panic button after a week, and write to Groundspeak. I confirmed that your caches are properly awaiting review in the Montana cache queue. So, there's no need to double-check anything on your end. Sometimes life gets in the way. Maybe the Montana reviewer went on a roadtrip last weekend. Maybe he/she/it (many reviewers are dogs) are having life issues. Me, I'm getting by with a space heater until my new furnace is installed next Monday. Brrrr! But, I am still trying to keep up with new cache reviews. Thanks for your patience, and thanks for hiding caches!

Write to your reviewer and ask him or her or it (many reviewers are dogs) to "pre-clear" the general coordinates you have in mind, BEFORE placing a cache in an area where you're seeing lots of puzzles nearby. I even have a form letter for these inquiries.

I agree much with Brian, although I am not at all sure what the OP was trying to say. There is a cacher going around scouring the cache pages looking for Pocket Caches(PC's) and then telling a moderator(or reviewer) and getting them to act. Sicking them on it (eg. sick 'em fido)(not infering mods and reviewers are dogs)