Short Descrption?

[+SkellyCA]

How about a cache with a description of just 8 words?

[+Too Tall John]

Slightly worse than an opening post of 11?

 

[+briansnat]

Fine with me. I've seen shorter. I don't need a long description. The coords should be enough.

[+SkellyCA]

Slightly worse than an opening post of 11?

 

 

It's that second digit that makes the big difference!

 

 

I guess I'd just like to see a history lesson or a description of the area or something

[+NatureGuy360]

Short descriptions are fine if the quality and creativity of the geocache speaks for itself. If someone writes a short description just to haphazardly toss a used plastic container into some random bushes and call it a geocache than I might be a little more frustrated about that.

[+Crafty Turtle]

If it is obvious why you brought the cacher to this spot, then no history lesson or cultural lesson is needed.

If it is fairly obvious where the cache is, and no safety or stealth warnings are needed, no equipment requirements, and no instructions as to where to park or from which direction to access the cache, then no further explanation is required.

Some people don't want wordy caches. Others feel like you are lazy. You can't please all the people all the time. If people complain, that says more about them than about you.

Sometimes less is more. Is this a Zen cache perchance?

 

Ooooh I'd love to do a Zen cache. It'd have to be in the woods with a falling tree, and if no cacher hears it, is it because it's a micro?

[+SkellyCA]

If it is obvious why you brought the cacher to this spot, then no history lesson or cultural lesson is needed.

If it is fairly obvious where the cache is, and no safety or stealth warnings are needed, no equipment requirements, and no instructions as to where to park or from which direction to access the cache, then no further explanation is required.

Some people don't want wordy caches. Others feel like you are lazy. You can't please all the people all the time. If people complain, that says more about them than about you.

Sometimes less is more. Is this a Zen cache perchance?

 

Ooooh I'd love to do a Zen cache. It'd have to be in the woods with a falling tree, and if no cacher hears it, is it because it's a micro?

 

No, just a cache along the street.

[+WRASTRO]

I just did a puzzle cache tonight that had no description at all. It was a nice puzzle.

[+Chrysalides]

As with most things in life, it depends.

[+GIDEON-X]

As with most things in life, it depends.

So True.......

 

OOOPS 30 WORDS

Edited November 9, 2009 by GIDEON-X

[Mr.Yuck]

As with most things in life, it depends.

 

Yep, depends. Generally I'd associtate such cache pages with "quick grab" micros. But I've found a few caches by an old school cache in the woods type guy from Briansnat's area of the world who has several 8 word or less cache pages.

[Clan Riffster]

As someone much brighter than me pointed out; It Depends.

We have a few locals who typically write brief descriptions, and their caches are spectacular.

However, (and this is a localized generalization), most of the short description writers put as much effort into their hides as they do their cache page, leading to a cache that doesn't lift my kilt. "Hey, Look! Another Burger King! With shrubbery! Let's plop in a film can!" Seven words later, they've got a cache submitted. While it's not my cup of tea, lots of folks hunt them.

[+power69]

I've seen many with one word and a couple with no words and no hints and unknown container size

[knowschad]

I've seen plenty of tradtional caches with no description at all. Descriptions are totally optional. Eight words is eight words more than neccessary. Wouldn't faze me in the least.

[+wimseyguy]

I generally use the short description field for the basic info about the cache.

I use the long description for ancillary info about the area and why I placed the cache in that location-historical, scenic, etc.

 

Oh, you just meant a brief description in general?

My experience is that better locations, especially historical ones have better writeups. But there is nothing wrong with a basic hide and a short writeup.

[+StarBrand]

I perfer a few more words but it isn't absolutley necessary either.

[+9Key]

Its been my experience that a short (or no) description is a cache that is probably going to be substandard.

 

What may be worse are caches in series with cut and paste descriptions. For example: "CWK #4" with the exact same description as the other 15 in the series does not bode well for its quality IMO.