+adambro Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Can someone advise me on what is the current situation with webcam caches? I've got a couple of webcam caches which I archived due to the webcam being unavailable at the time but where it is now available in at least one of the cases. Is it possible to unarchive such caches? Cheers. Quote
+Gushoneybun Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 According to Haggis Hunters' Bookmark listing: which reflect what I though For the owners of these caches - You may not know but if you disable your cache for maintenance, you will be able to re-enable it yourself. But if you archive it for any reason at all, you will never be able to re-activate it what so ever. Think carefully before archiving your cache! Ask around if you need it to be adopted, someone may want to, just to keep the icon going. Quote
+Mad H@ter Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 I think the above may be slightly incorrect as I don't believe that it is possible to adopt a Webcam Cache. Quote
+adambro Posted January 6, 2010 Author Posted January 6, 2010 According to Haggis Hunters' Bookmark listing: which reflect what I though For the owners of these caches - You may not know but if you disable your cache for maintenance, you will be able to re-enable it yourself. But if you archive it for any reason at all, you will never be able to re-activate it what so ever. Think carefully before archiving your cache! Ask around if you need it to be adopted, someone may want to, just to keep the icon going. That was my understanding when I archived the cache but I wondered if that was still the situation. I can understand if GC wants to move away from webcam caches etc. by stopping new caches of this type but I'm not sure what the problem is with unarchiving old ones. Quote
+Gushoneybun Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 That was my understanding when I archived the cache but I wondered if that was still the situation. I can understand if GC wants to move away from webcam caches etc. by stopping new caches of this type but I'm not sure what the problem is with unarchiving old ones. I think they want them to move over to Waymarking.com. I would email your friendly reviewer and see what they can do for you. Quote
+adambro Posted January 6, 2010 Author Posted January 6, 2010 Guy who reviewed the cache is no longer active. How do I find who the other reviewers are? Quote
Neath Worthies Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 That was my understanding when I archived the cache but I wondered if that was still the situation. I can understand if GC wants to move away from webcam caches etc. by stopping new caches of this type but I'm not sure what the problem is with unarchiving old ones. I think they want them to move over to Waymarking.com. I would email your friendly reviewer and see what they can do for you. If nothing can be done remember "Other listing sites are available" Quote
+Haggis Hunter Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 I think the above may be slightly incorrect as I don't believe that it is possible to adopt a Webcam Cache. I think you are correct, it is the case for virtuals. At the time of making the bookmark lists you could adopt them, I'll get them updated straight away. Quote
+Graculus Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) Webcam (and virtual) caches that are currently in place and working can remain. However, if they have been disabled for too long or the owner is clearly not maintaining them (monitoring the logs for example) then we may archive them. If you (or the reviewers) archive such a cache it cannot be unarchived. Read the guidelines here on maintenance of such caches. Chris Graculus - Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com Resource website for UK and Ireland Geoachers www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk Edited January 7, 2010 by Graculus Quote
+adambro Posted January 7, 2010 Author Posted January 7, 2010 Webcam (and virtual) caches that are currently in place and working can remain. However, if they have been disabled for too long or the owner is clearly not maintaining them (monitoring the logs for example) then we may archive them. If you (or the reviewers) archive such a cache it cannot be unarchived. Read the guidelines here on maintenance of such caches. Chris Graculus - Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com Resource website for UK and Ireland Geoachers www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk Thanks. I can forget about getting them unarchived then. Quote
+Delta68 Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 However, even if the cache is archived it can still be 'Found' I have a bookmark list with archived webcams, virtuals etc and some get logged now and again. The main thing is to police it strictly, if there is any bogus logging TPTB might/will lock the cache permanently! Mark Quote
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