How long does it take a cache to be archived?

[+kmartcachier]

A cache in my area was first reported as needing to be archived in early November. How long does it usually take Groundspeak to take these down? Is there some channel of reporting this other than logging it as SBA?

Thanks for your help!

 

EDIT: Here it is GCN1K7

Edited March 23, 2010 by kmartcachier

[+StarBrand]

Just because it has an 'Needs Archived' log - that does not mean that it will be archived. Just that a reviewer will take a look at it.

 

NA logs have been placed on about 5 of my caches over the year's. All of them are still up and running. Some were legit complaints. Others were frivilous comments. All were looked into and I provided an appropriate response - not that it is always documented on the listing page.

[+StarBrand]

yup - looks like this one needs to go - but there may be more to the story than we know as well.

[+kmartcachier]

Maybe, but the CO hasnt logged in four and a half months either. So it seems unlikely that he has in any way addressed the issue or talked with a reviewer.

[+KJcachers]

cache owner may be waiting for the construction to be finished before replacing the cache. At the very least a Reviewer should have "disabled" the cache and contacted the cache owner for verification.

[+kmartcachier]

Construction has been completed for some time now. Is there a way to contact a reviewer?

[+Moose Mob]

Sometimes things get lost in the mail. There are a lot of links between the time when you click on "Needs Archived" and the reviewer's in basket.

 

Give it 3-4 weeks. If it's really in need of attention, send another NA log.

[+t4e]

Construction has been completed for some time now. Is there a way to contact a reviewer?

 

i was going to suggest to look at the published log and contact the reviewer, but that log is gone

 

Sometimes things get lost in the mail. There are a lot of links between the time when you click on "Needs Archived" and the reviewer's in basket.

 

Give it 3-4 weeks. If it's really in need of attention, send another NA log.

 

why are CO allowed to delete the published logs?

 

makes it hard to track down a reviewer

[+Great Scott!]

Published logs did not exist when this cache was published.

[+WRITE SHOP ROBERT]

Published logs did not exist when this cache was published.

There used to be a different link to the reviewer below the logs on the old Caches...is that gone now??

[+ras_oscar]

If I'm not mistaken reviewers are regional. Just grab the published log from a more recent hide nearby. A SBA does not necessarailly result in a NA. Its quite possible that there has been discussions behind the scenes between the reveiewer and the CO. When in doubt I usually trust the reviewer to do the right thing. They don't volunteer to make themselves popular.

[+t4e]

Published logs did not exist when this cache was published.

 

that i didn't know, but i do know that there are many that delete the "published" log, for whatever weird reason

 

i wish they were not allowed to do so, its part of the cache history

[+IBcrashen]

Looking at my old ones from 01, 02 I can see who published them. They are not notes but in the lines below Current time, Last Updated, Last Found at the bottom of the cache page. Here is one from Nov 5 2001 and yes, that is the man who published it.

 

For some reason this one doesnt.

[+Walts Hunting]

i was going to suggest to look at the published log and contact the reviewer, but that log is gone

 

It's not gone. just click the show all and look down for the first log.

[+Walts Hunting]

Looks like your reviewer is out of commission, maybe no longer a member so noone gets that note. Out here I posted a SBA and it was disabled by Krypton that day with a note that it would be archived in two weeks.

 

Maybe a personal note to teh reviewer who published it. That can be found by viewing all logs and looking down for the first one.

[+Touchstone]

Is there some channel of reporting this other than logging it as SBA?

 

I believe that is the preferred method. General inquiries can be sent to contact@geocaching.com, but generally the Needs Archived Log type is the best way to report a missing cache.