+Team Oodi Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 A while back I logged a cache I couldn't find. Since then my log entry has disappeared from the cache page and the cache no longer shows on "My Cache Page". The cache in question is still listed and not archived. Adi Link to comment
+fairplay Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 As far as I know, the creator of the cache is free to delete any of the logs. Ask him, maybe he has deleted your entry. hello Link to comment
+Mopar Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Sc out is correct, the cache owner can delete a log if they choose, and it looks like thats what happened to yours. Gotta love Dan's stats page, even though it was deleted, he recored a DNF for you on 4 Iowans Escape. Is that the one? Odd thing with that cache. Looks to be i bit remote, but otherwise an easy find, yet the only "find" on it since it was hidden 9 months ago is the cache hider. Try emailing the cache owner and ask him if/why he deleted your log. Some people just don't seem to like frowny faces on their cache if they know the cache is indeed still there. Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Link to comment
+Team Oodi Posted March 24, 2003 Author Share Posted March 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Mopar:Sc out is correct, the cache owner can delete a log if they choose, and it looks like thats what happened to yours. Gotta love Dan's stats page, even though it was deleted, he recored a DNF for you on http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?pf=&ID=30687&decrypt=y&log=. Is that the one? Odd thing with that cache. Looks to be i bit remote, but otherwise an easy find, yet the only "find" on it since it was hidden 9 months ago is the cache hider. Try emailing the cache owner and ask him if/why he deleted your log. Some people just don't seem to like frowny faces on their cache if they know the cache is indeed still there. That's the one. I emailed the cache owner. There aren't a lot of GeoCachers around here yet. So the lack of visits for 9 months is no surprise. The highway the cache is located on had been widened and paved last summer and fall. I suspect the cache may have been affected by the construction. Who knows... Adi Link to comment
+Bill D (wwh) Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 I see the cache owner is logged as the first finder - I wonder how long it took him to find it? Bill Link to comment
+Team Oodi Posted April 7, 2003 Author Share Posted April 7, 2003 I reposted my original "couldn't find it" entry to the cache, at least the gist of it that I remember. I must say I have a concern with how the geocaching.com site handles logs. I understand the need for control for cache owners to delete undesirable logs. However, I think the log entry just as much belongs to the cache owner as it does to the person making the log entry. My idea was to track all my finds and misses via the website. Obviously I cannot do that if a log entry deleted by a cache owner also removes it from the "my cache page". Adi Link to comment
+Markwell Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 That's why I keep my own website (and an offline database). I also find that I put a little more "story" into my website for my own gratification. I'm sure no one except my in-laws living 400 miles away read the blogs of my latest finds... Markwell Chicago Geocaching Link to comment
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