+MountainWoods Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 (edited) There is a category that I really enjoy, but which appears completely dormant. The category description does not say that it has been discontinued or that new posts are not allowed. There is just no activity by the officers. Is there a way to resurrect the category? Polite emails to the officers don't elicit any response at all. I submitted a waymark for the category nearly 2 months ago. There was never any response to the submission or the polite emails. It looks like the officers haven't even signed into Waymarking.com for some time - one of them for over 2 months, one for over 6 months, and one for over 2.5 years! So what are your thoughts. Is the category a goner? I'd hate to think that that is the answer, since I'm sure it wouldn't make sense to try to start up a new category that's similar, to make up for the deficit. Thanks. Edited February 16, 2013 by MountainWoods Quote Link to comment
+lumbricus Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Absentee Leaders – Abandoned Categories Quote Link to comment
+BruceS Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 A category never becomes a "goner". When a category become abandoned following the procedure outline in the link lumbricus posted will lead to it being resurrected. It takes some time but we haven't lost a category yet. Quote Link to comment
+MountainWoods Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) Will do. I noticed that it's in a different forum location than these forums. I hadn't noticed until yesterday on the home page of Waymarking.com a news item from a year ago about changing the location of Waymarking forums. I hope that the old portal location is still checked. Thanks for the information. I'll give it a try. EDIT: It looks like the latest post in that forum is from over a year ago. Is that really the right place?? EDIT Again: I cannot login to that forum. Oh well. It was worth a try! Edited February 18, 2013 by MountainWoods Quote Link to comment
+BruceS Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 That is the correct place, that is our old forums. You should not need to log in to view the procedures. It is closed to new posting. One of the reasons we moved to this forums is that often people could not log into that forum. Quote Link to comment
+MountainWoods Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thanks BruceS. What puzzled me is that one of the lines of the procedures said to post to that forum to sort-of register the group as inactive. I've ignored that particular statement and forwarded my original email to the group creator (from 11 January) to checkmark. We'll see what happens. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment
+lumbricus Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 You can post the category here. Quote Link to comment
+UMainah Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Absentee Leaders – Abandoned Categories Could someone post the proper procedure for this again considering the old forum no longer exists. Quote Link to comment
+lumbricus Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) sry, wrong link Edited March 24, 2013 by lumbricus Quote Link to comment
+UMainah Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Actually what would be better is for BruceS or Checkmark or someone to start a brand new thread with the proper procedure and "Pin" it to the top of the forum. Quote Link to comment
+xptwo Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Should we start a list of categories where waymarkers have problems as they attempt to post new waymarks? I have a couple waiting in the Kroger category. Quote Link to comment
+Benchmark Blasterz Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Should we start a list of categories where waymarkers have problems as they attempt to post new waymarks? I have a couple waiting in the Kroger category. Named Farms and Ranches ditto Quote Link to comment
+Math Teacher Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Civil War Generals - It's been a lifetime since there has been any approvals in that category. I have had several sitting since September. Quote Link to comment
+lumbricus Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Civil War Generals - It's been a lifetime since there has been any approvals in that category. I have had several sitting since September. I wrote the leader in November, no answer yet. Quote Link to comment
+MountainWoods Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Actually what would be better is for BruceS or Checkmark or someone to start a brand new thread with the proper procedure and "Pin" it to the top of the forum. Sounds like a good idea to me. Quote Link to comment
+lumbricus Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Civil War Generals - It's been a lifetime since there has been any approvals in that category. I have had several sitting since September. Up to date. Checkmark was busy, thanks! Quote Link to comment
+Benchmark Blasterz Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Yes, thank you CheckMark! And Happy Easter to you! Quote Link to comment
+lumbricus Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Absentee Leaders – Abandoned Categories Could someone post the proper procedure for this again considering the old forum no longer exists. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=309195 Quote Link to comment
+Benchmark Blasterz Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 US National Wildlife Refuges -- I saw a red note about the category being placed on probation and dropped to the lowest popularity if they don't find more officers (they have 2). The note said the category was locked and inaccessible until a 3rd offficer is lined up. Leader has not been on in months, the other officer not on since February. I have a WM in there I will write CheckMark about -- just FYI in case anyone else is waiting for approvals in this category. Quote Link to comment
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