+VO2WW Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Living in the north the most important Attribute is Winter Friendly or Not Winter Friendly. Often Attributes are over looked. Would like to see making at least one Attribute mandatory before approval. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Why?!? The only required attribute is 'wheelchair accessible' for 1 terrain. If it were require, I'd put 'Livestock' on all my caches. Guess I don't understand why you think one attribute should be required? Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 As a reviewer, based on my experience in enforcing the use of three attributes when required by the facts of the cache, I would not like to expand my volunteer role to enforce a minimum number of attributes on all caches. A great number of reviews would take longer, and more cache submissions would never be published. I also don't want to be in a position of deciding whether the selected attribute is legitimate or not. If Harry Dolphin wants to warn others about livestock, who am I to question his judgment? I wasn't there to see the sheep. Quote Link to comment
+taybee Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I use the Season Access for winter friendly or snowshoes and put a note on web page why add new one Quote Link to comment
+VO2WW Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 I just wanted to get the cache owner to at least look over the Attributes before it is sent in. I don't want to establish if the Attribute is correct and I accept that it places more work on reviewers, sure appreciate the role they fill. Thanks Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I just wanted to get the cache owner to at least look over the Attributes before it is sent in. I don't want to establish if the Attribute is correct and I accept that it places more work on reviewers, sure appreciate the role they fill. Thanks Think I'd rather have no attributes, than an incorrect one. Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Here in the subtropics, the water's always liquid so the seasonal access attributes are meaningless, in fact winter is often the best time for doing those caches that require a fair amount of exertion. For a cache placed in an area with no hazards or restrictions, the only relevant attributes are of a "helpful hint" nature and a CO might well feel that they'd spoil the surprise element of the cache. Imposing a global restriction to solve a local problem isn't a good idea. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Would like to see making at least one Attribute mandatory before approval.A lot more caches in the San Francisco Bay Area would display the No Snowmobiles attribute. I'm not sure that would be useful though, even if it is technically accurate. Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Every new rule is one more small step toward authoritarianism. Go into politics if you want to boss people around. I've used the "cattle" attribute for steak-focused events. Quote Link to comment
+VO2WW Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Thanks Over and out Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Like others, I feel that the link "Available During Winter" attribute should be at a CO's option. A little OT, but curious... was it actually called "Winter Friendly" at one time? A lot of people call it that. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 While I don't think mandatory attributes are necessary it might be useful if, during the submission process, there's some sort of dialog when no attributes are chosen as a reminder that the CO hasn't chosen any attributes and offering them the option to go back and do so and perhaps providing some information as to when they can be useful. Or maybe that's already in place - it's been a while since I submitted a new cache. Quote Link to comment
+frinklabs Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 [FEATURE] Implement application of existing attributes to Found It logs Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I've used the "cattle" attribute for steak-focused events. And yet there is no pig for BBQ. SAD Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Been doing this a long time and to this day, rarely ever look at attributes. Difficulty and terrain ratings are always the more important thing for me as they tell a pretty good story right off the bat. Course if the terrain rating is listed as high, then i'll usually look for an attribute which might give a suggestion of what to expect. I've used attributes on some of our caches but not for the majority we've placed. Making them mandatory would not be something i'd long for. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Been doing this a long time and to this day, rarely ever look at attributes. Difficulty and terrain ratings are always the more important thing for me as they tell a pretty good story right off the bat. I tend to use attributes more as a selection tool, e.g. if I want to go for a tree climb, or want a short/long walk, or somewhere with food nearby. It's not often I look at attributes once I'm in the field looking for a cache. Quote Link to comment
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