+New England n00b Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Just out of curiosity, is there a 'credits/thank you' page listing all the past & present people who volunteer for the site (by appropriate username of course), ie mtn_man, Keystone, CO Admin, etc? I think it would be kinda cool to have a page setup (if there isn't one already) that says what each Admin/Approver/Moderator username/job title is, and what areas they are responsible for. --------------------- It wasn't me. Quote Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 http://www.geocaching.com/about/about.aspx That page has been there for a while and is pretty dated. Some of those approvers don't approve any more for whatever reason. Maybe that can get updated sometime in the future. mtn-man... admin brick mason "approver of all trades" -- per Woodsters Outdoors Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted October 20, 2003 Author Share Posted October 20, 2003 Thanks! It would be very cool to see all the names on a 'credit' page - I notice there are some names that aren't on there as well as those you say no longer are in the current flow. Thanks again, and I hope we all can see that updated page soon! *nudge nudge@TPTB* --------------------- It wasn't me. Quote Link to comment
+woodsters Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 How about a bio page on each person from TPTB to the approvers. Maybe a photo with their background and the areas they are responsible for.... Brian www.woodsters.com My Stats Found: 70 Hidden: 2 Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 quote: How about a bio page on each person from TPTB to the approvers. Maybe a photo with their background and the areas they are responsible for.... And their address and home phone number "You can't make a man by standing a sheep on his hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" - Max Beerbohm Quote Link to comment
+woodsters Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat: And their address and home phone number What's wrong with a picture of them, what area they cover, and a little on their background in the sport? Do you think that is giving away too much? Look at mtn-man. He has his picture up on his profile, he's expressed his experience and somewhat here and there told the areas that he has covered. Has anything bad happened? Brian www.woodsters.com My Stats Found: 70 Hidden: 2 Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 I can't believe this subject needed an offset thread. They are busy people. They don't need everyone knowing every detail about them. PRIVACY is a wonderful thing. This is another case of someone sweating the small stuff. They are who they are. If they want YOU to know they will tell you. Otherwise they will stay anonymous doing their thankless job for little reward, taking up all their extra caching time, wading through the hundreds of e-mails until all hours of the night. Nothing bad has happened! Sheesh! I cache, therefore I am. Planet Quote Link to comment
+yumitori Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Woodsters Outdoors: What's wrong with a picture of them, what area they cover, and a little on their background in the sport? Do you think that is giving away too much? Look at mtn-man. He has his picture up on his profile, he's expressed his experience and somewhat here and there told the areas that he has covered. Has anything bad happened? Brian I can think of more than a few dust-ups in the forums over some cache or the other. Some of them involved an approver who who uses a single account for both approving and caching. I expect that after the hostility here, the next event the folks involved all attend will have more than a little tension. Not good for community building. Ron/yumitori --- Remember what the dormouse said... Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Woodsters, it is pretty difficult to maintain the anonymity of an approver account if you post a picture. And, apparently, it is pretty difficult to maintain the anonymity of an approver account if someone wishes strongly enough to have it made public. There are some ideas in the early discussion stages on how best to present approval territory information on the website. The idea that I had was to include this information on the "State" page, where the newest caches, event caches, geocaching association contacts and most recent travel bug drops are shown. Just add a couple of lines saying "The approvers for this state are X (northern half of the state) and Y (southern half of the state)", with links to their profiles. |x*x-x|x*x-x|x*x-x|x*x-x|x*x-x|x*x-x|x*x-x| Keystone Approver, Geocaching.com Admin "Eschewing Entropy and Ensuring Enthalpy in the Groundspeak Forums" Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted October 21, 2003 Author Share Posted October 21, 2003 OK, I want to make clear my intentions in creating this thread, as it seems to have been misinterpreted a bit. I only was wondering about the structure of GC and a list only (no photos etc) of who was who - only for the purpose of knowing 'who' is giving their time in a mostly thankless job. Nothing more. Simply a 'credits' page like you see at the end of a movie. I appreciate all the hard work that they do behind the scenes and that we don't even know about, and I thought it might be nice to give them a nod. That's all... sorry for the confusion in this. I should have been more clear in my postings. --------------------- It wasn't me. Quote Link to comment
Team Misguided Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Our pictures are on our profile page. _________________________________________________________ Don't mind us, we're just looking for tupperware in this bush. Quote Link to comment
+woodsters Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Well I had a response to keystone, but the stupid servers messed up and I'm not gonna type it all out again. Basically in a nut shell... Why do approvers need to be annonymous? I don't expect a real name, address, or phone number. But a little bio would be nice. Brian www.woodsters.com My Stats Found: 70 Hidden: 2 Quote Link to comment
Pantalaimon Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Woodsters Outdoors:Basically in a nut shell... Why do approvers need to be annonymous? I can't believe you just asked that .... Pan Fact is that there is nothing out there you can't do, Yeah, even Santa Claus believes in you... Floyd of Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, from "Can You Picture That?" Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 I'd like to see the stats on how many caches each approver has approved. I think these individuals deserve a hearty pat on the back for the time they spend approving. Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. The rest go geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+Hemlock Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 My picture has already been posted here. Hemlock Quote Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 I think each approver has different reasons for wanting to be anonymous. Maybe a better question would be why can't an approver be anonymous. I know some of them have seen what has happened to a few of us in the forums from time to time. I have a few people that bug me to tell them who an approver is and I tell them all the same thing -- I can't say. It would violate a trust, and who would trust me if I told. Touchstone, the admins also have asked for the information of number of caches approved. It would be interesting to see. I can tell you who most likely has approved the most -- ~erik~. He has been active for quite some time and has always been a "power-approver". He has never taken any breaks accept for short ones for business and vacations and such. He is a big part of the active caches out there today. mtn-man... admin brick mason "approver of all trades" -- per Woodsters Outdoors Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by mtn-man:I think each approver has different reasons for wanting to be anonymous. Maybe a better question would be why can't an approver be anonymous. I know some of them have seen what has happened to a few of us in the forums from time to time. I have a few people that bug me to tell them who an approver is and I tell them all the same thing -- I can't say. It would violate a trust, and who would trust me if I told. Touchstone, the admins also have asked for the information of number of caches approved. It would be interesting to see. I can tell you who most likely has approved the most -- ~erik~. He has been active for quite some time and has always been a "power-approver". He has never taken any breaks accept for short ones for business and vacations and such. He is a big part of the active caches out there today. mtn-man... admin brick mason "approver of all trades" -- http://ubbx.Groundspeak.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5726007311&f=4016058331&m=81960519&r=30560429#30560429 I'd like to know ~erik~'s favorite brand of coffee. Sounds like he burns the midnight oil Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. The rest go geocaching. Quote Link to comment
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