Pinster56 Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 I recently posted my first cache and it took a few hours to get it approved. Now I have set up my second one and it's been three days and still waiting for approval. Do you think something is wrong with it or does approval times normally vary? Quote
+OurWoods Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 My quickest approval time has been 2 days. The longest was 5 or 6 days. WE are getting to the busy time of year again (at least around here) so I expect approval times to start getting longer again! Quote
+Klondike Mike Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 From what I've read in the forums it can vary. You should also consider that April 17th was the national CITO day and everyone might of been a little busy. Give it a few more days and I'm sure it will be tended to. Quote
+DeskJocky Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 Keystone Approver approved my cache in under 20 minutes after posting it. Your cache will get approved, sometimes it takes long then other times. The Approvers all have lives outside of caching, even thought that is hard to believe at times. Here in the Northeast the weather is the best it has been in a long time, so people are out doing things like visiting family, washing the car, caching, and resting up after a great CITO event. Quote
Pinster56 Posted April 18, 2004 Author Posted April 18, 2004 Who does the approving? Is it someone in my local area that would have a working knowledge of my area? Quote
+TeamK-9 Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 Okay, I now see that you're in Massachussetts. I don't know if Massachussetts has it's own approver, but if not Keystone Approver or NJ Admin probably cover your state... Quote
Keystone Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 I see that your cache is one of several that are pending in Massachusetts, and also that it is a multicache. The reviewers, during busy periods like this marvelous spring weekend, will sometimes tend to list the easier caches first and work on the more time-consuming submissions later. I noticed that on your cache page, you did not provide the coordinates for the other stages of your multicache. If you could please go add a "Note to Reviewer" to add in this essential information, that would help greatly in minimizing further delay in the review of your cache. I am sure that the volunteer who covers New England caches will take a look at your submission in the near future. Quote
+cache_us_if_you_can Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 I normally approve (or disapprove) of caches as soon as I find them. The shortest I've had to wait was about 5 minutes, the longest was about 4 days. It all depends on if they are busy or not. Quote
+Amazingracer Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 Fastes has been 1.5 hours longest has been about 12 hours. Quote
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 I've had them take 4 minutes to get approved or 4 days. It will be approved. It's a mistake to think a cache placed Friday evening will be approved by the weekend. It happens sometimes, but not usually. Quote
+Mopar Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 Considering how busy the website is, consider yourself lucky you even got it submitted. I've given up logging finds on the weekends. Quote
+Planet Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 as long as it takes. I 've had some almost immediately (couple hours) and some took several days. Remeber - they are volunteers and do it in their spare time. They give up a lot of extra time when they could be out caching! Be patient, but once you submit coords for a new cache, they are in the queue, and I think, if I'm right about this, the approver would be able to know if, besides existing caches, there are any new submissions that are within .10 miles of your cache. In cases of multi caches they need all the information for each stage. Quote
+Team Flying Dachshund Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 Does anyone know if there is a Texas approver? Quote
+CO Admin Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 Does anyone know if there is a Texas approver? Yes there are 2 Quote
Keystone Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 Remember that when the site slows down on the weekend for you, it affects the cache reviewers at least as hard. I got as far as the main page for the reviewer section of the website, where I could see that there were more than 600 caches waiting in the queue. I gave up trying to access them. Each cache review requires multiple page loads, for logs and status changes and popping up maps and so forth. More so if it is a multicache with several waypoints to check. When you can only process three caches per hour, knowing that there are 50 more waiting, it's frustrating! Please, be patient with the volunteers concerning cache listing turnaround time until Jeremy finishes implementing the server improvements that he's hard at work on. Thanks. Quote
+wvcoalcat Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 KA just approved mine in approx. 2 hours. With the site work in progress I was quite suprised. (KA, your check is in the mail) Quote
+DeskJocky Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 (KA, your check is in the mail) Bulk hamster food works well too... Quote
+wvcoalcat Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 I thought of that first, but was afraid what the USPS employees would think. Quote
+JMBella Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 All I have to do to get my caches approved quickly is promise not to disclose NJ Admins true identity. Quote
+fly46 Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 I must say that putting a detailed note for the admin is a really really good idea... the more you tell them off the bat, the less questions they have when they look at your page. The less questions they have, the less time it will take them to approve your cache. Quote
+PeachyPA Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 And I am waiting patiently for my adopted cache (with changes) to be approved. Thanks, Keystone! PeachyPA Punxsutawney, PA Quote
+Bayonets4u Posted April 20, 2004 Posted April 20, 2004 I have had a cache approved the same day and another took 6 days. It all depends on how busy the approvers are. Bayonets4u Quote
+Kitch Posted April 20, 2004 Posted April 20, 2004 MTN-MAN always does a great job of timely approval's....(i'm sucking up) he normally gets them done in a day ...or two at most... Quote
+WalruZ Posted April 20, 2004 Posted April 20, 2004 The more you complain about it, the longer it takes. I have noticed that if you tell them exactly where and how it is hidden, they like that. you know, which bush it's under, what tree stump it's in, that sort of thing. Quote
Broncoholics Posted April 20, 2004 Posted April 20, 2004 The more you complain about it, the longer it takes. LOL One of my cache approvals took six days. Then another cache took about 6 minutes to approve after I met the guidlines. D Quote
Earthdog Patrick Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 Mountain Climber appproves my caches sometimes within 20 minutes, I'm still tweaking the HTML and the photos... Quote
+mtn-man Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 Thanks Kitch. Bear in mind that we are volunteers. Sometimes things happen. I'm feeling much better now, but I got a rather nasty *taste* of food poisoning on Monday. I didn't do much on Monday except hit ClayJar's Official chat. The pills the doctor gave me made me sleepy and woozy, so I didn't look at many caches. The site was cranky on Sunday, so it put me way behind. I am finally catching up, but this is a gentle reminder that sometimes life gets in the way (though it wasn't that gentle on me). We do appreciate it when you all bear with us. We know we have a tremendous responsibility to our fellow cachers and we don't like to fall behind. Now, where's my soup! Quote
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