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Pear Head · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:32 pm Post subject:

The topic of disabling caches for winter is going on in multiple places.

Because of limitations of the forum software I can't combine the conversations into one thread, so I've split the conversation from THIS thread here:

http://mngca.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5769

and locked it.

The conversation continues here:

http://mngca.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5765
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Pear Head · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:35 pm Post subject:

MN.Fruitcake · Minnesota Reviewer Joined: 18 Oct 2010 Posts: 34

An issue I ran into a couple of times now, and wanted to clarify here (and if it turns into a discussion hopefully the mods can break it out into it's own thread): fire hydrant caches.

In a LOT of communities it's illegal to tamper with a hydrant. In the interest of keeping cachers out of jail, I'm not knowingly publishing hydrant caches. Keep in mind that if a nano is stuck on a hydrant, the seeker may go to such lengths as disassembly of certain parts of the hydrant to find the cache (especially newbies).

I know there are hydrant caches out there that are already published - I'm not actively seeking to disable those caches, but will instead deal with problems as I hear of them.

MN.Fruitcake · Minnesota Reviewer Joined: 18 Oct 2010 Posts: 34

Due to the holidays I'll be away from reviewing for Thursday as well this week and next (Dec 23 and 30), meaning I'll be away Thursday through Saturday. Caches submitted during that time will likely be reviewed on Sunday afternoon.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year all!

andrewmcc · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 979

MN.Fruitcake · Minnesota Reviewer Joined: 18 Oct 2010 Posts: 34

I've been asked a few times about the process of 'pre-approving' a location.

Say, for example, that you're working on a puzzle cache that requires a fair amount of work to encode the coordinates, so you'd rather not have to move the cache if you find out that the location doesn't work out for one reason or another when submitted.

I can let you know before placement that a location is acceptable or not. To do this, create the cache page as you normally would (don't worry about the description at this point, just the coordinates). Don't enable the cache page. Send me an email through my profile on geocaching.com with a link to the cache page you just created (preferred) or the GC code to the page (if you really don't know how to send me the link).

I'll examine the page and post a reviewer note on the page with the result.

You'll want to get the cache placed in the relatively near future, and I'll really ask that you only go through this process if moving the cache because of the spot being unavailable is a real pain (that is a much bigger pain than what a normal cache would entail). Going through this process is honestly a bit of extra work for me (which I don't mind doing if necessary), but please don't abuse it.

WestSideDaddy · MnGCA Board Joined: 06 Apr 2010 Posts: 541

MN.Fruitcake · Minnesota Reviewer Joined: 18 Oct 2010 Posts: 34

A couple of items:

1. The guidelines have been modified slightly. This update wasn't really a significant content update that I'm aware of, merely a format change and clarification in a couple of areas that used to be a little more hazy (commercial content for example).

2. I added this paragraph to my first post in this thread:

speedysk1 · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:32 pm Post subject:

MN.Fruitcake · Minnesota Reviewer Joined: 18 Oct 2010 Posts: 34

King Boreas · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:03 am Post subject:

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3649

We all know that a cache listing with "Cannon Falls Bike and Canoe Rental" is bad. But how about referring to "the rental shop in town"?

timewellspent · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:37 am Post subject:

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3649

MN.Fruitcake · Minnesota Reviewer Joined: 18 Oct 2010 Posts: 34