New log type Admin Review.
You may see a new log icon like this:
Up until recently the site administration of Needs Archiving logs at GCA has been somewhat sporadic. There is a new administration function (that only the admins can see) whereby we can now take a positive action on any Needs Archiving logs that come through the system.
We will review the cache listing, the recent activity of the owner, the logs and other ancilliary information into account and either:
a. Archive the listing with another Needs Archiving log with explanation
==OR==
b. Issue an Admin Review log type indicating that we have reviewed the Needs Archiving log and that to our eyes, the cache is probably still there.
We will seek your forgiveness if we occassionally get a little overzealous with keeping the database free of obvious dead cache listings. If you do end up with one of your caches being archived and you can confirm it's still there, please log a maintained log and edit the cache listing, setting it back to available.
We are still yet to finally deploy the "automated" cache archiving function (as previoulsy advised) whereby 4 DNF's in a row start a process of issuing a note, then 30 days later making the cache temporarily unavailable, then if there is still no maintained action after another 30 days, final archiving.
This new process will work in tandem with the automated process and should enable the situation where a cache needs to be achived quicker than 60 days to be undertaken.
We hope that by keeping the database relatively clean, you don't waste time, effort and petrol in seeking caches that aren't there any more.
