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Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 10 January 13 1:22 pm
by noikmeister
Pesky! wrote:this is a responce to the thread in general....

it sounds like this suggestion is to standardize and take the creativity out of this sport, even more than it already has.
why not just go back to using GCnnnn and GAnnnn codes in your cache names. do not allow anyone to call their hide anything other than the generated code.
that way no one gets confused,and the game die out from blandness.
Actually my objection to it is from the standpoint of lack of originality. i.e. more and more caches called "So and so's something or other". If I did that with all my cache names then it would constrain what I would call them.

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 10 January 13 3:33 pm
by Big Matt and Shell
gmj3191 wrote:Similarly, I think obvious spelling errors in listings, especially titles, doesn't reflect well on anybody involved in caching, and would it be so bad to ask the cacher if he wants to correct it?
We are getting OT but, I started to when I first started reviewing but I can't hold up publication because of poor spelling, plus understand that everyone comes from very different backgrounds and has different levels of education. Most of the early caches I posted a reviewer note on before publication were not changed. I'm not going to waste my time if people are not interested in having correct spelling on their cache listing.
covert wrote:Yep bugs the pants of me to. It is the shame the only solution is 3rd party tools that have to massage the data. Still no solution of Live data based caching.
A cache listing is the owners (in line with the guidelines) but if you choose to massage their data then yes, you need a third party tool. I'm not sure how you would manage this, no matter what you call your cache someone isn't going to be happy.

Would you prefer that we didn't have names just GC codes? Then I suppose the description would annoy someone and we would have to manage that.

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 10 January 13 3:57 pm
by covert
Big Matt and Shell wrote:Would you prefer that we didn't have names just GC codes? Then I suppose the description would annoy someone and we would have to manage that.

No just GC codes would be a silly idea. However having names that when truncated to 10 characters can be easy told apart from other nearby caches would be clever.

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 10 January 13 4:43 pm
by CraigRat
HOw about the old one that were just called 'Geocache' ??? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 11 January 13 11:13 am
by gmj3191
Pesky! wrote:this is a responce to the thread in general....

it sounds like this suggestion is to standardize and take the creativity out of this sport, even more than it already has.
why not just go back to using GCnnnn and GAnnnn codes in your cache names. do not allow anyone to call their hide anything other than the generated code.
that way no one gets confused,and the game die out from blandness.
Not at all, just a suggestion to express cache names in a more convenient form. It might take even more creativity to do this for some :-"

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 17 January 13 9:12 pm
by Agent Basil

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 17 January 13 9:48 pm
by caughtatwork
Your can't leave this note and not tell us what is going on.
This cache has all physical Waypoints - they are not Question to answer. Are you saying you won't publish this until I change the other cache (GC30QDJ)?

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 17 January 13 9:49 pm
by noikmeister
caughtatwork wrote:Your can't leave this note and not tell us what is going on.
This cache has all physical Waypoints - they are not Question to answer. Are you saying you won't publish this until I change the other cache (GC30QDJ)?
It's a long story...

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 17 January 13 9:52 pm
by Agent Basil
:D
Let me just say.......diplomatically of course because we don't put the boot into GC here, there have been a few probs of late with the ACT reviewer, bless his cotton socks !
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Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 18 January 13 12:57 pm
by riblit
I can fill you in about the note c@w, its there because the CO posted notes instead of reviewer notes during the review process. Notes don't get automatically deleted when the listing is published. Some cachers drop trackables into caches pre publication and want to the notes to stay. The automatic log deletion on publication only works on notes to reviewer.

The reason for the note concerns a nearby multi cache where the CO hadn't overwritten the default waypoint type for the published coords. New cache was too close to existing waypoint if anything placed by the CO was there and there was nothing in its description about the provenance of the information at the published coords.

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 18 January 13 1:00 pm
by Agent Basil
Which was easily ......... no, I really couldn't be bothered !

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 21 January 13 7:43 pm
by mtbikeroz
Psssttt, don't tell Noiky about the new ones in the ACT, une, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, sept, .....

Be berry berry quiet, he's hunting wapidly wild wabbits......

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 21 January 13 7:45 pm
by noikmeister
mtbikeroz wrote:Psssttt, don't tell Noiky about the new ones in the ACT, une, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, sept, .....

Be berry berry quiet, he's hunting wapidly wild wabbits......
There were LOTS of rabbits where I was the other day. And I think that means not much 1080, despite what the sign said. It also meant that there were lots of birds of prey. It almost got published today. Just a small clarification required. Needless to say, the title doesn't being like "Noikmeister's ..."

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 01 February 13 10:24 pm
by Rapidlywild
Wow, I didnt realise this was frowned upon so much.

If this is such an issue I am happy to remove all my hides and I will leave it at that.

Would have been nice to recieve an email personally advising that my naming conventions were not liked personally rather than in a forum which ive only recently learnt about.

As I mentioned, I am more than happy to remove the caches, and apologies this has caused such a controversy.

Re: Is it just me?

Posted: 01 February 13 11:20 pm
by noikmeister
Rapidlywild wrote:Wow, I didnt realise this was frowned upon so much.

If this is such an issue I am happy to remove all my hides and I will leave it at that.

Would have been nice to recieve an email personally advising that my naming conventions were not liked personally rather than in a forum which ive only recently learnt about.

As I mentioned, I am more than happy to remove the caches, and apologies this has caused such a controversy.
I was originally going to ignore this post, but since I made this mess I feel obliged too respond.

Firstly I'll refer you back to my previous response to Basil. And add the following:
If you think that is an appropriate responses and you choose to do so then that is your choice. There will always be people in geocaching who don't like your hides and people whose hides you don't like. This doesn't always reflect on the hider or the finder as a human being, it just reflects the fact that we live in a society where people's tastes differ and one where people are free to express their opinions and others are free to respond.

Why would I send a complete stranger an email saying "I don't like what you are doing"? As I stated in my opening post, it is none of my business what you name your caches.

I got stick for my original geocaching name. I didn't take my ball and go home. For a while my attitude was "bugger you and your opinion", which is a totally valid position to take and one I encourage you to adopt in relation to me. In the end I could see the other viewpoint and I changed it. That was my choice to make and I made it.

So perhaps I should say it this way. Hi my name is Jeremy and the way you name your caches irritates me for no rational reason. Please don't take it personally. I am sure you are a lovely person and I'd be happy to discuss it with you in person over coffee. I'll shout.