[Az-Geocaching] For the Caching gods

[Brian Cluff]

Scott Sparks wrote:
> This is all I would want, the stats.  I noticed yesterday that a cache I 
> had previously done was no longer on my stats.  After investigating, I 
> found out it had been turned into a MOC.  I think, if you find a cache 
> before it is made a members only cache, you should still get credit for 
> it in your stats.  After all, we did find them.  And we can't very well 
> un-find them.  If a user chooses to make a pre-existing cache a MOC, he 
> or she has every right to do so. The Snaptek site should respect that 
> and not make the coordinates available to non-members.  But if someone 
> finds and logs a cache before it is made a MOC, he or she should have 
> the right to have that cache included in their stats.

I totally agree, however I have my hands tied as far as the data I am 
given to work with, and it would quickly become a complete nightmare to 
try and do it any other way.  The only real way is to keep people from 
moving their caches from non-member to member.  :(
I would think that it would be more appropriate to move a cache to the 
members only area by archiving the origional cache and making the 
members only cache a new cache.
It certainly do a better job of makeing the cache disappear in the eyes 
of the people that don't want them there.

Brian Cluff
Team Snaptek