That is good to know - we have a cache we want to un-archive and place a "less conspicuous" container for it. Will keep this in mind. On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:26 PM, AZcachemeister wrote: > Jake, > and Bob, > Once your caches are repaired/replaced, they can be unarchived and put back > in service. > An EMail to our reviewer (with a link to the cache page included for > convenience) stating that the cache is fixed should result in unarchival. > Worst case scenario is you would need to 'hide' a 'new' cache at the same > location. > The speed with which disabled caches are archived is pretty-much left up to > the local reviewer, and is not mandated by Groundspeak/Geocaching.com. > With around 500 caches *a month* being published in Arizona alone (I > could only guess how many are submitted) our reviewer is overworked and > under paid, and should be screaming for some help. With that kind of > pressure, some errors of judgment are bound to creep in. > > Back on topic. Once a virtual is archived, it's gone for good. :'( > > ACM > ------------------------------ > > > Jake Olson wrote: > > Similarly, they archived one of my caches that I disabled due to > construction in the area. I posted a note on the cache before the archive > stating that I was wanting to hold the cache disabled until the construction > was complete to re-evaluate archiving it myself then. I sent a subsequent > note to the approver that archived it which went ignored, or at least > un-responded to. > > The cache was named "Mostly 7's" and ended with 4 sevens in both the > longitude and latitude. Moving the cache to an adjacent location would have > undermined the whole concept of the placement. > > Jake - Team A.I. > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Bob & Linda Smith wrote: > >> I think I must agree here that some things GC see as needing >> heavy-handedness. They decided to archive one of my caches that I >> temporally archived because I had not replaced it within 30 days. I >> explained in a note that I was laid up with a serious leg injury and would >> get to it asap. I don't think they read that but just acted on the flag on >> my tempory archive. Which by the way must be fairly new as they threatened >> to archive another of my caches when I temporally archived it over a year >> ago and the flag just popped up. I found that I needed to post a different >> kind of log other than just a note. >> >> I still look after a couple of caches for away owner that are close to me. >> >> Anyway, we get a note whenever our caches are logged on line and should >> act on the note if needed. >> >> Jumping off box onto bad leg Ouch!! >> Bob Smith, Team Petite Elite, Prescott, AZ >> > > ------------------------------ > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit:http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resourcehttp://www.azgeocaching.com > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > >