Or hide a new cache of your own close by and call it 'No Sevens at all'
or 'Holding Sevens', etc. to block the area. Once the construction is
finished, you have a decision to make...
AZcachemeister wrote:
> HMMM! Yes, a possibility I hadn't considered. Perhaps you should
> either be more insistent that it be returned to temp disabled status,
> or write up a new cache at the same location and not check the
> 'ACTIVE' checkbox. I understand the reviewers can see 'caches in
> progress', and will respect the claim to the location for a time. No
> telling if that would work in this case.
>
> ACM
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> Jake Olson wrote:
>> But while it's archived, another cache can be placed within the 528ft
>> radius. My point was that I was trying to hold the area until the
>> construction was complete and evaluate reactivating it or archiving
>> the cache myself. I can't do that if another cache has encroached.
>> It's the same reason I didn't move it... the Mostly 7's name would
>> lose its significance if it's moved.
>>
>> Jake - Team A.I.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Rich B <azicn09@gmail.com
>> <mailto:azicn09@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> <azcachemeister@getnet.net> 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
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>>
>> 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
>>> <Lrsmith@cableone.net <mailto:Lrsmith@cableone.net>> 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
>>>
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