I've just had a checker auto-disabled for the second day in a row, even though the cache seems to meet all of the requirements - it's an Unknown cache with the word "Challenge" in the title and has the challenge attribute. Is there something wrong with the auto-disabling script? https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC903WP/54761 is the checker in question. /forum/read.php?9,44675,44675#msg-44675 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:38:57 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44722#msg-44722 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44722#msg-44722
If the attribute isn't added with 7 days the tag would get disabled automatically by the system.

There could also be a "Post NA log at specific geocache in Project-GC's name" available on the web for the checker creator to use. It would be easier to implement than the whole list-system I proposed in my other comment.

I believe NA is more correct than NM. NM can just be ignored by the CO. NA notifies reviewers. I would have to clear with HQ though, which log type they believe is the best. And in case of NA, they probably want to inform the reviewers about it.]]> magma1447 Miscellaneous Fri, 09 Oct 2020 08:00:36 +0000 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44720#msg-44720 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44720#msg-44720
Instead of sending a PM to the checker creator and disabling the checker I could create a list of with all known issues. Checker developers could then go through this list and click either "disable checker" or "Create NA log (with Project-GC's account and pre-determined text)".

PMs could then be sent when there are items on the list, similar to the Challenge Exceptions list.

I guess this would be pretty fail-safe. But it requires work, both to create the interface and to work on that list. Again, the question is if it's worth it. Maybe we should just fight the issue, inform HQ about the issue, and make sure that the reviewers actually are checking the attribute.]]> magma1447 Miscellaneous Fri, 09 Oct 2020 07:53:33 +0000 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44719#msg-44719 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44719#msg-44719
The next issue is that there are a lot of tags getting disabled because they don't look as challenges. I had an idea that maybe I could improve the script to send the specific reason. But it would duplicate quite a lot of code and make less sense in the back-end. Right now there is a single function to fetch all challenges, based on a mix of name, type, attribute and the exceptions list. It doesn't really make sense to duplicate that code.

Instead I have been running the script manually three times, aborting it before it actually does anything. Every single issue it has shown me this far is that the Challenge is missing the Challenge attribute. This is because the reviewers aren't doing their job, at least according to the information I have, they should not publish a Challenge if it doesn't have the attribute.

The big question is how this shall be handled. Is it really something that should take time from checker developers? I don't think so actually. On the other hand, disabling the checker makes sure that the CO actually fixes it.

I asked HQ how this was supposed to be handled when the attribute was new. Their response was to email appeals every time. To me that sounded silly and idiotic. Who should write those emails? Manually, several times per day. The last 10 days there has been 46 unique tags disabled due to this reason.

Other suggestions are welcome.

I will start by informing HQ that they really need to find a better solution/remind their reviewers.]]> magma1447 Miscellaneous Fri, 09 Oct 2020 07:29:21 +0000 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44703#msg-44703 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44703#msg-44703 pieterix Miscellaneous Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:47:17 +0000 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44701#msg-44701 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44701#msg-44701 sumbloke Miscellaneous Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:43:46 +0000 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44697#msg-44697 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44697#msg-44697 vogelbird Miscellaneous Thu, 08 Oct 2020 18:10:09 +0000 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44694#msg-44694 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44694#msg-44694 pieterix Miscellaneous Thu, 08 Oct 2020 15:52:38 +0000 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44692#msg-44692 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44692#msg-44692 I also noticed that when the cache is used by a cacher, and the checker is active, the auto-deactivation is not kicking anymore.]]> vogelbird Miscellaneous Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:43:19 +0000 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44675#msg-44675 /forum/read.php?9,44675,44675#msg-44675
https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC903WP/54761 is the checker in question.]]> sumbloke Miscellaneous Thu, 08 Oct 2020 03:53:39 +0000