Reviewer here. Sorry, but Challenge Caches cannot be based on finding caches from a specific list.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
Great advice from arisoft. Use the checker to find 10 geocachers in your region who qualify, or are close to qualifying. Include their geocaching account names in your private reviewer note when submitting your challenge cache.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Reviewer here. "Favorite points given" is not a valid basis for a challenge cache. The challenge article in the Help Center says: Challenge cache criteria must be based upon caches with the seeker’s logs: Found it!, Attended, Webcam Photo Taken. Challenge cache criteria must be based upon the type of log, not on the log content.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Reviewer here. This is not a valid basis for a challenge cache. See Item 10 in the Help Center article on challenge caches, "Source of Criteria": QuoteChallenge cache criteria must be based upon the type of log, not on the log content.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
Reviewer here; trying to assist in resolving the "debatable" point. Continents, per se, are not a valid basis for challenges as they are not countries, provinces, states or counties. However, a challenge based on finding caches from a list of countries is permissible. So, I would not worry about debating the right geography characterization of Islas Canarias. It is just a country onby The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
The challenge criteria say that locationless caches are excluded, yet these are returned in the checker output for my account, in three of five qualifying states (including my home state). I like the idea of adding a sixth state on the assumption that the home state ought to be one of the ones listed.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Right - see item 10, "Source of Criteria." Not acceptable: QuoteRequiring cachers to log caches that are disabled or archived.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
It's possible that three caches you were using on your grid have changed D/T ratings on their cache pages since you last checked. It took me three tries to fill out my 81 grid, for this reason! Once, on the exact same day I replaced one of the grid squares that I had "lost," another owner changed their cache's rating. One step forward, one step back...by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Reviewer here. I believe Ricixxx is requesting a checker for owning at least 150 active caches. This is confirmed by the cache description (translated from Italian using Google Translate). Under the challenge cache guidelines, owning a cache is not a permitted requirement for a challenge cache.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
Reviewer here. The problem with your design is that the belt system takes into account several factors which are not valid for challenge caches. These include hiding caches (and earning favorite points on those caches), hosting events, finding large numbers of caches in a single day, being "first to find," uploading photos, moving trackables, etc. And, since earning gemstones also eaby The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Reviewer here. Challenge caches cannot be based on FTF's or anything else that could be considered a competition. Also, FTF is not a statistic that's tracked on Geocaching.com, which is also a requirement for a challenge cache.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
I really admire the ethics and attention to detail shown in vogelbird's response. I am the owner or co-owner of three challenge caches, all hidden pre-moratorium. All three had challenge checkers tagged to them, but not by the request of the cache owner. All three checkers failed to match the challenge requirements stated on the cache page. It is nice to see that this shouldn't haby The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
Reviewer here. Please know that your reviewer will not publish a cache with a checker on the page unless it is a valid challenge cache.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
Reviewer here. Your list of cache types includes Lab Caches, which are not eligible for challenges. Also, I'm not sure whether you intended to exclude any valid cache types, but your list excludes the "Groundspeak Lost and Found" and "Groundspeak Block Party" cache types.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
(Reviewer here) Prior to the moratorium on challenge caches, it was quite popular to set up challenges based on cache names, cache owner names or publishing reviewer names. None of these are allowed under the 2016 updates to the challenge cache guidelines.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
Reviewer here. As a reminder under the listing guidelines for challenge caches, Lab Caches cannot count for completing the requirements of any challenge cache. You'll want to change the image on your cache page.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Reviewer here, agreeing that there may be a guideline issue. If not what arisoft described, then perhaps for altering a geocacher's behavior, by motivating them to NOT find caches on days other than Sunday.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
(Volunteer Reviewer here.) As a way of fixing this, change the challenge requirement to attend a Giga Event outside the country where the challenge cache is located. For example, if the cache owner lives in the Czech Republic, and places the challenge cache there, the challenge would be to attend a Giga Event in any country other than the Czech Republic.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
The cache owner has included the following on their challenge cache page, with no other HTML formatting: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC72KND/28546 I think the reviewer is looking for an active hyperlink, at a minimum.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
(Reviewer here.) Since "Church Micros" are identified only by their cache names, they cannot be used as a qualifying factor for a challenge cache. An alternative would be to require that one of the finds in Suffolk must be a micro.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Or, put more directly, the challenge is not valid because it requires finding a specific list of geocaches.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
Reviewer here. In addition to what's already been covered, please know that the Community Volunteer Reviewers have been instructed by Geocaching HQ to NOT publish any cache which promotes Pokémon Go - a competing geolocational game.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
Reviewer here. There's been no change in the guidance and new 360 degree challenges cannot be published.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Reviewer from the USA here. This challenge cache design is not publishable, for the reasons explained above.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
Reviewer here. The requestor has archived this cache listing so I think the request can be marked as completed/not possible.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
See the challenge cache guideline about measuring a "geocaching-related achievement." It is not an achievement to find an otherwise random series of caches because their D/T, Placed Date, etc. creates "art" on the Fizzy Grid, Find By Placed Date Grid, etc.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Reviewer here. Have you had a conversation with your local community volunteer reviewer about the concept of "grid art" challenges? This challenge design is not publishable.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Reviewer here. I'm writing to confirm sloth96's advice that a challenge cache based on towns cannot be published. The smallest allowable political subdivision is counties (or equivalent). This is not a matter where a reviewer has the ability to "interpret" the guidelines or to use discretion to make an exception.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
I noticed that the Checker allows for Locationless Caches to count for a continent, thereby allowing a geocacher to qualify without ever having visited the continent where the Locationless Cache had its posted coordinates. The cache owner may wish to ask for Locationless Caches to be excluded from the Checker.by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
(Volunteer Reviewer here.) Thank you, Sumbloke, for accurately summarizing the relevant Challenge Cache guidelines!by The Leprechauns - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)