I have just noted the checker output gives 2000 as the first year and for me misses out 2013 - although I can list 26 different countries from 2000-2025 If I read the above correctly the challenge was 2001 to 2025 so shouldn't include the year 2000 I may have mis-read but thought it should be pointed outby Deepdiggingmole - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
I checked with another cacher (Amberel) and unlike TBear though they had 26 out of 25 countries/years but only 2 of the 3 continents - it was a red cross with them - so has the false positive issue been amendedby Deepdiggingmole - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
To Rubyshoos - did you want to include locationless caches in this challenge ,- I show as passing this one with 25 countries etc but it does include a locationless - I may possibly qualify without it but would have to trawl gsak to verify Timby Deepdiggingmole - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Just a query - I was checking out this one out and when I tried the checker for the UK county one ( https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCB2MGK/96493 ) For me it did return with the following cache for 2002 (as per output) 2002 - : (https://coord.info/GC4C35) Cuckoo Cache (could be anywhere) on 2014-05-04 It isn't specifying a county which means it could be a duplicate of any of the oby Deepdiggingmole - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Thanksby Deepdiggingmole - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Hi Looking through specific challenges - looking for 'Events attended in December' and this thread came up - the request was "can someone please help me with a checker for this cache GCAM4DK. to log this you must have participated in events on at least 15 different dates in December, year does not matter." yet, when I click on the linked challenge and the cache it refersby Deepdiggingmole - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Checked - all good now Many thanks VB from both moles ;-) (ddm and 125)by Deepdiggingmole - Miscellaneous
Cheers Doneby Deepdiggingmole - Miscellaneous
I have read the cache page - It says The cache must be large enough to accept Travel Bugs & trade items. Micro Caches DO NOT qualify. So if it is listed as a Micro on the cache page, find another qualifying cache yes, no micros - but nothing mentioned about 'other' if the CO didn't want to include 'other' - then I would have thought this should be mentioned onby Deepdiggingmole - Miscellaneous
The above challenge is listing far more than is required I have clarified the below with the CO The original challenge was supposed to be 10 Church micros in 10 different counties (thus 100 caches) - however the above checker was created (incorrectly) really early on and listed individual Church micro finds in different counties - it was used by almost everyone and has got to the point whereby Deepdiggingmole - Miscellaneous
Pleu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tag 16093 removed, tho it would have been better > if the old tag was updated instead of making a new > tag. I agree - I was surpised to see two different checkers for the same cache (not mine by the way) Thanksby Deepdiggingmole - Miscellaneous
https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5BBWG/16093 is a checker for BS96: Little Bridges # 300 - A County Challenge : GC5BBWG However the output is incorrect https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5BBWG/69726 is also a checker for the same challenge and does give the correct output can 16093 be removed as it is incorrect and there is a correct one with 69726 so no new one need be made Tby Deepdiggingmole - Miscellaneous
@bmuzzin - thanks for that - as said I recalled the issue being raised before and there were differences of opinion with this particular type of challenge and as you say it more often than not boils down to local reviewer decision (and it does get frustrating when one reviewer will say yes, another, no - which comes down to a personal preference rather than linking to a specific guideline)by Deepdiggingmole - Miscellaneous
Some while ago I recall seeing the term 'Grid Art' being used with reference to challenges and in particular completing certain portions of the DT or calendar grids that form a shape like an 'X' criteria such as "To qualify for this challenge you need to have completed both of the diagonals on your D/T grid." being of this nature With no clear or specific referencby Deepdiggingmole - Miscellaneous
To all Moderators a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Let 2024 be a great year moderating :-) ddmby Deepdiggingmole - Challenge checker exceptions
Going back to the OP - a cache appeared on the exception list last week, not a challenge. I voted on it (and I don't think I was the only one to vote either) and noted an issue with the cache in that it was a puzzle but required you to go to a non-geocaching third party app to play a game in order to get the co-ords - I wrote to the CO and the reviewer to clarify this (it is against guidelinby Deepdiggingmole - Challenge checker exceptions
Pleu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't see a point in "fixing" something that's > basically a legacy tool or to fix anything that > ain't broken. It works as intended, it isn't an > issue, dev-time is better spent else where. We all have opinions - which I respect and I understand where you are coming fromby Deepdiggingmole - Challenge checker exceptions
That's your interpretation of the data. It's just a guess from you that these people have stopped geocaching. You have no real evidence of this being the situation. Yes - I didn't say I knew these were the facts or would I be so arrogant to say they were - it was a suggestion behind why many of the caches havent been voted on as much as others - I wasn't referring to those wby Deepdiggingmole - Challenge checker exceptions
why have people on the team who are no longer involved in geocaching ? It is evident from this forum that very few of the moderators take part in discussion or possibly ever read anything in this forum and this can affect the outcome of a challenge cache status As an example when there was a cache that was definitely a challenge but because of how it was laid out on the cache page it was considby Deepdiggingmole - Challenge checker exceptions
I had deduced a while ago that there were around 36 moderators - and evidently not all vote as many of the caches listed only have half that number having been voted on. I guess as with all things geocaching several moderators, who are cachers, may have stopped playing the game and so have stopped being involved in moderating too. I appreciated when there was a hiatus with moderating that itby Deepdiggingmole - Challenge checker exceptions
Pleu Wrote: Where is the number 1282 coming from? If you add up all the caches that are listed on the page (yes, I did it - though handy using excel) it does show only 1282 So for me, curious to know where #1283 went - though I know (as I said) where your #1284 went :-)by Deepdiggingmole - Challenge checker exceptions
Though in addition - As the stats box only shows top 5 and it is evident that the figures are not the same - I always wondered if the other 30 odd voters haven't always voted and have several sitting in their "Show those I haven't voted on" tab or are they all missing a bunch that were on the list @Sumbloke - what numbers do you get in the stats box for Added challengesby Deepdiggingmole - Challenge checker exceptions
Looking at the figures in the statistics box Added challenges: 864 Removed challenges: 419 which totals 1283 my votes 1283 I cant say why others haven't got as much as the total challenges that were voted on - but obviously my figures match what has been added on to the list I was aware of the one that Pleu voted on that got removed and it was retracted before anyone else was ableby Deepdiggingmole - Challenge checker exceptions
The above checker is incorrect - it shows required finds as 100 when it is in fact 3000 (https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Deepdiggingmole) has used (https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC55QGK/6775 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did. I made it with 2423 finds and needed only 100 There is another checker to this cacheby Deepdiggingmole - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
New one that appeared on the list A final for completing a linked series of caches It might have the word challenge in the description but that is because it is a 63 km trail However is a cache placed for completing a linked series a challenge cache or a bonus cache ? Some will say - yes, but there is a set of criteria - find all 201 caches in the series but how is that different to anyby Deepdiggingmole - Challenge checker exceptions
Many thanksby Deepdiggingmole - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Ah - OK - I was not made aware of that - but if that is the case, thank you Also has the travelling/antipode caches issue been resolved ? Thanksby Deepdiggingmole - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
This got moved to resolved - but has not been completed - still some tweaking to be doneby Deepdiggingmole - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
Not quite sure why this had got moved to resolve - there is still some tweaking to be doneby Deepdiggingmole - ARCHIVE Checker requests (completed)
andoni_ Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello, maybe the translation is not correct. It is > not that the favorites are mine, but that the > others have more than 500 favorites on their > profile. The objective is to encourage geocachers > to hide, choosing good places, or creating good > containers or good mysteries to earn their pointsby Deepdiggingmole - ARCHIVE Checker requests (impossible)
