opencaching.com Geocaching by the community, for the community italian charms 87744    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Approvals, moderation and logging, Oh my! Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3          opencaching.com Forum Index -> Issues, decisions, answers View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message hmarq Site Admin Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 351 Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:49 am    Post subject: Scout wrote: hmarq wrote: This is all ugly stuff ... I started down this path, thinking that a clone of gc, that had an open database and didn't stifle cache types, was good enough ... That would be a big step forward, so I'd hate to see this project get bogged down trying to be everything to everyone. Let's first get a place to store things, make it open, then the value-added services will come. The more extensible and flexible the initial design, the easier it will be to get something going quickly and extend it later. No kidding. I'll have a forum or two for 'organization' people to go to, but you probably won't see me there except for a first post. The tech side of this is plenty, others can play politiics. Back to top elsinga Guest Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 5:04 am    Post subject: Here in the Netherlands, we hava a rating system on GC caches. Each cacher can rate any geocache (even one they did not find IIRC) from 1 to 10. The score is a division of total score by number of voters. E.g. a cache with 100 voters and an average score of 8.5 would most likely be a great cache and one with an average score of 2.5 will probably be a disappointment. Why not do something similar on OC? Have two scores: rate how you LIKE the cache (was it worth the time/effort, did you have fun?) and how APPROPRIATE is the cache (is it in the right place legally, is the description non-offensive, etcetea). You might have a very unappropriate cache (in the middle of a breeding colony of rare birds as an example) which is very, very nice to do. You would see two very extreme scores there. You could (and should, in my opinion) give the min/max scores, the number of votes and the average. So a cache with an average of 10 by 1 voter would have a lesser weight than a cache with an average of 8 by 100 voters, at least it would to me. Ofcourse, each vote could have a freeform field (max. X chars) for comment. "On private property, behind a sign saying so", "Very nice hike through beautfull scenery", etcetera. You could display those if you want, to see why a cache has the scores it has. Robert =8- ) opencaching(at)elsinga.org Back to top Northern-Lights Joined: 01 Jan 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Near Port Huron, Michigan Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 5:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Approvals, moderation and logging, Oh my! Scout wrote: ... There are only a small handful of approvers, who can't possibly check out all the caches or know what local rules and regulations might be in place. I disagree....here in Michigan....we've got approval to approve our own caches. We've got statements of understanding with many municipalities and parks.....and are working on many more. We have a very active forum at www.mi-geocaching.org and new info gets posted all the time. The point is, you can know what rules and regulations might be in place, IF you want to. It takes work, it takes a team of people dedicated to making geocaching a great hobby, and it takes commitment. (All of which by the way, our steering committee at the above mentioned site has in abundance!) I've never seen the problem with placing caches. Simply ask permission, (jot down the name of the person giving permission on a paper would be a helpful thing.....duh) and place the cache. I've always put on my listed caches that permission was granted by ( whatever organization) and also given them a thanks.... _________________ If God is your Co-Pilot, change seats!! Back to top Scout Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Posts: 235 Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Approvals, moderation and logging, Oh my! Good for Michigan. _________________ Scout http://GPSgames.org Back to top nose565 Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 6 Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:25 pm    Post subject: People to see hmarq wrote: Cant deal with this right now... People to see, places to go, you know how it is. 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