Manitoba Geocaching Association

[ruylopez]

I'm new to being an EarthCache owner and want to discuss if it's okay to delete an EarthCache log that someone has submitted.

The log in particular was submitted without any email being sent through my profile. Assuming they might be busy I gave them 48 hours and then sent the cacher an email informing them of additional EarthCache logging requirements and gave them an additional 24 hours to submit any answers before I would delete their log.

I've still received no response to my email or any answers to the additional logging requirements. Am I off base here? Am I right to delete their log? Should I give even more time? (The EarthCache in particular is not in Manitoba and so it is not any Manitoba cachers that are involved here.) Any feedback from other EarthCache owners would be appreciated.

[ertyu]

I would give them more than a couple days, but if they don't send the info required or respond to a request for it, the log gets deleted.

[Torossi]

I just had the same issue with my Earthcache in Manitoba. It was logged by two cachers who appear to be newer. I sent them a polite email about what an Earthcache is and asked them to email me the information that was required. I had no response after one week, so I emailed them again to inform the cachers I would be deleting the logs. I feel it is reasonable to do this as the spirit of an Earthcache is to learn and to communicate with the CO. I think it is good to be polite in your emails and use it to educate the cacher about Earthcaches.

[ertyu]

I still don't really understand how people log these as found if they don't understand them. They obviously didn't find a container, so what are they logging.

[Xplorer and Ramblin Rose]

We have only ONE earthcache and of course, have some of the same problems. We wait a couple of days since we realize sometimes people are travelling, etc. We have sent polite emails to the newbies who might not know what EC is really about and I have received emails back telling me that they will go back to get the answers sometime. Still waiting the response from one cacher...
Guess not everyone knows that one is to get permission to log them once the answers are given correctly?!? Although one wonders if they haven't actually read the cache description at all?

[IAMSTIG]

I've had 4 or 5 DNF's posted at some mine

[junglehair]

[Xplorer and Ramblin Rose]

Thanks, Junglehair, for explaining that we can in fact log it as found before getting a reply from the cache owner. We have usually just written a note while on a trip, saying that we will log it as found once we get the 'ok'.

We do give cachers lots of time to send the answers and I ALWAYS write them a note, explaining the rules of an earthcache before we delete any log entries.

[ohmic]

[junglehair]

If you have a log deleted for a reason such as that, you can contact Groundspeak, or an EarthCache Reviewer if you happen to know one , and have your log re-instated and locked. Of course, they would consult the CO too to get their side of the story first.