"Volunteer Cleanup"?

[Trekkin and Birdin]

Looking at those recent logs you see all kinds of things. Apparently someone has created a profile to go through and recommend maintenance for caches all over. It might even be warranted in many cases. Their notes on the cache page are worded much in the tone of a reviewer’s note.

Interesting stuff. Who remembers “Lycoperdon” a few years back that was requesting archives? It was kind of a fun name. More fun than “Volunteer Cleanup.” Either way, it’s a public service to allow the rest of us who hate posting that stuff to continue to avoid it, LOL

[Mister Greenthumb]

I got the impression this is an organized effort to separate these posts from the normal reviewer posts. It would be hard for someone from the general membership to search out the caches that needed the posts that were made today. This way “Volunteer Cleanup” will get the heat from the disgruntled CO’s. Just my guess.

[sandlanders]

Could be a way for “someone” to pre-screen caches for WisKid, who is the one who usually does reviewer disabling and archiving of caches. Could be a good job for a newbie reviewer…

[BeccaDay]

Or for a retiring reviewer…

Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien

[Mister Greenthumb]

or?

[The Happy Hodag!]

I’m wondering how this person might post on PMO caches when s/he is not a Premium Member.

The buck stops here. . .and gets entered into Where's George.

Where's George? Stimulating the economy one EMS'ed dollar at a time.

[The Happy Hodag!]

I just found this post on the GC forums:  http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=335734&st=0&p=5545857&#entry5545857

The buck stops here. . .and gets entered into Where's George.

Where's George? Stimulating the economy one EMS'ed dollar at a time.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

So perhaps it is a reviewer in training or one in retirement, which would explain “special privileges” granted to a non-premium member. If it helps to clean things up for us, it’s great, no matter who it is.

[Lostby7]

Just to confirm….Johnny Waypoint has nothing to do with these events.

[Walkingadventure]

Lostby7 is the Bruce Wayne to Johnny Waypoint’s Batman.

Good to see you back here Gary. If you find out the story behind Otis (“Volunteer Cleanup”), can you let us all know?

Following the signals from space.

[labrat_wr]

The Happy Hodag! wrote:

I just found this post on the GC forums: http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=335734&st=0&p=5545857&#entry5545857

 

JohnCNA, on 01 November 2015 – 04:09 AM, said:

Looks like Groundspeak has yet another initiative to help in this area.

<strong class=”bbc”>Logged by: Volunteer Cleanup
<strong class=”bbc”>Log Type: Needs Maintenance
<strong class=”bbc”>Date: 10/30/2015
<strong class=”bbc”>Location: Illinois, United States
<strong class=”bbc”>Type: Traditional Cache


Hi, there! It looks like this geocache might be missing. There is a string of DNFs and no one has found it in more than a year. As the owner, there are a number of things you can do.


If you know the cache is still there and in good working order, write a note to say so
If you know or suspect that the cache is missing, temporarily disable it until you can perform maintenance
If you aren’t sure whether the cache is still there, write a note to say when you’ll check on it
If you no longer plan to maintain this cache, you can archive it or offer to have another geocacher adopt it


Thank you for placing this cache. The time and trouble you’ve invested are a great way to contribute back to the hobby. By keeping the cache in good repair and keeping the listing up to date, you’ll be doing even more to keep the game fun for others in the local geocaching community.

This is not an official “initiative” by Geocaching HQ or by the Community Volunteer Reviewers.

 

so it looks like “Otis” is busting Illinois caches too. But from the grapevine, sounds like the account was locked out.

the plot thickens…

Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.

[Averith]

I can confirm that this account has been locked, so I guess Groundspeak has taken notice.

[The Happy Hodag!]

Normally I don’t mind members of the local caching community looking over each other’s caches.  However, it’s normally done in some sort of official manner through a local caching association (think Lonely Cache Game or cache rescue, among other things) or between the cachers involved.  What was fishy about this account called “Volunteer Cleanup” is that this account wasn’t a reviewer or a lackey, not even a premium member either.  It looks like they were looking through caches in Illinois as well.

 

-The Happy Hodag!

The buck stops here. . .and gets entered into Where's George.

Where's George? Stimulating the economy one EMS'ed dollar at a time.

[Team Northwoods]

It is fine to have some sort of system like this but difficulty would have to come into play. The dawn of Skynet is imminent!

***Opinions expressed are mine alone and will change based upon new information. ***

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