Themed cache - Revision history

NiraD: link to new ALR page

2011-01-24T00:55:43Z

link to new ALR page

NiraD: GS eliminated "unknown" in favor of "mystery/puzzle"

2009-11-08T21:31:21Z

GS eliminated "unknown" in favor of "mystery/puzzle"

NiraD: ALRs now optional per guidelines

2009-04-07T09:25:53Z

ALRs now optional per guidelines

NiraD: copy edit; use template; no longer stub

2007-02-27T02:49:03Z

copy edit; use template; no longer stub

NiraD: caches with additional logging requirements are not traditional.

2007-02-27T02:37:18Z

caches with additional logging requirements are not traditional.

NiraD: Circular Reasoning

2007-02-07T03:10:19Z

Circular Reasoning

NiraD: The Five Senses: TASTE

2007-01-25T01:55:40Z

The Five Senses: TASTE

NiraD: Liar's cache

2007-01-09T20:50:26Z

Liar's cache

NiraD: The 12 Days of Christmas All Year

2006-12-23T00:30:25Z

The 12 Days of Christmas All Year

NiraD: Purple Heart

2006-12-13T01:56:27Z

Purple Heart

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 Such tasks must be optional.
 Furthermore, this guideline now applies to previously existing caches
-with Additional Logging Requirements (ALRs).
+with [[Additional Logging Requirement]]s (ALRs).
 The ALRs are now officially optional,
 and cache owners may not delete the Found logs of those who do not complete the ALRs.

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 Themed caches are caches that have an unusual requirement or request beyond finding the cache and signing the log.
-In 2007, [http://www.geocaching.com/ Geocaching.com] published revised [http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx Cache Listing Requirements/Guidelines] that clarified how themed caches should be listed. Themed caches with ''mandatory requirements'' should be listed as [[Types of caches#Puzzle/Mystery/Unknown Caches|mystery/puzzle caches]]. Themed caches with ''optional requests'' can be listed as [[Types of caches#Traditional Caches|traditional caches]], assuming they otherwise meet the guidelines for traditional caches.
+In 2007, [http://www.geocaching.com/ Geocaching.com] published revised [http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx Cache Listing Requirements/Guidelines] that clarified how themed caches should be listed. Themed caches with ''mandatory requirements'' should be listed as [[Types of caches#Mystery or Puzzle Caches|mystery/puzzle caches]]. Themed caches with ''optional requests'' can be listed as [[Types of caches#Traditional Caches|traditional caches]], assuming they otherwise meet the guidelines for traditional caches.
 In 2009, Geocaching.com revised the guidelines to prohibit ''mandatory requirements''.

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	In 2007, [http://www.geocaching.com/ Geocaching.com] published revised [http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx Cache Listing Requirements/Guidelines] that clarified how themed caches should be listed. Themed caches with ''mandatory requirements'' should be listed as [[Types of caches#Puzzle/Mystery/Unknown Caches\|mystery/puzzle caches]]. Themed caches with ''optional requests'' can be listed as [[Types of caches#Traditional Caches\|traditional caches]], assuming they otherwise meet the guidelines for traditional caches.		In 2007, [http://www.geocaching.com/ Geocaching.com] published revised [http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx Cache Listing Requirements/Guidelines] that clarified how themed caches should be listed. Themed caches with ''mandatory requirements'' should be listed as [[Types of caches#Puzzle/Mystery/Unknown Caches\|mystery/puzzle caches]]. Themed caches with ''optional requests'' can be listed as [[Types of caches#Traditional Caches\|traditional caches]], assuming they otherwise meet the guidelines for traditional caches.
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		+	In 2009, Geocaching.com revised the guidelines to prohibit ''mandatory requirements''.
		+	Cache owners may request cache seekers to perform optional, simple tasks.
		+	Such tasks must be optional.
		+	Furthermore, this guideline now applies to previously existing caches
		+	with Additional Logging Requirements (ALRs).
		+	The ALRs are now officially optional,
		+	and cache owners may not delete the Found logs of those who do not complete the ALRs.

	== List of themed caches ==		== List of themed caches ==

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 [[category:cache types]]
-Themed caches are caches that have an unusual requirement or suggestion such as the "Ladies First" cache in Ottawa, which required the first 50 finders to either be a girl or be dressed like one.
+Themed caches are caches that have an unusual requirement or request beyond finding the cache and signing the log.
-In 2007, [http://www.geocaching.com/ Geocaching.com] published revised [http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx Cache Listing Requirements/Guidelines]. Themed caches with mandatory requirements should be listed as [[Types of caches#Puzzle/Mystery/Unknown Caches|mystery/puzzle caches]], not as [[Types of caches#Traditional Caches|traditional caches]]
+In 2007, [http://www.geocaching.com/ Geocaching.com] published revised [http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx Cache Listing Requirements/Guidelines] that clarified how themed caches should be listed. Themed caches with ''mandatory requirements'' should be listed as [[Types of caches#Puzzle/Mystery/Unknown Caches|mystery/puzzle caches]]. Themed caches with ''optional requests'' can be listed as [[Types of caches#Traditional Caches|traditional caches]], assuming they otherwise meet the guidelines for traditional caches.
 == List of themed caches ==
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 === Individual caches ===
-* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCXQCD Circular Reasoning] (Los Altos, CA) requests loggers to trade small, round things.
+* {{waypoint|GCXQCD|Circular Reasoning}} (Los Altos, CA) requests loggers to trade small, round things.
-* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCXQCD The Five Senses: TASTE] (Woodside, CA) requires loggers to describe their favorite food, what it tastes like, and where they get it.
+* {{waypoint|GCXQCD|The Five Senses: TASTE}} (Woodside, CA) requires loggers to describe their favorite food, what it tastes like, and where they get it.
-* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCRXDB I Lost My Marbles] (Menlo Park, CA) requests loggers to trade a marble for a marble.
+* {{waypoint|GCRXDB|I Lost My Marbles}} (Menlo Park, CA) requests loggers to trade a marble for a marble.
-* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCHR87 Ladies First] (Ottawa, Ontario) requires the first 50 loggers to be women, or to post a photo of themselves dressed as women.
+* {{waypoint|GCHR87|Ladies First}} (Ottawa, Ontario) requires the first 50 loggers to be women, or to post a photo of themselves dressed as women.
-* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCZ1ZF Ladies First, please...] (Clinton, OK) requires the first 30 loggers to be women, or to post a photo of themselves dressed as women.
+* {{waypoint|GCZ1ZF|Ladies First, please...}} (Clinton, OK) requires the first 30 loggers to be women, or to post a photo of themselves dressed as women.
-* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCR8HX Pizza: NOT on the Menu] (Belmont, CA) requires all loggers to describe a kind of pizza that is not normally on the menu.
+* {{waypoint|GCR8HX|Pizza: NOT on the Menu}} (Belmont, CA) requires all loggers to describe a kind of pizza that is not normally on the menu.
-* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCKW51 The Purple Heart] (Palo Alto, CA) requests loggers to tell a story of a geocaching-related injury.
+* {{waypoint|GCKW51|The Purple Heart}} (Palo Alto, CA) requests loggers to tell a story of a geocaching-related injury.
-* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCGBWZ Roses are Red …] (Cumming, GA) requires all loggers to post their online logs in verse.
+* {{waypoint|GCGBWZ|Roses are Red …}} (Cumming, GA) requires all loggers to post their online logs in verse.
-* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCQB92 Teamwork] (Richmond, VA) requires all loggers to find the cache with another geocacher (and spouses and children do not count).
+* {{waypoint|GCQB92|Teamwork}} (Richmond, VA) requires all loggers to find the cache with another geocacher (and spouses and children do not count).
-* [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCZQBX The 12 Days of Christmas All Year] (Redwood City, CA) requests loggers to trade Christmas-related items.
+* {{waypoint|GCZQBX|The 12 Days of Christmas All Year}} (Redwood City, CA) requests loggers to trade Christmas-related items.
 === Series of caches ===
 * '''101 TFTs''' series requires all loggers to collect and photograph specific combinations of the owner's [[Signature items|signature tokens]]:
-** [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCN0V8 101 TFTs - No Pair] (Santa Clara, CA)
+** {{waypoint|GCN0V8|101 TFTs - No Pair}} (Santa Clara, CA)
-** [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCN5Z2 101 TFTs - One Pair] (San Jose, CA)
+** {{waypoint|GCN5Z2|101 TFTs - One Pair}} (San Jose, CA)
-** [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCNYVP 101 TFTs - Two Pair] (Mountain View, CA)
+** {{waypoint|GCNYVP|101 TFTs - Two Pair}} (Mountain View, CA)
-** [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCPVF3 101 TFTs - Three of a kind] (Sunnyvale, CA)
+** {{waypoint|GCPVF3|101 TFTs - Three of a kind}} (Sunnyvale, CA)
 * '''TNLN, I Don't Think So''' series requires all loggers to exchange items meeting certain criteria:
-** [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCE132 TNLN, I Don't Think So #1] (Dublin, CA) requires all loggers to exchange the US coin in the cache for a US coin that is dated either 1 year earlier or 1 year later.
+** {{waypoint|GCE132|TNLN, I Don't Think So #1}} (Dublin, CA) requires all loggers to exchange the US coin in the cache for a US coin that is dated either 1 year earlier or 1 year later.
-** [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCE4AE TNLN, I Don't Think So - 1960's] (Pleasanton, CA) requires all loggers to exchange the US coin in the cache for one dated in the 1960s that is a different denomination.
+** {{waypoint|GCE4AE|TNLN, I Don't Think So - 1960's}} (Pleasanton, CA) requires all loggers to exchange the US coin in the cache for one dated in the 1960s that is a different denomination.
-** [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCNAC2 MA - TNLN - I don't think so! #1] (Chicopee, MA) requires all loggers to exchange the US coin in the cache for a US coin that is dated either 1 year earlier or 1 year later.
+** {{waypoint|GCNAC2|MA - TNLN - I don't think so! #1}} (Chicopee, MA) requires all loggers to exchange the US coin in the cache for a US coin that is dated either 1 year earlier or 1 year later.
-** [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCNGAH MA - TNLN - I don't think so! #2] (Northampton, MA) requires all loggers to exchange the TY Beanie Baby in the cache for another TY Beanie Baby, and to photograph the one they left.
+** {{waypoint|GCNGAH|MA - TNLN - I don't think so! #2}} (Northampton, MA) requires all loggers to exchange the TY Beanie Baby in the cache for another TY Beanie Baby, and to photograph the one they left.
-** [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCP0PD MA - TNLN - I don't think so! #3] (Chicopee, MA) requires all loggers to exchange the baseball card in the cache for another baseball card.
+** {{waypoint|GCP0PD|MA - TNLN - I don't think so! #3}} (Chicopee, MA) requires all loggers to exchange the baseball card in the cache for another baseball card.
 == Ideas for themes ==
 * A [[liar's cache]]

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 Themed caches are caches that have an unusual requirement or suggestion such as the "Ladies First" cache in Ottawa, which required the first 50 finders to either be a girl or be dressed like one.
 == List of themed caches ==

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 == Ideas for themes ==
-Any ideas?
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