can family log your hide

[+jc86 & family]

here is my question ? i been geocaching for almost a year now and i have hidden some of my own cache now my wife and dad stared geocaching and thay know where my hid are but they wanted to know if they can log them as found as long as they are not the ftf

Edited December 14, 2014 by jc86 & family

[+NanCycle]

here is my question ? i been geocaching for almost a year now and i have hidden some of my own cache now my wife and dad stared geocaching and thay know where my hid are but they wanted to know if they can log them as found as long as they are not the ftf

 

Only if they sign the log.

[Mr.Yuck]

here is my question ? i been geocaching for almost a year now and i have hidden some of my own cache now my wife and dad stared geocaching and thay know where my hid are but they wanted to know if they can log them as found as long as they are not the ftf

 

Absolutely. No problem. Did they sign the log? I couldn't care less, but that's like the definition of a find around here.

[+tozainamboku]

here is my question ? i been geocaching for almost a year now and i have hidden some of my own cache now my wife and dad stared geocaching and thay know where my hid are but they wanted to know if they can log them as found as long as they are not the ftf

Why? They know where they are so the question is "did they really find them?"

 

There are no "rules" per se on who can log a find online. As a cache owner you agreed to be responsible for quality control of the logs on your cache pages. You are supposed to delete logs that are bogus, counterfeit, off-topic, or otherwise inappropriate.

 

It is extremely rare for anyone other than the cache owner to delete a log. A Groundspeak lackey might delete a log that contains inappropriate language or perhaps if someone write a computer program that logs finds on 10000 caches all in one day, Groundspeak might undo the damage. They are not going to touch a log from the cache owners relative, just because the cache owner probably showed them just where to look.

 

That said, it seems unlikely that a cache owner is going to delete his wife's or father's log. So if your wife or dad want to log the cache they can. The decision is entirely up them and you as the cache owner.

 

There were some comments about "if they sign the log", which need to be explained. Since cache owners can delete logs there is nothing stopping them from deleting log for arbitrary and capricious reasons. In fact, at one time cache owners could make up rule for logging an online find and delete logs that, in their judgment, failed to meet these "special" requirements. Groundspeak eventually concluded that this privilege was being abused. So cache owners were told, that "Physical caches can be logged online as "Found" once the physical log has been signed." In other words, no more arbitrary special requirements. Some people have have a reading comprehension problem and read the above statement as "Physical caches can be logged online as "Found" only once the physical log has been signed." This is clearly not the case; cache owners are free to accept online found logs even when the the log says something like "Forget a pen to sign the log". Another interpretation (which I personally feel is also wrong) is, "Once the physical log has been signed, the cache owner may not delete the online "Found" log." By this interpretation, some feel that if your wife and father sign the physical log in the cache, you would be force to accept their find log. I don't believe this is the case, but, hey, why don't you test it. Have your wife and dad sign the log then delete their online finds. Let us know what happens

[+niraD]

I've seen family members ignore each others caches because they hid them together. I've seen family members find (and log) each others caches because they did not hide them together, and the non-owners had to find them just like everyone else. I've seen family members claim FTF when they found the cache before its listing was published on geocaching.com. I've seen family members wait until after the cache listing was published and someone else claimed FTF before logging their beta-test finds.

 

Figure out what makes sense for your situation, and then go with it.

[+narcissa]

It's a matter of personal taste. If it's okay with you, and they want to, then there's no problem.

[+captnemo]

They can log them if you want and you can delete them if you want to.

[+Mudfrog]

here is my question ? i been geocaching for almost a year now and i have hidden some of my own cache now my wife and dad stared geocaching and thay know where my hid are but they wanted to know if they can log them as found as long as they are not the ftf

 

I am curious,, What is their reason for wanting to do this if they already know where they are hidden? I guess i just don't understand why anyone would want to say they found something that they didn't. But since you are the cache owner, it's really up to you.

[+SwineFlew]

Sure. Log it.

[+jellis]

They do have their own accounts right? If so yes after they found and signed them.

Edited December 23, 2014 by jellis