Difference between revisions of "Namesake achievement"

Revision as of 21:13, 11 July 2024

This is a proposal made on 2023-12-13. Please leave comments and suggestions on Talk:Namesake achievement, indicating whether you:

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This proposed achievement can be claimed when you successfully reach a set of coordinates in a location which shares the same name as yourself and provide the necessary proof. 'Your name' can be any of the following:

Your first name
Your surname
Any middle name you may have
Your username
Any nicknames you are legitimately referred to as

This shared name can be any part of the point, such as a street name (John Street), a specific location (John F. Kennedy International Airport), or a village/town/city name (John o'Groats). The achievement would also be considered valid if the name is part of a compound word (Johnstone, for example).

Be as creative as you wish! Translations of names could count (Hans could claim John Street, Jacob could claim Israel) and names such as Amerigo would be able to claim anywhere within the entirety of the Americas. As long as you can justify your claim in a meaningful way, the achievement is considered valid.

Proof consists simply of an explanation of which part of the area is the shared name ("My surname is Smith, and the point was on Smith Street"). Identification is not required to prove that the name is your own. We run on an honour system here, and we rely on you following this.

If you are using your username, your account must be older than the time at which the geohash point was announced; creating an account with a matching name after the point has already been announced is cheating! If you change your legal name in the future, you do not lose the right to any previously claimed Namesake achievements. It is up to you whether you choose to remove these from your profile. If you are referred to by a name that differs from your legal name, you are able to use this for this achievement. If you get married or legally change your name specifically for this achievement, you certainly deserve to claim it.

Past Occurrences

The achievement was inspired by Fippe (jokingly) asking if Yosef reaching a point near to Beit Yosef counted as a Couch Potato Geohash. - 2023-12-12 32 35
Feel free to add other potential past occurrences below!

Proposed achievements
2000s	Geocashing · Nanny
2010s	Networking · Tag the hash
2020s	Graticuleader · Guard Dog · Holiday

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-This proposed achievement would be claimed when you successfully reach a set of coordinates in a location which shares the same name as yourself and provide the necessary proof.
+This proposed achievement can be claimed when you successfully reach a set of coordinates in a location which shares the same name as yourself and provide the necessary proof. 'Your name' can be any of the following:
+* Your first name
+* Your surname
+* Any middle name you may have
+* Your username
+* Any nicknames you are legitimately referred to as
-This shared name can be any part of the point, such as a street name (John Street), a specific location (John F. Kennedy International Airport), or a village/town/city name (John o'Groats). The achievement could also be considered valid if the name was part of a longer word (Johnstone, for example).
+This shared name can be any part of the point, such as a street name (John Street), a specific location (John F. Kennedy International Airport), or a village/town/city name (John o'Groats). The achievement would also be considered valid if the name is part of a compound word (Johnstone, for example).
-Be as creative as you wish! Translations of names would count (Hans could claim John Street, Jacob could claim Israel) as well as names such as Amerigo being able to claim anywhere within the entirety of the Americas. As long as you can justify your claim in a meaningful way, the achievement is considered valid.
+Be as creative as you wish! Translations of names could count (Hans could claim John Street, Jacob could claim Israel) and names such as Amerigo would be able to claim anywhere within the entirety of the Americas. As long as you can justify your claim in a meaningful way, the achievement is considered valid.
-Proof would consist of an explanation of which part of the area is the shared name. The name is allowed to be your username if sharing your personal information is not your idea of fun. Identification is, of course, not required to prove that the name is your own.
+Proof consists simply of an explanation of which part of the area is the shared name ("My surname is Smith, and the point was on Smith Street"). Identification is not required to prove that the name is your own. We run on an honour system here, and we rely on you following this.
+If you are using your username, your account must be older than the time at which the geohash point was announced; creating an account with a matching name after the point has already been announced is cheating! If you change your legal name in the future, you do not lose the right to any previously claimed Namesake achievements. It is up to you whether you choose to remove these from your profile. If you are referred to by a name that differs from your legal name, you are able to use this for this achievement. If you get married or legally change your name specifically for this achievement, you certainly deserve to claim it.
 == Past Occurrences ==