Difference between revisions of "Networking achievement"

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This is a proposal made on 2012-06-03. Please leave comments and suggestions on Talk:Networking achievement, indicating your thoughts on the proposal, including:

Support - you think this proposal should be added with zero or minor changes
Do not oppose - you think it's boring/meh/not for you, but it wouldn't harm to have it created
Oppose - you have a specific reason as to why this ribbon should not exist (state this reasoning in your comment)
Needs work - you think the achievement should be created after more significant changes have been made

See Proposed achievements for more information on this process.

This achievement can be claimed if you complete a successful meetup which connects two previously unconnected groups of geohashers (see the meetup graph). If multiple meetups complete the same connection on the same day, all the involved participants can claim this achievement.

The connection must involve groups of two or more people. If a group in the connection consists of only one person (according to the meetup graph), the achievement criteria have not been met. However, all parties will still be eligible for the meet-up achievement. An example of this can be found below to ease confusion.

The achievement is awarded when the graph page is updated, not when the meetup happens. This means if you originally connected two groups in the past but only now add this to the graph once the groups have already been connected by another person, you are not eligible for the achievement. If this was not the case, it is possible that achievements would be unawarded, resulting in confusion and mess.

This achievement cannot be awarded retroactively, so only valid cases after the creation of this achievement should be considered.

Example of an Invalid Claim:

User A has not met another geohasher before. As such, they are effectively in a group of one person.
User B has met 3 other geohashers, and is in a large connected group of people, Group 1.
User A meets User B during an expedition, adding User A to Group 1.
Since User A's group consisted of one individual, this was not a group of two or more, and so neither User A nor User B are eligible for the Networking achievement in this case.

Example of a Valid Claim:

User A and User B are now in a large connected group of people, Group 1.
User C has met one other geohasher and is in a group of two people, Group 2.
User A meets User C during an expedition, connecting Group 1 and Group 2.
User A and User C are eligible for the Networking achievement as they connected groups of two or more people. However, User B is not eligible for the achievement as they were not on the connecting expedition.

Proof

Standard expedition proof is required to earn this achievement, alongside:

A photograph (or convincing story) demonstrating the meetup.
A note on the sizes of the separated groups (must be 2 or more).
An updated version of the meetup graph showing this new connection.

Proposed achievements
2000s	Geocashing · Nanny
2010s	Networking · Tag the hash
2020s	EcoFriendly · Graticuleader · Guard Dog · Holiday · Planes trains and automobiles · Sightseeing · Vexillology

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-You can claim this achievement if you are eligible for the [[Meet-up achievement]], and the meetup connects previously unconnected groups of at least two people each (see [[Meetup graph]]). If several meetups accomplish the same connection on the same day, all of them count.
-Connecting just yourself to a group or another single person which is not member of a group yet to your group wouldn't count. It will give the newcomer the meetup achievement anyway, since this only can happen if it's someone's first meetup in any case.
+This achievement can be claimed if you complete a successful [[Meet-up achievement|meetup]] which connects two previously unconnected groups of geohashers (see the [[meetup graph]]). If multiple meetups complete the same connection on the same day, all the involved participants can claim this achievement.
-It may also happen that not everyone participating in the connecting meetup contributes to the connection - namely if it's a meetup of at least three, where one (A) is a first-time meetupper and the other two (B and C) members of unconnected groups. However, since that results in an indirect connection between B and C via A at the same time B and C are connected directly, A could get the achievement too. Kind of a bonus for attending larger meetups as your first.
+The connection must involve groups of two or more people. If a group in the connection consists of only one person (according to the [[meetup graph]]), the achievement criteria have not been met. However, all parties will still be eligible for the [[meet-up achievement]]. ''An example of this can be found below to ease confusion.''
-This achievement is awarded due to changes to the way the graph appears on the page, not due to actual order of meetups. If you connected two huge groups years ago, but it only gets added to the graph today, after the groups have been connected by someone else: bad luck. Otherwise, there would be ugly un-awarding edits.
+The achievement is awarded when the graph page is updated, not when the meetup happens. This means if you originally connected two groups in the past but only now add this to the graph once the groups have already been connected by another person, you are not eligible for the achievement. If this was not the case, it is possible that achievements would be unawarded, resulting in confusion and mess.
-It is not yet clear whether this achievement can be awarded retroactively, which would have to be based on the history of the [[Meetup Graph]] page.
+This achievement cannot be awarded retroactively, so only valid cases after the creation of this achievement should be considered.
+'''Example of an Invalid Claim:'''
+# ''User A'' has not met another geohasher before. As such, they are effectively in a group of one person.
+# ''User B'' has met 3 other geohashers, and is in a large connected group of people, ''Group 1''.
+# ''User A'' meets ''User B'' during an expedition, adding ''User A'' to ''Group 1''.
+# Since ''User A's'' group consisted of one individual, this was not a group of two or more, and so neither ''User A'' nor ''User B'' are eligible for the Networking achievement in this case.
+'''Example of a Valid Claim:'''
+# ''User A'' and ''User B'' are now in a large connected group of people, ''Group 1''.
+# ''User C'' has met one other geohasher and is in a group of two people, ''Group 2''.
+# ''User A'' meets ''User C'' during an expedition, connecting ''Group 1'' and ''Group 2''.
+# ''User A'' and ''User C'' are eligible for the Networking achievement as they connected groups of two or more people. However, ''User B'' is not eligible for the achievement as they were not on the connecting expedition.
+== Proof ==
+Standard expedition proof is required to earn this achievement, alongside:
+* A photograph (or convincing story) demonstrating the meetup.
+* A note on the sizes of the separated groups (must be 2 or more).
+* An updated version of the [[meetup graph]] showing this new connection.
+{{proposed achievements}}