Talk:Boats are for sissies! achievement
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Revision as of 14:20, 22 April 2009 by imported>Ilpadre (just wait until more people go to water hashes)
Why is this on a page by itself with no expedition or user? You don't need to pre-create a gratuitous ribbon, just put it straight on the pages you want it on. It doesn't need a page, because it doesn't have requirements. Is this intended as a proposal for a new achievement? -Robyn 16:06, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
- Hmmm. I didn't mean it to be gratuitous, it's just that no one has done it/claimed it yet. I'll change the template to use
template:ribbon, instead oftemplate:gratuitous ribbon. -- Jevanyn 18:04, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
- As it's a proposal for a new achievement, it should stay in the proposed achievements category and not get its own until it's been discussed at least a little bit. I think a swimming to the geohash achievement is a good idea, but it's not a complete achievement yet. For example, I think swimming with a life jacket on is weird, but being accompanied by someone in a spotter boat would be a good idea in many places. Swimming in a wetsuit is necessary to not die of hypothermia in cold climates, and should be allowed in warm ones, even though that also lends flotation.
Can I claim it for my WOW expeditions? (I think I can, but I don't think I should be able to.) --starbird 02:54, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
The water geohash achievement already has a mode of transportation parameter. I don't think that not using a boat justifies a non-gratuitous achievement. Especially not if the achievement allows using a boat and swimming the last ten meters to the hash. -- relet 08:02, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
- Ok, 10m is pretty short. 100m? How about, if you take a boat to the geohash, you have to swim to shore, or swim out to a boat that's at the hash already. If it's less than 100m from land, you're not allowed a boat at all. -- Jevanyn 13:53, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
- But boats are for sissies. The requirements are contradicting the spirit of the achievement. If you can't swim 1 km to a hashpoint, don't take the ribbon. I think it's a neat idea, but doesn't deserve its own achievement (yet). Nobody's ever even claimed an underwater geohash, and that achievement is easier to get. --ilpadre 14:20, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
