User talk:Sourcerer

Its always good to see a new person joining our activity, and also being as active in it as you are. Since I haven't gotten the chance yet, I want to welcome you! --aperfectring 00:52, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Interesting Hashpoints

Neil wonders if 2010-09-13_52_1 is in a tiger enclosure. The hashpoint is at Banham Zoo.

Stealth hashing is fun but not today! Is there a get yourself arrested award?

2011-01-17 52 0 - A nudist beach hashpoint. Sadly it was a freezing January night.

Previewing

The preview button is your friend.

Or at least the friend of anyone who is looking at "recent changes".

If you hit this instead of "save" when you are editing a page, it will let you see what it looks out, but not save the edit. Thus, you can check it and modify it, and not fill up the "Recent changes" log with a lot of tiny edits to the same page. Jiml 01:48, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Newbie Neil thanks you for this useful tip. There should be only one edit for this addition! Perhaps this should go into the FAQ.

Other expedition plans additions

There is always a link to the day page (just below the map on the right) from each of the expedition pages. The list of the day's expeditions and plans can always be accessed from there. The main reason to refrain from transcluding this list on all of the expedition pages is that each of those pages needs to be updated (by the wiki server itself) any time the bot comes around and changes the list (which can be quite often, especially on weekends). If you wish to include it on your own expedition page, that is fine, but please let other people add it to their own expeditions if they want it. I strongly urge you to create a discussion page to talk about making the list a part of the expedition template, because it looks like it may be helpful for navigating through expeditions on a given day, and might be well received. However, I think it might be best to avoid adding it to other people's expeditions until it has been discussed by the community. --aperfectring 00:52, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

2011-02-20 52 0

Hi Neil. As you've spotted, Sunday's hash is very reachable and is not far from Cambridge, where I live. So I'll probably head down there at some point during the day, and it may as well be 8am as not. How precise is that ETA, and how feasible might it be to meet up there (albeit briefly, of course)? I don't mind arriving early and hanging around if you might need a bit of lee-way in your arrival time. — Benjw  _{talk} 16:55, 18 February 2011 (EST)

8am is my best estimate. I'm setting out from east Suffolk at about 6:30. It's far enough for there to be some uncertainty but there shouldn't be heavy traffic at that time of day. I'd be happy to pause long enough to exchange manic grin photos and say hello. I wonder if Magician is around. He seems to be hibernating. I'm going to France for a week and if the local WiFi works, I'll keep an eye on Nîmes and Marseille (both virgin). This trip is part of my walk from Portugal to Turkey. If all goes well I'll reach the 3000 km mark later this year. I like to be out and about!

Splendid -- thanks! I'll aim to be there a bit earlier than that and will bring a book! It looks a quiet, straight road with a verge so look out for a blueish Micra parked right next to the hashpoint -- but I don't want to make you late for your plane so if by any chance I'm not there when you arrive, don't worry about waiting for me. Sounds like an amazing hike you're doing, and a really nice idea for a series of holidays; much more fun than sitting on a beach! Good luck with the French hashes, too. See you tomorrow, I hope. Looking forward to it. — Benjw  _{talk} 14:12, 19 February 2011 (EST)

Don't forget to write up your bit for last Sunday and thanks for getting up early for the meetup! I uploaded my photos with the wrong coordinates in the file name. As a system admin, could you re-name them? On Wednesday, I failed to reach a point in Nîmes, France (43 4).

2011-03-20 53 -1

Darn it, I was considering visiting this one myself. Only really bowed out because of being currently a No Batteries-only guy, at the moment, and after a while doing basic angle-finding with an compass gets a bit passée.

Anyway, nice to see your contribution to the Sheffield region. I've been meaning to pile up a few hashes over a weekend, myself, perhaps even go for an endurance expedition, but putting it off until I have something more accurate than an OS map and Google printouts.

Maybe we'll coincide co-ordinates in the future, if you're ranging in this direction and I get around to ranging in to the SE a bit. Although we may not be there at the same time. :)

--Monty 18:49, 21 March 2011 (EDT)

(PS. for the record, the A57 becomes the Snake Pass, a few miles to the west, but at that point I'd be more likely to call it "top end of the Rivelin Valley" or "just to the Sheffield side of Ladybower reservoir", depending on who I'm talking to. But I bet the actual locals call it Hollow Meadows and don't care that this doesn't mean much even to the average Sheffielder, just a few miles down off the moors. :) )