Editing Geocaching (section)

==Ethics==
Geocache listing websites have their own guidelines for acceptable geocache publications. Government agencies and others responsible for public use of land often publish guidelines for geocaching, and a "Geocacher's Creed" posted on the Internet asks participants to "avoid causing disruptions or public alarm".<ref name="WP070927">Fredrick Kunkle, ''[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092600843_pf.html Geocaching Craze Pushes Officials To Set Guidelines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201093209/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092600843_pf.html |date=December 1, 2018}}'', [[Washington Post]], September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10894835 |title=Geocaching puts some authorities on edge |access-date=January 2, 2009 |agency=Associated Press |date=January 17, 2006 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306115801/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10894835/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Generally accepted rules are to not endanger others, to minimize the impact on nature, to respect [[private property]], and to avoid public alarm.