Project-GC is not coherent in regard of those special names for Events every 5 years:
On the events folder all are counted, although CCE are not counted as such but as "Lost and Found", a type of event I've never done. Block-Parties are counted as BP.
On the badge pages it's completely different:
- CCE are counted as ordinary events for the badge
- BP are not counted at all as events, neither ordinary nor, as they should, as Mega
- Both event types give an add-on for the Geocacher badge, if you visit one
- Only CCE gives an add-on for the Event Host badge, if you host one, BP doesn't
This topic has come up several times here, but nobody seems to care about this inconsistencies.
In the wiki they are not even mentioned, only as "Geocaching HQ Block Party (formerly Groundspeak Block Party)", so as a kind of historical event. I've asked about that on the article talk page.
The year is now half through, but nothing has happened in this regard, no consistent answer was given, just some insisting on "a special type" for BP, but that's the same with CCE, which are treated completely different.
Edit for a wee bit more information:
I just looked up the stats of a well known event host and -visitor in this area here, lavette96:
On the badge page he's got:
- 1249 ordinary events
- 100 CITO
- 33 Mega
- 8 Giga
- 5 Maze
In sum that's 1395 visited events.
- 1177 ordinary events
- 100 CITO
- 72 L&F
- 33 Mega
- 12 BP
- 8 Giga
- 5 Maze
In sum that's 1407 visited events.
The difference is 12, that's the visited BP events that are nowhere counted for the badges.
As a host he's got 104 events for the badge, and 104 different events, including BP, on his
owner page, so here they are accounted for. But only the CCE give him an add-on for the event host badge (and Mega and CITO), but not BP, that's only for visiting at the Geocacher badge.
