Competitions Discussion Thread Part 13

ImmortalBeloved

weeowens wrote: »

I wonder if someone could post some comps for me as my C&P function is playing up.Its the Essex Enquirer comps here.
There are four to post with an end date of 10/02.Cheers for the help.

Done .........................

weeowens

Cheers for that ImmortalBeloved

purplecatlover

twitter comp....30mins left to enter this one...it ends today not tomorrow ...on off chance that any one will see it in time that hasnt entered yet
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3038296

LizB62

It's worth people who comp by closing date noting that you will miss out any comp that isn't posted with the end date in the usual format:
i.e. E: dd/mm xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

where there is a space between E: and the rest of it, and where there are always 2 digits for the day and month (e.g. E: 01/03 will get sorted into a different order than E:01/03 or E: 1/03)

Personally I tend not to sort by closing date at the moment as I'm able to generally keep up with the comps, but I usually post on the comps to ask the OP to change the format to help those people who can't spend as much time comping and who do it by closing date.
It turns out that some people take this as a criticism and not as as it is intended (trying to be helpful), so I won't be doing this any more.
So if you do comp by closing date, make sure you double check you've got all the comps for that date !

Barnabysue

I usually post on the comps to ask the OP to change the format to help those people who can't spend as much time comping and who do it by closing date.
It turns out that some people take this as a criticism and not as as it is intended (trying to be helpful), so I won't be doing this any more.

I've noticed a few comments recently, such as 'Oh here come the forum police' when you post to try and help the OP do the comp in the correct format. Don't these people realise that if it wasn't for people doing that the boards would be in a shambles?

weeowens

Sometimes it does makes one wonder Barnabysue
Maybe they would prefer a free for all to exist & chaos to reign.

fire**fly

hi, the online entry form for Issue 8 of Full House is not correct for entering, have been in touch with them & am waiting for them to correct,
will post it as soon as the forms been corrected

ETA

fixed now :j

thingamaBob

LizB62 wrote: »

It's worth people who comp by closing date noting that you will miss out any comp that isn't posted with the end date in the usual format:
i.e. E: dd/mm xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

where there is a space between E: and the rest of it, and where there are always 2 digits for the day and month (e.g. E: 01/03 will get sorted into a different order than E:01/03 or E: 1/03)

Personally I tend not to sort by closing date at the moment as I'm able to generally keep up with the comps, but I usually post on the comps to ask the OP to change the format to help those people who can't spend as much time comping and who do it by closing date.
It turns out that some people take this as a criticism and not as as it is intended (trying to be helpful), so I won't be doing this any more.
So if you do comp by closing date, make sure you double check you've got all the comps for that date !

There used to be a sticky thread specifying how the End Date should be formatted.
Do people think that No End Date/Wrong format problems have increased since that was merged into the one PLEASE READ sticky?

There will always be people who don't like being told the correct way to do things and probably more so when the message is just from another forum user. It may be more effective if the BG's were to take the lead in this. I know they are busy and their time is not unlimited but Glad has mentioned in the past that she does scan the board and amend problems when she sees them but perhaps this would take less time if people could be persuaded to do it right in the first place.

purplecatlover

i dont think they have increased, i have always had to go skip past all the E: 11/02 to the start fo the 12/02 to find the wrong E:11/2 for example.
there are a few people on here who take great delight in calling you the forum police etc when you try to be helpful....one yelled at me once because i had missed the link in the op (was in black and not underlined) so i posted it thinking op had forgotten
iirc i told her to watch for being the forum police herself and consider others are tyring to be helpful before she lays in rofl

liz dont stop being helpful by posting, MANY people wont take it as critisism and will appreciate the pointer....the few who cant see that someone is trying to be helpful should not be allowed to spoil it for all

sometimes the way things are worded can be taken wrongly...a "change the end date the correct format" is not as fluffy as a "hi thanks for posting, would you mind changing the end date so its in the correct formate eg. as this helps with search and sorting of threads. thanks" type thing....ive seen both used, as well as a more fluffy bunnies and cuddles approach lol.

i was shocked to see a post recently where the op had yelled by using caps that if she made a mistake dont attack :eek: but pm her instead and she would change the error.......rather shocked me as although some people are more blunt in their way of asking its hardly attacking and its the people who come along and accuse of being the forum police who are doing the attacking. unless of course ive missed any requests to change things that are rude and nasty and cannot possibly be just a result of being in a hurry and not padding the request out with fluffy bunnies

it would indeed be better if people just posted properly in t he first place, BUT there are always going to be newbies who dont know to, others who accidentally miss something out and dont realise or typing errors or and so on. there is never going to be a case were every one who posts a comp is going to get it right all the time same as there is never going to be a day where there are no merge requests sent lol

umm im rambling again

purplecatlover

end date people, this one ends at midnight tonight so doing 11/02 tomorrow will mean you miss it bafta goodie bag daily mail email comp
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3043732