Where Has Our old Friend Win Gone?

Luckyone

As you know how to post a competition in the correct format is:

E: 21/11 Win Something Brilliant

So where has the win gone as most people now post like this:

E: 21/11 Something Brilliant

Has anyone seen the word win lying around?

LO xxx

Kovu2013

Ah I never knew you had to put win (blush) I usually just copy what the prize is and paste that as my title, sorry xx

Luckyone

Kovu2013 wrote: »

Ah I never knew you had to put win (blush) I usually just copy what the prize is and paste that as my title, sorry xx

It's in the Forum Guide on a sticky at the top of the main comp baord

How To Post A Competition

LO xxx

Kovu2013

I see where it mentions the word win, but it's actually quite confusing as in the examples it says

So a few examples to sum it up:
E: 28/12 Trip to New York (email)
E: 15/09 Bee movie DVD (U16)
E: 05/03 3pm Indiana Jones Goody Bag
E: 07/01 £50 ToysRUs vouchers (email)(Oxford)

And none of those say win :huh:

Blulu

LOL I'm sure they don't mean that the word 'win' is compulsory. I think they use the word to indicate that this is where to type the prize. There is no practical reason to have to use the word win - unless someone knows differently, natch.

I thought you were asking after someone called Win who hadn't been around for a while

Blu X

fire**fly

:eek: I put Win in some of mine LO :rotfl::eek: eg

E: 31/10 Win an 8-piece stainless steel kitchen utensils set with Canned Food UK

E: 09/11 Win a Bailey & Quinn handbag

E: 04/11 Win the Gorgeous Beauty Giveaway - Bella Magazine

though sometimes if the title's to long it won't all fit in the title bar as MSE only give us so many letters to fit in it :eek:
so sometimes have to leave it out :eek::D

Kovu2013

Blulu wrote: »

LOL I'm sure they don't mean that the word 'win' is compulsory. I think they use the word to indicate that this is where to type the prize. There is no practical reason to have to use the word win - unless someone knows differently, natch.

I thought you were asking after someone called Win who hadn't been around for a while

Blu X

Phew I thought i'd been doing something wrong then, since it's in the forum guide and all, glad to hear not putting it is ok :beer:

Luckyone

Kovu2013 wrote: »

I see where it mentions the word win, but it's actually quite confusing as in the examples it says

So a few examples to sum it up:
E: 28/12 Trip to New York (email)
E: 15/09 Bee movie DVD (U16)
E: 05/03 3pm Indiana Jones Goody Bag
E: 07/01 £50 ToysRUs vouchers (email)(Oxford)

And none of those say win :huh:

I agree it is confusing, perhaps we could ask VelvetGlove who looks after the thread to clarify it?

Blulu wrote: »

LOL I'm sure they don't mean that the word 'win' is compulsory. I think they use the word to indicate that this is where to type the prize. There is no practical reason to have to use the word win - unless someone knows differently, natch.

I thought you were asking after someone called Win who hadn't been around for a while

Blu X

:rotfl:

Now that would be a good user name!

I've always been told to post comps with win as I showed. Perhaps someone can come & clarify things so we can clear it up & ask purpleglove to change the wording in the thread if I'm right

LO xxx

Luckyone

Kovu2013 wrote: »

Phew I thought i'd been doing something wrong then, since it's in the forum guide and all, glad to hear not putting it is ok :beer:

I think you have been posting wrongly with many, many other people

We are waiting for someone to clarify it

LO xxx

Luckyone

fire**fly wrote: »

:eek: I put Win in some of mine LO :rotfl::eek: eg

E: 31/10 Win an 8-piece stainless steel kitchen utensils set with Canned Food UK

E: 09/11 Win a Bailey & Quinn handbag

E: 04/11 Win the Gorgeous Beauty Giveaway - Bella Magazine

though sometimes if the title's to long it won't all fit in the title bar as MSE only give us so many letters to fit in it :eek:
so sometimes have to leave it out :eek::D

So is it Fire**fly you should always post the word win as the comp forums format?

Or is it not that important? I.E dosen't play up in searches or game over

LO xxx

Kovu2013

Luckyone wrote: »

I think you have been posting wrongly with many, many other people

We are waiting for someone to clarify it

LO xxx

I'm not sure i've been posting wrongly, as the forum examples also don't state the word win, and like fire**fly says sometimes the comp title / info is too long to fit the word win, and sometimes things like TW or Fb are more important to have in the title.