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Please read the following section of the community guidelines and adhere to it when posting about your event. We have tried to edit posts and help out promoters accordingly since the inception of these rules but some of you are just not getting it or are ignoring it all together. Posts will be deleted/locked without notice or a PM if you continue to ignore these.

SECTION 6: PROMOTING OR ADVERTISING YOUR CLUB NIGHT OR EVENT

1. A special exemption exists in the ‘No spam – No selling' section of the Community Guidelines to allow some limited forum posting for event promoters. Members who are involved in running events may post in the forum to promote discussion about their event, however, the following rules must be followed. Failure to do so will result in your posts being removed or modified. There are no exceptions to these rules.
2. You may post one thread about your event or club night. One only. Any further posts should be made within that thread. Forum moderators have been instructed to, at their discretion, either leave, remove or merge any new threads about an event into any existing one.
3. Your forum post must contain a link to a What's On entry for your event. No exceptions. As the What's On guide has a approval process which can take 1-2 business days (though normally much quicker), you will need to create your What's On entry and then wait for the approval before you can post in the forum. If you feel your event does not belong in the What's On guide or your entry is not approved, you may not post your event information in the forum.
4. Your forum post must be limited in length (max. 300 words). It is intended that your forum post promotes discussion while the What's On entry you create contains the events full details (eg. venue, price, DJs etc). If it is not, forum moderators may remove or edit your post. Ideally, please limit your forum post to 1 – 2 paragraphs – no need to publish your whole press release, that's what the link to the What's On entry is for.
5. One small logo or image (max 200x200 pixels) is allowed in your forum thread for your event, but not a whole flyer image. These will be removed.
6. The thread title should not use special characters or excessive CAPS to try and attract attention. These will be removed.
7. You may only post an event thread in one forum (usually the forum of the city your event is in). Cross posting or multiple posting across several forums is not allowed.