Etiquette Question: To Bump, or Not To Bump

I didn't find a way to post a poll, and I feel that matters of forum etiquette should be decided by consensus, not by decree.

Here's the question:

If an event is posted in the Event Announcement category, is it appropriate to 'bump' the post back onto the front page before the event occurs or should the event organizer rely on the Event Calendar to notify players searching for the details of his future event?

www.vekn.net/index.php/event-calendar

Here are some possible answers:

No, never. Bumping a thread with no new content wastes too many readers' time and should be avoided.

Yes, once, the week of the event.

Yes, twice, once two weeks early, and once the week of the event.

Yes, as often as the poster desires.

What are you thoughts on this?

Adonai wrote:

Here's the question:

If an event is posted in the Event Announcement category, is it appropriate to 'bump' the post back onto the front page before the event occurs or should the event organizer rely on the Event Calendar to notify players searching for events of his future event?

What are you thoughts on this?

Aside from national "prestige" events, such as a country or continental championship, NO, an event posting should not be bumped or locked into place. That's *exactly* what the Event Calendar is for.


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No post should be bumped under any circumstance. New posts are for new thoughts and information.

First, the Event announcement section should be split into geopraphical areas. With less posts per section, there might be no more need for bump.

But anyway, I have nothing against bump. Announcing the tournament as soon as a date is secured is a good practice that should be promoted. Forbidding bump punishes it instead.

I think people should be nice about bumping threads. I don't mind events being bumped close to the event (in case people have forgotten etc). I don't think bumping it daily is acceptable however.

Limited bumping is okay. Spam-bumping is bad.

Juggernaut1981 wrote:

Limited bumping is okay. Spam-bumping is bad.

Limited bumping is bad, because how do you limit it? If you allow *some* bumping, soon *everyone* is bumping in that fashion, which inevitably leads to continuous, routine bumping as a standard, and then it isn't "limited" anymore.

So you just disallow it.


Kevin M., Prince of Las Vegas
"Know your enemy and know yourself; in one-thousand battles
you shall never be in peril." -- Sun Tzu, *The Art of War*
"Contentment...Complacency...Catastrophe!" -- Joseph Chevalier
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