I've excluded all users who only participated in the giveaway while Bitcoin was being given away. You were not one of those users.
Allow me to quote you:
You are completely free to appeal it to theymos though, who can then decide whether the ban should be lifted either due you not breaking the forum's rules (and my interpretation of them being wrong) or if he decides that due to your contributions / history / etc. a ban isn't needed (since I'm not the policy maker on Bitcointalk, I don't feel comfortable making that decision).
~snip~
The (now trashed) thread in question was reported by a user. I've trashed the linked thread as well. Will wait on issuing bans until this situation gets resolved.
I thought the second part meant waiting for theymos' verdict, which is this:
I decided to end these 7-day bans early. Altcoin giveaways involving incentivized posting are not allowed anywhere on the forum, but certain incentivized-posting games (not altcoin giveaways) are allowed in Games & Rounds. The topic was incorrectly posted in Games & Rounds, possibly causing some understandable confusion among participants.
Does that mean coinlocket$ and others are unbanned already too? Or does it not apply to that thread?
I mainly feel for good users, many of them in lockdown, who can't use their (or at least that's how I see it) favourite forum for a week.
Especially during the times we're glued to our homes.