Question regarding consecutive posts specifically in a contest

[xLays]

I report users who post consecutively when their posts should be merged and the moderator successfully merges them. Now, since I'm joining  contest and need to post my entry maybe 2 or 3 consecutive entries, I'm posting them consecutively rather than into one post. Because —This is for better presentation and because I'm concerned that image links might not be visible or work properly.
My question is, Is this okay to post consecutive entries in the contest? Or will my entries possibly be merged by the moderator like what I do in my reports?

Edit: I already posted two of my entries in different and consecutive posts. Hopefully moderator won't merge it. 😔

[Hazink]

I think if the images are too large to be in one place, it's okay to post them in a role, although I also think that should be based on the contest requirement. 
 
I have seen threads where the Op, due to how large the content of the thread is, makes the first post move the other content to the next and the next, so the content of what's being posted determines if it should be merged together or not.

[Smartvirus]

Sorry man but, I think it’s highly unnecessary what you’re suggesting. Haven’t been on the forum for a bit, I’ve had to witness a lot of contest come and go, those that involves posting of pictures like we had in the Pizza contest and those that could require you having to predict the price of Bitcoin at least once or twice before a specific date and they’ve all being going smoothly, even with large files.

If you feel your file is too large, you might just drop a link to the image hosting site and that too could solve your issue although, it would require organizers to look up your image on a different site.

Consecutive posting rule is an attempt to moderate spam and allow for interactive discussion within a thread.
A page on the forum accommodates about 20 comments. Imagine if I were to post 20 images, I would end up taking the whole page and then the next person does the same. It’s a bad bad idea.

Post your image and it would work just fine without having to post consecutively. If it’s too large, reduce it. There is beauty in having to quantify what image you’re posting. Use this code for reduction of you please:

Code:

[img width=400 height=500][/img]

You can play with the digit variables as you please.

[acroman08]

as Smartvirus have mentioned you can edit the height and width of the image you are going to post, you can also click the preview button to see what your post will look like after clicking "post" and if there are inconsistencies or problems with what the image will look like you can just easily edit it.

out of curiosity, what contest are you talking about?

[Doan9269]

Image size should not be an excuse for making a consecutive post when we can edit and resize them, also making a consecutive post may appear as if we are spamming because that same content could have been merged in one place and still carry the same meaning or meet up to the target expectations, if making this is not ideal for any member of the forum in making post, then same should not be applicable on any contest or related purpose.

[Alone055]

I'm concerned that image links might not be visible or work properly.

What makes you concerned about that? There are posts with more than 50 images and they are all perfectly visible and working properly, see this thread as an example.
As suggested by other members above, just find the perfect height and width for your images and position them well within a single post. You can always use the "hr" tag to separate the sections for different entries and it will look good, for example:

Entry 1

[image]


Entry 2

[image]

[KingsDen]

I'm concerned that image links might not be visible or work properly.

What makes you concerned about that? There are posts with more than 50 images and they are all perfectly visible and working properly, see this thread as an example.
As suggested by other members above, just find the perfect height and width for your images and position them well within a single post. You can always use the "hr" tag to separate the sections for different entries and it will look good, for example:

The Icopress post you referenced is made up of pizza images which are small and could be merged in just one post. This cannot be said about Mr. Roo contest which requires cool large image almost of human length.
The best approach is to post one, host others and link them up. But Op aired his concern about inadequate linking or so. So, he prefers all being displayed as a single image. If it is just two or three pictures, mods might allow him only if they see this post. But if it won't go well with many and especially with the rules of the context, the mods might merge the images.

[PX-Z]

Usually, contest such as like what Hhampuz on roobet (or etc) is doing have all the instructions on how to submit such entry. Image can be dynamically changed by size (height and width) so it's not that difficult. Besides that, the contest maker will probably collect all the HD images by direct links and compile it then submit to panel of judges that can be view on different platform, e.g. in spreadsheet not from here in the forum due to loading issues.

[Smartvirus]

out of curiosity, what contest are you talking about?

It was easy to see since, OP actually wrote to have published the images that prompted the creation of this thread only before. Anyway, I checked that out and it’s a Logo creation contest for Sportscore, an incoming sports data website of which, I see something really nice form Jayce already but, here is OP’s entry, haven’t arranged it myself apparently.

Here's my 2nd entry.

Now tell me, doesn’t this look better in presentation, it compacts the image and with just a look, one can get the whole idea behind and adorn the image.

The Icopress post you referenced is made up of pizza images which are small and could be merged in just one post. This cannot be said about Mr. Roo contest which requires cool large image almost of human length.
The best approach is to post one, host others and link them up.

As much as the posting one and host others still goes,
It doesn’t matter if the image is human length or not. You’re still not going to post it on a display system that would be human length. So long as it’s to be displayed on a handy device, it can always be adjusted to fit the display screen. That’s why there are resolutions to a device and even then, you could always adjust for better presentation. I think I just solved OP’s problem right there.

It’s a logo, it’s still going to be cramped, give them that cramped version to it.

[examplens]

Consecutive posting rule is an attempt to moderate spam and allow for interactive discussion within a thread.
A page on the forum accommodates about 20 comments. Imagine if I were to post 20 images, I would end up taking the whole page and then the next person does the same. It’s a bad bad idea.

+1 I agree with this. Consecutive posts are a problem (in addition to spam) due to the impact on readability. The post can be arranged to contain all the planned info and even images.

Now I'm a little curious, about which contest is in question when it is so important that the participation be in several consecutive posts.

[Zaguru12]

I report users who post consecutively when their posts should be merged and the moderator successfully merges them. Now, since I'm joining  contest and need to post my entry maybe 2 or 3 consecutive entries, I'm posting them consecutively rather than into one post. Because —This is for better presentation and because I'm concerned that image links might not be visible or work properly.
My question is, Is this okay to post consecutive entries in the contest? Or will my entries possibly be merged by the moderator like what I do in my reports?

Edit: I already posted two of my entries in different and consecutive posts. Hopefully moderator won't merge it. 😔

In as much as I think you want to make your pictures or designs more appealing to see, it will definitely make the whole thread looks shattered, imagine everyone has to do same thing as you that will give the coordinator of the giveaway it self more time to go through pages of threads and also makes it look cumbersome to read or look through by other members.

The suggestion to actually reduce the width/heightis a better one if you ask me. The only way you wouldn’t get your posts merged is there is a different members post in between your two posts otherwise you can’t go pass it.

[Odusko]

To the best of my knowledge, making consecutive post's is against the forum rules and even though doing such in some situations may be overlooked, it doesn't make it a right for anyone member to just make such posting, at least not a member in you rank and experience here on the forum, so regardless what the seize of the post is, it far more better to have them all in one comment instead of lithering the whole thread with multiple comments from same user, that is spamming and irritating and messy for readers eyesight.

[BlackBoss_]

I report users who post consecutively when their posts should be merged and the moderator successfully merges them.

It is applied for all forum members, brand representatives of companies that want to make updates or posters who reply in a thread. It's not exclusion for you and your posts in contests too.

Now, since I'm joining  contest and need to post my entry maybe 2 or 3 consecutive entries, I'm posting them consecutively rather than into one post.

Depends on the contest rules, you can edit your posts, or delete your past posts and submit a new post with latest versions of your works. To show progress of your art works, you can do it locally with screenshots, videos, and upload it all in a single post, as your contest submission.

If you make reserved post and edit it later, it can be accepted or not accepted by a contest rules.

I suggest two ways that are better than making 2 or 3 consecutive posts as you wanted to do.

[Helena Yu]

Since there's no moderator have answered your question, in order to know the answer, I've report your second post, so let's see whether the moderator merge it or not. Don't get me wrong, I'm just trying to help you to get the answer.

I don't see anything wrong with your post in other contest, you participate in 2 categories, but you didn't make 2 posts.

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Now I'm a little curious, about which contest is in question when it is so important that the participation be in several consecutive posts.

Logo competition.

[skarais]

I report users who post consecutively when their posts should be merged and the moderator successfully merges them. Now, since I'm joining  contest and need to post my entry maybe 2 or 3 consecutive entries, I'm posting them consecutively rather than into one post. Because —This is for better presentation and because I'm concerned that image links might not be visible or work properly.
My question is, Is this okay to post consecutive entries in the contest? Or will my entries possibly be merged by the moderator like what I do in my reports?

Rules are still rules and you should not break them as long as there are many options not to break them. I mean, you don't need to submit 2 entries at once and post them in two consecutive posts (unless after 24 hours). The contest is long and there is still plenty of time to submit entries on different days, so try to avoid anything that is not allowed.

Edit: I already posted two of my entries in different and consecutive posts. Hopefully moderator won't merge it. 😔

I would wonder why you are excluded by mod when other users doing the same thing are considered to be breaking the rules. Try considering @Smartvirus' advice that you can post 2 entries in 1 post by changing the image size.

[xLays]

Since there's no moderator have answered your question, in order to know the answer, I've report your second post, so let's see whether the moderator merge it or not. Don't get me wrong, I'm just trying to help you to get the answer.

I don't see anything wrong with your post in other contest, you participate in 2 categories, but you didn't make 2 posts.

Thanks Helena Yu! I'm about to do it myself, but I didn't because I really don't want to merge my entries for the sake of better presentation of my entries. Anyway, as of now all of my entries, upon checking are still in separate posts.

This contest is different from the Roobet contest. In this sportscore contest, you need to consider all aspects if possible, like the presentation of your entry. Having different entries at one post might not look presentable. But if I'm breaking the forum rule for posting consecutively and the forum moderator merges them, I will accept it because there's nothing I can do about it anyway.

[_BlackStar]

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This contest is different from the Roobet contest. In this sportscore contest, you need to consider all aspects if possible, like the presentation of your entry. Having different entries at one post might not look presentable. But if I'm breaking the forum rule for posting consecutively and the forum moderator merges them, I will accept it because there's nothing I can do about it anyway.

You have clearly broken the rules as I quote below - yet you are testing the moderator's interpretation in this case even though you actually admitted to breaking the rules. After all - you can still delete the second entry's post and merges entries 1 and 2 in one post, but it looks like you prefer to wait for one moderator to come and merges them.

32. Posting multiple posts in a row (excluding bumps and reserved posts by the thread starter) is not allowed.

In your opinion - what's wrong with merges both entries in one post if the image size is reduced?