Events
What they are
Events are Nearby content published by organisers once their identity has been verified. Their main features:
- they are on the map from a few days before they start until the event ends;
- they belong to a category of the Experience Wheel;
- they can be saved to the phone's calendar (from the app);
- they have a discussion where users can write (from the app).
How an event looks in the web app is described in The event page.
Categories
Every event has only one category:
Concerts · Conferences and Meetings · Excursions and Experiences · Motorsport Events · Religious Events · Sporting Events · Exhibitions and Fairs · Food Festivals and Celebrations · Nights Out and Parties · Theatre Shows
Events that are not accepted
- events that offend public decency;
- events linked to network marketing or pyramid schemes;
- unauthorised or illegal events, even if only in the country where the account is based;
- events that promote drugs, prohibited substances or violence;
- events with a sexual, political or discriminatory theme.
Publishing an event
Publishing events is reserved for accounts enabled for events. You request enablement by showing that you are a legitimate organisation, through the identity verification: it usually takes 24/48 hours, and the more information you give, the sooner it's completed.
Once you're enabled, you create and manage your events yourself in the Workspace (workspace.nearbycommunity.it), on your computer: see the Workspace guide to events. The web app also takes you to the request with Settings → Create an event.
The account you request enablement with must match the organisation making the request: personal accounts can't be used to publish an organisation's events.
Guidelines for adding an event
- Category: only one, from those listed above.
- Poster: an image that represents the event, or the poster, in the shape of an A3 portrait sheet (1 : 1.41). Images that don't follow the Guidelines and generic images that have nothing to do with the event are not approved.
- Name: just the name of the event, without dates and place (unless they're part of the name).
- Description: must follow the Guidelines.
- Date and time the event starts and ends.
- Address and location on the map.
- Contacts: phone number with the international dialling code, and email.
- Public organiser: if the organiser is public, the event also appears on their profile.
- Collaborators: other organisers taking part in the event.
Once the event has started, you can no longer edit or delete it yourself: it can only be done through support.
Adding and managing events are subject to review by the staff, to keep the platform a safe place.