Add events to a list

There's one way to add an event, and it's to paste a link. Hit Add event, drop the link in the box, and wait a beat: "Analyzing…" appears underneath while we read it.

Then one of three things happens.

If it's a Gathin event

The link is marked "Gathin event" and there's nothing for you to fill in. The event is added to your list as itself: if its date moves, its address changes, or its cover is replaced, your list stays current.

If it's on another site

We read the page and pull out what we can — title, date, location, image. Under the filled fields you'll see "Read from the page — check it and fix anything wrong". It's a guess, and reviewing it is on you.

If someone added the same event before you, their fields come in locked and you can only fill in the empty ones. That's because external events are a shared record: when ten people paste a link to the same gig, they all point at the same entry. Without the lock, whoever added it last would be editing everyone's copy.

There's an upside to that too: an external event's card shows "{n} people going" — everyone who put the same link in a list.

If we can't read the page

Some sites won't be read. You get an empty form and the note "We couldn't read that page. Write what you know". Type the title and date yourself; the link still works.

What we ask when you add

• List — which list it goes in. Your default is pre-selected.
• Are you going? — Going, Interested, or Attended. It shows as a mark on the event's card and you can change it later.
• Note — a short reminder only you see.

Adding an event that's already in that list isn't treated as an error: we say "This event is already in that list" and show you the entry you already have.

Removing an event

Each card's own menu has Remove from list. Nothing happens to the event itself — Gathin events stay live, and the shared record for external ones stays put.