Because they didn't know about it or because you also ran a list of names and confused matters?
Here we go, defensive Tom time
I presume you are saying that I quit my position as an events organiser because I was incapable of doing it then? As you know I quit because I didn't want to have to hang up my personality and not be able to discuss things without mods sending me messages to say I shouldn't say certain things. As you also know I've continued to organise events since my name went back to being a normal colour. It's not a difficult job in the slightest, neither is adding a calendar entry and telling people to use the "I'm attending" link provided... well not to someone with a little bit of sense anyway.
I'm a little confused by this as it doesn't make sense but I *think* you are saying that the calendar feature isn't suitable for some events but is for others? Why do you think that?
The calendar entry needs to be there and linked from the thread for it work effectively and as you rightly point out people need to know how to use it properly. But then this also applies to copy & paste I suppose.
That's a failing of the members concerned though, not the system in place to make life easier surely?
This isn't meant to be an attack on any of the current methods, I just remember that when I wrote my iTrader guide it helped increase the use of it and introduced people to new features they weren't aware of (which don't work anymore). I was thinking of doing something similar for the calendar in an attempt to make it easier for people to manage events but maybe I'm not up to the job because my name isn't green.