This thread will be used for forum suggestions and feedback to the moderators. This thread is also where one can lodge a complaint regarding trolling or diatribe from other members.

Too many threads being created everywhere. Too many sections for my liking.

I'll add my vote to this. The new design has far too many subforums. If I'm interested in getting a brief overview of developments in various cities I have to go into each city's sub-forum, where there's a further division into multiple threads, one per project. If I'm also interested in infrastructure, roads, and aviation, these are in their own sub-forums as well. This is far too much sub-sub-division.

yeah....2 many sub forums......the old 1 was nice and better....

I agree with everyone that there are too many subforums, Reckon need another way to classify.

may be we have categories converted into Subforums. All Big City Projects in a Single Subforum, all State Projects in a Single Subforum etc.

I was wondering why Delhi and Ahmedabad BRTS threads have been listed under Highways and Bridges category? Shouldn't they be under Railways and Transportation? Or is it that Railways and Transportation is only meant for Railways based transportation? Or should they just go under their respective city's projects and updates thread?

I have to agree with most of the complaints narrated here. I feel there are way too many sub-forums for each category that is causing some confusion, one of which is how the threads should be alloted to a particular category. A simple case is the one I just discussed above.

Thanks!

My suggestion :

To put cities in their respective Zones, Example: West Zone : State and cities.

Most people like to read about there local area or neighbouring states.

Under transport : To have Railway, Airway, Roadway and seaway as the subforum.

This would reduce the number of categories.

Cheers

Initially I too was hesitant about the layout and so was Sudheesh. But we decided to go with what was decided in the expansion thread. When there are many suggestions, it is very difficult to incorporate everything.

Every change will have its problems. Massive forum layout changes like this happen once in a blue moon.

I am beginning to like the new layout slowly while also realizing some of the drawbacks which have been pointed out.

Let's learn from the problems and when the next change happens (not anytime soon), we can probably resolve some of the current issues.

^^Exactly, it is bound to have some teething troubles in the beginning. It will take some time to sort it all and the forumers to be easy with the format. And there is always the 'resistance to change' tendancy.

BTW in this format I have noticed that it is easier to know the traffic/participation level of the specific forums.

MODS please create a sticky thread inside each cities under metropolitan projects subforum linking to their respective states subforum, so that members and guest visiting there can also have a look at projects happening at other tier II cities in their respective states.

For example Chennai subforum can have a sticky thread linking to Tamil Nadu subforum. At present you have done the other way round, please add this feature too.

^^

Nice suggestion from veeran,

It will help resepective metropolitan city people to know the development news is respective state cities and vice versa.

Hope mods consider the same.

Ok...the forum today is behaving funny! I'm getting reloaded to old pages.....

MODS please create a sticky thread inside each cities under metropolitan projects subforum linking to their respective states subforum, so that members and guest visiting there can also have a look at projects happening at other tier II cities in their respective states.

For example Chennai subforum can have a sticky thread linking to Tamil Nadu subforum. At present you have done the other way round, please add this feature too.

Actually you guys can create such a thread and let me know. I will sticky it.

New layout looks cool.

Having not been here for a loooooooonnnnggggggg time, taking a look at this layout with a fresh set of eyes, this layout is nice. It will also be easy for first timers to navigate through various sections. And as there are lesser treads in each subforum, we will not have the problem of threads getting lost. :)

Ok...the forum today is behaving funny! I'm getting reloaded to old pages.....

Is anyone listening?

Ok...the forum today is behaving funny! I'm getting reloaded to old pages.....

Is anyone listening?

SSC behaving strange. Disappearing posts etc etc..

Same here....double posts, disappearing posts, etc. What's goin' on?

:: DELETED ::

^^ Call it serendipity to validate your complaint, you double posted again :D

DAYUM! :D

Ok...the forum today is behaving funny! I'm getting reloaded to old pages.....

:gaah:

Some of you guys have pmed me asking about some recent banning and brigging decisions of some Indian forumers.

1) First let us clarify that many brigging and banning decisions are not taken by us. So we cannot always tell you what exactly happened and why. In most cases we have seen that the action is justified.

Some forumers have pmed us saying that some moderators have overstepped their boundaries and taken action in the Indian subforum without informing the Indian moderators. We will be trying to sort out this matter by discussing with senior moderators.

2) As far as the Indian subforum is concerned, we will try to follow this policy - warning through PM, brigging, banning. Also note what happens in other subforums is not our concern. We are moderators of only the Indian subforum.

3) We believe in the policy of deleting posts that we think are offensive or may cause unnecessary arguments. Our decision is final on this. Please don't send us a PM saying things like - "right to free speech" etc. Also note that we are not bound to explain the reason for any deletion. We will only send a warning PM if we deem it necessary. So if you see your post deleted and no explanation given, assume that this is a good thing. On the other hand if you see your post deleted and a message sitting in your PM Box, then it may not be a good thing.

4) We all know from experience that brigging and banning often don't work. So we try to keep this to a minimum. In return, we expect your co-operation. We want you to moderate yourself rather than us stepping in. We have no hesitation to say that except for a handful of forumers in this subforum, everyone is doing a wonderful job. And we would like to thank everyone for making our thankless job easier. Please keep it that way.

5) Some forumers on the other hand, don't seem to think before they type. This often makes everyone else irritated. We will not name names, but our suggestion is please think before you type. No, we are not going to ban you (unless it is something extreme) but please do understand, that other forumers stop taking you seriously after some time.

6) Please note that if forumers (irrespective of their roots or past contribution) misbehave with any moderator or act smart (examples: trying to put down another country, religion, culture etc) action will be taken by moderators of the concerned subforum. And that action may range from warning to brigging to banning. Also note that moderators of the Indian forum will not normally intervene just because the forumer happens to be of Indian origin. This is irrespective of the fact that you may be a great contributer in the Indian subforum.

So please use common sense and review the rules of SSC.

7) If you notice any issue that bothers you in any subforum, instead of typing a response (when you are upset or angry you usually end up messing stuff) please quote the offensive stuff and send a PM to the moderator of the concerned subforum with a copy to a senior moderator. If no action is taken there is no need to get upset or angry with the concerned moderator. The action of that moderator is final. However if you think that a moderator is not behaving properly, your best bet is to send a pm to another senior moderator. In all probabilty nothing will happen. In that case, even if you think you are right, just swallow your pride and move on. Remember moderators are humans too and have all the negative and positive characteristics expected of normal human beings. So forgive them and let it go.

8) If you find negative stuff being said about India, you can also copy the moderators of the Indian subforum. It is not that we can do much about it. But this will make us aware of any consistent pattern of abuse by any forumer.

9) Also just because some forumer says something bad or silly about India, there is no need to jump up in patriotic fever and make negative comments about that forumer's country. It only aggravates the situation. Always remember that if a forumer makes negative comments about another country, then your attempts to "correct" his viewpoint will fail. That person is already biased. You are probably wasting your time on someone who has already made up his / her mind. Also note that a forumer who only spends time making negative posts is never taken seriously. Also desist from lecturing other forumers about the negatives of their countries. It makes you look silly and arrogant.

10) If you see any moderator breaking the rules or making silly ethnic or regional comments in the India subforum, it is best to ignore. We will not say anything directly to a fellow moderator in public as it is against our decorum. But you can always pm us with your concerns and we will keep it in mind.

11) Please do not get into public arguments with a moderator even if the moderator is wrong. Do not accuse moderators in public or allege things against them which may be untrue. While you may get away with it in the Indian subforum, things may not be the same in other subforums (and rightfully so). Use the PM instead.

12) Coming specifically to the Indian subforums, we know that we cannot always agree on everything. In that case we should agree to disagree and not carry the baggage of the past. Let's look forward. Not backward.

Let's continue improving the quality of posts in the Indian subforum. All in all I think the Indian subforumers are doing a great job.


The above are not rules set in stone. They are basically guidlines based on experience in running this subforum.

Feel free to add to the discussion.

Who were banned?:D

If you do some research on the guys who make negative comments against India, you can understand. Most of the time it is hatred (jealous?). And you cannot change their mind by replying them. Anyway, they will find some statistics from somewhere and prove you that 70% (:lol:) Indians have no food to eat. Actually, they cannot digest the fact when they see India who was nowhere in scene before 20 years became a global leader so fast. My theory is, simply ignore them.

people get banned 2???!!! ohh......i didnt kno at all....!!!! anyways thx for those rules it was good 2 read those

The action is justified only if the instigator and the reacting forumer are both brigged / banned.

We rarely talk about other south asian nations here let alone talking shit about them.
On the other hand, there is constant pricking against India by Pakistani forumers and more recently Bangladeshi forumers often laid with provocative statements (read anti-Indian).

And sometimes, some Indian forumers who cant restrain themselves respond to them and in turn get banned by the cry babies in those forums. While the instigators ( completely scott free) are merrily laughing to themselves at this whole thing.

This tamasha has been going on and on for several years in SSC south asian forums.

Complaining to their mods is futile, coz everything is happening right under their noses. So, I ask the Indian mods whats the feasible solution for this?.

It is a good diplomacy to stop growing this forum. First provoke and then ban.

people get banned 2???!!! ohh......i didnt kno at all....!!!! anyways thx for those rules it was good 2 read those

You need to read them once again.

You need to read them once again.

yes sir i read it now.....and kno it thx!!!!:)

:)

With 2010 being the EYC (Estimated Year of Completion) of several large and small projects of all kinds all over India, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to start a new thread, EYC - 2010, in one of the sub-fora.

It is a lot easier to keep track of progress of each of those projects this way.

With 2010 being the EYC (Estimated Year of Completion) of several large and small projects of all kinds all over India, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to start a new thread, EYC - 2010, in one of the sub-fora.

It is a lot easier to keep track of progress of each of those projects this way.

Can you please compile a list of such projects and post them here and also suggestions as to where to place them in the subforum?

Off the top of my head -

Residential/Commercial/Office Projects in METROS:


CHENNAI (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1229)


- Marg Swarnabhoomi - 230m Landmark Tower and 1000 acre SEZ city (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610424)

- Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Project (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=611400)

- Hiranandani Palace Gardens | Residential | 28x4 | 27x4 | 16x6 | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=638481)

- Hiranandani Upscale | OMR | 28 FL x 6 Tower| U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=636573)


BENGALURU (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1228)


- HMT Township | Aquila Heights | 32fl X 3 | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=620536)

- Bidadi Knowledge City (Phase I) | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=637645)

- Whitefield | Prestige Shantiniketan | Mixed Use | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=620568)

- Pebble Bay (http://www.pebblebay.in/index.htm)


DELHI (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1230)


- Unitech Grande | 80 towers (10 to 60 fl) | Site Prep | Phase I (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610384)

- Civic Centre | MINTO ROAD | 28 fl (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=621385)


HYDERABAD (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1232)


- Hyderabad | Lanco Hills | Mixed Use | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=361754)

- Wave Rock | Tellapur Township | U/C (http://www.tsiventures.com/properties/h400.htm)

- Raheja Mindspace | Pocharam | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=20423292&postcount=1123)


KOLKATA (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1233)


- NEW TOWN | Uniworld City | 50 Towers | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=614751)

- Westin Hotel l 35fl X 2 l Mixed use l Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=614699)


MUMBAI (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1234)

- WORLI | Ahuja Towers | 54 fl x 2 | Proposed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=624449)

- MAHALAXMI | Lodha Bellissimo | 252m | 50 fl | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610361)

- MARINE LINES | India Tower | 301m | 85 fl | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610350)

- PAREL | Shangri-La Hotel | 45 fl | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=634549)

I'm sure that I have missed many and even the ones in the aforementioned list could've been erroneously included. Please feel free to edit.

I request other members to contribute to this list as much as they can, too. :cheers:

Maybe you can create a new thread with this list for quick reference.

Any other suggestions by anyone else?

I can't think of an appropriate sub-forum for such a thread except, maybe, the main "India sub-forum". Also, I'd would very much like one of the more frequent contributors to our forum start an "EYC-2010" thread so that it stays updated on a regular basis. Inclusion of all the infrastructure projects due in 2010 would be great, too.

I will continue contributing to that list periodically in every little way I possibly can.

search functionality not working properly
im not getting any recent pages. only ones till jan 08.

search functionality not working properly
im not getting any recent pages. only ones till jan 08.

The search feature on the board is a perennially messed up feature. I suggest that you use google while searching. On google use the following structure-

<keyword> site:skyscrapercity.com

Eg: Hyderabad airport site:skyscrapercity.com (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Hyderabad+airport+site%3Askyscrapercity.com&btnG=Google+Search)




Whats happening with SSC now?
Half the time I cant access the site and when the server is up and running its taking a hell lotta time for the threads to get uploaded.. And the lesser said about the search function the better..

Please please please fix the issues up soon...

The SSC team is working on the issue right now. The reasons for the site slowing up and 500 errors can be found in this thread - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=587296&page=11

item: forumers asking questions and seeking answers regarding real estate inquiries like location, price etc.

issue: crowding the projects related threads with not-so-related posts

suggestion: have an exclusive thread on "Real-estate seekers' FAQ" under each city in Metro section ...

Advantages: It provides a useful database for forumers, while not crowding the projects threads

Request: please donate your suggestions.
Thanks.

Would any other forumers be interested in the addition of a "history discussion'-type subforum in the historical section of the forum? Threads for discussion of various political, social and economic aspects of India's history could go there.

I'd definitely frequent it, and if we've got enough likeminded folks perhaps we can pressurize our mods to add said section in.

My inbox is 90% full. This is unacceptable. Expand my inbox capacity at once.

My inbox is 90% full. This is unacceptable. Expand my inbox capacity at once.

Just delete your messages.

:lol: damn Kolkatausa....poor you....

delete

hmmm...do i have to?

Just delete your messages.

:rofl:

Just delete your messages.

What would some people do without you Sun?? :lol::lol:

A concern pointed out by some forumers in threads is posts getting randomly deleted without knowing the reason why. I agree with the comment made by a mod ( sudheeshnairs) regarding lack of time and the fact that this is not a paid job, which makes all the more sense to be wary before deleting or editing seemingly wrong or unwanted posts. I have noticed that deleting posts does little to discourage any forumer from posting again ( since in many cases the forumer may not know why their post was edited/deleted) , hence it is not the right solution.

The mod may communicate the issue individually to the forumer ( or take help of some other forumer) and make an attempt to sort out the issue. If things do not improve , what can perhaps work is a joint discussion amongst moderators and then deleting ( if such is the agreement) all the posts and giving a sound warning/brigging.

With Marathaman gone, the brilliant India - One picture per post (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=638698) thread in the General Photography sub-forum will eventually perish. Now, the rest of us could continue updating it with pictures on a regular basis but we wouldn't know where to start considering the fact that the OP had a systemised way of covering all the various places of interest without repetition.

What triggered his ban?

^^Perhaps something outside Indian Forum. Anyway this is a news for me. I do not tread outside Indian forums nor do have the time. Knew that there were some issues from other fellow mods

^^

Can the ban be revoked? By an Indian mod maybe?

yeah, wonder what happened to him.
get maratha back!

Legitimate questions get deleted before they're even properly answered, huh? Oh well, SSC-I has its share of crazy people.

Anyway, my question was - "Can Marathaman's ban be revoked?"

^^I think we can. We got Mahratta back after he was banned so can we get Marathaman back?

I think he was banned because he posted the map of India with every post of 'India One Pic a day'. I read about him saying there is a rule against posting maps in the forum. Maybe somebody objected.
Anyways I loved the work he did in that thread. He must be have having quite a fan-base already :-). Can't our mods get him back somehow?

Where is my question? This is stupid, if you can't answer or don't want to answer it, just delete it..., good going.

I think he was banned because he posted the map of India with every post of 'India One Pic a day'. I read about him saying there is a rule against posting maps in the forum. Maybe somebody objected.
Anyways I loved the work he did in that thread. He must be have having quite a fan-base already :-). Can't our mods get him back somehow?

I do not think posting the map is the reason. As I said earlier, I am not much aware of whats happening outside Indian Forum, since I am not interested as well as not have time. But I got a feedback from other Indian mods that he is liable to get banned.

I have not tried 'revoking a ban', but it could be possible. But normally a decision is made by a MOD, then it is respected by all. Otherwise it would be chaos of banning and unbanning.

I think that banning must have been done by a neutral mod.

@ India: I do not think any legitimate questions were deleted.

@unconsciousfocus: I think your specific question was deleted because it had reference to 'neighbours'.

^^

Thanks for the clarification, sudheeshnairs. However, my first post on this issue and your response to it including that of couple of others' were indeed (accidentally?) deleted for a brief period of time. They've now been reinstated, though.

I think on the basis of his immense contribution to that thread alone Marathaman should be given another chance.

@unconsciousfocus: I think your specific question was deleted because it had reference to 'neighbours'.

So? Am I not allowed to talk about the loving neighbours here? Whenever I have posted there (I guess only thrice so far), it was in response to something which was provocative. If their mods don't take any action against their own forumers, what is your problem in answering a simple question?

So? Am I not allowed to talk about the loving neighbours here?

No!!

Whenever I have posted there (I guess only thrice so far), it was in response to something which was provocative.

I am concerned only about things happening here. To be frank, I am least bothered about neighbours. If you have any complaint, rather than responding to such comments, you can contact 'drwho' who has mod powers there too, or any other Asian mod.

If their mods don't take any action against their own forumers, what is your problem in answering a simple question?

As I said you can always contact the respective Asian mods. And btw I didn't delete your 'simple question'.

No!!

As if I need your permission.

As I said you can always contact the respective Asian mods. And btw I didn't delete your 'simple question'.

Whatever!

As if I need your permission.


Yes, of course, at least here. This is a moderated forum. I cannot help people posting things here, but can decide what all should stay here.

So? Am I not allowed to talk about the loving neighbours here? Whenever I have posted there (I guess only thrice so far), it was in response to something which was provocative. If their mods don't take any action against their own forumers, what is your problem in answering a simple question?

I think if someone is saying something provocative in another subforum, report the post by using the report button. If no action is taken, send a polite pm about it to the concerned moderators. If you are still not happy send a PM to Jan or RafflesCity.

Replying to provocation, only creates more trouble. Also sending angry PMs to moderators or accusing them of not taking action will usually not get you any help.

A concern pointed out by some forumers in threads is posts getting randomly deleted without knowing the reason why. I agree with the comment made by a mod ( sudheeshnairs) regarding lack of time and the fact that this is not a paid job, which makes all the more sense to be wary before deleting or editing seemingly wrong or unwanted posts. I have noticed that deleting posts does little to discourage any forumer from posting again ( since in many cases the forumer may not know why their post was edited/deleted) , hence it is not the right solution.

The mod may communicate the issue individually to the forumer ( or take help of some other forumer) and make an attempt to sort out the issue. If things do not improve , what can perhaps work is a joint discussion amongst moderators and then deleting ( if such is the agreement) all the posts and giving a sound warning/brigging.

If a post is deleted, most forumers can easily guess why their post was deleted.

In some cases posts get deleted unintenionally (checking the wrong boxes). In that case just bear with us.

I will only send a pm if a forumer is really creating trouble or there are many complaints about a forumer or there is a need for forumers to cool down and not lose their tempers over small issues.

If a post is deleted, most forumers can easily guess why their post was deleted.

Exactly my thought. I have seen posts of mine deleted earlier (before I became a mod), and I knew then or could guess the reason. After becoming a mod too, some my posts have been deleted by my colleague. (Primarily because that post would be a reply in a series of irrelevant discussions).

I will only send a pm if a forumer is really creating trouble or there are many complaints about a forumer or there is a need for forumers to cool down and not lose their tempers over small issues.

Right, if we have to send PM regarding each and every posts then there would be time only for that. And the deletion happens mainly for posts which are 'discussions', and not a contribution in the form of a picture or relevant development news item.

I think we're digressing from the issue that was presented to the mods earlier.

I think on the basis of his immense contribution to the India - One Picture Per Post (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=638698) thread alone Marathaman should be given another chance.

^^

Any thoughts?

Was thinking about why we dont have an archive section? Some threads have projects that have been completed for months.

e.g : South City, Kolkata (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=611320) - Heera Grace, Trivandrum (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=652077)

Or are we going to just keep them there forever?

we should have a INDIA MILATARY THREAD..with all indian military news, with all the equipment they bought and atuff

^^If you think we should have a thread, go ahead and make it. And if we don't want it we can delete it.

But I see no harm in having a thread on our Milatary.

we should have a INDIA MILATARY THREAD..with all indian military news, with all the equipment they bought and atuff

I'd avoid that.

^^As a policy decision, threads about Military/Defence are not allowed in Indian forum, since it may lead to lots of fights with the forumers from neighbouring countries as well as within India too. That was the statusquo from the time I became a mod, and I didn't enquire more about it since I am not interested in military. Anyway this thread is primarily about skyscrapers/highrises and general urban development.

^^As a policy decision, threads about Military/Defence are not allowed in Indian forum, since it may lead to lots of fights with the forumers from neighbouring countries as well as within India too. That was the statusquo from the time I became a mod, and I didn't enquire more about it since I am not interested in military. Anyway this thread is primarily about skyscrapers/highrises and general urban development.

Oh yeah

we should have a INDIA MILATARY THREAD..with all indian military news, with all the equipment they bought and atuff
What's the point? There are already other places on the internet you can go to discuss that topic, and in far greater depth.

This is a skyscraper forum, not an internet fanboy social group.

we should have a INDIA MILATARY THREAD..with all indian military news, with all the equipment they bought and atuff

please visit www.Bharatrakshak.com you can chat with military experts there....no skyscrapercity.

What's the point? There are already other places on the internet you can go to discuss that topic, and in far greater depth.

This is a skyscraper forum, not an internet fanboy social group.
in that case, i better start a India Military forum since everyone else has one.

good luck stopping me...he he...

^^As a policy decision, threads about Military/Defence are not allowed in Indian forum, since it may lead to lots of fights with the forumers from neighbouring countries as well as within India too. That was the statusquo from the time I became a mod, and I didn't enquire more about it since I am not interested in military. Anyway this thread is primarily about skyscrapers/highrises and general urban development.

well i do see your concern but i don't think it will cause an argument...also isn't this thread about the improvement in India

Anyways, I am not sure how many of you do this.

For those of you who have to go through every sub-forum to check the latest postings, try this if you haven't done so.

If you notice there is a option on the top of every forum reading "Thread Tools". Click it and click Subscribe to this thread.

Add a subscription of as many threads as you want and you can also maintain different folders. For example if you want the threads related to Delhi, you can put it in Delhi folder. If you want threads regarding India's aviation and airports, put it in Airport folder.

But you should be able to view all the threads you are subscribed to by clicking Quick Links-> View all subscribed threads.

Once you do that, you can bookmark that page in the browser. This will reduce a lot of pain by going through different subforums. Let me know if you guys tried it or not. Everytime you want to open SSC, you can just click the bookmarked address Page (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription&daysprune=-1&folderid=all) and sign into SSC from there.

yeah..i do that

May I request that all project threads in city subforums be made sticky. It would be alot easier to find them.

Guys,

Lest I be branded as anti-national, let me assure you that we have a sizeable discussion going on about Indian military matters in www.bharat-rakshak.com If that is not enough go click on Indian Defence Review forums.

If that too is not enough, you have www.keypublishing.com where you have airforce / Navy and Naval Aviation of India discussed by our patriots and traitors alike. And I promise you, the colors, the layout are as same as that of SSC.

My vote for military threads - NO, NOT in SSC.

Thanks & Regds
p2p4

Well, I agree. This is a Skyscraper forum and pretty much a more of an infrastructure update forum.
Honestly, I don't think there should be forums anywhere on the internet discussing the defense of the country. That's my opinion. It's a government security issue thing and that's not something to be discussed or brought out it public.

^What was funny I went on a military forum and they were talking about skyscrapers.

Anyway can a mods keep the Threads in the International forums updated. Jai isn't around much to keep it up to date with the new ones.

People are spending too much time in the Chaibar section these days than in normal threads.

Memebers please help me,I is taking about 1 and a half minute to load one page only on Skyscrapercity,I hace an active Bitdefender as my antivirus,any suggestions!:bash::bash::bash::bash::bash:

There are these NEW FUCKERS :bash: , who keep annoying in few threads and doesnt seem to keep their fucking mouth shut even after warning, deletion of posts, etc by mods ... mostly they're kinda spamming...

Why don't mods start a Initiation section or something like that before allowing any newbies actually to start posting?

There are these NEW FUCKERS :bash: , who keep annoying in few threads and doesnt seem to keep their fucking mouth shut even after warning, deletion of posts, etc by mods ... mostly they're kinda spamming...

Why don't mods start a Initiation section or something like that before allowing any newbies actually to start posting?

Exactly , you took the words straight out of my mouth.

Some of these posts cannot be comprehended as an update , opinion or anything else for that matter.

Also banning of sms typing language should not be allowed (except chaibar).

hw wld u lk it if i typ lk dis

Also banning of sms typing language should not be allowed (except chaibar).

hw wld u lk it if i typ lk dis

Wat does that exactly mean bro? - double negative sentence...:D

I guess u meant, "they should ban posting in sms language in threads except chaibar"?

Wat does that exactly mean bro? - double negative sentence...:D

I guess u meant, "they should ban posting in sms language in threads except chaibar"?

yup , thats what I meant

^^ freudian slip :D

hmm...

MODS kindly delete this...and ban the user.........

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=39394598#post39394598

please help me..............now it takes about 5 min to load a skyscrapercity page.........i have been on this site since september 2002.........though changed my name many times........but never saw sucha problem!

^What can we do. Go tell the forum admin for problems llike this. Its most probably your computer because mine is fine.

How to close my account?:)

How to close my account?:)

excuse me ? and why would you want to do that ?

How to close my account?:)

I don't think you can. You just don't have to log in ever again. Why do you want to know? Sick of the Indian forum?

When a forumer makes repeated derogatory remarks against a group of people, why are others who point out this behaviour threatened with action?

The forumers rant are allowed to remain intact until a rebuttal is made. Is the issue with the rant or the rebuttal? Considering the way the mod has intervened, it appears that the rebuttal was the issue. Hmmm. Strange are the ways here.

When a forumer makes repeated derogatory remarks against a group of people, why are others who point out this behaviour threatened with action?

The forumers rant are allowed to remain intact until a rebuttal is made. Is the issue with the rant or the rebuttal? Considering the way the mod has intervened, it appears that the rebuttal was the issue. Hmmm. Strange are the ways here.

Send me a pm with details please.

If a thread is opened by a person(other than showcase gallery) then is the thread belongs to him so he/she only can post

If a thread is opened by a person(other than showcase gallery) then is the thread belongs to him so he/she only can post

Others can post comments.

If a thread is opened by a person(other than showcase gallery) then is the thread belongs to him so he/she only can post

Other than showcase gallery, one can also have a personal thread in India Imaginative section, to show their creative skills and where others can post comments.

MODs some clean up required in showcase gallery.....which is exclusively meant for Indian pics....

Yes please move these two threads -

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=910908

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=904530

MODs some clean up required in showcase gallery.....which is exclusively meant for Indian pics....

:lol: calm down kid, I have mailed the mod already.

Mods need to visit this thread more often.

hi mods...how are you. i am just visiting and i brought you guys cookies.

anyway...bye

^What was the point of posting that?

Mods need to visit this thread more often.

Actually I do check if there is a new post.

^^Me too.;)

excuse me ? and why would you want to do that ?

Not the right forum for me I realized…, too much impoliteness I should say is the most important reason…..

Anyway, so how does one close the account? My question hasn’t been answered yet.

Not the right forum for me I realized…, too much impoliteness I should say is the most important reason…..

Anyway, so how does one close the account? My question hasn’t been answered yet.

You can't, but you can request the moderators to ban you. It might work.

^^ Banning is done for the wrong reasons, and the profile would carry that 'tag' forever. I do not agree with that.

If a person doesnot want to continue, he/she may stop visiting/posting. Nothing can be done other than this. (To the best of my knowledge).

@unconsiousfocus, if you have any specific reason/query/ or any 'specific' action to be taken, you are welcome to address it to me or Suncity.

Anyway, so how does one close the account? My question hasn’t been answered yet.

That's because the answer is NO. We want you to stay. The models thread is good.

Not the right forum for me I realized…, too much impoliteness I should say is the most important reason.

Why. Whats wrong with this forum? Is this about somthing in the Chaibar.


And congrats Sun for when you reach 15000 posts :cheers:

I feel bored.... we need some fun comments... mods can you lot like join in the fun and make things more happier.. you 2 are very serious... specialy sudheesh....

^Ha. What boring you. We need more guessing threads in the Chaibar? ;)

I have crossed the age for being seen funny, you have to be little serious, esp when you are a mod, right?.:cheers:

you 2 are very serious... specialy sudheesh....

Can we insert a district map of the states in the sticky thread their respective subforum ( State projects)?Lot of states have imortant projects in different districts/cities.

I don't meen to alarm you but there arew two mysterious thread at the botttom of the second page of the cityscapes and photography section. They were made in 1970 (wth?) when this forum only started in 2002 :D. And they were started by noone. So what to you recomend we do with them;). We already have threads for Patna, Kanpur and Lucknow.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4593/mysterye.jpg

^^ India 101 great find.........howz that???...am curious to know.

I don't meen to alarm you but there arew two mysterious thread at the botttom of the second page of the cityscapes and photography section. They were made in 1970 (wth?) when this forum only started in 2002 :D. And they were started by noone. So what to you recomend we do with them;). We already have threads for Patna, Kanpur and Lucknow.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4593/mysterye.jpg

Antique threads! Sell them to a museum, of course :D

^Haha :D


Anyway none of the links in this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=248900) thread work.

I've seen this date issue on many other forums where either joining date of thread date is back till 1972 when there was no Internet , I'm not aware of technicalities of this but suppose that these threads were started on the very first day of this forum going active to members.

HEY.....TATS FUNNY.......

I don't meen to alarm you but there arew two mysterious thread at the botttom of the second page of the cityscapes and photography section. They were made in 1970 (wth?) when this forum only started in 2002 :D. And they were started by noone. So what to you recomend we do with them;). We already have threads for Patna, Kanpur and Lucknow.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4593/mysterye.jpg

had I known you were this clever, I would have voted for you. My bad !!:eek2:

Jan 1st 1970 is the Unix/Epoch time.....time is the seconds that have elapsed from 0.00 on Jan 1st 1970...Even java Date Classes when asked for a long representation gives the time from the epoch....

somehow these threads might have defaulted to that...dunno how/why though....

Anyway none of the links in this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=248900) thread work.

Those threads either got merged/got lost during our expansion in April 08. I'm leaning on the former.

anyways, here are some screenshots from my collection of weird SSCi moments from 2006-7

This is the South Asia page. Notice the exceptionally high number of people viewing the infra forum. Revenge of the bots?
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/9682/96907664.jpg



This is the India page 2 seconds later. The number suddenly went down a bit
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1177/35638111.jpg


View of the most legendary showcase gallery thread:
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6492/53041080.jpg


I have screenshots of more weird moments somewhere on my HD. I'll post em when I find them.

^Wow when was the forum like that. When the persons name appeared on the right side. Now its been reveresed around.

Never. There was some sort of glitch which screwed the alignment up for a while.

^Oh ok.

Just realised today marks my first year on this forum :cheers:

^Oh ok.

Just realised today marks my first year on this forum :cheers:

Hey are you India#1?If so, the name change is probably why you didnt get more votes.:)

^Who are you? How did you know?

^Who are you? How did you know?

I used to visit this forum before and then lost touch for a while.So i was wondering if you were the same person.

^Yeah I am.

where is the new mod?

The Delhi and NCR subforum only has threads for Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad and Faridabad. When the is more towns in the NCR. So do we post them in the Delhi/NCR subforum or their states thread?

states thread

Hi mods, ur immediate presence required to remove all the thread started today in Chennai thread....

^^ Done, the guy is banned and threads deleted.

^^Thx Sudheesh

For Times of India article. (This a hard and long way to do it, I am sure some forumers have better ideas)

here's what you need to do.

make sure you make the window of the paint is as large as possible by scrolling down and dragging the right so that you can scroll down and sideways.

Once you do that. print screen and paste it in paint. If it is a large image, open another window. since all the part of the times of the india article won't be posted in one single print screen click, you will have to paste the remaining part of the article in another window and then merge both of them together and align them accurately. Use the button as shown in the following picture. Any questions, let me know.

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9170/74439723.jpg

Someone has opened a thread in the delhi forum advertising some home based bussiness, i thought i should bring it to your attention.

^^Infact there were two new threads, thanks for pointing out:)

Action taken

For Times of India article. (This a hard and long way to do it, I am sure some forumers have better ideas)

here's what you need to do.

make sure you make the window of the paint is as large as possible by scrolling down and dragging the right so that you can scroll down and sideways.

Once you do that. print screen and paste it in paint. If it is a large image, open another window. since all the part of the times of the india article won't be posted in one single print screen click, you will have to paste the remaining part of the article in another window and then merge both of them together and align them accurately. Use the button as shown in the following picture. Any questions, let me know.


^^ Thank you....
one could also go to the tools bar >>>>page info>>>>>media>>>and scroll down to get the page display as jpeg or png image and save it to ur desktop....works on mozzila firefox..

Spam in History of Chennai thread... No one noticed for long time.. :ohno:

^^Are you referring to the posts by singanikav? He has made some 5 different one line posts, right?

He has been brigged for a few days

^^Are you referring to the posts by singanikav? He has made some 5 different one line posts, right?

He has been brigged for a few days

not that one. there is an advt which went unnoticed. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=38412822&postcount=129

^^ yes, I was talking abt tat advertisement!

^^ Thank you....
one could also go to the tools bar >>>>page info>>>>>media>>>and scroll down to get the page display as jpeg or png image and save it to ur desktop....works on mozzila firefox..


Thank you boss.

That is a much easier way to do it. Mozilla Rocks!!!

windows vista sucks. whoever has it, haha too bad.

Thank you boss.

That is a much easier way to do it. Mozilla Rocks!!!

,,,,,

Am i the only one offended by the 'die4chennai' username?(not the person)

why? is he suicidal?

I'm not. He just says he'd die for Chennai.

Alright.Its just me then.

Sun, can you please take the 'Vote for a new moderator' announcement down now.

Guys, I have a lot less spare time then before to come onto this forum. And I'm one of the very few forumers who go into the international forum and update Indian project threads. Now that I have less time most of these threads keep going without updates for months. So if any of you guys could help update them that would be great.

And I just remember IU said posted this before in the moderator thread and I think that would be a great idea -
Originally Posted by IndiansUnite
2. Brand building - more new interesting threads in the international sections to promote the nation. I'd look into perhaps forming a core team of members who can chip in.

Also banning of sms typing language should not be allowed (except chaibar).

hw wld u lk it if i typ lk dis

Yes please. This forum is becoming a mess.

Why can't I view Imageshack pictures?

It's not once or twice. It has been consistent for a lot of pictures. I tried to browse through some old pages of Mumbai sub-forum and tried to view the first page of the RNA Mirage. In this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610730) page, I can't view pictures posted by Jai.

I tried to quote and use the link to view the pictures in another tab. The error I get says page not found. So I tried to view another picture posted by KB (refer to the post by Sammyk in the India-trams and transportation thread where he posted a question almost two months ago asking KB what the thing was). I tried to view it and refresh my page three times to view it. I can't. I tried to quote it and paste the link in another tab, but I am getting an error.

Is Imageshack having some issues or problems?

^^ might be possible that the image was removed from imageshack..
or may be SSC has picked on u for describing a cumbersome pain in the a** method for posting TOI articles..:D

I can see all Imageshack pics. Don't know why you can't see them

bhargav if you're using firefox, you might have blocked the source by mistake, since there is such an option in the right-click menu.

Just got tools>options>content, and click on the "Exceptions" button located right of the "Load Images Automatically" tickbox. Remove imageshack if its listed.

Tell me incase this works.

why even in chaibar?

but yeah, we are not allowed to post in other languages are we? no reason why sms language (which is totally incomprehensible at most times) should be allowed. being lazy is no excuse

bhargav if you're using firefox, you might have blocked the source by mistake, since there is such an option in the right-click menu.

Just got tools>options>content, and click on the "Exceptions" button located right of the "Load Images Automatically" tickbox. Remove imageshack if its listed.

Tell me incase this works.

I don't have any pages listed in it. It still doesn't work for some pictures. Ah well, it might just be a bandwidth issue, I guess.

i have seen in some forums having shout box so we can also have one like that in indian forum so that we can avoid unwanted discussion in threads

I'm getting a "Malware Detected" warning on Google Chrome when I visit the Chennai thread in the Cityscapes section..

Apparently there's content there from the website dailythanthi.com which has been affected by malware..

Could someone get rid of the content in question from that thread, please?

some newbie has opened a thread"mango town periyakulam" in tamil nadu forum
so can any mod merge it with madurai thread
regards
natarajan

...
Also banning of sms typing language should not be allowed (except chaibar).

hw wld u lk it if i typ lk dis

I don't see why they should be acceptable in chaibar either. If it's allowed, I'll be grateful if the person who types using SMS text gives me a superhot cup of chai so that I car pour it in my eyes to protect them from reading the SMS text.

I'm getting a "Malware Detected" warning on Google Chrome when I visit the Chennai thread in the Cityscapes section..

Apparently there's content there from the website dailythanthi.com which has been affected by malware..

Could someone get rid of the content in question from that thread, please?

^^ Can someone pls look into this? There still seems to be a problem.. Shd be simple enough to solve - just delete the single post containing images from the infected website..

^^Most likely due to the picture from DailyThanthi causing it. I see one in post #2118.

^^ Can someone pls look into this? There still seems to be a problem.. Shd be simple enough to solve - just delete the single post containing images from the infected website..

Done

^^ Thanks!

Isn't Chhattisgarh is central India?

yes it is..
to be specific east central but the east doesn't count much..
and yes i think it should be a part of the Central Region sub forum..
but whatever..
its there thats enough for me :)

Yeah it doesn't really matter anyway. The east subforumis already very small. We don't want to make it any smaller.

May I recomend that all Project and Update thread be made sticky in all city subforums. It would make it easier to find them once nooone has posted in it for a while.

can I protest the manner in which my comments were deleted by a Mod and the thread locked even when the debate was very civil in the 'how many language do you know?' thread.

Irony is that my comments was a reply at a post by the Mod himself, but I am not allowed to answer ? I am shocked at such behaviour.

Looking by it, noteveryone is good in history or sociology but when someone makes a rediculous comment, I am entitled to counter argue it. If my comment alone was modded out then it is biased modding. My comment was not aimed at anyone personally and was on topic and in reply to another comment. Since my comment was specifically deleted without any reason given, I think I am entitled to complain in open. Sorry.

^^

Agree with the above sentiments. One cannot play the role of the judge as well as the defendent. When such conflict of interests happen, one should take the role of either being the judge (mod) or the defendent (regular forum member) but not both. This will lead to an unfair situation where the mod's voice/opinion reigning supreme over all the others. In such cases, to maintain fairness in discussion, one should request the other mods to moderate.

Not being a mod, I don't know the rules for modding but under similar situations in a civil society this is what a judge does. Hence my two cents.

This is infact biased modding. Why can't the thread be locked when the debate was going for so long.

On the side note, I still see part of Fusionist comment on Tron's reply :lol:

Last week another thread suddenly disappeared when few members expressed unhappiness over one of the moderator's action in it.

I think the deleted topic was 'which indian city has the best climate'.

^^

I want add this, which happened in TN sub folders!

Mods went on deleting my replies to the protect a member who was writing like

For decades the railway sector of Kerala had been considered as a "step affair" by the SR HQ @ Chennai. Many of the railway developmental projects in Kerala were suffering due to the diversion of funds to Tamil Nadu by the so called "Chennai Lobby".

And when they were deleting locking some healthy discussions like "How many languages do you" I wonder how come the same mods are not caring even to delete the craps made by cosmic bliss member in TN threads.

Whenever I tell people this issue or discuss with them, they always say that "You can't put state ahead of nation" or "Tamils are Indians first and then Tamils". Indians are Indians first and must put the nation first. But putting the nation first and preferring Hindi to our own mother tongue is not one and the same thing. Many people keep telling me that its good to be proud of your mother tongue but you're Indian first and if you're Indian first then you must give importance to Hindi, must speak Hindi and must not ever implement your language in your state. Basically its fine to be proud of your language but not at the cost of Hindi and you should never give more importance to Hindi than your mother tongue blah blah otherwise you're not being an Indian first. It's frustrating dealing with such people and unfortunately I have no response to this. Till today I can't think of anything clear-cut to say to such people. No resonding response.

Why such above craps are not deleted by mods? Looks like the moderator is enjoying such irritating comments on TN.

Looks the moderation is much biased now!!

Your posts were deleted on the basis of complaints received as you try to portray all Chrisitians in India only as result of conversions and it happened only in the recent 2-3 generations. Whereas the truth is that Christianity has arrived in India about 2000 years ago. How a debate about relegion will go is not predictable and thats why it was deleted.

The thread was locked for the time being since the mods were not free to devote more time supervising it. This is not a new case, it is the practice being followed. The thread will be opened later.

can I protest the manner in which my comments were deleted by a Mod and the thread locked even when the debate was very civil in the 'how many language do you know?' thread.

Irony is that my comments was a reply at a post by the Mod himself, but I am not allowed to answer ? I am shocked at such behaviour.

Looking by it, noteveryone is good in history or sociology but when someone makes a rediculous comment, I am entitled to counter argue it. If my comment alone was modded out then it is biased modding. My comment was not aimed at anyone personally and was on topic and in reply to another comment. Since my comment was specifically deleted without any reason given, I think I am entitled to complain in open. Sorry.

If you have any complaint against any post, you should first bring to the notice of the MODs rather than assuming anything.

^^
I wonder how come the same mods are not caring even to delete the craps made by cosmic bliss member in TN threads.
Why such above craps are not deleted by mods? Looks like the moderator is enjoying such irritating comments on TN.



And I am sure you would miss my warning to Cosmicbliss which I had given in Coimbatore thread.

^^ @ Cosmicbliss. SSC do not encourage comparisons between cities, that too out of context. Please have it in mind while doing the postings.

Try to contribute to the threads rather than asking questions/ comparos.

i just don't understand why the threads/topics so heavily guarded??
its an open space for people to argue..
i have stated this earlier as well and doing it right now also..
and why act like big daddy by only opening up a thread when a mod's around??

and this is new..
a mods post being deleted by another lol :lol:

Of course, Sun sometimes does that with me, anyway I understand the reason and never ask for explanation :)

BTW mods here are applicable to 'Indian' mods only.

and this is new..
a mods post being deleted by another lol :lol:

We cannot fully do away with that. In the case of several threads we have done that, mostly in the case of debates leading to issues between 'neighbours'.

i just don't understand why the threads/topics so heavily guarded??
its an open space for people to argue..
i have stated this earlier as well and doing it right now also..
and why act like big daddy by only opening up a thread when a mod's around??

Your posts were deleted on the basis of complaints received as you try to portray all Chrisitians in India only as result of conversions and it happened only in the recent 2-3 generations. Whereas the truth is that Christianity has arrived in India about 2000 years ago. How a debate about relegion will go is not predictable and thats why it was deleted.

The thread was locked for the time being since the mods were not free to devote more time supervising it. This is not a new case, it is the practice being followed. The thread will be opened later.

Ah, so my post was deleted becuase of my VIEW which you think is 'false' and claim 'Whereas the truth is that Christianity has arrived in India about 2000 years ago'. So if I think that is wrong and substantiate that with research, my post get deleted ?

If my post was deleted because it was inflamatory, was personally attacking someone, or uses harsh language then you have some right to delete my post, along with the original comment that warrented such a reply.

However my comment was :
1. Not hot headed and substantiated with research.
2. Not personally attacking anyone.
3. Didnt negatively stereotype any group.
4. Was on topic and was a response to another comment about religion.

It was deleted because of my view, then my judgement is that it is against SSC rules of modding ( irrespective of whether someone complained or not ).

You instead of questioning the legitimacy of a complaint has chosen to :
- gang up with the complainant.
- chosen to punish me based on that input.
- failed to consider the several complaints against your own views in that thread which still stands.

Hence I am offended as it selectively target my views only ( which I have substantiated by research ) and hence consider myself being discriminated ( and punished ) for expressing my views. Hence I reserve the right to take it further with those concerned now.

However a I do understand the realities behind modding. It is a tricky business and not everyone has the time or knowledge about all issues. So yes sometimes we do take bad decissions. Not everyone is happy with all my Modding decisions either. Thats why we sometimes go for a second opinion.

So alternatively can I suggest you take some time to reconsider your decission, re-read the thread carefully and undelete my post ( preferably with a valid explanation ) and try possibly keep a cool head while debating or modding in that thread in the future ? I hope you are not offended but yes I am a bit hurt.

I await your reply. Thanks

We cannot fully do away with that. In the case of several threads we have done that, mostly in the case of debates leading to issues between 'neighbours'.

of late i have started understanding the weight of being a moderator..
u obviously are doing a great job needless to say..
but debates bring out the best..
and yes views which are not demeaning to anyone and based on thorough research need to be given their space..
wel i know tough call for you but u are a mod out of your own choice..

^^

I fully agree with you. As Fusionist mentioned earlier, most of us are novices in many of the topics being discussed here. We are obviously not a academic research website with the members holding or working for a doctorate degree. There should be some amount of lenience and everybody should agree to such an arrangement.

Moderators should step in when the discussion gets ugly and when there are personal attacks on an individual or on a group of people. Random deletion of posting and heavy censoring of the conversations doesn't lead to a productive discussion.

Where are the threads for DIAL, MIAL, and HIAL in I'ntl Aviation section?

Last week another thread suddenly disappeared when few members expressed unhappiness over one of the moderator's action in it.

I think the deleted topic was 'which indian city has the best climate'.

Yes, I have noticed the same. The mod seems to delete thw posts by the forumers which tend to elicit the wrong notions or misplaced facts of a Mod specifically Suncity.
Well, I feel if u r a mod and had by some reason posted incorrect and someone tries to correct ur post by facts n figures, the power invested in you should not be used to maintain ur staus at the cost of correct information and knowledge sharing to the rest of the forumers. This had happened when cost analysis for the various stadia was being elucidated which were contradicting the mod's/one forumer's misconceptional post.

I had sent a message to Sudeesh and Suncity(As I suspected it was Sun..), may be sudeesh communicated the same to Suncity also. But Suncity never replied may b due to the guilt feeling himself.

Anyway the point is posts need to be deleted/edited when there is contunual biased/discriminatory/denigrating comments upon a group/region/race/creed/nation. This is what I hav learnt as an experience in Skyscrapercity myslef. But deleting posts when discussions are going on seems we are in China with freedom speech is curtailed.
Hope this in having a perspicacious Mod rather than an imperious one.

I don't have any pages listed in it. It still doesn't work for some pictures. Ah well, it might just be a bandwidth issue, I guess.

I face the same problem, when am working at office none of the images are displayed. I tried using IE, Mozilla Firefox and even Safari.
But when I take it another office of ours these come up, even on my I phone no matter where I am and even at home with low bandwidth it is fine.
The disappearance is only at my office. Can u guys tell me what may be the issue. Note: It is not that we have some Corporate restrictions for these pages or images.

Mods:
Pls check the Delhi-Commonwealth Games Thread:
Eurpoean has used unparliamentary language Post # 1413 :
"this is what you think you IGNORANT basterd and it just shows how indian people westerns because thats what you see in stupid bollywood movies. GET A LIFE!!!!"
Expect you to take some action as this is not the first time European has been abusive.

Mods:
Pls check the Delhi-Commonwealth Games Thread:
Eurpoean has used unparliamentary language Post # 1413 :
"this is what you think you IGNORANT basterd and it just shows how indian people westerns because thats what you see in stupid bollywood movies. GET A LIFE!!!!"
Expect you to take some action as this is not the first time European has been abusive.

Europeans case is not new here!! he has misbehaved several times!!! and was once banned also, i donno how he came alive here again!!!

Eurpoean has used unparliamentary language Post # 1413 :
:lol:

:lol:
:rofl::rofl:

Your posts were deleted on the basis of complaints received as you try to portray all Chrisitians in India only as result of conversions and it happened only in the recent 2-3 generations. Whereas the truth is that Christianity has arrived in India about 2000 years ago. How a debate about relegion will go is not predictable and thats why it was deleted.

The thread was locked for the time being since the mods were not free to devote more time supervising it. This is not a new case, it is the practice being followed. The thread will be opened later.

I will have to agree with fusi this time... because he expressed his view.. he didn't target any particular member or anythings he just said what he felt... and if you follow democratic rules then everybody is allowed to express what they feel prime examples are.. raj thakrey... or the bnp in Britain.... I feel modi is a murderer than that's my view... just because other guy doesn't like it doesn't mean it should be deleted... it should be deleted if i targeted a member but i'm just expressing my views.... I've noticed in ssci that threads are heavily moderated for no reason and the ban on having debates is just senseless...

Who said this a free speech/open forum with democratic rules?

We're trying to be as free & dem as we can (eg mod voting) but you have to realize that limits on discussions related to sensitive/blood boiling topics will continue to exist. As a mod, it was my fault for not deleting the initial OT posts which snowballed into this mess and angry PMs. This recent spat just calls for stricter enforcement on OT/unencouraged topics from my side. Sorry, but that's just how it's gonna work.

What I don't understand why people are dicussing religion, politics or whatever on a skyscraper & development forum.

^^It's mostly happening in 'Chaibar' or 'XYZ Discussion' thread. Funny part is Mods themselves are participating in the discussion..

^Yes it always happens in Chaibar threads but I've even seen it happening in projects threads.

There's a malware warning on this page (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=434283&page=16) which says the warning is due to a post containing images from the Dinakaran website at dkn.dinakaran.com

Can someone please delete the post concerned so that I can view the thread again?

:)

What I don't understand why people are dicussing religion, politics or whatever on a skyscraper & development forum.

these discussions happen in chaibar.... which is designed for socializing and while socializing these issues do come up.....

The cityscapes forum could do with a clean up. Lot of unnecessary thread.

Mysore - We have to Mysore cityscapes threads this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=134978) one and this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=720846) one. I think they should be merged together.

Patna - We have three Patna cityscapes threads. Two have been used. This (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=754260)one and this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=754260) one. Plus the antique one (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=674708) :D

Kanpur & Lucknow - We've got a Lucknow thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=711560) and two Kanpur & Lucknow threads. This (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=674696) one has been used and the other (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=674690) being the antique one ;)

Mods you decide what should be done.

^^

Thanks for pointing out this.


Regarding Mysore threads, we had a thread for the cityscapes. Later when engineer.akash became a forumer, he started the 'Mysore City Heritage' thread. I had asked him the need for that thread that time, but he requested much as he was trying to focus on 'heritage'. I also thought can let him go in that case

Anyway if Sun and IU think of merging the threads, I am also with them.

Regarding Patna, the first two can be merged and the antique one without any post be deleted.

Regarding anitque Kanpur & Lucknow thread, it can also be deleted.

The other two threads, we can make one for Kanpur and the other for Luknow.

And I would like IU to do the honours:)

^^ plz mods dont merge the two threads.......... I opened the thread only to showcase the heritage look mysore city has..... .........:ohno: :cry:

^^OK, Akash, we will keep both the threads:)

Thanks a lot Mods.... :)

:dance:

These were the rough guidelines for this forum as framed a long time ago. I guess we have relaxed a bit with number 11 for the regional forums:

[1]Debate/Discuss with a fellow forumer with respect and good ethics.

[2] Please do not make insensitive comments about religious beliefs, nationality, race, gender. Do not make personal attacks.

[3] Remember that this forum is mostly about projects, skyscrapers, buildings, infrastructure and urbanization.

[4] Discussion about religion should be avoided.

[5] Domestic political debates are ok as long it does not touch religious / ethnic issues,see the rule no [4].
Such discussions should be only in Chaibar.

[6] Defence related issues should only be in Chaibar and should be of least priority unless it is a major project.

[7] Do not start discussions about other countries in the India subforum.

[8] If you are new to the forum, familiarize yourself with the subforum for a few days by going through old posts/topics.

[9] Enjoy the subforum and let others enjoy it too.

[10] If a fellow forumer is misbehaving ,report it to the moderators and the situation will be handled.

[11] Only english is allowed, if you write something in your own language then your are obliged to translate it to english.

We are all taking a timeout here.

The cityscapes forum could do with a clean up. Lot of unnecessary thread.
...
Mods you decide what should be done.

Both Lucknow and Kanpur have separate cityscape threads now. Mysore Heritage has been left untouched and Patna has 1 thread instead of 2.

Can a mod please make the Cochin / Ernakulam Projects thread skicky?

Thanks

^^Done

I've noticed this forum is starting grow. Especially in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala forums. The Tamil Nadu forum (excluding Chennai) has over 31,000 posts and Kerala (excluding Kochi & Trivandrum) has over 12,500 posts. Cities like Calicut, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem and Trichy all have alot more forumers and if were to have their own sub-forum would be larger than some of the cities that already have their own forum. Some of these cities have threads larger than some other city sub-forums. Was there any reason why they don't have their own subforum? Or don't they want their own?

City Posts
Calicut 5232
Coimbatore 7078
Madurai 5010
Salem 4638
Trichy 5972

^^

Well I don't want to see the cities sub-forums within the states sub-forum. That will reduce the no. of participants from one city to other city especially in TN thread.

It can continue in the same trend, we had discussion to start new topics like Coimbatore IT Updates and other big projects for respective cities. All these threads can be very well in TN sub folder itself.

Can a mod delete this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1003961) thread. This guys been spamming all over the place!

I've noticed this forum is starting grow. Especially in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala forums. The Tamil Nadu forum (excluding Chennai) has over 31,000 posts and Kerala (excluding Kochi & Trivandrum) has over 12,500 posts. Cities like Calicut, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem and Trichy all have alot more forumers and if were to have their own sub-forum would be larger than some of the cities that already have their own forum. Some of these cities have threads larger than some other city sub-forums. Was there any reason why they don't have their own subforum? Or don't they want their own?

City Posts
Calicut 5232
Coimbatore 7078
Madurai 5010
Salem 4638
Trichy 5972

I suggest to have a seperate emerging cities subforum where we can include these cities!!!

I've noticed this forum is starting grow. Especially in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala forums. The Tamil Nadu forum (excluding Chennai) has over 31,000 posts and Kerala (excluding Kochi & Trivandrum) has over 12,500 posts. Cities like Calicut, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem and Trichy all have alot more forumers and if were to have their own sub-forum would be larger than some of the cities that already have their own forum. Some of these cities have threads larger than some other city sub-forums. Was there any reason why they don't have their own subforum? Or don't they want their own?

City Posts
Calicut 5232
Coimbatore 7078
Madurai 5010
Salem 4638
Trichy 5972

In terms of how easy the threads are to get to... if you use "Calicut Satra Galleria" as an example

From SSC India main page, one click on "Kerala", second click on "Calicut Satra Galleria".

In that sense its no more difficult than getting to the threads for "Dynamix Balwas Tower" or "Lanco Hills"

So what difference does it really make?

Every City in India is an "Emerging City" really, so I dont see what benefit a subsection would have over the current geographical organisation.

In terms of how easy the threads are to get to... if you use "Calicut Satra Galleria" as an example

From SSC India main page, one click on "Kerala", second click on "Calicut Satra Galleria".

In that sense its no more difficult than getting to the threads for "Dynamix Balwas Tower" or "Lanco Hills"

So what difference does it really make?

Every City in India is an "Emerging City" really, so I dont see what benefit a subsection would have over the current geographical organisation.

We are talking inside the forum!! do u really think that cochin and trivandrum must be there included among metropolitan subforum?? only their hectic activities and number of threads in their forums gave those cities a seperate forum for discussions!!! SSC mainly deals with the number of quality projects and the traffic inside the thread, taking that into consideration these cities listed above can have a separate forum to discuss, and also visibility have a greater impact for having traffic inside the threads!!!

Maybe we could have a "In the News" thread in Chaibar where daily happenings and interesting parts of everyday occurrences of India can be posted. As Marathaman pointed out (and I concur) , Chaibar is dead. the only real activity seems to be when someone outside SSC-I posts a query or something of that sort.

If we have one thread where everyone could post the news that they think would evoke discussion then why not. Starting a thread for every such thing is a hassle and not going to get more than 5-10 replies.

I'm sure it can be kept largely clean if we keep defense, nation V/s nation or city v/s city outside it gamut. What say people.

I have a suggestion.

Firstly, the problem :) - If one wants to know all the infrastructure projects of a particular city, then he has to visit various sub-forums. For example, if I am interested in Mumbai, I have to visit Mumbai sub-forum for construction projects, railways and transportation sub-forum for Mumbai metro and Aviation forum for Mumbai airport.

Suggestion - Can we have the (link of) threads of transportation/aviation projects, etc. in their respective city sub-forums as well along with their present locations ?

^^ Thank you....
one could also go to the tools bar >>>>page info>>>>>media>>>and scroll down to get the page display as jpeg or png image and save it to ur desktop....works on mozzila firefox..


By this method we can copy the image of whole of the page. Is there any way where we can save only the relevant article's image? Cutting the article portion of the full page in paint yields very small image.

Zenith, Nice idea. We used to have a similar In the News thread about 2 years ago. That thread never really took off and is now lying deep inside the chaibar. Let's have a crack at it again. The stage is all yours.


Abhishek, done.

^^ Thanks :). Wouldn't showing all the projects as separate links be more appealing and user friendly instead of clubbing them ?

Mumbai will then have 7 new sticky threads in addition to the 3 right now. Of course we don't want that. 3-4 stickies look alright. >4 make it look like a mess - something that the chaibar had turned into over the years.

For the other cities, one link looks clean IMO.

^^agree. good idea though, abhishek

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In Imaginative India, SSCI Weekly Photo contest - Photo Submission thread

My suggestion :

1. Set standard for photo submission size: too big increases download time or have to scroll.

2. Have a weekly or fortnightly theme example : Night, Nature, Portraits, Architecture, etc

Hope to see more beauties....

:cheers:

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In Imaginative India, SSCI Weekly Photo contest - Photo Submission thread

My suggestion :

1. Set standard for photo submission size: too big increases download time or have to scroll.

2. Have a weekly or fortnightly theme example : Night, Nature, Portraits, Architecture, etc

Hope to see more beauties....

:cheers:


lets have some theme ....every photo is unique in its own way...theme based competition will even out that....

Before coming to SSC i have been active in some other forums, where, there used to have some special tags for the users according to their contributions to the forum.

For eg:

Elites
Professionals
Ambassadors

Etc

Why cant we have such tags here in SSC!!!

Just a suggestion guys, just think on it!!!

yes i too miss having those tags..
but i think it would be at the global SSC level and they might have to change a little at the database level and on the front end..

Koresh,

I agree with your first point. What upper limit do you suggest? 1078x768 ? 800x600?

A theme based competition sounds great. However, would people be able to find time and take pictures? For those who can, give me a hell yeah in this thread.



sanjupalayat,

the SSC admins want to keep forum free from any type of title hierarchy. A clean post layout like the present one is what they prefer. Giving titles based on post quantity (that's what other forums do) would mean entail that post quantity matters. However that's not how the mods here judge members or want members to judge each other.

Koresh,

I agree with your first point. What upper limit do you suggest? 1078x768 ? 800x600?

A theme based competition sounds great. However, would people be able to find time and take pictures? For those who can, give me a hell yeah in this thread.



Give option for loading photo's: Min size of 800x600 and Max size of 1024x683.

If someone wants viewers to see bigger size, they can provide link to the original source file.

Koresh,


A theme based competition sounds great. However, would people be able to find time and take pictures? For those who can, give me a hell yeah in this thread.



The Theme-based competition can wait as the Thread hasn't taken off.

My suggestion for theme based photos was to bring seriousness on part of the photographer. Another reason for theme is to weed out the non-serious entries and to interest the viewer by attracting him/her with quality work.

Koresh,

sanjupalayat,

the SSC admins want to keep forum free from any type of title hierarchy. A clean post layout like the present one is what they prefer. Giving titles based on post quantity (that's what other forums do) would mean entail that post quantity matters. However that's not how the mods here judge members or want members to judge each other.

I agree with IU. Will get more cases of inflated egos and bullying.

They don't keep their promises. :ohno:

_______

1. Better forum and content organization - renaming threads, make project info available on the first page of each infra thread. More on it here.

2. Brand building - more new interesting threads in the international sections to promote the nation. I'd look into perhaps forming a core team of members who can chip in.

3. Reviving the Heritage & Monuments section

4. Reducing clutter - sticky threads in the chaibar along with the threads at the bottom of the forum will be put into the new "India Forum Issues & Archive" subforum. This new name would be subject to approval by the mods and I'll ensure it gets approved.

5. Upholding the traditions of SSCi - I will not be a tyrant and will seek advice from the 2 gurus on moderation and before taking any "big" step.
6. Distributing free color tvs for everyone who voted for me. :D

Well why are you complaining when you voted for IU?

Can I suggest we have one format for project threads. In subforums like the Central/West one there is 4-6 different formats and its looking really messy. Can we have all of them the same?

Before coming to SSC i have been active in some other forums, where, there used to have some special tags for the users according to their contributions to the forum.

For eg:

Elites
Professionals
Ambassadors

Etc

Why cant we have such tags here in SSC!!!

Just a suggestion guys, just think on it!!!

Hey, that's a good suggestion!
I've seen that on may boards including Team bhp and others. But yes, I think the big bosses of SSC may have to act on this.

Ye, Sanju you'd have to go to Jan or some other admin for somthing like that. Indian mods can't do anything.

Koresh,

All the images (except for one) submitted till now fit the size requirement you mentioned. I don't mind rehosting larger images to fit the upper limit. I'll still stick in the size limit as a rule. For the max size we should go with 1024x768 since that's one of the options provided by both Imageshack and tinypic.

If a chunk (say >5) of members agree then we should soon have a theme based competition. :)



Marathaman,

I knew you'd raise this up sooner or later. Besides new threads, one of the things I wanted to do (and still do) for the heritage section is to recreate all the amazing threads that we lost sometime during the re-org in April 2008. A list is available here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=494264).

I haven't been able to devote as much additional time to SSC besides the daily management that I thought I would be able to do. I've got my uni finals and a trip to India lined up for this month. When I get back from desh, you should definitly notice some activity.

Lastly, please don't accuse the other moderators. If you've got a gripe against me, then address it to me.


India101, I've streamlined the thread titles up.

^IU thanks.

:( Where'd the Bhopal projects thread go!?

Lastly, please don't accuse the other moderators. If you've got a gripe against me, then address it to me.


Thanks man. It was done partly in jest. No offense meant.

Oh, its been merged with Madhya Pradesh Projects thread. My bad, never mind :doh:

the SSC admins want to keep forum free from any type of title hierarchy. A clean post layout like the present one is what they prefer. Giving titles based on post quantity (that's what other forums do) would mean entail that post quantity matters. However that's not how the mods here judge members or want members to judge each other.

Very true. Agree 100%.

^^yes Marathaman totally agree with u for a change..
IU..
where TF is my color TV?? ;)

Before coming to SSC i have been active in some other forums, where, there used to have some special tags for the users according to their contributions to the forum.

For eg:

Elites
Professionals
Ambassadors

Etc

Why cant we have such tags here in SSC!!!

Just a suggestion guys, just think on it!!!

If the titles are given only on the basis of post count, then there is no need for it. We can anyways see other's post count and judge whether he is newbie or a senior or super senior etc.

^^yes Marathaman totally agree with u for a change..
IU..
where TF is my color TV?? ;)

Here is your colour TV ;) :

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8026/75931992.jpg


@ IU: You should pass this TV to other supporters as well.

gawwwd..
i just love it..
its so beautiful..
;)

If the titles are given only on the basis of post count, then there is no need for it. We can anyways see other's post count and judge whether he is newbie or a senior or super senior etc.

Nope it must not be on the basis of post count!! quality of the posts has to be considered!!!

speaking of newbie, how long are you a newbie for?