ADMIN Thread - Ideas, Suggestions, SSC/Mods Messages, Thread Title Change Requests, etc

[denm]

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian

There have been a lot of problems, such as those you describe, this afternoon.

I've just got this from "Head Office" . . .




Also, denm

Your post is there on the 'Economic' thread, but it is not yet appearing on the list of threads page as the 'latest post'.

I'm sure it will do soon!!

Cheers,
NH.

Cheers NH, --hopefully things will be back to normal now.

[denm]

Originally Posted by horokeio

Maybe we should start a new thread for links to things interesting and relevant to the Sunderland and Durham Area?

That's a good and interesting idea horokeio, --maybe something could be set up.

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[denm]

FAO----NE4E, --I have put some photos on the Full Summary of Projects thread, ---they are for --the Development Summary, 16 --the Sunderland Royal Hospital Extension, ---hope they help, cheers.

[Newcastle Historian]

Originally Posted by denm

FAO----NE4E, --I have put some photos on the Full Summary of Projects thread, ---they are for --the Development Summary, 16 --the Sunderland Royal Hospital Extension, ---hope they help, cheers.

I've sent him a "PM", as he hasn't been on for a while!

I want to ask him to do an update on the Development Summary for Hahnemann Court as well.

[denm]

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian

I've sent him a "PM", as he hasn't been on for a while!

I want to ask him to do an update on the Development Summary for Hahnemann Court as well.

Thanks for your time NH, cheers.

[horokeio]

Originally Posted by denm

That's a good and interesting idea horokeio, --maybe something could be set up.

I've started one off and continued with it a bit tonight (NH has kindly made it a 'sticky'), but I'm sure there are loads more that can go in there and lots of room for improvement.

[denm]

Originally Posted by horokeio

I've started one off and continued with it a bit tonight (NH has kindly made it a 'sticky'), but I'm sure there are loads more that can go in there and lots of room for improvement.

Wow, --you've been busy marra, ---- you have done a grand job, ---I reckon the site will be very useful for people, --well done and cheers horokeio.

[Newcastle Historian]

I'm looking for as wide a participation in the below debate (see posts copied into here from the North Lincolnshire Developments thread) as is possible!

The debate is not just specifically about the North Lincolnshire / Hull and Humber issue (though I would welcome further input on that) it is about trying to attract non-city based posters to an area of the forum that they can call their own.

I think that if we can establish the 'identity' of the North East Communal area (as I call it) of our forum, by our regular posters from the four City-based sub-forums posting on there more, we can actually ATTRACT new posters from the more rural areas.

LINK here . . . then 'tab down' (for those who do not know that area of the forum) - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2254

People from those areas face 'urban/urbanism' issues (that SkyscraperCity is all about) in the same way that those of us in the big cities do!

What do people think?

Originally Posted by legolamb

Shouldn't S****horpe and North Lincs. development news be in the Hull and Humber forum?

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian

What do people think?

This thread is (as said earlier) for any and all developments and urban-related issues that are not being routinely covered on the four City-based forums.

Are the issues on this thread already being covered on the Hull and Humber forum?

Do posters from the more rural areas go on to the City-based forums?

The purpose of this thread is to (help) provide forumers with the widest possible choice of locations to post, and to provide a location that they can come to (and identify with) to post on urbanism issues.

It (and the other threads here) are not intended to take anything away from the Newcastle, Hull, Teesside, or Sunderland forums!

What do people think?

Is this a useful facility or not?

[denm]

Hi --NH, ------Regarding the North East Communal area/forum, ----I think for people that live and work in Rural areas, --this facility is a very good way for them to voice their opinions about issues concerning their Town/Village, --issues that would not get aired on the larger forums, ---personally I think it is a good idea, ---however, ---I think there needs to be more people involved, --more/new posters, -----and I would say, --maybe the communal facility could be left in place for a period of time, --and hopefully it might attract some new posters, ----good luck.

[North East 4 Ever]

AMENDMENTS AND UPDATES TO THE SUNDERLAND & DURHAM FORUM DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY.

1 - Sorry for the delay in udating the Development Summary, for a variety of reasons I am not able to come onto the forum so often at the present time.

2 - NH contacted me with update requests from him and denm, which I have done as follows.

3 - I have updated Project Number 16 ( 16 - Sunderland Royal Hospital Ward Extension | Sunderland | 5fl | T/O) on the Development Summary, with the photos supplied by denm.

4 - I have updated Project Number 15 (15 - Hahnemann Court | Southwick | 7fl | Demolition) on the Development Summary, with a photo and newspaper article about the demolition.

5 - I have added full details of the two new projects (Nos 22 and 23) to the Development Summary, listed below :

22 - The Cooper Rose | Sunderland | 2fl | U/C
23 - Ramside Hall Hotel and Golf Course Expansion | Durham | Various | Proposed


Thanks,
North East 4 Ever

[denm]

Thanks for the Amendments and Updates NE4E, ---cheers.

[Newcastle Historian]

Have you noticed the new facility we have just obtained?

It is known as (I'm told) "thread tooltips".

If you hover your mouse over a thread title in any of our forums, you will now see (in a box) some of the information in the first post of that thread.

[denm]

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian

Have you noticed the new facility we have just obtained?

It is known as (I'm told) "thread tooltips".

If you hover your mouse over a thread title in any of our forums, you will now see (in a box) some of the information in the first post of that thread.

Yes it's a canny facility, --think quite a few other sites have this, ---we are up to date now., cheers.

[horokeio]

Thanks, denm. I'll keep it as updated as much as I can, and anyone here can feel free to suggest further links to add as and when.

Been a very busy time for me in the last few weeks, but I should have more time to come on over the next month or so.

[horokeio]

I think it would be a much more effective feature if it previewed the most recent post. The general lack of new threads renders it quite unnecessary IMO.

[denm]

Originally Posted by horokeio

Thanks, denm. I'll keep it as updated as much as I can, and anyone here can feel free to suggest further links to add as and when.

Been a very busy time for me in the last few weeks, but I should have more time to come on over the next month or so.

Will be good to have you back on a regular basis marra, ---it's been quiet lately, cheers.

[Newcastle Historian]

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Please read the below, as posted on this forum previously.

This is still not always happening, on the Sunderland and Durham Forum, in the way that it should.

After this new reminder, I will have to start deleting, or amending, posts that infringe these requirements.

I have no choice.

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian

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INSERTING/POSTING NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON THE FORUM.


(1) Please read the below and follow these general guidelines.

(2) I have been meaning to write this note for some time, but I hoped that posters would notice how I use newspaper articles and follow suite, but that is not always happening.

(3) SSC (Moderators) are required to delete any copyrighted content when pointed out, and this has already been discussed a fair number of times in this thread, in relation to PHOTOS.

(4) The guidelines and procedures in relation to photos are now (mostly) being adhered to (direct links to the photo and due credit given to websites, etc) but we need to “put our house in order” regarding the posting of newspaper articles.

(5) Posting whole (or even 'most of') news articles should NOT be done.

(6) Posting of shortened versions of news articles, CAN be done, providing the below is also done.

(7) At the bottom of your posted excerpts from the article, please (as with photos) ALWAYS provide a link back to the article. Sometimes, the site you are posting from gives you the link automatically, other times you will need to ‘copy and paste’ it.

(8) As ever, please drop me a ‘PM’ or post on this thread, if you would like to discuss things further.


Cheers,
NH.

[Newcastle Historian]

All flickr photos have gone from Skyscraper City . . .

Some of you may have noticed that, currently, all the flickr photos inserted into posts on this forum, have disappeared.

This is happening because posters are still not giving appropriate 'credit' to sources of photos used on the forum, and flickr have cut all links.

On this forum, I have issued advice more than once, on this thread in the past (which is more than has happened on some forums) about the importance of giving proper credit for photos used, so (with luck) there will be no-one on here who has not complied with the requirements.

Here is a copy of my previous advice . . .

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian, October 2010

An important reminder about the posting of images
into threads on Skyscraper City . . .

This note is posted here in order to EMPHASISE the post by Jan, that is currently in the "announcements" section above our forum.

Announcements are not there permanently, and I feel this important message should be retained permanently somewhere on our forum, and this thread is the logical place for it.

The announcement, dated May 12th 2010 from Jan (Administrator) is below.
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Originally Posted by Jan (Administrator)

This is a strong reminder to all forum users, that ALL posted images which are not owned and hosted by yourself, must be properly credited. A link to the source must be provided and all individual copyrights respected.

Posted images which are not compliant to this are subject to removal.

I repeat - All posters MUST provide credit, links to sources of images, and always respect copyrights.

Thanks to all for your co operation.

For additional clarification, Flickr.com guidelines on image usage (from Flickr) can be found here - http://www.flickr.com/guidelines.gne

As yet, we do not know if we will EVER get back the many thousands of photos that have been inserted from flickr sites, around the world, on the various SSC Forums.

[Newcastle Historian]

We have just had a message from flickr . . .

Quote:

We're working with the admins of SSC. As an act of good faith we're going to remove the block. I'll be getting more info to SSC to hopefully help stop this problem from happening in the future.

For those of you that are following this here though there were a couple of issues this time. A lot of people were posting the original image and not linking back. This uses quite a bit more bandwidth in most cases and doesn't have the link back as we ask. The best and most important thing you can do is please have people link back to the photo page and it's best to use the large or other size most of the time. Linking back is even easier than before since now we actually include the BBCode in the share menu.

Thanks

Edit to add: We've removed the block but it is not immediate. It takes a few hours for the change to propagate throughout all the servers.

So, over the course of the next few hours, all photos should return!

BUT, we all need to follow the guidance on copyright and linking back.

If more information is received about this subject, I will immediately pass it on.

[denm]

For the attention of --- North East 4 Ever, ---I have posted an update with a few photos on the --- Software City thread, ---cheers.