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

[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.

[lms]

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian

We have just had a message from flickr . . .




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.

Thats good news, I took some photos last weekend and posted them on here ,then they disappeared, I wondered what had happened.They are now back on.

[lms]

Can you add the Gibson House ,and the Custom House ,(both Middlesbrough) refurbishments to the developments summary list ,thanks

[Newcastle Historian]

Originally Posted by lms

Can you add the Gibson House and the Custom House (both Middlesbrough) refurbishments to the developments summary list , thanks

Re the above . .

1 - Both thread titles changed to "SSC Standard" format for Project Threads.

2 - The TAG (Project - Teesside Forum) added to both threads, so when you click that tag on any project, all 23 threads appear listed on screen.

3 - Both Projects added to the Development Summary thread, with the usual short excerpts from each thread included. They are projects numbered 22 and 23.

[Newcastle Historian]

There is a problem with "searches" on SSC at the moment. You will probably have noticed this if you have searched "other posts by a user", as it (until recently) only found posts up to the end of March. It is finding things up to about 9th April now, but still isn't up to date.

This situation applies to ALL searches, at the moment and for the forseeable future.

It is being worked on.

[Newcastle Historian]

To draw your attention to the latest SSC Announcement . . .

Originally Posted by DaiTengu

IF YOU ENTERED YOUR LOGIN / PASSWORD IN A POP-UP BOX...

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If you opened a thread, and got a pop-up asking for a login/password, CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD IMMEDIATELY


The only time you will ever enter your login/password on SkyscraperCity is via a webpage, you will never receive a pop-up asking for your login/password.


We apologise for any inconvenience.

[bobalania]

Thanks for that. ^

[Irish Blood English Heart]

Perhaps the "Whatever Happened to the Teesside Metro" thread, could be made into a Teesside Transport thread, as we currently don't have one!

Any progress with Teesside's bus scheme which was going to get govt funding?

One thing that surprises me is that Teesside doesn't have a PTE like Tyne & Wear or S. Yorkshire etc... Either as part of a North East Wide PTE (after all the W.Yorkshire one is huge!) or else just for Teesside alone. Would allow much better transport planning if the 5 councils of Teesside came together on transport.


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[Newcastle Historian]

Originally Posted by Irish Blood English Heart

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Perhaps the "Whatever Happened to the Teesside Metro" thread, could be made into a Teesside Transport thread, as we currently don't have one!

Any progress with Teesside's bus scheme which was going to get govt funding?

One thing that surprises me is that Teesside doesn't have a PTE like Tyne & Wear or S. Yorkshire etc... Either as part of a North East Wide PTE (after all the W.Yorkshire one is huge!) or else just for Teesside alone. Would allow much better transport planning if the 5 councils of Teesside came together on transport.

Let me know if that's what you want guys, it can easily be done!

Certainly, the general "Transport Threads" are popular on other forums.

[Irish Blood English Heart]

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian

Let me know if that's what you want guys, it can easily be done!

Certainly, the general "Transport Threads" are popular on other forums.

I'd certainly like it. Anyone else?

[Newcastle Historian]

Any further thoughts, comments, on that idea people?

[lms]

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian

Any further thoughts, comments, on that idea people?

Good Idea ,keeps all transport issues in one place

[Newcastle Historian]

Originally Posted by lms

Good Idea, keeps all transport issues in one place

OK, we now have a TRANSPORT thread . . .


Teesside Area - Transport
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1032013

[Newcastle Historian]

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Use of TAGS for groups of similar types of thread, on the TEESSIDE Forum . . .

We now have TWO groups of threads on the Teesside Forum that are linked by a TAG.

(1) For some time, all our Project Threads have been linked by the TAG . . Project - Teesside Forum.

All Project Thread Links can be viewed on one page, by clicking the above mentioned TAG, which can be found at the bottom of every page of a Project Thread.

This makes it easy to move between the various threads of that particular type.

Shown Here - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/tags.p...teesside+forum


(2) Similarly, as we now have NINE "Teesside Area" threads, covering various discussion topics, I have today similarly linked them all by
the use of the TAG . . Teesside Area Information.

Shown Here - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/tags.p...ea+information


Hope you find this facility of use.
NH
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[lms]

Can you add the Southfield Road Mosque development to the development summary list ,Thanks

[Newcastle Historian]

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian; 15th January 2011

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POSTING NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON THE FORUM / QUOTING CONTENT / GIVING APPROPRIATE CREDIT.


Please read the below and try to follow these general guidelines.

(1) 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. The guidelines and procedures in relation to photos are now (mostly) being adhered to (links and credit given to websites, etc).

(2) We NOW need to “put our house in order” regarding the posting of newspaper articles.

(3) Posting whole news articles should NOT be done.

(4) Posting of shortened versions of news articles, normally just the first few paragraphs, CAN be done.

(5) At the bottom of your posted excerpts from the article, please (as with photos) ALWAYS provide a link back to the article. This would lead readers on to where the 'full article' is, if they wish to read it.

(6) Sometimes, the site you are posting from gives you the link automatically, other times you will need to ‘copy and paste’ it yourself.

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


Cheers,
NH.

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The above subject is currently under active discussion on one of the "Moderator-only" Forums of SSC, as the required guidelines are not always being followed on some SSC Forums, around the world.

While participating in that discussion, I realised that I hadn't mentioned anything about this on our forums, since January this year.

One thing that is starting to "slip" is the LENGTH of the quoted content.

It is (now) sometimes getting to be too long.

If you think of your post as really only being the "introduction" to the article that you are posting, then you will not go too far wrong!

Generally not too many more than '100 words' should be quoted, followed by a statement such as Read More, and then the link back to the actual article.

This would put your post into the spirit of the copywright regulations on quoting content.

Notice also that there is STILL an "SSC Announcement" about this very subject at the top of each forum page, so it is important that we are as careful as we possibly can be with this.

Thanks,

NH
29th August 2011

[lms]

Can you add the Libertys student development and the Acklam Hall development to the Teesside development summary please.

Cheers

[Newcastle Historian]

Originally Posted by lms

Can you add the Libertys student development and the Acklam Hall development to the Teesside development summary please.

Cheers

As requested, below is now under way, I should get them finished sometime tomorrow (8th November 2011) . . .

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian

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PROJECT THREAD SET-UP . . .

1 - Thread title changed from "Libertys Student Flats,Middlesbrough,6 fls proposed" to Liberty's Student Flats | Middlesbrough | 6fl | Proposed

2 - TAG project - teesside forum added to bottom of thread.

3 - Development Summary : This new project added to the DS, at Project 27.

Originally Posted by Newcastle Historian

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PROJECT THREAD SET-UP . . .

1 - Thread title changed from "Acklam Hall Middlesbrough redevelopment" to Acklam Hall Redevelopment | Middlesbrough | Various | Proposed

2 - TAG project - teesside forum added to bottom of thread.

3 - Development Summary : This new project added to the DS, at Project 28.

[lms]

Just a couple of new changes to add to the Teesside development summary thread

The English Churches Housing building is now called The Stages Academy and is complete

Gibson House is now under construction


Cheers