FORUM RULES AND GUIDELINES

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Welcome to The Malaysian Forums (Forum Pencakar Langit Malaysia)

SkyscraperCity.com is a forum for the discussion and sharing of information about skyscrapers, and urban environments. You need to be a registered member to be able to post comments. Registration is free and by doing so, you agree to abide by the forum rules.

Forumers

1. Forumers should only have one account. Multiple accounts are not allowed for whatever reasons.

2. No spamming. Chain letters / junk mails etc. are strictly prohibited. Creating multiple threads of the same or similar topic is not allowed. While similar posts in different related threads are allowed, it is not encouraged. Repeated postings of similar pictures will also be considered as spamming. Such materials may be deleted.

3. No advertising. Threads of advertisement of any kind, including properties or websites are not allowed.

4. Threads should be posted under the appropriate subforums and in the correct format whenever applicable.

Countdown to 2020 – Construction updates of on going projects
Skyscrapers and Cityscapes – Photo threads
Pangsapuri – High rise residential projects
Urban – Discussions about city and urban issues, economy, infrastructure and related news
Low-rise and Architecture – Low rise buildings, interior architecture
Pengangkutan – Transportation infrastructure: aviation, rail, highways, bridges, tunnels, etc.
Mamak – Any other topics outside the scope of the forum.

5. Contents taken from other sources should be quoted accordingly.

Images
When quoting images, ensure that the image can be used under fair use and provide the source name and link with the image.

Articles
This is a general notice to remind all that quoting long and full articles from external sources is not the proper way to start a discussion or to use as an argument. The reasonable way to qualify as both 'fair use' and 'readable' when quoting outside news sources is to:

1. name and link the source

2. quote a maximum of about 100 words

Your news quote should look something like this:

source: Lorem Ipsum
Quote:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aliquam elit lorem, sodales vitae, scelerisque in, commodo eget, tortor. Mauris ut enim. Nam aliquam, enim at fermentum porta, dui odio nonummy dui, suscipit ultricies nulla urna in nisi. Nunc id magna ut erat condimentum placerat. Phasellus sem. Morbi bibendum, dolor nec pellentesque cursus, tortor turpis porttitor ante, vel nonummy dui ante eleifend sapien. Sed porta ultrices neque. Vivamus tortor diam, accumsan vel, lobortis vitae, euismod euismod, quam. Sed varius. Etiam arcu. Maecenas nisl orci, euismod at, vulputate id, lacinia non, diam. Maecenas sed quam a massa lacinia posuere. Integer a leo.
More: http://www.lipsum.com/feed/html

General reminder about quoting content

6. Threads about city vs city / state vs state or the likes are not allowed. Such discussions within other threads are also strongly discouraged.

7. No expression of hate. Forumers making posts portraying racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia or any form of discrimination will be immediately brigged or banned.

8. Forumers shall maintain proper behaviour during discussions. Personal attacks, name calling, usage of foul language is a serious offence. Avoid off topic discussions, baseless comments and bigotry.

9. Sexual or obscene posts are not allowed if are not of educational purpose or irrelevant to an on going discussion.

10. Make sure signature is in accordance to the guidelines.

GUIDELINES:

• Signature lines may be up to 5 lines of default sized (vB size 2) text , spaces included. (at 1024x768 resolution, default IE or Firefox font)
• No text over size 3 is allowed, even if your sigline uses only one line.
• Signature lines should not have nationalistic, combative, racist or any other kind of commentary which may offend others.
• Signature lines are not permitted to include embedded coding (except that for web links and visually manipulating text), attachments, links which trigger a download or any other kind of disruptive or invasive action to either SSC's of our users' property.
• Posting Youtube videos into signatures is not allowed.
• Members are not permitted to quote other members in their signatures for any reason.
• As always, SSC staff reserves the right to moderate for reasons not specifically mentioned here. You are here at our permission. We may revoke that permission at any time for any reason, or even no reason at all.

Remember, many different people from many different cultures are present here together. Please be respectful of your fellow members, as it is this cooperation among so many that allows Skyscrapercity to thrive.

11. Report any misconduct of forumers to the moderators. If a forumer is attacked by another and attacks him back, he will be equally eligible of an infraction / brig / ban.

Moderators / Administrators

1. Moderators are empowered to enforce the rules stated by taking appropriate actions deemed necessary.

2. Threads required to be renamed, moved, merged, deleted, stickied etc. can be suggested to the moderator at this thread: MODS CONSULTATION.

3. Reporting of the misconduct of forumers should be done through private message NOT visitor message.

4. General moderating procedures:

• A forumer will be given a warning / infraction when found to break a forum rule.
• After a few infractions, the forumer will be brigged (can only view the forums, but not post or vote) for a period of time, determined by the moderator. Brigged forumers who are caught to re-register will have all accounts banned.
• Further problems will result in a permanent ban.

Moderators however, have the authority to take whatever actions against the forumer based on the severity of the offence, without following the above procedures.

5. The list of moderators are listed at the very bottom of the forum page.

Notes

1. All rules and guidelines described herein are not exhaustive and is up to the discretion of the moderators or administrators to take action against the offender.

2. While private messages are not monitored, actions may also be taken on those who has been reported to misuse the system.

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FAQ

Adapted from README FIRST: uploading images - search - login problems - banner - change user name

Originally Posted by szehoong

How do I post images in my post
Unfortunately it isn't possible to upload images along with your post. In order to post images, they must be located somewhere and then linked to in your post. There are a number of web sites where you can host your image and use the link in your post:

• http://www.imageshack.us
• http://www.tinypic.com
• http://www.pictiger.com
• http://www.theimagehosting.com
• http://www.image-upload.net
• http://www.coolimagehosting.com

...or find more free image hosts here.

Also, most Internet Service Providers (ISP) offer some web space to upload your images to. You can upload images by using and FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program like this one. Contact your ISP for details about your internet space. More info on uploading images using FTP can be found here.

Go here to find out how to include these hosted images in your post. (This is the page where you can find info on all post markup tags by the way.)

How can I send in my banner
The top banner of the forums rotates daily. If you want to send in a banner, make sure it is 719 x 123 pixels in size, 72 dpi and no text in the banner. PM it to me or send me an email

I have problems logging into the forums
After registration, you should have received a confirmation e-mail and click the link in that mail to do so. If you think you have not received your email or something appeared to have gone wrong. send me an email. Please include your username for you'd be amazed how many people send me an e-mail just saying 'Why can't I log in?' Also, make sure the e-mail address you send me the e-mail with is the same as the one you registrated with.

For those properly registrated and who have problems logging in or to stay logged in; in general, if you are using a firewall or anything else that restricts the use of cookies or sessions, see if you can adjust some of these settings until it does work for you. Also check the settings of your browser, make sure this site is not being restricted to the maxiumum.

The forums keep logging me out
Most of these are cookie related. Delete your cookies manually. To do this in IE 6.0: Tools -> Internet Options -> Temporary Internet Files -> Settings -> View Files Then search for the individual cookies for your domain and delete them all. The name should be in the form of: Cookie:username@skyscrapercity.com and Cookie:username@www.skyscrapercity.com. Delete these. After this, restart IE.

It seems the forums just don't exist
...in which case your wouldn't be reading this. (j/k) But if you have this problem with one pc and not for another, the problem must be at your end, possibly your provider. At times the DNS servers haven't properly resolved the IP and domain addresses of these forums, in which case you have to wait untill these DNS servers get updated again. Wanadoo has a history of doing this by the way. This might take a couple of days to a week maximum. You also might want to try the following:

Go to this directory on your PC: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\etc\HOSTS. Click 'hosts' and open this document with some notepad program add these lines:

66.250.111.178 skyscrapercity.com
66.250.111.178 www.skyscrapercity.com

By Jan

How can I change my user name
Changing of user name is currently not allowed

Where can I test if my thread / post will turn out as I've intended
You can click on "Advanced" in the Quick Reply mode or "Preview Post" in Advanced mode.
You can also go here to test your new thread.

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Picture posting rules

Adapted from *Please Read!* Posting pictures rules/info

Originally Posted by NihonKitty

Rules

Not everyone has super fast cable! Please follow these simple rules so everyone can enjoy your pictures

1. It is recommended on SSC No picture size larger than 1024 x 800, exceptions for panoramic photos..but don't post too many in one post.
2. No more than 15 pictures per post. If you have 20 pictures you want to post then seperate it into 2 posts please not 1. It makes it much harder to load threads if people put like 30 pictures in a single post.
3. Do not quote a post with a lot of pictures. Please it is annoying for people to quote a post with tons of pictures and just makes loading times even longer. If you do quote then please edit out the pictures from the quote, or quote a single picture!