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SkyscraperCity
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SkyscraperCity is a forum-based website primarily focused on the construction and discussion of skyscrapers and Urbanity. It is powered by vbulletin, a forum package created by Jelsoft Enterprises. Some of the website's features include a weekly urban photo contest, various polls and lists of the world's top ranking skylines. SkyscraperCity's slogan is In Urbanity We Trust. The site's main administrator is Netherlands user Jan, who founded the website and is user #1. Skyline Ranking The ranking of world city skylines in the SkyscraperCity forum could be considered the most accurate ranking of what people think are the world's best city skylines. In criticism of skyline rankings by organizations or individuals, the SkyscraperCity ranking does not reflect the opinion of an individual or a certain group of people. In criticism of the general public's opinion, the SkyscraperCity ranking was voted by that fora's users, who take a particular interest in not only architecture and skyscrapers, but the infrastructure and overall beauty of a city, whereas the general public, for the large part, are not as concerned with this art. In criticism of the users of SkyscraperCity's opinion, a small number of users tend to vote prejudicially, where they would favor their own cities. Statistics * skyscrapercity.com was created on September 11, 2002, integrating all previously existing forums using vBulletin. These included Holland Forums, Euroscrapers and OZscrapers, all being used on Ikonboard before the website's creation. * As of january, 2008, there are more than 150,000 members, over 300,000 threads and the total number of posts is over 13,000,000. [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/ (statistics panel on the main page)] * The site uses 65 gigabytes of bandwidth each day. [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=13198508#post13198508] * The highest percentage of users are in the USA, at 18.1%. * The website has 250,000 unique daily visitors (May 17, 2007). [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=13198508#post13198508] * The website has 10,000 daily active members (May 17, 2007). [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=13198508#post13198508] * 1.2 million pages are viewed every day (May 17, 2007). [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=13198508#post13198508] * In the past 12 months, the number of posts has doubled from 4.5million to 9million. 
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