City Showcase
A Mayor's Diary, commonly called an MD, also known as a City Journal or CJ is the documentation of SC4 players' endeavours in the game in the form of a journal or diary for the public and others players to read. As such the showcasing of the player's game is done through various media types, most commonly images and increasingly videos.
MDs can have a story line and a carefully constructed plot, which may or may not include a plan. However, in other instances MDs can be "eye-candy" only, in that it exhibits the best of the player's work.
Simtropolis
At Simtropolis, the City Journals (as they are referred to) are all housed in a single board, titled "City Journals."
SC4Devotion
At SC4Devotion, the Mayor Diaries are separated and classified in a hierarchy based on post count:
- Classics. MDs with more than 500 replies and 5000 page views.
- Best Sellers. MDs with more than 100-499 replies and 1000-4999 page views.
- Recently Published. MDs with 0-99 replies and 0-999 page views.
There are also auxiliary sections, reserved for specific instances:
- SC4Devotion Mayors' Diary Hall of Fame. This section is home to those MDs that have been chosen by the SC4D community as being of such exemplary quality as to be included in the Hall of Fame. Those MDs in the Hall of Fame are kept there permanently.
- Of Special Interest This Month (OSITM). This section is home to those MDs that have be chosen by the SC4D Staff for a month-long spotlight. MDs that are chosen for OSITM are housed in this OSITM thread for a period of one month, then rotate back to the regular forums, based on their post count.
- Inactive MDs. MDs that have been not been posted in by the author for a period of 45 days in the active forums are deactivated and moved here. Authors may request to have their MDs reactivated, based on moderator approval.
- MD Archives. MDs that have been in the "Inactive MDs" section for a period of three month without reactivation are moved here. Once an MD is moved here, it is locked and generally cannot be reactivated.
