The Mass Edit

Summary:

The second edit of the site, but the first major one since the SCP began

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The Mass Edit

Dr Gears 05 Sep 2009 01:20

The SCP have been running for a good, long while now, and we have accumulated a great deal of excellent, chilling, interesting, and even humorous content. We have also built a community of writers, editors, and lurkers which I am proud to associate with and be a part of.

However, after long deliberation, the staff has decided that the time has come for a review and edit of not just a few entries, but for the entire SCP Series as a whole. We are not going on a rollicking "LOLFAIL!!!1!" deletion-fest of the main list, but rather a honest and unbiased as possible review of our entries. Many will be left alone, many will be brought up for editing, and yes, many may be deleted as well. However, that is not the main focus of this action.

It's been over a year since this site was founded, and a lot has changed in that time. The hoped-for outcome of this action is to help better guide new and existing members of the site, and allow more free numbers for new and better ideas.

With that initial statement made, let me go on to announce the "nuts and bolts" of this action:

• There will be a freeze on all new content for the duration of this action. This is being done in the hopes of encouraging voting, discussion, and editing of current entries, which will be a massive help during the review process. This freeze will be put in place on 9/9/09, and will continue for the duration of the edit. NOTE: Editing will NOT be frozen during this time, only new pages.
• Review will be carried out by a group of Admins and Mods, who will review the list in 100 entry blocks. The hope is to process a couple blocks a week, however one a week may be more realistic. We will attempt to do the edits in as timely a fashion as possible, and we appreciate your patience.
• Decisions will be based both on votes, comments, and the overall weight of the entry. Entry content, however, will be the primary focus.
• Entries that are voted in need of editing will be identified as such in their respective comment sections. Edits will be requested with a set time frame. if no edit is attempted within this time frame, then the entry may be deleted.

A more complete outline will be presented at the start of the edit. Please bring up any questions, concerns, or comments you may have.

Re: The Mass Edit

tunedtoadeadchannel 05 Sep 2009 10:25

This is an excellent idea, and I volunteer if any help is needed.

Re: The Mass Edit

Dr Gears 05 Sep 2009 11:00

Thank you yoric. The support and cooperation of the userbase at large is going to be vital for this plan to succeed.

While the actual final determinations are going to be carried out by the review teams, you can assist by voting and/or commenting on all the entries you feel need special attention, good or bad.

Re: The Mass Edit

carriontrooper 05 Sep 2009 14:53

Oh yeah, for those who would likely be having ideas during this time, feel free to abuse the chatroom or the pastebin for feedback of new ideas. I'm sure the link is there in the chatroom but if you're lazy, here: http://scp-eval.pastebin.com/

Hopefully those ideas will be polished by the time the mass edits are done.

Re: The Mass Edit

Quikngruvn 05 Sep 2009 22:16

I like this idea and look forward to doing my part in this effort.

[deep breath] You know how I was chastised a couple weeks ago for changing the classes of SCPs on my own without discussing with senior staff first? Well, I went back through my "Recent Contributions" list and found at least a dozen other SCPs that I more or less unilaterally changed the class of, but that haven't been commented on or reverted. So, a question for the admins and mods: what would you like me to do with those entries before the Mass Edit begins?

• Nothing, and let them be sorted out during the Edit;
• Revert to the classes they were before I mucked with them;
• Provide a list of the entries I changed so that an admin or someone else can change the classes back;
• Something else.

I don't want to cause even more problems, but I also don't want to generate yet more work for the admins and mods, so I'd be happy to revert those articles and let the community decide what class they should be. Or leave them alone, whichever y'all want.

Re: The Mass Edit

tunedtoadeadchannel 05 Sep 2009 23:32

Based on gears' answer to me, quik, I'm thinking we're supposed to stay out of the way and let the reviewers work. Besides, the edit starts on the ninth. Today being the fifth where I am, I'd say that previous edits are going to have absolutely no effect onn the review process. Regardless of whether you've made changes or not, they'll still have to read and review the articles, so you may as well leave them be and not complicate things further.

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Re: The Mass Edit

A Fat Ghost 06 Sep 2009 00:56

I'd suggest making a list and changing the classes back.

If there are any that you very staunchly want to defend, though, contact the original author. Article edits should be available for the duration of the cleaning process.

Re: The Mass Edit

Dr Gears 06 Sep 2009 10:44

I agree with ghost. Go back and revert them, unless you feel strongly that they need the change. It'll be one less thing we need to address…

We will be announcing where we are as we address each block of entries. if you could refrain from messing with the "active" block, that would be helpful, but otherwise please edit and comment normally.

Re: The Mass Edit

Quikngruvn 06 Sep 2009 18:04

Heh. You should know better than to give such a big ol' loophole to drive through, Gears…. I'll get started on reverting the ones in the 000 block so they should be ready by Wednesday.

Re: The Mass Edit

Dr Voss 06 Sep 2009 18:30

"Review will be carried out by a group of Admins and Mods, who will review the list in 100 entry blocks."

Who will those people be? Can all admins and mods participate, or is it a subset of admins and mods?

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Re: The Mass Edit

Dr Gears 07 Sep 2009 00:44

If possible, the group will be set for each 100 entry block, and possibly for the entire edit, however this may change due to availability and such. Currently, the team is comprised of Bright, Ghost, myself, and we are still casting for another possible member.

The reduced size is in the interest of efficiency. We've tried doing it with everyone's input, but it goes at such a grinding pace as to be almost useless. The hope is that everyone votes and comments well, so there's not a lot of deliberation to be done by the team.

Re: The Mass Edit

Dr Gerald 07 Sep 2009 00:52

I'll be willing to help.

Re: The Mass Edit

A Fat Ghost 07 Sep 2009 02:04

I'm on the group? Neat-o.

Re: The Mass Edit

Dr Gears 07 Sep 2009 03:16

Yes, sorry, thought i'd already told you Ghost…and very glad to hear that Gerald. if you would be so kind, drop by the Admin site and let me know what your available dates and times are.

Re: The Mass Edit

DragonBoots 09 Sep 2009 01:09

Have fun you guys.
=]
Also, don't forget to back-up. :P

NOTICE!

AdminBright 09 Sep 2009 07:31

It is now 9-9-09. As such, the creation of new pages has been turned off for the duration of the mass edit. Thank you, for your support.

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Admin, SCP Wiki

Re: The Mass Edit

DrMagnus 09 Sep 2009 09:13

First reaction was oh shi- But this'll turn out better in the end methinks.

Goodonya senior staff

Re: The Mass Edit

(account deleted) 09 Sep 2009 10:52

Yay!!! I am so excited!! I love organized things,(which is probably due to my ADD. It makes things so much easier)!!!

I have been noticing some problems, some ranging from a minor spelling errors to mistakes that result in a "WTF!?" moment.

Oh YAY for quality, and not quantity!!!

…… <.<'…. just thought I'd add that……

Re: The Mass Edit

Dr Gears 09 Sep 2009 13:03

Now commencing the inital crawl of the 0-99 block. This will hopefully be done and ready for review by Friday at the latest. Any entries found to be in need of review or deletion will be addressed by the current review team.

If you are a general user, please feel free to comment/vote as you wish, with a special focus on the 0-99 block. That being said, please refrain from editing this block during the review period, as it can cause difficulties during the review.

To repeat: Comments/votes on the 0-99 block are fine, but please hold off on editing them for the time being.

Thank you for all your support, it is much appreciated.

Re: The Mass Edit

Dr Voss 09 Sep 2009 17:33

You can't lock those entries to prevent editing?

Re: The Mass Edit

Dr Gears 09 Sep 2009 17:43

We're looking in to that, but currently it looks like we'd have to lock each entry by hand. Locking all the entries in this way may take longer then the actual review process, so the honor system seems to be the best option for the moment…

Re: The Mass Edit

SpoonOfEvil 09 Sep 2009 22:40

Besides, we've always got edit logs to nail offenders if need be.

Re: The Mass Edit

Dr Gears 10 Sep 2009 20:21

Also, a sudden thought: Should we take any steps to update our information on TVTropes? I know several of our members are active there, and the SCP show up in a few sections.

Possibly a side project for our move motivated, TVTrope-acquired members, however it's not at all required.

Re: The Mass Edit

Edcrab 10 Sep 2009 20:47

That's probably a good idea… not to mention that the TVTropes links are how I found this community in the first place.

Re: The Mass Edit

A Fat Ghost 10 Sep 2009 20:48

The trope kids keep up with things, they'll make the proper edits once they notice, eh.

Re: The Mass Edit

Pair Of Ducks 12 Sep 2009 01:57

I completely missed this thread, and I kept hearing things of a mass edit but I thought people were just referring to a big deletion that was a while back. Obviously I was wrong.

I'd very much be interested in helping this, as this is right up my alley. I wish someone would have directly approached me about this :(

Re: The Mass Edit

AdminBright 12 Sep 2009 05:42

Thats, kind of what the forums, and the admin site are for Doxie. To keep people abreast of developments?

And, of course you're free to join in.

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Re: The Mass Edit

Pair Of Ducks 13 Sep 2009 04:42

I guess it's my fault for hoping that the 'recent posts' page keeps me updated on anything important on the forums, but I guess I really mostly rely on IRC, since we don't post really big important announcements here particularly often.

Re: The Mass Edit

Dr Gears 13 Sep 2009 12:20

i'm trying to use the admin site and forum more for this sort of thing lately. This way, if anyone is missed on IRC, they can still keep up to date. if it helps, the latest block just went up, and you can be the first to sink your inquisitorial claws in to it.

Re: The Mass Edit

Dr Gears 12 Sep 2009 11:24

Welcome aboard dox! I honestly didn't think to PM you, please forgive me. swing by the admin site and the workbench thread under "policy" on this site, and you'll get caught up in a hurry. we've gone over the first block of entries, and will be hitting the 100-199 block shortly.

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