The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

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The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

A Fat Ghost 20 Sep 2009 23:33

I did the picks this time. Yay me.

The 300 block seems to have a rather large amount of questionable articles, and I imagine that opinion's going to be somewhat divided on this one. A lot of these could easily be saved with a quick edit or two though, and it'd be good to see some volunteers.

If I've missed any, do go ahead and post some numbers. Keep reading and voting, kids.

The numbers:

SCP-300 - Slated for editing
SCP-301 - Slated for editing
SCP-302 - Slated for editing
SCP-303 - deleted
SCP-304 - Slated for editing
SCP-305 - Slated for editing
SCP-308 - Slated for editing
SCP-311 - saved for further voting due to simplecadence's edit.
SCP-312 - deleted
SCP-313 - Kept
SCP-315 - Slated for editing
SCP-317 - Slated for editing
SCP-318 - deleted
SCP-319 - deleted
SCP-322 - Kept
SCP-325 - deleted
SCP-328 - deleted
SCP-330 - Slated for editing
SCP-331 - deleted
SCP-332 - deleted
SCP-333 - Slated for editing
SCP-334 - deleted
SCP-337 - Slated for editing
SCP-339 - deleted
SCP-340 - deleted
SCP-344 - deleted
SCP-345 - deleted
SCP-347 - Kept
SCP-348 - Slated for editing
SCP-349 - Slated for editing
SCP-350 - deleted
SCP-351 - deleted
SCP-356 - Slated for editing
SCP-357 - deleted
SCP-358 - deleted
SCP-360 - Kept
SCP-361 - Slated for editing
SCP-362 - Slated for editing
SCP-364 - deleted
SCP-365 - deleted
SCP-370 - deleted
SCP-371 - Slated for editing
SCP-372 - deleted
SCP-374 - deleted
SCP-379 - Kept
SCP-381 - deleted
SCP-382 - Slated for editing
SCP-384 - Slated for editing
SCP-390 - saved for further voting due to Mackenzie's edit
SCP-391 - deleted
SCP-393 - deleted
SCP-394 - deleted
SCP-395 - Slated for editing
SCP-398 - deleted
SCP-399 - Kept

EDIT: The deletions are now officially out of the way. Time to sort out the keepers and put up notices on the ones that need editing.

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Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

kendrakirai 22 Sep 2009 10:12

There's a *lot* of stuff here, so I'm just gonna go through the ones that I have a real opinion on.

308 - Fix the science, and it'd be a LOT more interesting.

315 - Tunnels that go through a rather large chunk of Europe? I actually find this interesting, and the darkness 'kidnapping' people….might be a link between 017 and 315.

317 - I like this one, and think it should be kept. To me, it suggests that the file was somehow planted, by unknown forces for an unknown reason…

334 - I like this one. Not everything has to be creepy or scary or silly.

347 - I like her! Keeper, I say.

349 - This one's interesting…A bit of a fix with the rambling that's left over, and it'd be really interesting…maybe add some prepared graves with blank or unfinished tombstones with the names of some currently known immortals…Nobody seems to have mentioned it, but I think it's Death's own trophy graveyard…the ones that tried to get away, and managed to for quite a while, and thus earned a place of (dis)honor.

332 and 350 - I much prefer 350 to 332, though they could be merged into an SCP collection…'Books containing techniques that actually work but shouldn't'.

362 - Spellcheck! Definitely edit, might be interesting once its fixed.

364 - I like this one. It's (probably) not indestructable, it doesn't make you fight good….it forces you to keep your promises.

370 - I kinda like this one, I say keep.

371 - A Magic 8 Ball that Really Works? That's awesome. Keep

390 - I like this…minor edits, keep.

395 - She's interesting, I say keep.

398 - I….don't really get it.

399 - Incredibly dangerous, but with great potential utility…if anyone is gutsy enough to try to learn how to use it. I say keep.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Dr Gears 02 Oct 2009 17:28

Ghost, i'd say that, if you're not sure, put a edit notice on it. If it has a bunch of good votes, and positive comments, maybe give it a "keep" pass, but generally a edit notice would probably be best. Let me know if you need a hand

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

A Fat Ghost 02 Oct 2009 19:18

I need a hand.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Dr Gears 02 Oct 2009 19:47

I'll hit the notices this evening, i hope…

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

A Fat Ghost 02 Oct 2009 21:36

Sorry son.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

AdminBright 21 Sep 2009 16:54

SCP-300:Give it actual containment, we can keep it.
SCP-301:I like it, keep it.
SCP-302:Keep it
SCP-303: no opinion
SCP-304: Delete it
SCP-305: Delete it
SCP-308: Keep it
SCP-311: Delete it
SCP-312: Keep it
SCP-313:Keep it
SCP-315: Delete it
SCP-317: Delete it
SCP-318:Delete it
SCP-319: Delete it
SCP-322: Keep it
SCP-325: Delete it
SCP-328: Delete it
SCP-330: Keep it
SCP-331: Delete it
SCP-332: Keep it? Maybe? On the fence.
SCP-333: keep it
SCP-334: Delete it
SCP-337: Decomm it
SCP-339: Delete
SCP-340: Delete
SCP-344: Move it
SCP-345: Delete it
SCP-347: keep her
SCP-348: edit
SCP-349: edit
SCP-350: Delete
SCP-351: delete
SCP-356: Edit
SCP-357: Keep
SCP-358: Delete
SCP-360: keep
SCP-361: Keep, of course.
SCP-362: Delete
SCP-364: Keep
SCP-365: Delete
SCP-370: Delete
SCP-371:Delete
SCP-372: Delete
SCP-374: Delete
SCP-379: Decomm
SCP-381: delete
SCP-382: edit
SCP-384:edit
SCP-390: Delete
SCP-391: keep it
SCP-393: delete
SCP-394: delete
SCP-395: keep her
SCP-398: Keep! I honestly don't understand why people don't like this one.
SCP-399: delete or edit.

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Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Quikngruvn 22 Sep 2009 02:41

Part one, up through 350:

SCP-300: Sound idea, but the alternative explanations are just wild guesses without some evidence. Keep for editing.

SCP-301: Well thought-out, but still, just a random teleporter. It would need some editing to differentiate it to keep around.

SCP-302: Not bad, but doesn't grab me. Keep for editing.

SCP-303: Music box that makes your ears bleed. Meh. Get rid of.

SCP-304: Not a bad idea, but gets silly near the end. Keep for editing.

SCP-305: Points for not being an uber-weapon, but then it still just makes you crazy. It could be redeemed with editing.

SCP-308: To keep this one around, it needs to be fleshed out (no pun intended), have the science tightened up on it, and have the transcript not sound like something out of "Young Frankenstein".

SCP-311: Too useful. Get rid of.

SCP-312: Also too useful. Get rid of.

SCP-313: Keep it, though it could use a bit of editing.

SCP-315: There are better mysterious tunnels around. Punch up or get rid of.

SCP-317: Seems unfinished.

SCP-318: Get rid of.

SCP-319: A shovel what makes you fight good. Get rid of.

SCP-322: Keep it.

SCP-325: Another that feels unfinished.

SCP-328: Get rid of.

SCP-330: Keep it.

SCP-331: Keep for editing.

SCP-332: It skirts but doesn't quite cross the cheesy line. Keep it for editing.

SCP-333: It'd be fine without the internal memo, or with something else in place of the memo.

SCP-334: Get rid of.

SCP-337: Another D&D magic item. Give it some serious disadvantages or just get rid of.

SCP-339: A thing what makes you shoot good. I don't think the historical connection is enough to save it.

SCP-340: Keep for editing.

SCP-344: 244 Light - cute, but redundant. Get rid of.

SCP-345: Get rid of.

SCP-347: Keep for editing.

SCP-348: I like the story, but as written, it's not a good SCP. Keep it for editing or transfer to the library.

SCP-349: Keep for editing.

SCP-350: "Practical Necromancy" does it better. Get rid of.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

kendrakirai 22 Sep 2009 09:13

I just want to note that 319 doesn't make you 'fight good'…it makes you try to kill whoever's nearby, makes you more durable, and is capable of digging into anything. It seems to take over the subject more than anything, considering the remark about animating even a corpse for a short time.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Quikngruvn 22 Sep 2009 21:40

The rest:

SCP-351: Get rid of.

SCP-356: Unfinished, but definitely has potential. Keep for editing.

SCP-357: Written well enough, but I don't like him. Get rid of.

SCP-358: It's not Keter, but has creepy potential. Keep for editing.

SCP-360: Keep it.

SCP-361: Keep it, but please either finish or get rid of 361-A.

SCP-362: Get rid of.

SCP-364: Unfinished, though I'm not sure what a halberd has to do with oathkeeping.

SCP-365: Boring. Get rid of.

SCP-370: Meh. Get rid of.

SCP-371: Too useful. Get rid of. Though I do like the experiment log.

SCP-372: The bow is a weapon what makes you fight good, and the note from the Professor just seems out of place, but otherwise it's salvageable. Keep for editing.

SCP-374: This one has potential for expansion. Keep it.

SCP-379: Keep it.

SCP-381: Get rid of.

SCP-382: Keep it, though I don't think it's Keter.

SCP-384: Seems awfully useful. Give it some bad side effects or just get rid of.

SCP-390: Anachronistic weapon is boring, but not horrible. Keep for editing.

SCP-391: Meh. Get rid of.

SCP-393: Get rid of.

SCP-394: Get rid of.

SCP-395: Keep for editing.

SCP-398: Get rid of.

SCP-399: I can't help thinking "I want one of those". Get rid of.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Matt_Dalton 22 Sep 2009 08:14

Yikes, over half the block up for review. I get the feeling that by the time this is over the Foundation's going to have quite a lot of vacancies.
For the record, I'm happy to help with editing entries in this and other blocks (I'll take a look at what's already up for editing when I get the chance) though I'm more suited to things like grammar, spelling, or voice issues than I am to overhauling full articles.

More opinions from the new guy:

SCP-300: Edit
SCP-301: Keep (could use minor editing but I quite like it otherwise)
SCP-302: Keep (I'd like to see those Addenda released though)
SCP-303: Don't Keep
SCP-304: Edit (minor)
SCP-305: Edit (I like the idea a lot; the execution could use some work)
SCP-308: Edit (major)
SCP-311: Don't keep
SCP-312: Edit (minor)
SCP-313: Keep
SCP-315: Edit (major)
SCP-317: Keep
SCP-318: Delete
SCP-319: Edit
SCP-322: Edit (minor)
SCP-325: Delete
SCP-328: Delete
SCP-330: Keep (May benefit from minor edits, but I don't think it's necessary)
SCP-331: Delete
SCP-332: Not sure about this one.
SCP-333: Keep
SCP-334: Delete
SCP-337: Keep
SCP-339: Ehn… It's not bad. Edit, I guess.
SCP-340: Delete (well, that or a massive edit)
SCP-344: Edit
SCP-345: Delete
SCP-347: Keep
SCP-348: Kind of interesting, but I'm not too keen on it.
SCP-349: Delete. I'm tempted to say edit but it seems like that's been tried already.
SCP-350: Delete
SCP-351: Delete
SCP-356: Edit
SCP-357: Delete
SCP-358: Keep (might benefit from minor edits though)
SCP-360: Keep
SCP-361: Keep
SCP-362: No opinion
SCP-364: Edit
SCP-365: Keep
SCP-370: Edit
SCP-371: Delete (I have a Magic 8-ball on my desk, and writing an article like this was one of the first things I thought of after finding my way to this site for the first time. Reading the article now, I'm glad someone else already did it because I don't think it would have turned out that well for me either. It's just kind of a boring idea.)
SCP-372: Edit
SCP-374: Delete
SCP-379: Edit (minor)
SCP-381: Delete
SCP-382: Keep (though to be fair, I'm not sure this should be Keter; maybe a change to Euclid should be considered?)
SCP-384: No opinion
SCP-390: Keep
SCP-391: Edit (minor)
SCP-393: Delete
SCP-394: Keep
SCP-395: Keep
SCP-398: That's… well, it's certainly eyebrow-raising. I'm gonna abstain.
SCP-399: Edit at best, delete at worst.

This process is kind of exhausting, albeit an excellent way to get familiar with SCPs one might not have read. I salute you mods, admins and whatnot who decided to do it in the first place and are doing the actual work of deciding what gets cut, cutting it, and posting editing notices as needed. I just don't have that kind of motivation.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Dr Gears 22 Sep 2009 15:36

Thanks. User support is critical for this whole process. We can't edit all the things that need it, so it is a MASSIVE help when others step up to help maintain the site.

That's all we're trying to do, really. With no peer review, we keep collecting whatever shows up, and then we become like a sucker that fell behind the couch. We're just picking off the unpleasant bits to leave behind the sweet and creepy (if a bit smaller) core.

Also, by trimming things back a bit, hopefully the things that fill in the now-empty spaces will be made by people who now have a better idea of what is and is not good.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Dr Gears 22 Sep 2009 15:31

Actually putting in my votes for this one, as i felt voting while being the review team captain was something of a conflict of interest…

SCP-300 - Edit
SCP-301 - Delete
SCP-302 - Edit
SCP-303 - Delete
SCP-304 - Edit
SCP-305 - Edit
SCP-308 - Keep
SCP-311 - Delete
SCP-312 - Delete
SCP-313 - Keep
SCP-315 - Edit
SCP-317 - Keep
SCP-318 - Delete
SCP-319 - Edit
SCP-322 - Keep
SCP-325 - Delete
SCP-328 - Delete
SCP-330 - Abstain
SCP-331 - Edit
SCP-332 - Delete
SCP-333 - Keep
SCP-334 - Delete
SCP-337 - Edit
SCP-339 - Abstain
SCP-340 - Delete
SCP-344 - Abstain
SCP-345 - Edit
SCP-347 - Keep
SCP-348 - Edit
SCP-349 - Edit
SCP-350 - Delete
SCP-351 - Delete
SCP-356 - Edit
SCP-357 - Delete
SCP-358 - Delete
SCP-360 - Keep
SCP-361 - Abstain
SCP-362 - Edit
SCP-364 - Delete
SCP-365 - Delete
SCP-370 - Delete
SCP-371 - Edit
SCP-372 - Delete
SCP-374 - Edit
SCP-379 - Keep
SCP-381 - Delete
SCP-382 - Abstain
SCP-384 - Edit
SCP-390 - Delete
SCP-391 - Delete
SCP-393 - Delete
SCP-394 - Delete
SCP-395 - Keep
SCP-398 - Abstain
SCP-399 - Edit

I admit, i have always felt the 300 block to be very…weak, in terms of content. A lot of these entries fail to capture the clinical tone well, if at all, and many are items that work too well or other somewhat mundane entries. That's not to say they can't be recovered, but my personal view is that this block is best opened up for new content.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Noaqiyeum 22 Sep 2009 19:28

Jumping in… A lot of these I haven't actually seen before.

300: Edit.
301: Edit.
302: Delete.
303: Delete.
304: Delete.
305: Null vote. I couldn't really care one way or the other… which I guess means it's probably not good enough.
308: Edit.
311: Delete.
312: Null vote.
313: Null vote, but leaning towards delete. (Why is a plasma hand dryer so awesome? Really?)
315: Edit.
317: Keep. Maybe edit a bit.
318: Delete.
319: Delete. This is a Shovel What Makes You Fight Good.
322: Keep!
325: Delete or edit.
328: Delete.
330: Null vote leaning towards delete.
331: Delete or edit.
332: Null vote.
333: Delete.
334: Delete.
337: Edit.
339: Delete. (This is probably just me reacting against attributing the abilities of the greatest sniper in history to an SCP object.)
340: Null vote.
344: I'm kind of averse to the idea of classifying as SCPs objects that the Foundation created itself… Reeks of a little Mary-Sueism, I guess. Keep it in the Library.
345: Keep.
347: Null vote, keeping in mind both that I like the article but that I think I know what it was heavily inspired by..
348: Keep!
349: Meh… Delete.
350: Isn't there something like this somewhere else? if it were interesting by itself I wouldn't consider that a mark against it, but as it is…
351: Delete.
356: Edit. Or delete and put the picture back into the files.
357: Not creative, not explored, not interesting. Delete.
358: …What's wrong with this one, exactly? It's an interesting take on the Blank. Keep.
360: Edit.
361: Move it to the Anomalous Objects list.
362: Delete.
364: Needs editing, but it's an interesting idea.
365: It's an invulnerable, kills-you-when-you-look-at-it newpaper clipping? DELETE.
370: Delete.
371: Edit.
372: Null vote.
374: Delete.
379: Keep.'
381: …Edit.
382: Delete.
384: Wasn't something like this in The Difference Engine? Delete.
390: It really bugs me that lasers have no moving parts, and consequently it is not possible to build a mechanical one. (And the siege of Syracuse doesn't really belong under the heading of "mythology".) A little editing should clarify that, though.
391: Delete.
393: Delete.
394: Edit or move to the anomalous objects list.
395: It's explored considerably better than the other bulletproof person. Edit, at worst, but I don't really think it needs it.
398: The doves are better. Delete.
399: Delete.

Last edited on 22 Sep 2009 22:13 by Noaqiyeum Show more

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Pair Of Ducks 23 Sep 2009 07:19

SCP-300 - edit
SCP-301 - delete
SCP-302 - edit
SCP-303 - delete
SCP-304 - edit, but up for deletion if it can't be pulled off right.
SCP-305 - deleeeeeete
SCP-308 - I don't think the Aztects used Sarcophagi…I feel this needs a bit more historical study.
SCP-311 - delete
SCP-312 - delete
SCP-313 - delete
SCP-315 - Edit. check for grues.
SCP-317 - Keep
SCP-318 - Delete
SCP-319 - Delete
SCP-322 - Edit. Needs more horror.
SCP-325 - Delete
SCP-328 - Delete
SCP-330 - Keep!
SCP-331 - Delete
SCP-332 - Delete
SCP-333 - Delete
SCP-334 - Delete
SCP-337 - Edit
SCP-339 - Delete
SCP-340 - Delete
SCP-344 - Fucking Delete
SCP-345 - Edit or Delete
SCP-347 - Edit
SCP-348 - Edit or Delete.
SCP-349 - Delete
SCP-350 - Delete
SCP-351 - Delete
SCP-356 - Edit
SCP-357 - Deleeeete
SCP-358 - Delete
SCP-360 - Keep or slight Edit.
SCP-361 - Abstain .. also we need to finish this …
SCP-362 - Edit
SCP-364 - Delete
SCP-365 - Delete
SCP-370 - Delete
SCP-371 - Delete
SCP-372 - Delete
SCP-374 - Delete
SCP-379 - Keep
SCP-381 - Delete
SCP-382 - Keep
SCP-384 - Delete
SCP-390 - Delete
SCP-391 - Delete
SCP-393 - Delete
SCP-394 - Delete
SCP-395 - Keep
SCP-398 - Delete
SCP-399 - Edit

I agree with Gears; the 300 block is definitely one of our weakest, holding very very few truly memorable SCPs.

Also;

SCP-343 - I really wish we could get some further dialog on this guy going, because I'm personally still very dissatisfied with this SCP.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Aelanna 23 Sep 2009 15:19

I know this isn't the best place to bring this up, but:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_oxygen_iodine_laser

COILs do have moving parts, as a chemical pump laser that has to move its liquid lasing medium through the reaction chamber at nearly supersonic speed. I really wish people would put these kinds of comments on the articles themselves so that they can be edited before they're even on the chopping block. Now I'm in a situation where I could edit the article and it could still be deleted because it's already on trial. :(

Also, the Siege of Syracuse is not mythological, but the Heat Ray of Archimedes is myth.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Noaqiyeum 23 Sep 2009 15:59

Hmmm… clearly I"m not as familiar with lasers as I thought I was. Sorry. Point retracted. (I didn't post that in the comments section because I honestly have never read that page prior to reviewing it for the Mass Edit.)

I wouldn't use the word "myth" to describe the Heat Ray either, though I suppose that's more a matter of taste.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

AdminBright 23 Sep 2009 16:17

it's a fictional story, based in reality, that does kind of make it a myth, from this time period.

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Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Noaqiyeum 23 Sep 2009 19:18

I tend to understand myths as being much more tightly knit together into a collective mythology, whereas this would be more of just a legend. Like I said, matter of taste.

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

DrClef 23 Sep 2009 17:11

300 - edit
301 - delete
302 - no opinion
303 - delete
304 - delete
305 - It was mine. No opinion.
308 - delete
311 - delete
312 - no opinion
313 - keep
315 - delete
317 - delete
318 - delete
319 - spade what kills ppl, delete
322 - delete
325 - delete
328 - delete
330 - no opinion
331 - delete
332 - delete
333 - delete
334 - delete
337 - delete
339 - It was mine. No opinion.
340 - delete
344 - no opinion
345 - delete
347 - keep
348 - no opinion
349 - no opinion
350 - delete
351 - delete
356 - delete the article, save the picture.
357 - I kinda like this one.
358 - no opinion
360 - no opinion
361 - It feels like more lol senior staff is so kewl shit. Delete.
362 - delete
364 - no opinion
365 - no opinion
370 - kill it.
371 - delete
372 - delete
374 - delete
379 - delete
381 - I like it
382 - keep
384 - no opinion
390 - delete
391 - delete
393 - delete
394 - delete
395 - no opinion
398 - kill it
399 - delete

Re: The Mass Edit Workbench (SCP - 300-399)

Smapti 27 Sep 2009 01:10

I did a pretty much complete rewrite of SCP-399, for what it's worth.

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