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(account deleted) 04 Oct 2018 17:47
+1 for the short, serious demeanor revolving around a mental disorder trait that appears widespread in the story, as well as the detailed interview.
However,
They frequent graveyards and/or burial sites and have been sighted near locations where cadavers (termed "victims") are found half-consumed.3 At the time of writing, the remainders of all victims have never been recovered.
Evidence left at sites suspected of SCP-4027 activity do not suggest human involvement, instead implying avian participation.4 The presence of said evidence is not indicated from visualization of the gravesites by the unaided eye; superficially, the graves of victims are undisturbed. Law enforcement is therefore ill-equipped to indict an offender, and the Foundation was consulted by Agents Drumel and Cyllus of the UIU for additional support in apprehending a suspect.
The detail about what the SCP does here at gravesites is a bit vague. What are some suspected reasons for why he could do this? Are there certain patterns (aside from the vulture thing) that could further represent a hidden backstory1 that's tied between the cadavers and the SCP, and shows why the SCP does what it does? Also what is the UIU?
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1. Such as being from another dimension, or being some kind of thing related to a GOI.
This is criminally underrated. The acting in the video is excellent, and the programming is excellent (making the interview transcript limited by height with a scrollbar lets you read the transcript as you watch the video, which definitely enhances the reading experience). There aren't many uses of video on the wiki to compare this too, but I feel this is an exceptional use of the medium.
This does not deserve to be at +12. It should really be much, much higher.
+1
can I get some nice "no signatures on my forum"
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understandable have a nice day
As the video is no longer on this page, this loses a lot literally all of the appeal and I am changing my vote to reflect this. -1
can I get some nice "no signatures on my forum"
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understandable have a nice day
The image used in this article is non-compliant with the SCP wiki's license (CC-BY-SA 3.0) and as such has been removed.
Mm Mm Good
This is clearly keter.
-1 for now until the object class is fixed.
Rest of it is very good. Message me if it gets changed and I'll change my vote accordingly.
This is clearly keter.
-1 for now until the object class is fixed.
This is a pretty odd reason to downvote to be honest — downvoting over what amounts to a single nitpick of one single word in an article that you otherwise said was "very good" is extremely confusing. Why does the object class (which is a very forgettable part of most articles due to it being just a single word) affect your vote so drastically?
The object class really only acts as a quick source of intrigue or hook in many articles, however this hook only really works if there's an image or something similar to go along with it (such as SCP-4506). This article doesn't use the object class as a hook — it uses the second paragraph in the ConProcs because now you're wondering why their investigating both avian activity and partial corpses.
If this was Keter, that still wouldn't be a hook due to there being nothing to hook you with — Keter doesn't hook (at least to me) that well due to the class having a broad spectrum of anomalies that could fall under it. SCP-871 uses Keter as a hook because now the reader is left wondering how a cake could be Keter. However, this hook only works due the image being there as well.
My point is, the object class really does not affect this article that much due to it not being a major point that could be utilized as a hook even it the proposed changes were implemented. Therefore, voting on it, in my personal opinion at least, based on the object class and that alone is a weird nitpick that shouldn't affect ones vote that much. Especially if you think the article is very good.
There's an incredibly sophisticated writing style on display here, perhaps the best I've encountered on the site from that perspective. However, it's undermined by the corny supervillain dialogue. The relationship betwen skip and Foundation lost my interest by the time I finished the interview. It's an unfortunate contrast between the beginning and the end.
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