This is a public apology on behalf of the SCP Wiki Disciplinary Team to Metaphysician.
Upon review of the case following staff and public request, we recognize that course of action undertaken by the disciplinary team was far in excess of Meta's actions, and that previous mitigating factors had not been taken into account.
This was wrong, and we deeply apologize for the lost time and damage done by our faulty decision.
In light of this, we have undertaken the following actions to rectify this mistake:
1) The prior sentence has been commuted to time served, and the ban has been lifted. As a result, there is no need for an appeal.
2) We have messaged Metaphysician to inform them of this decision, and invite them to return to the site as an author and community member.
3) We will rework our plagiarism policy to ensure it is up to modern understandings and standards of plagiarism in order to ensure these mistakes will not occur again.
Thank you.
SCP Wiki Disciplinary Team