Non-Disc Record - William Alken

Summary:

Uploaded image to Series 1 list, coldpost, keep an eye on.

William Alken

Zyn 25 Aug 2013 07:44

User William Alken uploaded an image to the Series 1 List, and also coldposted an SCP that doesn't seem to have anything to do with the image. (the coldpost is here)

I've sent him a PM:

Hi there,

I'm Zyn, a moderator on the SCP wiki.

It's been noticed that you uploaded an image to the files associated with the SCP Series list (the page is here). If you want to have an image hosted on the site, please do so either on a sandbox page that belongs to you or the actual article page that the image will be used on. Generally images are not supposed to be hosted on the Series 1 or Series 2 lists, and there's a chance that another staff member may remove the image as part of site maintenance.

If you have any further questions, feel free to PM me or another staff member.

Regards,
Zyn

Edit: Having not gotten a reply from the guy, I've moved the image to the guy's sandbox and taken it off the Series 1 list.

Last edited on 25 Aug 2013 18:26 by Zyn Show more

Re: William Alken

Aelanna 25 Aug 2013 13:50

As an aside, please don't tell people to have main-series page images on their sandbox as that breaks backups. It's one of several reasons that off-site links in general are a really bad idea unless absolutely necessary.

Re: William Alken

Zyn 25 Aug 2013 18:17

Got it! :>

Admittedly, I was a little unsure about how to mention the sandbox, since the image didn't have anything to do with the coldpost. I got the feeling that the user was putting it on the series 1 list because he didn't have a sandbox, but wanted to use the picture in the future. Only place for "pic storage" I could think of was the sandbox, since using Roget's new picture archive site would need some extra work on the user's behalf.

Edit: Wait, he does have a sandbox, but he coldposted anyway. Huh.

Last edited on 25 Aug 2013 18:20 by Zyn Show more

Re: William Alken

RJB_R 25 Aug 2013 21:03

We do have the misplaced-images page, for exactly this sort of thing. I know that whenever I find images out of place, I stick 'em up there.

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Re: William Alken

Aelanna 26 Aug 2013 01:03

That last one, "Atmosphere_by_jakegarn.jpg", is — not surprisingly — clipped from DeviantArt and conveniently edited to remove the watermark. As that particular piece is under a standard copyright, I'm 99.9% sure the guy who uploaded it did not have permission to use it as such and it should probably be deleted.

Re: William Alken

thedeadlymoose 26 Aug 2013 02:31

Picture removed. If that user owns the pic, well, they know where to find it, don't they?

Re: William Alken

Zyn 25 Aug 2013 22:11

Got a reply:

Sorry about that, I accidentally hosted it. I will certainly avoid it in the future.