The Critique Team is the staff team of the SCP Wiki concerned with providing critique on the Ideas and Drafts Critique Forums, Offical Discord writing channels, the IRC #thecritters channel, and on articles posted to the mainsite. Additionally, they are in charge of moderating behavior in the three aforementioned critique spaces and on published articles, and reporting rule-breaking behavior to the Disciplinary Team, the IRC moderators, or the Discord Team. More specifically, their responsibilities are:
- Responding to requests for critique in the various critique spaces.
- Taking initiative in providing critique on forum or discord threads where the author is having difficulty finding responses.
- Assisting authors with seeking feedback in critique spaces.
- Responding to queries relevant to the team.
- Addressing misleading, vague, vehement, or otherwise problematic feedback.
- Reporting continued criticism policy violations to the respective moderation/disciplinary team for the platform it occurs on.
- Moderating the Official Discord writing and critique channels.
- Moderating the IRC #thecritters channel.
- Moderating the Writing Help forums:
- Responding to queries in the Questions Desk and Research and Resources forums.
- Moderating the Ideas Critique forum:
- Ensuring that all concept threads follow the required reading template.
- Moderating the Drafts Critique forum:
- Ensuring that sandbox links are used, and full draft text is not posted to the forums.
- Ensuring that first-time authors provide evidence of greenlights upon seeking draft critique.
- Ensuring the forums and Discord channels are free of repeat threads and spam.
- Discussion/formation of policy with regards to the critique systems.
- Proposing changes to existing guides or policy as necessary, such as the Criticism Policy.
If you have any questions or concerns, please inquire in #thecritters, the official Discord's #help-desk channel, or message a member of the team.
If there are issues with this page, please contact a member of the Maintenance and Ancillary Staff Team.