Non-Disc Record - HolyPowerOfMothHelm

Summary:

Unauthorized edits, seems insistent on breaking rules and redirecting blame

Non-Disc Record - HolyPowerOfMothHelm

Zyn 11 May 2021 20:39

HolyPowerOfMothHelm recently edited http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5913, changing many wording instances and introducing at least one phrasing error. They left the edit comment "Removed redundancies, correct grammar/spelling, and changed some descriptive words to more in-depth vocabulary. Tried to stay as true to the story's vocabulary as possible. Revert if unsatisfactory."

They also posted in the discussion: http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14094589/scp-5913#post-4976910 and edited the comment after Estrella reverted the unauthorized edits. (note: the author reverted over the initial revert)

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[…] I did make some revisions to it that were fairly basic which I hope you're ok with. I did also do some minimal reformatting to help coincide with that of a mythological story, as well as changing some vocabulary to mimic that of mythological stories.

Like I said in the revision's description. Please do revert it if you find that it is unsatisfactory to your SCP Page. […]

Edit: Someone attempted to revert the document to it's state before my revision. Please excuse my reversion to my edit in this page's history as they were not the page's writer/publisher and therefore had no right to revert the page due to their lack of ownership (I understand that I am not at liberty to talk, as I made a revision without prior agreement, I did however note that if you did find it unsatisfactory, that the page before my initial edit was still intact).

When Estrella posted noting site policy, the user responded: http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14094589/scp-5913#post-4976927

I understand that technical fixes are acceptable, and that my edit may have classified as substantial, but I did note that if he found it unsatisfactory and/or untrue to his original concept that he could revert it to the previous page himself. While you have excellent Karma, you are not yourself a Moderator nor Admin of this wikidot forum (as shown by your wikidot profile), nor are you the page's owner. If an official SCP-Wiki staff member would suggest it's reversion, I would be completely compliant and only suggest my page's edit to them via comments. Reverting the page without being a staff member nor the page owner only adds more pages to their history, cluttering it by adding more revision pages than necessary. If the page owner was acceptive of my page, they could have left it as is, or if they found it unsatisfactory, they can revert it at their own discression.

"Mini-Modding", while it may prove helpful, can also be problematic for the staff themselves or the people you are "Mini-Modding" for (in this case, the page owner).

You should probably update the information sent to the wikidot website as the user is not listed explicitly as a moderator and/or admin of this forum. I apologize if what I stated was rude, it was not made clear or established (either via their profile or by tag next to their name) that they were a staff member.

I would still like to push my revision history for the page owner as I believe it is valid and still follows their overall concept, merely improving the comprehension and overall flow of the page by fixing grammatical/spelling errors, reformatting some parts to better flow/follow that of a mythological story, and changing some descriptive vocabulary to be less redundant/more gentlemanly (as the publisher of the document is stating as such according to the OP)