Purpose:
On October 5th 2023, the Disciplinary Team received a complaint regarding Fishish which has been determined to be valid and worthy of further discussion. The initial complaint was in regards only to the use of the sockpuppet. Further discussion and complaints generated accusations of harassment of a member of staff and wasting staff time and resources.
The Disciplinary Team determined that these complaints and evidence did warrant disciplinary review proceedings. Afterward the Disciplinary Team gathered this evidence, connected cases and evidence, evaluated them, and determined that they should be presented in this thread.
Claims:
This section will break down each of the general claims levied against fishish and the evidence found to support these claims.
Fishish publicly harassed another member of staff.
On September 28, 2023 Fishish made a comment that critstaff “abuses new people”. When Fish^12 attempted to turn this accusation into a joke, Fishish confronted Fish^12.
In this confrontation Fishish admits to joining the server under an alt to go through idea crit. Fishish then claims to have been “harangued” by Fish^12. Fishish claims to have posted the idea “under my own account” and claims to have “deleted every trace of it” - an abuse of mod powers. Fishish later admitted that these claims were false; the article was posted under the (now deleted) sockpuppet and they did not in fact delete the idea thread.
When Fish^12 asks them why they didn’t bring this up so that critstaff could fix it, Fishish responds with a dismissive joke. Fishish continues the confrontation switching between joking and accusing.
In this interaction Fishish is the aggressor but also claims that the accusations aren’t serious anytime Fish^12 demonstrates upset. Fishish continues this pattern of accusing and then dismissing any harm alternatively throughout the interaction. This reads as an effort to both attack and belittle Fish^12 while keeping Fishish clear of blame.
Fishish initiates this confrontation in public and notably in a public arena in which Fishish has some authority. Fishish does have access to multiple staff spaces in which this could be done in a more private setting. This speaks to a want for public accusation and makes it clear that this was not about resolving any issues with Crit as a team.
Fishish wasted staff time and resources.
Fishish accessed Discord Crit spaces under false pretenses and utilized crit services in bad-faith. This wasted the time of that team which is their most important resource.
Fishish lied about actions to cover up this anonymous access of Discord Crit spaces. They originally claimed to have deleted the thread. When asked what the username had been they claimed it was “unseenlmao” and that they had deleted the thread under that account. This did not show in the activity log and when pressed Fishish admitted that the username was “snapple”, and that they did not delete the thread.
Fishish also greenlit the thread themself.
The thread in question: Thread
Fishish utilized a sockpuppet to access Discord crit spaces anonymously and used this sockpuppet to post to the wiki.
Fishish created a wikidot account and joined the wiki with the express intent to access Discord Crit spaces anonymously and to post a work under that sockpuppet. They have admitted to each of these actions although have not strictly admitted to the intent.
Sockpuppets and the use of sockpuppets are against site rules - unless approved under very specific circumstances. This is a rule that has been punished without exception.
Recommendation:
It is the recommendation of the Disciplinary Team that Fishish receive the following consequences (note that each consequence is associated with a separate action):
For behavior unbefitting of a member of staff:
• Removal from staff.
AND
For the use of a sockpuppet:
• 1 month ban from the SCP wiki.
These are only recommendations. Any staff member in this thread may support these suggestions, offer an alternative, or advocate for no action to be taken.
Process:
The specifics of this punishment and the passage thereof are the subject of this thread and open to discussion. In line with our current charter, the punishment given to Fishish will be whatever the consensus is among staff present for this discussion. If the staff body determines Fishish should receive a more lenient punishment counter to what is recommended above, it will be enacted. For clarity and ease of tallying, please bold your suggested punishment.
This thread will be open for seven days and is open to OS+. Any questions or concerns regarding the process of demotion should be sent to torcsandantlers or another member of the disciplinary committee.
Please remain civil and on topic.
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