O4 Mirror: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-16957019/discussion-updating-author-page-vote-requirement
The Problem
Recently, the criteria for granting the author role in 19cord was raised to >=10 after 24 hours, with the greenlighter role now requiring three works of >=10 after 24 hours (relevant discussion here.) However, on site, the criteria for an author page was not updated in accordance with these increases. At present, the current author page rules are followed:
If you've authored1 or translated from another language at least three pages with a rating of +0 or more (including SCP articles, GoI format documents, Site dossiers, Joke pages, tales, artwork pages, essays and guides), please take the time to create an author page and take credit for your work.
As written, this allows a user to join the site, spam out three works and immediately post an author page. Although in most cases these author pages are summarily deleted, this inconsistency in the rules can be confusing, especially since having an author page/three works is often used when determining author page eligibility.
Proposed Solution
Bringing author pages to the same criteria as greenlighting will help prevent confusion/author page rushing compared to how the rules currently stand. As such, the new author page rule would read as follows:
If you've authored or translated from another language at least three pages with a rating of +10 or more after 24 hours (including SCP articles, GoI format documents, Site dossiers, Joke pages, tales, artwork pages, essays and guides), please take the time to create an author page and take credit for your work.
Additionally, for the sake of sanity, all author pages made before the implementation of this rule will be grandfathered in.
Benefits/Concerns
In terms of benefits, this addresses a clear gap in terms of requirements that exist in the rules. Although there are pages that count towards author pages and not greenlights, raising the author page requirement to the same voting requirement as greenlights allows for a surefire way to know that someone has met the criteria needed to have an author page.
In terms of concerns, this obviously brings up more staff work in terms of verifying when someone is or is not eligible for an author page, with staff now having to go through an author's work to make sure that each eligible page to make sure it hits the threshold.
What Would Need to Be Done
Besides updating the language used on the Authors' Pages page, no additional work would have to be done.
Updates
(October 4th) Following concerns raised in conversation, the following amendments will be made to the above suggested policy:
- The word "stable" will be added to the line "rating of +10 or more after 24 hours";
- Author pages that meet the criteria at time of posting will be automatically grandfathered in and will be safe from deletion. This means if an author self-deletes a work or an article falls under that +10 threshold, the author page won't face deletion. However, author pages that are found to reach criteria through rule breaking means (sockpuppets or other vote manipulation) will not have this protection extended to them.
(October 6th) Following concerns raised in conversation, the following changes will be made to the above suggested policy:
- "rating of +10 or more after 24 hours" will be replaced with "stable rating of +0 or more after 24 hours"