Noting that
Jameson ph (account age 404 days, site membership 358 days) recently posted the following forum thread, which is clearly AI-generated: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17560519/newcomers-experience-and-feedback
I’m posting this once, not to argue or demand changes, but to clearly explain why I’m stepping away.
I joined the SCP Wiki out of curiosity and evaluation, not out of a long-term desire to integrate into the site’s culture. Spending time here made one thing very clear: the difficulty for newcomers is not only about writing quality, but about cultural and procedural alignment.
Much of the Foundation’s tone, structure, and legacy content reflects an American or Western academic and institutional framework. This isn’t inherently wrong, but it creates friction for newcomers from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The expectations around “flow,” “scientific tone,” and presentation often function as an unspoken gate, especially for non-native English speakers whose ideas may be strong but whose prose doesn’t perfectly match that specific style.
While the site has international branches and clearly aims to be global, the English Wiki still functions as a central authority in practice. As a result, folklore, perspectives, or narrative structures that fall outside the established Western norm often face additional scrutiny or are labeled as “not fitting the Foundation voice.” This can feel discouraging rather than collaborative.
Feedback here is often technically correct but delivered in a way that feels institutional rather than supportive. Over time, this creates an environment where newcomers feel they are navigating a bureaucracy rather than a creative community. For some writers, that structure is motivating. For others, it is simply exhausting.
This is not an accusation, and it’s not hostility. It’s a matter of fit. I’ve realized that this system, its tone, and its expectations are not compatible with how I want to create or participate.
I’m sharing this perspective as context, then stepping away. No hard feelings—just clarity.
Excerpts of note:
- "not to argue or demand changes, but to clearly explain"
- "out of curiosity and evaluation, not out of a long-term desire"
- "difficulty for newcomers is not only about writing quality, but about cultural and procedural alignment"
- "This is not an accusation, and it’s not hostility. It’s a matter of fit."
- "No hard feelings—just clarity."
- "tone, structure, and legacy content"
- "“flow,” “scientific tone,” and presentation"
- "folklore, perspectives, or narrative structures"
- "this system, its tone, and its expectations"
Compare with the user's sandbox, created yesterday: https://scp-sandbox-3.wikidot.com/saorkkano
SCP-XXXX is a apple that looks normal and show no visible anomalous feature. When a person take a bite from SCP-XXXX, the apple does not get smaller and remain the same shape.
Any person who eat SCP-XXXX will slowly change into a very large creature similar to a leviathan. The size and form is not always same and appear to depend on the individual. SCP-XXXX is still found intact even if the transformed body is heavily damaged or destroyed.
Permanently banned, PM sent. Kufat supporting.
ETA: noting that the user replied:
thanks for ban me haha 😂 you stupid bastard
about 30 minutes later:
Thanks you dickhead and your pussy retarded loser writing club tell your mod he love dick See ya