[ARCHIVED] So, i got this in my pm.

So, i got this in my pm.

AdminBright 03 Jun 2012 01:54

Hello Dr. Bright,

I am writing to you to ask for permission to use the wiki and it's information to create a DeviantArt open source horror project based on the SCP Foundation, it's objects in containment and activities which will give our audience a reading session to remember and to make them look into the SCP Foundation's website in more detail. Our main aim is to bring in writers and illustrators of all talents into one community and we thought that the SCP World would be the best setting to procreate the final product. If you decide to accept and to give us permission to use the Wiki, all credit for sources and original concept will be directed to you and/or the other admins of the selected Wiki site.

Please reply to this message by contacting my personal e-mail address: ku.oc.EVIL|jmfonaf#ku.oc.EVIL|jmfonaf

We all look forward to your gracious reply, from the project Overseer.

Alex.

From user hyrdrick.

Thoughts, kids?

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Re: So, i got this in my pm.

EchoFourDelta 03 Jun 2012 01:59

Invite them over. We've already got a wing of the site set up for illustrations, pictures, etc. If they're about "bringing the community together under one roof" then let them know we've got plenty of room under our ceiling. People want to start posting artwork or something… have the content up for staff review.

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Re: So, i got this in my pm.

RhettSarlin 03 Jun 2012 02:07

I see no value to them running their own community. We can't stop them, but by no means do I see it as necessary for us to endorse them. If they want to write stuff they can join same as anyone else, if they want to make art and have a community that's great, but I see no reason to give them special permissions or something.

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Eskobar 03 Jun 2012 02:07

Like I said in chat, I think we should treat them the way we treat the MC&D project run by the SA people: aloof tolerance. They do what they want with ideas, concepts, and groups created here; we don't do anything about it, in that CC wouldn't let us anyway, but we don't recognize or acknowledge them as a group either. If they come to the wiki trying to post, they get held to the same standards as everyone else.

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Quikngruvn 04 Jun 2012 01:38

I'm gonna second this position.

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Adam Smascher 03 Jun 2012 03:07

So they want to build a separate SCP community, post things away from the wiki and the review process that maintains quality and makes the wiki worth reading, credit the admins for all works on the wiki, and…

would be the best setting to procreate the final product

… and apparently they want to fuck it too.

I'd like to talk directly with hyrdrick and explain why this is a bad idea. I think I can make him realize this.

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Kain Pathos Crow 03 Jun 2012 22:12

I agree with EchoFourDelta. I've always liked art, and I think this could bring in more people to the SCP, and maybe even help hasten our own migration.

Though… what do you think about it Bright?

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AdminBright 04 Jun 2012 05:29

I replied to him, both asking for more information, and asking why not encourage people to join the real foundation. Have not heard back. But, after the fun we had on DA saturday night, I'm not sure encouraging them is a good idea.

(One guy didn't believe I was Bright, because Bright is a nicer person….)

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Re: So, i got this in my pm.

murphy_slaw 04 Jun 2012 16:30

That guy is the same guy that PMed you, I think. I wouldn't be surprised if he never gets back to you.

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Eskobar 04 Jun 2012 16:48

Of course he will! And the first thing he says will be "did you know there were assholes on dA pretending to be you the other night?"

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Dr Gears 05 Aug 2012 13:52

I think fan art is always neat, even with it's really bad. People are going to do stuff off the site, if we like it or not. I think the best idea would be to encouage them to write and work on the site, generate whatever art they want, and wait and see. rather then "bless" them off the bat, see what it is they do first, then go from there.