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Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem 🐈
Strange MatterStrange Matter 🐈
sailorenochsailorenoch Abs tain
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um Abs tain
Diogene_sDiogene_s Abs tain
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat 🐈
QueeriousQueerious 🐈

Abstaining on users I'm not super familiar with, and I've been sorta preoccupied, so I only voted on who I can give a confident vote for

Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem 🪣
Strange MatterStrange Matter 🪣
sailorenochsailorenoch 🪣
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um 🪣
Diogene_sDiogene_s 🪣
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat 🪣
QueeriousQueerious 🪣
Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem
Strange MatterStrange Matter abstain
sailorenochsailorenoch abstain
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um 🔥
Diogene_sDiogene_s 🐔
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat abstain
QueeriousQueerious 🏳‍🌈

The two abstentions on operational staff candidates are only because of my unfamiliarity with them, not any qualms about them.

Noting that site member CelesttialCelesttial (account age 9d, site membership ~8d) recently posted a page that contains indicators of AI-generation: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-8168

Excerpts of note:

Turner: WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!

Dr. Stone: Not "what." "Who." And you’re not worthy to see him.

Further studies are needed to determine whether symbolic recognition, olfactory repulsion or other unknown stimuli influenced this behavior.

Uncle Nicolini revoked the user's site membership; Zoobeeny and I concurred in this decision.

AI Record - Celesttial by KufatKufat, 16 Jun 2025 23:22
Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem X
Strange MatterStrange Matter X
sailorenochsailorenoch X
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um X
Diogene_sDiogene_s X
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat X
QueeriousQueerious X
Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem X
Strange MatterStrange Matter X
sailorenochsailorenoch X
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um ABST AIN
Diogene_sDiogene_s X

Reasoning: While I am fine with pr0m's performance during the pride features, I have found that its activity has been relatively low on the socials for over half a year prior. Unless it is seeking to take up the mantle of IO's captain in the future, I don't have reason to suspect it will maintain its level of activity after pride month is over. Nonetheless, I recognize the title of captaincy was only recently offered to it, and so I cannot with certainty vote no, as pr0m may be beginning to take adequate steps to meet the level of activity necessary for the position of operational staff.

Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat ABST AIN
QueeriousQueerious X

Reasoning (Kufat): While it is indisputable that Kufat has performed a significant quantity of work for the SCP Wiki, I nonetheless find that their actions in staff have been highly utilitarian, often ignoring means to achieve particular ends. While I cannot elaborate on the specifics in this thread, I find that the way they often wield their tools feels overly pragmatic, ignoring potential repercussions to those outside staff in favor of ensuring operational efficiency. There are several individuals on the admin team already who share this ideology/approach, and I often disagree very thoroughly with them when relating to matters of Internet Outreach. Therefore, I am hesitant to vote yes in promoting Kufat, as this could further entrench this ideology and approach to staff as an entity. I will not, however, be voting no either, as I recognize the practical good that Kufat could do in an administrative position for the Wiki, and how many of my contentions with their promotion occurred a decent distance in the past.

Reasoning (Queerious): I have several concerns regarding Queerious. First and foremost is that she is stretched extremely thin as-is, and I have significant concerns regarding her ability to juggle the plethora of responsibilities she takes on in the long term, especially as she continues to expand her purview across staff. Second, I have concerns regarding how new she is to the Wiki, relatively speaking, as she has only joined the site last year (not staff; the site). Taking myself as a point of reference, I only joined staff three years after joining the site, and then it took me nearly four years to become an admin. I simply do not believe it is responsible to promote someone to adminship so promptly. Finally, I have concerns regarding her (in my personal opinion) bureaucratic attitude in handling several issues, which reminds me of my own (flawed) approach to handling problems such as the release of the official Discord, which many belabored as taking far too long. Overall, I am hesitant to vote yes for Queerious as it stands, though I am not opposed to voting yes in the future should the adminship be denied presently and later represented, and these issues partially or wholly addressed.

Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem X
Strange MatterStrange Matter X
sailorenochsailorenoch X
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um X
Diogene_sDiogene_s X
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat X
QueeriousQueerious X

Hell yes across the board

I will be abstaining from Operational Staff votes, as I've been heavily preoccupied with IRL stuff the past several weeks and I cannot give anything resembling a fair review to any of them. I trust my peers to make the best decisions though, the blurbs above are promising and I'm looking forward to growing the staff team with them.

However,

Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat X
QueeriousQueerious X

These two I am more confident regarding, and am more familiar with. Both Kufat and Queerious would be spectacular additions to the administrator team.

Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem 🎲
Strange MatterStrange Matter 🎲
sailorenochsailorenoch 🎲
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um 🎲
Diogene_sDiogene_s 🎲
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat 🎲
QueeriousQueerious ABSTAIN ABSTAIN
Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem
Strange MatterStrange Matter
sailorenochsailorenoch
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um
Diogene_sDiogene_s
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat
QueeriousQueerious

Abstaining from OS, as I don't know any of the candidates enough to make a good decision.

Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat X
QueeriousQueerious X

Levi Starkin

Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem :3
Strange MatterStrange Matter :3
sailorenochsailorenoch :3
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um :3
Diogene_sDiogene_s :3
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat :3
QueeriousQueerious :3
Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem X
Strange MatterStrange Matter X
sailorenochsailorenoch X
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um X
Diogene_sDiogene_s X
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat X
QueeriousQueerious X
Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem X
Strange MatterStrange Matter X
sailorenochsailorenoch X
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um X
Diogene_sDiogene_s X
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat X
QueeriousQueerious X
Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem 🦌
Strange MatterStrange Matter 🦌
sailorenochsailorenoch 🦌
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um 🦌
Diogene_sDiogene_s 🦌
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat 🦌
QueeriousQueerious 🦌
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat X
QueeriousQueerious X

Abstaining from operational staff votes

Operational Staff Candidate YES NO
VapidPoemVapidPoem 🏳️‍🌈
Strange MatterStrange Matter 🏳️‍🌈
sailorenochsailorenoch 🏳️‍🌈
pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um 🏳️‍🌈
Diogene_sDiogene_s 🏳️‍🌈
Admin Staff Candidate YES NO
KufatKufat 🏳️‍🌈
QueeriousQueerious 🏳️‍🌈

Spring/Summer Promotions 2025

See Promotions-Policy for how promotions are to be handled. And see the Candidate Discussions on the main-site thread and 05 thread for more information about candidates.

These are votes of confidence. If you are unfamiliar or on the fence about someone, vote NO or Abstain. Only vote yes if the candidate has your confidence and you genuinely feel that they are ready for promotion.

Please post even if you are abstaining from voting. Staff may abstain from voting on any individual votes.

This promotion vote will end in:

Operational Staff Candidates:

Below is a group of suggestions regarding Junior Staff who Team Captains have nominated to be voted upwards to Operational Staff. Please read the commentary provided in order to help your judgement regarding these staff.

Junior Staff Member: VapidPoemVapidPoem
Captain/Team: Curations (RiemannRiemann)
Why: Vapid has taken on the role of the Rewrite team workhorse, helping expedite a process that once took weeks or even months into one that only takes a few days, up to a week at worst nowadays. She shows a drive to help the articles improve, while still staying true to their original visions. It has also stepped up into the Anonymous Articles team, where she has helped post anonymous articles at a time when no one else was able to. Overall, Vapid has a great disposition and willingness to help, as well as take on work. I have no doubt she would make an excellent Opstaffer. —Nico
Optional areas of improvement: I asked Vapid to tell me what she views as her own areas of improvement as an OS and this is what she said: "My biggest weakness is that I've only been staff for a few months. There is still plenty of stuff to learn - just the other day I was learning how to edit metadata for the first time. However I still definitely am working to improve and will most certainly ask questions if I am unsure about something or how to perform a task, as well as look over guides and resources provided to figure out how to do a task until I feel comfortable doing it."

Personally, I think Vapid is comfortable asking questions and is willing to learn, so I am not worried about her not learning something quickly, and even if it does make a mistake, I am confident she will learn from it.
Junior Staff Member: Strange MatterStrange Matter
Captain/Team: Community Outreach (WhiteGuardWhiteGuard/NaepicNaepic)
Why: Strange Matter has been working quietly but diligently on Site News for some time now. He often writes stories which involve interviews, a very involved process that requires thinking of thoughtful questions to ask to users. His interviews have ranged from contest winners, contest runners, canon runners and GoI creators, and he is very good at asking thought-provoking questions. Strange Matter has proven himself reliable and consistently capable of producing stories, and I think it's time he is acknowledged. Plus with my current head of Site News retiring effective June 1st, I could use another hand on deck as a candidate for mod tools for posting the Site News. —Nico
Optional areas of improvement: I asked Strange Matter to tell me what he views as his own areas of improvement as an OS and this is what he said: "Speaking solely as a Community Outreach staffer, I feel as though I could push further into the role. For instance, I would like to get in contact with artists or with people in other foreign branches of the site and do coverage with them."

Personally, I do not doubt his capabilities as a Site News correspondent, but I would like to see him get a bit more involved in matters that aren't immediately related to his particular scope, as well as learn how the Site News posting process works.
Junior Staff Member: sailorenochsailorenoch
Captain/Team: Community Outreach (WhiteGuardWhiteGuard/NaepicNaepic)
Why: Enoch is very proactive on the art committee, always having artists and artwork pieces to spotlight. They also have contributed art to Pridefest 2024 and 2025, and I generally trust them to do good. By promoting them, we can potentially run Enoch for Mod Tools, which would facilitate their role on the art committee. —Nico
Optional areas of improvement: I asked Enoch to tell me what they view as their own areas of improvement as an OS and this is what they said: "I would like myself to build confidence in my decision-making. I recognize that I doubt my own judgement and seek approval for things I can handle myself. While communication is always good, I think I could take more initiative."

Personally, I find myself agreeing with Enoch's self-assessment, but I am confident in their ability to grow into their new position as op-staff should they be promoted, as well as their ability to improve their self-confidence.
Junior Staff Member: pr0m37h3umpr0m37h3um
Captain/Team: Community Outreach (WhiteGuardWhiteGuard/NaepicNaepic)
Why: Prom is active on Bluesky and has managed the Pride features for years on its own. It is a hard worker for the Internet Outreach subteam of CO, and it is capable of making the call of what is a good post and what isn't, as well as catching onto trends as they happen. I think it's time we promote Prom for its hard work; I see a bright future of it leading IO at some point. —Nico

Since joining the moderation team, Prom has been one of the most consistent, active staff present in the extremely busy chats of 19cord. Not only has Prom worked daily to ensure the safety of all users present in the chats, it has also been open to ownership and improvement in the case of any errors. We absolutely support and encourage Prom's promotion. - Ari
Optional areas of improvement: I asked Prom to tell me what it views as its own areas of improvement as an OS and this is what it said: "I'd say I have trouble practicing what I preach and making commitments I can't always live up to. I'll work on managing my own expectations and being more realistic to myself and others"

Personally, I feel that Prom's history as lead of the now defunct Recap team speaks more here than anything else. It took on the Sisyphean task of cataloging all the inane shit staff was saying during a time when Site trust in staff was at an all time low. It's efforts led to the opening up of staffcord to the public, as well as regained lost trust. I am confident in its ability to improve its overcommitment flaw, and am happy to endorse it as an opstaff candidate once more.
Junior Staff Member: Diogene_sDiogene_s
Captain/Team: MAST (Deadly BreadDeadly Bread)
Why: Diogene_s is an indispensable member of the tagging team, constantly going above and beyond in terms of both the consistent quantity and quality of their tagging output. They've been extremely reliable when it comes to maintaining current and shifting tag standards in both new and old articles, quite often bringing to attention ones that have slipped through the cracks. By being promoted Dio could also qualify for Mod Tools, which would invariably come in handy based on their consistent interaction with the tags of older, locked articles.
Optional areas of improvement: I am slightly worried about Dio burning out based on their just sheer level output in one area, and would like to see them take some opportunities to branch out in other areas of staff work, but even so this worry is fairly minimal given the consistency in their output and their clear interest in the tagging process beyond just application.

Administrator Candidates:

Below is a suggestion regarding an Operational Staff member who the Administrator Team has nominated to be voted upwards to Administrator. Please read the commentary provided in order to help your judgement regarding these staff.


Staff Member: KufatKufat
Captain/Team: Admin Team
Why: Kufat has long been a driving force for improvement on the wiki. He is often the one handling Disciplinary and AI Reports, is on the front lines of Deletions, runs the Timers we as staff utilize for many things and often take for granted, and takes the time to answer questions in #help-desk on the official Discord. In policy discussions, he is always open to hearing what others have to say even if he doesn't agree with it partially or even in full, and he is always willing to hear you out and provide well-informed, nuanced counterarguments. To say that Kufat is an important, irreplaceable organ in the staff body is an understatement.
Self Reflection: I think I'd be a good choice for admin because I've demonstrated that I'm responsible, helpful, and willing to put in hard work: I've had mod tools for a while now and have routinely handled deletions, attribution metadata edits, thread and page locking, etc. I frequently answer questions and handle user requests and reports in #site17, 19cord's #help-desk, Staffcord's #observer-chat, and on /r/scp, as well as helping other staffers when they're in need of assistance. In addition to the usual day-to-day tech/disc/deletions work I've contributed to everything from policy (writing the Plagiarism Jurisdiction policy and participating in the writing of others) to software (enhancements to the deletions timer tool; tool for listing empty slots with titles) as well as enhancing site security. As an admin I'd continue this sort of work, with a greater emphasis on developing policy, as well as being able to take on some of the application processing and revocation/ban workload when needed.
Optional areas of improvement: One area in which I'd like to improve would be working on a way to more effectively keep track of everything I have on my to-do list. At any given time I tend to have one or two larger staff or community projects and a bunch of smaller tasks going on, and it's sometimes difficult to juggle all of them.
Staff Member: QueeriousQueerious
Captain/Team: Admin Team
Why: Queerious has taken staff by storm ever since she joined last year. In her short time with us, she has become the Acting Captain of Discord Crit, Captain of Disciplinary Team, VC of Curations, has taken over the Bright Works Project, helped create a new workflow system for Rewrite, and helped pen a new (but as of yet unimplemented) Licensing policy, all while still finding the time to do her regular staff work. She possesses an excellent work ethic, and has proven herself capable of handling high-sensitivity and high-workload tasks, as well as managing policy discussion flawlessly. If staff work represents important bodily functions of the wiki, Queerious is a cyberpunk enhancement.
Self Reflection: When I think about what I want to do to help the community, I always find myself thinking about large-scale issues, or problems that touch multiple staff teams. In that regard, I have joined many staff teams, so that I can have a full understanding of what that team needs specifically, so that I can make better decisions about what would help the most. I believe that sense of staff as a whole, and trying to improve communication and collaboration is something important for Administrators to do, as a higher-level unifying force for staff, and I think I would fit that role well.

Additionally, in the past months, I have repeatedly found myself stepping up to sift through a more complex, messy or controversial situation or problem, that others may be more hesitant to participate in. Given my background, I am readily able to separate myself from the objective, and know how to keep progress moving, so that we can resolve these kinds of concerns in a reasonable manner. Between the Bright Works project, assorted in-depth Disciplinary reviews, and even the rewrite workflows, I have shown that I can get a framework and system built that supports other staff taking over responsibility for it, once I have helped to resolve the immediate issue. I believe that I would be able to continue this kind of work, at a high level, to assist in dealing with the more messy, inter-staff team issues.
Optional areas of improvement: In terms of self-improvement, I think the biggest aspect would be that, if I get the promotion, I would need to evaluate where I can best spend my time devoted to staff work. There are a number of responsibilities that I have already began the process of transitioning to systemic support (ie: moving 914 maintenance to Curations), so I think my biggest area of self-improvement would be to continue seeing what I can delegate from my day-to-day, so that I have more time to focus on the bigger picture issues.

Vote YES or NO. Someone who you are ambivalent to should not receive your vote of confidence for staff, thus abstain or no. If you don't know who someone is, then I invite you to educate yourself and get to know their work before voting.

Noting that new site member GVLDGVLD (account age 135 days, site membership ??? days) recently coldposted the following pages, which had multiple indicators of AI-generation: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-8157, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-jericho-committee, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ontological-incursion

SCP-8157:

The Jericho Committee:

Ontological Incursion:

Of note, the user also posted a different version of SCP-8157:

Excerpts of note:

Jericho enforces the so-called "Black Threshold Protocols", a classified set of contingencies designed to prevent internal existential collapse, rogue O5 sub-factions, or epistemic weaponization of truth across Foundation databases. These protocols include:

Deployment of reverse-cognitohazardous “veil locks”

Memory curtailment of senior personnel (Class Omega-Black Amnestics)

Initiation of institutional "The Bulldogs" under Code S.C.A.L.A. (Selective Collapse and Lateral Assimilation)

Termination of ontologically-unstable staff via preapproved amnestics rituals

In layman's terms: reality rewrote itself, mid-sentence — as if another version of existence briefly "won" a contest no one knew was being held.

No survivors. No architecture. No digital logs remained. Only the name of the site and the memory of its absence persisted.

But the memory did not match what had existed before.

User was officially warned for AI usage and revoked for AI usage as well as ignoring a previous stop order for spamming. Kufat, Nico, Queerious, and Zoobeeny supported.

AI Record - GVLD by ZoobeenyZoobeeny, 16 Jun 2025 21:25

Hello all,

Another smaller update this week, but we have continued work on Stage 4, and have multiple staff members developing proposal plans. We are continuing with this, and plan to develop more detailed proposal plans as time goes on.

Not much to say this time, but look out for the next update on 30 June, 2025!

Main Update 4 - 06/16/2025 by QueeriousQueerious, 16 Jun 2025 18:10
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