Bright Works Proposal Draft: Adapted Deletions Threshold

Adapted Deletions Threshold

What is This?

This proposes the following: All pages authored by Bright¹ receive a new, mirrored page, with a fresh rating module. For a set duration, all users on the wiki will be able to vote on the pages — upvotes and downvotes — and by the end of the period, the pages will be treated with adapted deletions standards. Namely, negatively rated pages will be deleted and positively rated pages will remain.

This proposal would place all power into the hands of the community at-large to cast their votes on each individual Bright piece. It would address concerns over the establishment of a precedent allowing staff to unilaterally remove an author's work in relation to an AHT ban by making this a community decision rather than a staff-driven one. The proposal is made under the assumption that users in the community will handle the matter in a mature fashion.

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What Issues Does This Proposal Address?

Issue: Harmful Works Authored by Bright

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Details: Bright used their works and the fame gained thereby to groom their victims. The works continue to amplify Bright's visibility simply by existing. Even in the author's absence from the site, these works might still lead vulnerable persons to interact with Bright.

All Bright works are inherently harmful as a result of their role in perpetuating Bright's legacy and influence. The reason why works are classified as 'Harmful', 'Ambiguously Harmful', or 'Non-Overtly Harmful' is based on the literal content of each work. Works classified as Harmful are works that were considered to have the most harmful content, notably content involving harmful portrayals of subjects such as pedophilia, sexual assault, the degradation of woman, and the normalization of abuse and control — all of which was used to groom victims. Ambiguously Harmful Works refer to pages that contain content that is to a lesser-degree as harmful as outright Harmful works, or could be read as not overtly harmful. Non-Overtly Harmful Works are works where the content has no apparent issues. There is no such thing as a Bright page that is non-harmful. All of Bright's pages perpetuated their influence and reach.

Resolution: Rather than staff evaluating Bright's works, the active userbase is able to make its own determination on how harmful each individual work is and whether it should be deleted.

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This is Resolved When: Each harmful work has gone through proper deletions procedure, and redirects to the Bright List message implemented. If full deletion of each article does not occur, this issue has not been resolved and a new method of resolution must be found. Except where otherwise noted, this applies to each of the following issues.

Issue: Ambiguously Harmful Works Authored By Bright

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Details: As above, but in the case of articles where the questionable material is more subtextual or otherwise subtle.
Resolution: As above.

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This is Resolved When: As above.

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Issue: Non-Overtly Harmful Works Authored By Bright

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Details: As above, but in the case of articles where no obvious questionable material is present beyond the connection to Bright.
Resolution: As above.

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This is Resolved When: As above.

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Issue: Bright's Co-Authored Page(s)

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Details: As above, but in the case of articles co-authored by Bright.
Resolution: Staff will coordinate with co-authors to find an appropriate solution.

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This is Resolved When: No works co-authored by Bright remain on the site, or methods have been put in place to limit their potential for harm.

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Issue: Rewriting Bright's Pages

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Details: There is an occasional push to re-write these pages to remove the offensive material.
Resolution: Irrelevant; Bright's works will not fall into rewrite territory as other works do, as the Rewrite Team has categorically stated that these articles will not be rewritten.

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This is Resolved When: Irrelevant to this proposal.

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Issue: Bright's Contributions to Series

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Details: Some of Bright's pages are part of series involving contributions by other authors.
Resolution: This has no meaningful effect on the process of regular deletions; series editors still on the site may decide to unlink Bright's articles from their series, should any survive.

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This is Resolved When: Bright's pages have gone through the deletions threshold process.

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Issue: The Slots

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Details: Bright's works take up several high-profile SCP slots, the use of which (if their articles are deleted) is a matter of contention. Some of Bright's tales have URLs which could potentially be used by other tales, resulting in confusion and unwanted attention either to those new works or to Bright.
Resolution: If this proposal is chosen, the slots will become redirects to the Bright List message.

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This is Resolved When: Any of the deleted pages as mentioned above are made into redirects to the Bright List message.

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Issue: Off-Site Works that Backlink to Bright's Pages / Slot Shock

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Details: Removing Bright's works would result in backlinks no longer functioning, and leaving the slots empty or replacing them could produce negative reactions from users expecting to find what they previously found at those urls.
Resolution: All backlinks of pages voted into deletion will redirect to the Bright List message. Prospective readers, seeing that the works are not present, may choose to seek them out elsewhere, and receive information on the situation from sources beyond our control. In that situation they may also be motivated to contact the author, which is extremely undesirable. Users will express surprise at the absence of these works as their individual experiences and personalities dictate.

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This is Resolved When: This will never be fully resolved.

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Issue: Supplementary Pages

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Details: There exist pages not written by Bright but which act as supplements to pages written by Bright.
Resolution: Out of scope for this proposal.

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This is Resolved When: If the above is seen as an issue that needs addressing, it will be resolved through a separate initiative.

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Issue: Handling Bright's Harm

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Details: Bright is the cause of a great deal of harm to members of the SCP community and others, past and present. Bright's works enabled this harm, and may continue to do so. The SCP Wiki should act to mitigate harm already done, and prevent further harm being done, to whatever extent we can.
Resolution: This proposal does not involve the direct handling of any known cases of harm. Deletion of Bright's pages potentially reduces future harm caused by hosting the articles on the SCP Wiki, and redirecting to the Bright List message will provide some contextual information for users who choose to read.

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This is Resolved When: This cannot ever be fully resolved. This proposal's part in addressing harm caused by Bright is the reduction of their work's visibility and continuing the awareness-raising done by the Bright List message.

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Issue: Off-Site Reaction

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Details: Any act involving the works of Bright will inevitably attract attention from the off-site portion of our community, which may not be fully informed and may also not be aligned with our own opinions on the matter. Reaction to this proposal in particular may result in the impression that staff has chosen to do little to address the underlying issues or treat the problem of Bright with an appropriate amount of care. By making it a community vote, users who want the pages to remain may be less likely to take vengeful action against any individuals after learning of any deletions..
Resolution: Community-driven deletion makes the enaction of this proposal community-led. It may nevertheless appear to represent staff washing their hands of the issue, not doing enough, and devolving responsibility. Staff should ensure that proper messaging is prepared ahead of adopting this proposal so that off-site community members are given the chance to understand why it is happening, and what it means.

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This is Resolved When: This will be ongoing indefinitely, although reactions will likely wane over time as the works become less visible; the deletion process will almost certainly take time, however, particularly for works popular offsite. As the slot redirects will remain permanently, so too will users encountering this situation for the first time.

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Issue: Issues Regarding Staff Mass Deletions

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Details: The ability of staff to mass delete SCP Wiki pages, as has been suggested with Bright's works, is contested.
Resolution: This proposal places the onus on deciding whether these works should be deleted on the site membership. This may serve to assuage fears that the staff of the SCP Wiki intend to embark on any campaigns of mass deletion. It does not prevent the impression that staff will engage in irreversible retaliatory action when a user has been banned by the Anti-Harassment Team; reverting the votes of a banned author's articles is an unprecedented action.

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This is Resolved When: This will be resolved upon completion of the community-driven deletions votes.

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Issue: INT Translations

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Details: Many of Bright's works have been translated to other language branches.
Resolution: The other branches should be encouraged, via the Ambassador Team, to subject their translations of Bright's articles to the same process, with special attention given to ensuring that our altruistic reasons for doing this are clear to the staff of those branches. How they choose to act will ultimately be up to them.

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This is Resolved When: All pages translated from the works of Bright on all other language branches have been successfully deleted. This will be a lengthy process, and in all likelihood will never be fully completed, but its implementation will be out of scope for -EN staff once the Ambassador Team has contacted each branch and explained the situation and our wishes.

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What Pages are Addressed by This Proposal?

Content Warnings: The following list features mentions of pedophilia, sexual abuse, beastiality and grooming throughout.

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For this proposal we are subjecting all pages that were authored by Bright to an adapted deletions process, with the three following exceptions:

Page	What is Being Done?	Rationale for Action
SCP-902	As the page is co-authored, this page will not be subjected to adapted deletions. Instead, the attribution for Bright will be updated to 'TheDuckMan',2 a username that still attributes them, without overtly being Bright.	This page, while authored by Bright, contains no overtly harmful content. Additionally, as it is co-authored, we did not want to violate the coauthor's authorial will, and therefore, elected to leave this on the wiki.
SCP-2000 Contest Hub	This page will not be subjected to adapted deletions, as it is the hub for the SCP-2000 contest. Therefore, we plan to reattribute the page to 'Staff'.	In recent years, staff has been reattributing site pages to "Staff" for consistency regardless of which user originally posted it, so this action is well-precedented. This page has no content on it that was directly created by Bright, beyond creating the page initially with the text 'Entries for the number 2000 contest! Add your link here.'. Given that, and the significance of the page, we have elected to reattribute it to Staff instead of allowing the possibility for deletion or unlisting.3
Personnel Director Bright's Personnel File	This page will be deleted, as author pages are not subject to the usual deletions process.	This page serves as a platform for a known abuser, and as its existence represents the author, it must be removed. There is no alternative that does not contribute to the curated concept of Bright.

Page	What is Being Done?	Rationale for Action
SCP-029	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-050	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-161	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-321	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-528	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-573	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-590	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-627	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-693	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-721	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-834	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-894	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-963	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-1004	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-1337	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-1590	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-1777	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-2976	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-100-J	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-5555-J	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
12 Tales About A Factory	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
An Evening With Bright	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Annon	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Blind Date	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Code Brown	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Ecce Perago	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Games Reality Benders Play	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Here There Be	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Intermission 2	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
In The End: Don't Go To Heaven Where The Angels Fry	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
In The End: Elite	TThe page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
In The End: Europe	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
In The End: Fiat Lux	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
In The End: Monkey Business	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
In The End: Rawhide	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
In The End: We Dare Not Go A Hunting	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
"I Quit."	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Jack of Clubs	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Jack of Diamonds	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Mary Sue Who	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Nothing To See Here	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Origin of Clef	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Quality Family Time	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
R.I.P.	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
SCP-001:O5	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Senior Staff Shenanigans	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Snippets From The Serpent	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Story To Be Named Later	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Tale of 13	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Tales From The Bright Side 1	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Tales From The Bright Side Chapter 1.5	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
The Aftermath: But Here's What Really Happened	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
The Self Insert	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
untitled1.txt	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Visions of A Better World	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
We're Off To Be The Lizard	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
What Is Love?	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Where Do Story Arcs Go When They Die?	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Document 050	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.
Fragments	The page will be put up for a vote by the user base. If, at the end of the voting period, the page has a negative rating, the page will be deleted.	In line with the proposal, we are putting all works authored by Bright to an adapted deletions vote.

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Step-By-Step Breakdown:

1. Specifics regarding the deletion threshold and the duration of the voting period will be determined.
2. A singular "Voting Page" containing 1 voting module for each of Bright's works (63) will be drafted. This would additionally include links to each page and an explanation of the process. If this is impossible, the Backup Plan below will be followed instead.
3. Site applications will be temporarily closed. A message would be added to the "Join the Site" page explaining the closure and its duration.
4. The Voting Page will be posted to the SCP Wiki.
5. The Voting Page will be closed at the end of the voting period.
6. Votes will be tallied.
7. Applications will be reopened, staff will go through the application backlog.
8. Bright works that meet the deletion threshold will be deleted.
9. The "Voting Page" will be archived, unlisted, or deleted as appropriate.

Backup Plan

1. Specifics regarding the deletion threshold and the duration of the voting period will be determined.
2. A template for "Voting Pages" will be drafted. These would include any and all relevant information regarding the situation as a whole, links to info, etc. If possible, this template would be used as a listpage or an appropriate equivalent, which would allow staff to push changes to all pages as needed rather than needing to update all pages individually.
3. Site applications will be temporarily closed. A message would be added to the "Join the Site" page explaining the closure and its duration.
4. A category and/or tag for the voting pages will be created.
5. A hub for the Voting Pages will be created for ease of navigation for users. This page will use ListPages so that the page updates automatically with the works. The hub will be locked.
6. One voting page will be created for each of Bright's works (63)
   1. Links to every Bright page will be gathered.
   2. Links will be split between the staff members responsible for creating the pages.
   3. All Voting Pages will be placed in the aforementioned category or assigned the aforementioned tag.
   4. Each Voting Page will be parented to the hub.
   5. Each Voting Page will be ensures to properly inform users which Bright work it is associated with.
   6. Voting Pages will be follow a consistent naming convention. Titles should be informative as to which work the page is associated with.
   7. All Voting Pages will be locked.
7. At the end of the voting period, all Voting Pages will be closed and the vote totals will be tallied.
8. All Bright works that meet the threshold will be deleted.
9. The Voting Pages will be archived, unlisted, or deleted as appropriate.

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Why This Solution?:

The choice to delete each individual page is left to the community as a whole.
As stated before, this solution would place deletion into the hands of the at-large community to decide what to do with Bright's works. By putting the choice into the hands of the userbase, and locking applications to deter malicious voting, it is subjected to deletion procedures with site members who reflect the current attitude of the site and possess knowledge of the actions of the author, along with any harmful material featured. This course of action alleviates concerns over potential staff overreaches in power, as whether articles remain on the site is up to the community. Given the current climate of the userbase in regards to Bright's works, it's reasonable to believe that this proposal would likely result in the removal of a similar amount of Bright's articles on the wiki.

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Concerns:

Something might slip through.
There will remain a chance that pages containing harmful or harmful content made by Bright will remain on the wiki after voting has concluded. It is not guaranteed to happen, but it is a risk compared to unilaterally deleting articles that staff has deemed harmful.

There will be confusion from those who are not aware of the changes.
Pages that are removed may create confusion for users who are unaware of Bright's conduct, the vote, and why the original pages are gone. This will likely result in having to frequently clarify the reason for removal. Furthermore, because no context to Bright's works will exist on the wiki, offsite users may get confused and consult non-official sources that contain inaccurate information regarding Bright.

During the vote, Bright will be put in the spotlight, drawing attention towards them.
This proposal effectively turns the deletion process of Bright's Works into a long, drawn-out, highly-publicized, community-wide event, during which there will be lots of discussion around Bright. This unrest would entice bad actors off-site into stirring up further drama, would negatively affect those with trauma surrounding Bright, and would effectively give Bright a lot of free publicity, potentially bringing more individuals into their orbit.

The discussion surrounding votes will likely be heated.
Members of the community may become heated regarding the articles and whether they look like they will be deleted or not across the entire voting period.

There is a risk of malicious voting.
Malicious voting is an obvious concern. The wiki has had issues with brigading in the past, some recently.

This proposal would require a lot of work across both the staff and user side.
Staff would have to create 63 pages associated with each Bright page, keep track of them, and monitor for malicious voting — meanwhile; users who wish to cast votes on all 63 pages will have to do so individually. Ultimately, staff would be very occupied for the entire voting duration which might result in them having less time for other duties.

This proposal would add significant delay.
Currently, nobody on Tech team is familiar with the methods used in the past (Wikidot's Data Forms) to create one page containing multiple distinct rating modules. Furthermore, even if someone was familiar with the underlying tools, the time it would take to set up 63 individual voting pages and conduct the vote in and of itself would add further delay.

It is up to the community.
Finally, this sends the message that staff will not take definitive action in similar cases and will instead leave it up to the community.

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Final Summary:

In this proposal, the fate of Bright's works will be decided via community vote. A "voting page" containing 63 rating modules — one for each Bright work — will be created, enabling users to vote on all Bright works over a specified voting period. Votes will start at 0, and, if, by the end of the voting period, a vote ends up below deletion threshold, the corresponding Bright work will be deleted. Otherwise, the work will remain.

• Technical Team
  • Create, manage, and debug the "voting page" with 63 rating modules.
• MAST
  • Deleting any Bright works below deletion threshold by the end of the voting period.
• Admins
  • Freezing Site join applications prior to and up until the end of the voting period.

Footnotes

1. For clarity, "Bright", the user, refers to the Wikidot user "AdminBright". Despite their username implying as such, they are not an administrator of the SCP Wiki and were permanently banned from the site in 2022. We will be referring to them as "Bright" rather than "AdminBright" to avoid any confusion regarding this.

2. TheDuckMan was Bright's username before they changed it to "AdminBright." As of January 2026, their username on the SCP Wiki was changed to display as "TheDuckMan" to make it clear that they are not an administrator of the site and reduce the risk of users associating them with the mythologized character of "Dr. Bright". While Bright was an administrator of the site at one point, they were stripped of their staff privileges and permanently AHT banned from the SCP Wiki and all official spaces in 2022. We will be referring to this user as "Bright" in all proposals to make it clear who we are talking about, while not giving the incorrect impression that they hold any level of authority anymore.

3. Unlisting is functionally considered the same as total deletion. The reason why unlisting is used rather than outright total deletion is to preserve a staff record of the pages in case retaining evidence is necessary in future. Unlisted works will not be accessible to readers.