Discussion BaseBreakingCharacter / SCPFoundation

Re cut request: Since when are Base-Breaking Character and Broken Base the same thing?

I deleted the SCP-2721 entry because I felt that it was encouraging a ongoing brigade of the SCP-2721 article and mischaracterized the well-written article as badly written self-insert fanfic due to a prejudice against the subject of gender dysphoria. If anybody wants to write a better version of the article feel free. Also it's not base-breaking, if you look at the comment section people only hate it after an off-site youtuber comments about it. As the previous poster said, a vocal minority does not make a broken base.

• SCP-106 and 173 have become this, mainly because of Hype Backlash and the uber high difficulty in SCP – Containment Breach. Even if one puts that side, the two garner excessive backlash due to the over abundance of popularity and how everyone connects them to every SCP out there. 682 also fits this as well.

I do not think this is a valid example. Aside from being one sided on the detractor's favor, all of these characters are considered to be the most popular SC Ps on the entire wiki. I actually removed their entries before because of this, and crunched some numbers on the Base Breaking Character Cleanup Thread to prove my point. Each SCP has a tally of the upvotes and downvotes that users have given them, and that gave a good idea on what the average user thought of each character. 173 had 94% of its vote be positive, while 682 had 93%. I crunched the numbers for 106, and about 96% of his votes were positive.

Base Breaking Characters are supposed to be hotly debated and roughly split the fanbase in two. I don't see the split on these votes. Combined with how all three are among the highest-rated SC Ps, I really don't think they should be on this page. A Vocal Minority does not make a Broken Base. I'd like some feedback so I don't cause an edit war, so please weigh in with your thoughts.