Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29955469-20170511023725

Attribution missing...
Looking through this wiki I as an artist am personally concerned by how many artworks are stolen and made into pages without so much as a mention to whoever made the original artwork, such as Papyrus Jaguar and Crystal Godzilla, or at the very least linking to where the artwork was grabbed from. In reality the attribution should be right next to the image, especially for one-shot or parody kaiju. I know these kaiju in these instances are recolors, but it would be the equivalent of someone stealing Servopent artwork or Oh Pi artwork and presenting it as their own with zero acknowledgement of where it comes from... of course, Oh Pi is absolutely different from

This can lead to FMK Wiki being labelled as a community of art thieves making fun of people's artworks for the sake of "don't worry it's just a joke lol"

So, this problem is fixed by actually attributing artwork right below the image or somewhere prominently instead of just lifting it.

Parody kaiju
This also raises this question: I'm getting into potentially controversial/unpopular territory here, but we should address the topic of parody kaiju. Because parody kaiju (really just punchline kaiju or joke kaiju) has the potential effect of making Fan Made Kaiju wikia as being seen as a big joke and a not-serious place for people to post their own creations.

Actual parody kaiju, like Oh Pi, should stay how they are because they're original and nuanced/clever on how they make fun of a trope but still become their own thing and assume their own identity

The extreme solution to the problem posed by joke monsters is to flat out remove them all, but this is not what should be done. For blatant parody kaiju that only exist to be 1 big punchline that are never used anywhere except satirical stories, these pages should maybe be moved to a site that isn't meant to be serious like MosuFan Wiki, or it might be a good idea to put a big, bright "THIS IS A PARODY" template on top of the page and explaining how this page is a joke, not just throw it in in the bottom of the page on trivia and category. There is also a chance of making 1 big "List of USER's parody kaiju" so that these pages don't populate the site.

It might be worth looking at sort of standard being established for what qualifies as an acceptable parody kaiju. Maybe just a picture of Battra with a bowtie isn't enough to merit its own page. Also there is the issue that it seems a BIG CHUNK of these joke monsters have their pages made, inserted into 1 joke story, and then they get abandoned and completely forgotten. That's a bit troubling.

Conclusion
We need to either always make our own original fan art or if we're going to get someone else's fan art, ask for permission, or (if you can't be bothered to do that) attribute these people WELL.

I'm not trying to be a joke police here, but I'm asking this wiki's community to take an objective look at some of the joke monsters on this site and ask "Is this page going to want to make anyone go 'hey this seems like a good community for me to post my fanmade monsters'"? Be honest with yourself and ask "Is this kaiju actually funny or is it just a silly joke" -- is this monster actually cleverly designed, does it have an original spin, or is it just a joke no different from a meme image that you see one time in your life, laugh at, and then forget about?

It just doesn't seem right to have serious people posting their serious kaiju / and posting official fan-made kaiju alongside jokes that are just meant to be condescending and uncalled for "hey this community is cringe lol isnt this kaiju funny" and actually bring down the Wiki's overall seriousness and quality. Of course, legitimate parody kaiju that are original [even recolors if they're done seriously or CLEVERLY instead of just one-shots killed after saying 1 line of text] or have a real purpose in their stories should still be allowed, but all I'm saying is that monsters that are just slapping Obama on top of a Skeleturtle and calling it a parody kaiju that is on the same level as something clever and intricate like Oh Pi, needs to be looked at or like I said, moved to one big "list of parody kaiju made by X user" page.

'''Of course, what I'm saying can be disregarded. If you think these pages should be here, that's okay, but I'm pointing out a potential problem this site has that can really bring it down from gaining a larger serious community of people who want to share their stories and ideas for monsters.''' 