Per 
. ~ WhiteGuard
Who is 
A Random Day?
The user A Random Day became a member of this site on the 25th of February, 2014, and his top 3 most popular pages on the site by rating are SCP-3000: Ananteshesha at +1914, SCP-5555: Made in Heaven at +472, and SCP-2790: You've Got a Squid in Me at +368. As an author, A Random Day has written a total of 33 SCP articles, 38 Tales, 2 GoI Formats, and 32 other pages for a grand total of 105 pages contributed.
The following interview will consist of 20 questions from myself with his responses.
The bold text represents the questions whereas the text within the boxes are A Random Day's responses.
Interview Questions:
Howdy ARD! As per usual, how about we start off with how you came across the SCP Wiki? What drew you in to contribute and does that same draw still exist for you today? Do you happen to remember what the first article you read happened to be?
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How would you compare your writing style from when you wrote your first article on the site to the modern-day? What do you believe were your greatest strengths and deficiencies at the time? What about today?
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If you had to assemble the "perfect" writer on the Wiki by taking the best aspects of other authors, how would you go about it and who would you use?
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As we will see as we get further into this interview, you have done a lot of excellent work as collaboration pieces with other authors on the site. Do you have any tips or tricks for how to successfully collaborate with others? What do you believe are the best advantages to writing with other authors? What do you find to be the most challenging about doing so?
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Back in 2018, you did an AMA on Reddit where someone asked what your favorite article (or list of favorite articles) happened to be. You went on to list one from each Series from I to IV as well as your favorite 001 proposal, which was S Andrew Swann's Proposal: The Database. You mentioned that Swann's Proposal is "the benchmark by which meta articles should be set." Why is that and do you believe that this proposal is still your favorite? Additionally, now that Series VI is around, do you happen to have favorites for Series V and VI yet?
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So, your top-rated article happens to be your SCP-3000 contest winner, SCP-3000: Ananteshesha, with djkaktus and
Joreth. Now, I previously interviewed Kaktus in this series, and he mentioned that you were responsible for tying in the anomaly to Anantashesha and Joreth was responsible for some of the framing of the article. Tell me a little about the process of putting together this article.
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One of your more recent articles, SCP-5555: Made in Heaven with Rounderhouse and
Uncle Nicolini, happens to be one of my favorites within Series VI. (I am a sucker for Mann character articles.) As another big collaboration project of yours, take me through how this one came about. Who is Mann the character to you in this article? Also, what are your thoughts on the comments concerning the ending being "a let-down"?
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So, SCP-2790: You've Got a Squid in Me is the top-rated article that you wrote on your own. Now, you originally came up with this for the Short Works Contest but shelved it in favor of SCP-2810: Turtles All the Way Down. Why didn't you go through with submitting it for the contest, how do you feel about the article now, and when do I get the chance to poke him, prod him, hug him, squeeze him, rub against him, and play with him but not touch him?
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SCP-2820: Vaishnavastra is one of your most popular articles on the site as well as the one you mentioned was your favorite to write. What went right with this article and why do you personally like it so much?
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Clinical tone is a hallmark of the writing we have here on the Wiki. The essay you wrote on this topic, Clinical Tone: Declassified, is rather popular and for good reason. What do you believe clinical tone adds to the format and what do you believe to be the most common issue with new writers and their tone?
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SCP-3780: Who Shot J.F.K.? is a rather unique take on the JFK assassination. What was going on through your mind when writing this one? In general, where do most of your inspiration come from when writing?
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Back in 2018, during the aforementioned AMA on Reddit, someone asked if you would ever do a collaboration piece with The Great Hippo. You mentioned at the time that you often went to him for critique and brainstorming, but your writing styles were very different so you were not sure how to make it work. Specifically, you made the comparison "in terms of Kanye West, if my writing style is MBDTF, then his is Yeezus." 2 years later, Hippo and you wrote the successful SCP-4310: The Hero's Journey. What is the article about, and how did you go about writing with someone with such a different style as you?
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The Group of Interest, Prometheus Labs, originally comes from SCP-148: The "Telekill" Alloy which was brought over from the EditThis days. In the 2014 Group of Interest Contest, your team decided to build upon this group. Why did you choose Prometheus Labs and what direction did you try to take it during that contest?
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During the Mobile Task Force Contest in 2016, you captained a team that came in 3rd place consisting of yourself, GreenWolf, sirpudding, and TyGently. For the contest, your team came up with MTF Tau-5 "Samsara" starting with the Avatara tale. How did the concept for Samsara come to be? Are you surprised by the reception Samsara has received on and off the site? Who is your favorite character within Samsara and why?
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Besides your writing, you are actually well-known for your critique on the site. What is the purpose of giving a critique on already successful articles on the site? Besides being a good writer, what characteristics do you believe about yourself allows you to be able to give a good, sound critique?
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During your time as the Co-Captain of Community Outreach alongside ProcyonLotor, you ran a total of 6 contests: the 72 Hour Jam Contest, the Doomsday Contest, the 144-Hour Jam Contest, the Collaboration Contest, the 144-Hour Jam Contest Two, and the Exquisite Corpse Contest. What was the process of setting up a contest for the site? Out of the ones you were involved in, which was the contest you enjoyed most? Did you miss not being able to compete in contests due to being the person running them?
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Although on a sabbatical, you are a long-time moderator for the site and part of Community Outreach, Forum Crit, and Disciplinary. If you had to sum up your experience as a staff member, what would you say? Finally, if you don't mind saying, what brought on your sabbatical from staff?
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Is there any projects you are working on right now that you would like to mention? This is more or less the plugging section of my interviews. I know that you have the Object Class: Podcast with Captain Kirby if you would like to talk about that as well.
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At the end of the day, who really is "A Random Day"?
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Procyonlotor wanted to know what your fursona was.
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This concludes the interview. I hope you enjoyed it! I would like to thank A Random Day for being great to work with.
In addition to that, I already have the next interview in this series prepared, and I believe everyone will enjoy hearing from my next interviewee!
Thank you for reading!
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