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SCP-338 was an early containment fiction article about a pair of parallel copper discs that caused objects placed between them to ‘fade out’ and be replaced by strange artifacts from an unknown origin. It was first posted to /x/ on January 19, 2008, and was subsequently ported to both EditThis, and Wikidot.[1]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/444231.xml[2]https://web.archive.org/web/20080803022552/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP-338[3]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-338-arc It currently exists ..

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Xian was an early containment fiction author who wrote several lasting contributions to SCP Series 1, including SCP-002 and SCP-003. While there is no explicit record of Xian writing/publishing SCP-002 on EditThis archives, records show that SCP-002 and SCP-003 were written by the same anonymous author on /x/.[1]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-7983.0-7983.63 Works SCP-003 (“Biological Motherboard”) SCP-003 is Xian’s ..

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Note: This article deals with mature themes. Reader discretion is advised. SCP-166 “Teenage Succubus”, currently titled “Just a Teenage Gaea”, was an article of containment fiction about a female succubus between the ages of 16-18, who has the ability to sexually control males upon eye contact, and who requires sperm as sustenance.[1]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-series It was written ..

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WikiDot is an online wiki farm which is currently hosting most active containment fiction communities. This includes the SCP Foundation, Wayward Society, Backrooms Wiki, RPC Authority, Liminal Archives, sandboxes associated with all of those communities, and more. It has been the primary medium through which containment fiction has been written since 2008. History WikiDot was ..

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“A thing that does a thing”, or ATTDAT in acronym, is a common phrase in containment fiction to describe an article that lacks narrative development, and that is primarily composed of an anomalous object and a mechanism of action. The concept is strongly associated with Series 1 and pre-Series 1 SCPs. For example, SCP-173 is ..

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Notice: The formulas on this page do not adapt well to the Wiki’s dark mode. It is recommended to use light mode for this page (bottom right toggle), or while reading the formulas. Controversy index, or CI, is a unitless value used as a loose mathematical tool to indirectly quantify a containment fiction work’s controversial ..

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Redaction/expungement are literary devices common to containment fiction articles that censor information in order to create mystery, intrigue, and drama. The tactic is associated with containment fiction documents/articles, and not precedent forms of fiction, e.g. The Holders or creepypasta in general. The device originated on 4chan’s /x/ in an effort to further convey a bureaucratic ..

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Anonypoet, later known as scroton,[1]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77170/scp-579#post-1491835[2]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-533779/scp-071#post-1515116 was an early SCP author, active on EditThis and WikiDot. They are most notable for writing SCP-579 (“[DATA EXPUNGED]”), though they also wrote SCP-1398 (“Hateful Dead”), and a non-viable (rewritten) SCP-071 (“New-Age Succubus”). They are known for their work with expungement/redaction. SCPs SCP-579 (“[DATA EXPUNGED]”) SCP-579 was written and first ..

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