SCP Wiki

 

The SCP Wiki is the original series of containment fiction community and has existed since 2007. SCP stands for “Secure, Contain, and Protect”, a backronym to the letters accompanying the first example of its kind,[1]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-98911/power#post-288697 SCP-173. SCP began on 4chan’s “Paranormal” board (more commonly known as /x/) in 2007, when an anonymous user S.S. Walrus (now known as Moto42) posted the first version of SCP-173.[2]https://archive.is/QD9UF Eventually, the SCP series moved to the EditThis wiki farm in early 2008, and then to the Wikidot wiki farm in mid 2008, where the SCP series currently resides.[3]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/history-of-the-universe-part-one

The main site’s URL was initially “https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/”.[4]http://web.archive.org/web/20080912031443/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/Main_Page[5]https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ On February 15, 2011, “scp-wiki.net” was created and also active, existing alongside the wikidot URL.[6]https://urlscan.io/domain/scp-wiki.net[7]https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/http://scp-wiki.net[8]https://github.com/MikeInnes/The-Paranoid-Android/issues/2 In August 2020, the SCP Wiki’s URL was officially changed to “https://scpwiki.com/”.[9]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-13606439/domain-transition-announcement[10]https://archive.ph/GS2Vl[11]https://www.scpwiki.com[12]https://urlscan.io/result/816aa78d-231f-44d6-91a8-dc06093368c1/#summary Typing in previous URLs, including “scpwiki.com”, redirects to “https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/”. As a result of this change, The Wayback Machine‘s archives of the “scp-wiki.net” URL do not successfully extend past August 1st, 2022,[13]https://web.archive.org/web/20200701000000*/http://scp-wiki.net and archives of “scpwiki.com” URL begin at this time.[14]((https://web.archive.org/web/20201001000000*/http://scpwiki.com/

The SCP Wiki operates under the CC Attribution / Share-Alike 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0) license.

History

4chan

Note: A detailed history of 4chan’s /x/ threads regarding SCP can be found on the /x/ wiki page.

In addition to SCP-173 and its basic format inclusions, 4chan threads about SCP introduced the ideas of several elements that would find further maturation in the SCP format: character-driven logs,[15]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-1781.17-1781.79 other SCP items, in-universe role playing & cross-testing,[16]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-3747.30-3747.328 decommissioning,[17]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-3575.43-3575.308 article critique (“crit”), collaborative editing,[18]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-7643.121-7643.270[19]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-2469.30-2469.55 headcannon,[20]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-3661.30-3661.320 discovery logs,[21]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-3919.10-3919.1875 redaction & a site dedicated to such objects,[22]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-4359.49-4359.554[23]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-6143.10-6143.117[24]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-7997.39-7997.253[25]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-7203.10-7203.173 the philosophy of horror / writing horror,[26]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-5495.30-5495.233 containment breaches,[27]https://archive.ph/jmVa6#selection-5161.10-5161.25[28]https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-5133.390-5133.580[29]https://archive.ph/rHdvx prototype object classes, D-Class personnel,[30]https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-3987.10-3987.26, incident reports,[31]https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-5133.42-5133.71[32]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-19913.0-19913.71 the Overseers,[33]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-2813.0-2975.7 and immersive in-universe elements such as warning notices & console commands,[34]https://archive.ph/mwFGh#selection-4471.9-4471.23[35]https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-4255.0-4255.788 migration to an external, site-dedicated collection,[36]e.g, https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-7997.273-7997.466 contests to decide what entries get a specific slot (determined by popular vote, and with runner-ups taking alternative slots),[37]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-14148.0-14217.287 and numerous other qualities.

From the first threads featuring variations on SCP-173, there was the explicit intention of keeping entries believable and authentic from the perspective of immersion. Traditional story-telling elements were eschewed in favor of stark clinical pseudo-documentation, although story-telling elements would be introduced to propel the developing genre’s narrative capabilities nonetheless.[38]https://archive.ph/jmVa6[39]e.g., see SCP-176, SCP-256.

The creative potential of the genre caught on slowly, with individuals taking for granted that any variation on SCP-173 should also be a statue with humanoid features.[40]https://archive.ph/wxQgG#selection-3769.51-3769.199 The idea of branching out to things other than statues — even conceptually adjacent things such as paintings or ventriloquist dolls — was done almost cautiously.[41]https://archive.ph/wxQgG#selection-3683.10-3693.7[42]see SCP-086 From June 2007 to January 2008, most of the activity regarding SCP was requests for either the image associated with SCP-173, an accompanying United States Airforce tale, or both. A minority of threads featured any attempts to branch out and create new variations of the SCP format.

SCP-173 (and/or its image) was influential enough to see repeated requests for it to be reposted, which sustained interest and eventually generated traction for expanding the series, and on its own dedicated platform, the first of which was EditThis.

Dr Gears (then writing as “Cog”) was the first known to person to use “SCP Foundation”, in April 2008 on 4chan’s /x/.[43]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-19521.0-19557.182 It appeared regularly on /x/ after then, though was not ubiquitous.[44]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-19521.0-19557.179[45]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-25431.0-25461.451[46]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-27043.0-27091.54[47]https://archive.ph/8j4bA#selection-1102.0-1181.7[48]https://archive.ph/3QlpV#selection-20699.519-20699.613 The basic identity/goals of the SCP Foundation was established by mid 2008, developing simultaneously on /x/ and EditThis.[49]https://archive.ph/3QlpV#selection-20699.614-20699.741

— Pardon our progress —

 

EditThis

Note: A detailed history of the SCP Wiki on EditThis can be seen on the EditThis wiki page.

The SCP EditThis Wiki was the primary repository of SCPs between January and July 2008.[50]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-scp-foundation-on-4chan-and-editthis While relatively short-lived, it represented the first attempts at both independent & collaborative organization of the SCP series off of 4chan, and was pivotal to the project’s later development. By the conclusion of the EditThis era, Security Clearance Levels, Object Classes, Warning Labels, Secure Facilities Locations, Incident Reports, and Eye-witness Interviews / Personal Logs had established roles in-universe and in-document, as well as a dedicated Joke article section,[51]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-20783.0-20783.190) and guidelines and rules for writing SCPs.[52]https://web.archive.org/web/20080903043644/http://www.editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/Continue_on[53]https://web.archive.org/web/20080617060229/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-010[54]http://web.archive.org/web/20080803022143/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Guidelines_and_Caveats[55]http://web.archive.org/web/20080521121453/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Secure_facilities_location A crude template of the SCP document format was available (“SCP-XXX”; this was largely written by 4chan user Lofwyr).[56]https://web.archive.org/web/20080410225114/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP-XXX[57]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-17733.0-17733.232 The formal Object Classes were being introduced in February 2008,[58]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/472986.xml, archive[59]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/503107.xml, archive used in a standardized way by March 2008.[60]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/521883.xml, archive[61]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/503107.xml, archive For example, a repost of SCP-529 “Josie the Half Cat” in March 2008 on /x/ included “Object Class: Safe” when it was not present on the original.[62]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/545719.xml, archive Most pre-existing SCPs were given object classes while on EditThis after being ported.[63]e.g. http://web.archive.org/web/20080518145546/http://editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/SCP-093

The earliest archive of the SCP EditThis was on April 9, 2008, approximately 3 months after its creation.[64]https://web.archive.org/web/20080409210737/http://editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/SCP_Series# Specifics with respect to chronological development during this time are obfuscated for this reason. At the time of this archive, roughly 128 SCP entries had been posted to the series. This would increase to around 188 by the time EditThis was no longer used. [65]http://web.archive.org/web/20080614163913/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP_Series

As of April 2008 — three months after its creation — the EditThis SCP Wiki was the fourth-most popular Wiki on EditThis, with 51,071 unique views, based on Google analytics.[66]https://web.archive.org/web/20080410055351/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page In May 2008, when EditThis migrated to new servers, the SCP Wiki was given second place priority among all EditThis Wikis, reportedly based on unique visitors.[67]https://archive.ph/oyTjs#selection-1403.0-1413.127 In June, approximately 60-70 unique visitors would view the EditThis SCP Wiki per week.[68]https://web.archive.org/web/20080610180409/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page By the creation of the SCP Wiki on Wikidot in July 2008, the SCP Wiki had fallen off of EditThis’ list of “Top wikis by unique visitors (this week)”.[69]https://web.archive.org/web/20080714124739/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page Throughout the months of July and August, traffic would reduce to less than 30 unique visitors in slow weeks, and 30-50 unique visitors on high-volume weeks.[70]https://web.archive.org/web/20080701234452/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page[71]https://web.archive.org/web/20080730083609/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page The EditThis SCP Wiki would not reappear on the “Top wikis by unique visitors (this week)” after August 2008.[72]https://web.archive.org/web/20090601000000*/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page

EditThis was a relatively unpolished wiki farm that would suffer regularly from slow processes, major outages, database errors, malware attacks, image upload issues, and maintenance downtimes that could extend up to a week.[73]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-10527.0-10527.30[74]https://web.archive.org/web/20080511213321/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page[75]https://archive.ph/oyTjs[76]https://web.archive.org/web/20091213010638/http://editthis.uservoice.com/pages/35672-feature-requests[77]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-26779.42-26779.147[78]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/578335.html[79]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/578388.html[80]https://archive.ph/54tqP#selection-2396.0-2457.7[81]https://archive.ph/54tqP#selection-3252.0-3303.216 When running properly, it would offer limited functionality for the purposes of the SCP Wiki’s collaborative project; for example, discussion pages (“talk” pages) were rudimentary with no reply features, and only optional tagging for specific date and time.[82]e.g. https://web.archive.org/web/20080617062355/https://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP_Series The issues with the EditThis software, and the reported abandoning of the Wiki by its Admin creator,[83] eventually lead community members to abandon the platform and establish the SCP series on WikiDot. (A switch to a paid model is cited as a reason on History of the Universe, Part I;[83]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/history-of-the-universe-part-one, archive however, no announcement of such a change is present on the system admin’s blogs for 2007 or 2008.[84]http://constantsun.blogspot.com/2008/, archive[85]https://web.archive.org/web/20080726192318/www.constantsun.com/blog/) EditThis would continue to have fundamental issues after the SCP series left.[86]https://web.archive.org/web/20100219123607/http://groups.google.com:80/group/editthisinfo

EditThis lacked the ability to outright delete pages, featured rudimentary discussions and relatively impoverished coordination, and had no page permissions to prevent vandalism.[87]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/history-of-the-universe-part-one Curation and standard keeping was present while on EditThis,[88]http://web.archive.org/web/20080617062256/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-093 though were nebulous, and saw continued development on /x/, which operated as a more organized forum for discussion for the developing series.[89]https://archive.ph/8j4bA#selection-2518.0-2673.439

–Pardon our progress–

Logo

The official SCP Wiki logo; Creative Commons By-Attribution Share-Alike 3.0.

The SCP Wiki’s logo or insignia has been described as follows:

“… an outlined circle with three arrows crossing its contour and pointing to the center. The structure is closed in a thin frame, which repeats its silhouette — a circle with three protruding rectangles (around the arrows’ tails).”[90]https://1000logos.net/scp-logo/

“It consists of circles, arrows, and a figured structure with three trapezoidal protrusions.”[91]https://logos-world.net/scp-logo/

It was chosen due to its likeness to a shield or badge used by law-enforcement agencies. The three arrows point inwards to represent containment,[92]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-98911/power#post-288697[93]https://archive.ph/r0Pan#selection-2153.0-2166.0 and have unofficially been interpreted as representing the three arms of the SCP Foundation’s goals of “Secure, Contain, Protect”.[94]https://1000logos.net/scp-logo/

The logo was created by WikiDot user and SCP author far2, based on a stock hazard symbol for electrostatic shock from Adobe.[95] … Continue reading

International branches of the SCP Wiki have their own versions of the logo, usually with national colors or symbols.[96]http://scp-int.wikidot.com/

Numerous variations of the logo exist, on-site and off, to indicate specialized departments of the Foundation, as part of individual aesthetic decisions pertaining to prose content, products, or to communicate political ideologies.[97]https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SCP_Foundation_logos[98]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/desk-of-junior-designer-s-yvonne[99] … Continue reading[100] … Continue reading[101]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/component:pride-highlighter

Logo History

The SCP Wiki’s current logo was preceded by Josie the Half Cat (EditThis, suggested by the Admin), and an unknown dinosaur image prior to that (EditThis).[102]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-19377.1519-19377.1699

A SCP Wiki forum titled “Foundation Emblem or Logo?” introduced the idea of an official Foundation seal (user deleted).[103]https://web.archive.org/web/20210215053225/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-89371/foundation-emblem-or-logo While initially supported, it was nearly rejected outright due to conflict with immersion and in-universe rationale:

“The idea of an Foundation logo is tempting. At first it would seem to verify and unite those that stand behind it, however, it kinda defeats the purpose of a clandestine organization hidden from the public eye.”[104]https://archive.ph/r0Pan#selection-1121.0-1121.210 — The Administrator

“I feel the Admin is correct. I like the idea of a logo, but it would provide too much identification. There may be some kind of watermark or stamp for some internal documents, but a patch would be too much. I was a supporter of a logo patch, but now i very clearly see that it would hinder, rather then help, the Foundation”[105]https://archive.ph/r0Pan#selection-1249.0-1253.279 — DrGears

In the discussion, one comment suggested a simple insignia that was recently featured in a faux-document mock-up .pdf that user far2 had done in the same month for visually aesthetic purposes.[106]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-89371/foundation-emblem-or-logo#post-289428 That thread discussed creating a SCP encyclopedia, which would be submitted to publishers for publication.[107]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-97462/scp-encyclopedia DrGears suggested one of the marketing arms (“meta-reality projects”) for the effort be the creation of “PDF of SCP entries, similar to the book, but mainly for member distribution”.[108]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-97462/scp-encyclopedia#post-287277

far2 replied with:

“Well, I whipped up an example of the 4th one, the multi-page PDF. It’s here if anyone feels like checking it out.
Personally, I think it looks more… menacing in that format, more serious and hidden.
Feel free to ignore the logo in the top left, I just felt it needed a little something to begin with.” — far2[109]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-97462/scp-encyclopedia#post-287324

This is the first use and mention of the SCP logo. Both the initial version as well as the .pdf are lost, but it can be inferred from comments that the initial logo was similar if not identical to this version.[110]https://archive.ph/r0Pan#selection-2153.0-2166.0

SCP Wiki discussion by far2 on the original logo. Notice the lost image, as well as the unanswered question below.

A comment on a subsequent thread, created that same month, mentioned the logo found on far2’s .pdf.[111]https://archive.ph/r0Pan#selection-2043.0-2062.0 In reply, far2 stated:

“That’s not the original logo I did up. The original is below, I just ran it through Photoshop’s photocopy filter. I used that symbol to make it look like the ‘shield’ or badge used by law-enforcement agencies, and also because the arrows indicate moving inward – containing the threats.”[112]https://archive.ph/r0Pan#selection-2153.0-2166.0

(This .pdf would be referenced elsewhere by far2.[113]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-98911/power#post-288697, “the template”)

By January 2014, when the Sigma-9 theme went live (see below, Site Themes, Sigma-9), creator Aelanna included the far2 logo in the front page redesign, noting “Let’s face it. As wishy-washy as we’ve been about having an official logo thus far, the greater fanbase and community have accepted it, so we have one whether we like it or not.”[114]https://web.archive.org/web/20140209082335/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/new-site-theme It has been the site’s primary logo since.

At one time, the SCP Wiki staff considered making “Josie the Half Cat” (SCP-529) their official logo, but this was rejected in favor of far2’s.[115]https://archive.ph/xwD4w#selection-5047.0-5059.185

Site Themes

WikiDot “Shiny” Theme

Upon the creation of the SCP Wiki on WikiDot, and between the years of 2008-2014, the SCP Wiki used a default WikiDot theme (“Shiny Theme”).[116]https://web.archive.org/web/20080730074722/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ This featured minimal design, a black header with a fade down to white, a simple to rudimentary layout of sidebar links, and columnated div boxes.

A modern re-work of the initial aesthetic for the site, “Classic SCP Foundation Theme” (created by author Lt Flops and published on July 21, 2020) is a popular choice among modern articles.

Sigma-9

On January 22, 2014, the site’s default aesthetic theme was upgraded to a custom theme called the Sigma-9 CSS Theme, created by author Aelanna, who had also created some useful templates for the Wiki prior.[117]https://web.archive.org/web/20221001232408/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/[118]https://web.archive.org/web/20140202120346/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/[119]https://web.archive.org/web/20140209082335/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/new-site-theme[120]https://github.com/scpwiki/sigma9[121]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-709954/wiki-templates Sigma-9 incorporated numerous design and functionality advantages over the WikiDot Shiny Theme, and introduced the maroon-red that has become long-associated with design at the SCP Wiki. The change was met with critical acclaim from members of the community, though Administration of the time was not irreversibly committed to the change, and font and color choices were initially debated.[122]https://web.archive.org/web/20140209082335/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/new-site-theme[123]https://web.archive.org/web/20140705001053mp_/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-766406/new-site-theme

Sigma-9 is arguably the most iconic and recognizable presentation of the SCP Wiki, and has been the main theme for a majority of the site’s existence. The theme has received occasional visual renovations, most recently the “Yurt” overhaul in October 2022.[124]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/news-10-2022#toc8

Sigma-9 is listed among many other themes in the “Top Themes” page of WikiDot.[125]https://themes.wikidot.com/start:top

Updates

From the (now deleted/moved) page introducing and explaining the Sigma-9 theme, the update was a massive visual overhaul that added a new background and logo, custom title font, a customized search widget, a custom rating module, restructured front page & side bar, adjusted margins to reduce dead space and increase content area width, custom bullets, a restructured top bar, and a more compact layout.[126]https://web.archive.org/web/20140209082335/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/new-site-theme It also reordered links to place more emphasis on tales & making the site more accessible to newcomers, reversed the Series list to place more emphasis on newer Series, and moved the theme into an external Wiki page. Finally, Sigma-9 rendered the site in fixed-width, as opposed to dynamic-width, for consistency of presentation.[127]https://web.archive.org/web/20140902211341/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-765297/site-template-overhaul:dynamic-vs-fixed-width

Variations/Other Themes

Circa 2018 and onward saw numerous new CSS offerings and the formalization of an official CSS policy.[128]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-5244764/proposal-css-theme-policy, whereby the Wiki’s technical staff would approve and curate CSS themes. The increase in and focus on visual components, style, flair, and coding in the composition of containment fiction at the SCP Wiki has been informally referred to as a “CSS revolution”.[129]https://archive.ph/AaEwQ#selection-2243.0-2243.100

See the SCP Wiki’s themes tag page for a complete list of approved SCP Wiki themes.

Additional themes are available through S-CSS-P, “a modular stylesheet picker that lets you independently adjust the layout, color scheme, logo, fonts, and rating module visibility.” This is available as a plug-in/extension on Mozilla/Chrome, with compatibility for the Opera browser as well.[130]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/usertools#toc1[131]https://github.com/scpwiki/S-CSS-P

Black Highlighter

Perhaps the most notable CSS variations and forks of Sigma-9 is the Black Highlighter theme (previously “nu-SCP”) which was designed collectively by a team of authors, coders, and designers. Black Highlighter was meant to give the site’s presentation accessibility improvements over Sigma-9, and a more modern aesthetic.[132]http://scptestwiki.wikidot.com/[133]https://github.com/Nu-SCPTheme/Black-Highlighter/ The implementation of this theme was at times controversial, due to the designers’ intentional removal of the problematic and pseudo-functional search function.[134]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-10409862/nu-scp-css-formal-decision

Style & Format

The SCP format is largely unchanged from its initial introduction by SCP-173 in 2008,[135]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/history.html though many elements taken for granted in the current day evolved slowly as interest in the series increased, and more authors participated. At a minimum, the format introduces the anomaly’s item number, object class, special containment procedures, and description; each demarcated in sections by page breaks and bold formatting to introduce the portion, which is followed by a colon, then the contents. Format screws are a common variation.

Modern SCPs can include additional information, such as containment class, secondary classes (also called “narrative classes”),[136]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/object-classes#toc11 risk class, disruption class, which were introduced in the Anomaly Classification System (ACS) in 2019.[137]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/anomaly-classification-system-guide ACS has introduced an exponential amount of information and material that can be and is commonly included in the format.[138]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/anomaly-classification-system-guide#classifications-summary[139]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/anomaly-classification-system-guide#secondary-class[140]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/anomaly-classification-system-guide#acs-alts-mods[141]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/anomaly-classification-system-guide#acs-addons

The modern SCP Wiki is a mix of compositional styles. Works are less focused on strictly horror than in prior years.[142]e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77584/scp-113#post-2545861[143]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77584/scp-113#post-2545892 The site’s thematic and compositional direction includes elements of fantasy, science-fiction, surrealism, comedy, drama, New Weird, Bizarro Fic, Slipstream, Magical Realism, Two Fisted Tales, Xenofiction, Neo-Noir, Absurdism, Punk Fiction, and horror. It has also been quoted as “epic queer fantasy” by a notable author.[144]https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/lordstonefish-interview/, archive

“I think you may be missing the point of this site. There is no story to advance. These are simply articles of the strange things the Foundation is keeping under wraps. While yes, people do write stories based on them, these stories are no the focus of the site, and, in most cases, are not actually considered ‘canon’ for the SCPs themselves.”[145]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-78192/scp-500#post-483312 — AdminBright, May 2009

Whereas earlier SCP Series were more intent on a format-based fidelity and limiting itself to in-universe believability, the modern writing palette has expanded to include more traditional story-telling components, such as epics and character pieces, with a focus on plot and narrative. A common criticism of rejected SCP drafts — as well as older surviving SCPs — is that there is no narrative present.[146]e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-76555/scp-004#post-4926031, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-122809/scp-530#post-4904167 In contrast to prior standards of writing for the site where an anomaly could be simply intriguing as a starting point for narratives and developments that were created collaboratively over time, (e.g. SCP-500[147]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-78192/scp-500) modern articles are expected to have more complete narrative structures upon their presentation. This can be partially seen in modern assessments of older articles.[148]e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-78192/scp-500#post-4597798, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77170/scp-579#post-2247885 There was a more notable expectation of adherence to in-universe logic in earlier SCP series, compared to later ones.[149]e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77170/scp-579#post-1492466

Some within the larger internet and fanbase have raised concerns about the direction of the SCP Wiki towards more mundane and ego-centric character self-inserts, the loss of informational parsimony, and increasing thematic diversity and elaborateness for the sake of novelty.[150]https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/comments/y4jbuo/the_scp_wiki_has_become_a_convoluted_mess_and/, archive[151]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/is-it-okay-for-scp-articles-to-get-attention-they-wouldn-t-normally-get-because-of-a-podcast

History

“In the late 2000s, ritualistic creepypasta containing arcane, Lovecraftian language were the norm.” — Cooldude971, The SCP Foundation on 4chan and EditThis[152]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-scp-foundation-on-4chan-and-editthis

The early SCP series can be categorized as “grimdark” with an emphasis on horror-based anomalies that would result in death or gruesome injury if their containment procedures were not carefully abided by. By early 2008, the style had begun to form an identity in a militaristic, sparse document-based format that eschewed traditional elements of creepypastas, including the aversion to first and second person, flowery language, and extensive detail. The Holders is routinely mentioned as a cautionary warning for the budding series.[153]https://archive.ph/rHdvx#selection-3737.216-3737.346

Early SCPs were largely explanatory and expository, and presented as minimalistic, technical reports. Most early articles began with (non-CC) images, which authors would create crude narratives around. The original compositional methodology for SCPs was to find a sufficiently disturbing or interesting picture, write a short contextual document about it, and specify its containment.[154]https://archive.ph/jmVa6#selection-5445.0-5445.434 A few early pioneers introduced traditional story-telling elements, which was met with some resistance.[155]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-76884/scp-256#post-501427(See SCP-176, SCP-256.) Some of the first SCPs subverted this expectation to produce non-horror articles, such as SCP-529 “Josie the Half Cat”, the initial SCP-497,[156]https://archive.ph/jmVa6#selection-9983.30-9983.44 and the initial SCP-472.[157]https://archive.ph/rHdvx#selection-2613.10-2613.60 Threads on /x/ feature rudimentary attempts to involve threat levels and usefulness of anomalous objects,[158]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-10355.167-10355.302 as well as the novel incorporation of dialogue in the articles.[159]https://archive.ph/pD5Mo#selection-524.0-575.47

By the time of the EditThis Wiki, stricter expectations had been set for article prose. Some development occurred on /x/.[160]https://archive.ph/QNbYp For example, a thread in June 2008 features this commentary:

“I dunno, after reading a couple hundred of these they all seem too similar. You really need to have something to make this stand out beyond the standard “mysterious, vaguely archaeological object has creepy powers and mindrapes anybody who comes near.”[161]https://archive.ph/1IkU9#selection-1124.0-1175.392

Compositional standards were elevated mainly on EditThis, evident via edit comments logged “Recent changes” archives.[162]http://web.archive.org/web/20080528035529/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Special:Recentchanges As they were, the SCP format and its developers were intent on differentiating it from traditional story-telling.[163]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-76884/scp-256#post-501427 A “Community Portal” page was created (by June 18, 2008) featured an in-character, in-universe notice to all personnel, which doubled as an out-of-universe instruction to SCP authors:[164]http://web.archive.org/web/20080618224505/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Scp_Wiki:Community_Portal

ATTENTION RESEARCH STAFF The Executive of the organization has recently looked over the current folder containing all the dossiers regarding the SCP artifacts. It is his opinion that the majority of these documents contain editorialized descriptions, wild speculation, and unscientific conduct. His instructions are to provide more accurate and less flourished writing. In his words, “these are academic research papers, not science fiction.”

Class-E Personnel who are unfamiliar with scientific writing style should attend the seminar in Annex XII Sunday at 3pm (to be held every week here on out)

In accordance with the will of the Executive, this organization’s leadership is now in agreement that standards for the written protocol and intelligence should be set higher. I’m sure all of our wonderful staff agrees. For more information, please contact Director Smith.

Curation existed on the EditThis, though by rough, un-protocolized, relatively anarchic consensus; pages’ content could be erased and numerous slots on EditThis featured different entries.[165]http://web.archive.org/web/20080611150603/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/?title=SCP-666&action=history[166]http://web.archive.org/web/20080611151216/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-666[167]http://scpclassic.wikidot.com/scp-666[168]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-81240/scp-666#post-4509634 [169]e.g. http://web.archive.org/web/20080606025248/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-008.5, http://web.archive.org/web/20080617062256/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-093, … Continue reading

Standardizing metrics into SI units had been discussed as early as January 2008 on /x/,[170]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/448755.html, archive but were fortified/enforced mainly on EditThis.[171]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/history-of-the-universe-part-one, archive[172]http://web.archive.org/web/20080617062355/https://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP_Series#SCP-001_submission, archive User Aiden is given credit for most of this standardization on EditThis.[173]http://web.archive.org/web/20080410225129/http://editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP_Series, archive

Containment Breaches

Containment breaches in early SCP writing were approached very gradually. The first SCP that mentioned the word “breach” was SCP-086 (non-viable) on January 9, 2008.[174]https://archive.vn/fUQMD#selection-9.117113-9.117528 The first suggestion of a containment breach was in the form of a console input that would potentially release an anomaly; this act was considered by an in-universe character but ultimately did not occur.[175]https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-3987.10-3987.26 The next (first actualized) instance of a containment breach only saw the anomaly pry open the containment door before being immediately recontained.[176]https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-5133.390-5133.580 By the 9th thread present on 4chan’s /x/ board, containment breaches and the need to avert them had become a regular feature in containment procedures and addenda.[177]https://archive.ph/rHdvx[178]https://archive.vn/1jSvG

Cross-Referencing

Cross-referencing (an umbrella term for cross-linking/testing/prompting) was present from the earliest months of the SCP Series, pioneered by entries such as SCP-519, SCP-314, and SCP-002/SCP-003. Stylistically, cross-referencing was simultaneously discouraged by commenters so as to not have the entries too intertwined and canonized,[179]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-9649.0-9649.216 yet was steadily emulated by authors.[180]e.g. https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-18969.68-18969.188 The SCP series has seen this ideological vacillation throughout its history,[181]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-76555/scp-004#post-582446[182]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-76858/scp-682#post-1169558 and on larger scales, e.g. the fallout after the canon-breaking Fishmonger incident[183]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/history-of-the-universe-part-three[184]https://www.reddit.com/r/SCP/comments/l472r5/comment/gknph64/ vs later WikiWalk/Project Crosslink efforts,[185]http://05command.wikidot.com/wikiwalk-guide[186]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13494535/wikiwalk-footer-policy-update as well as a central concern in the 2021 Death of the Author community decision.

Object Classes

Initially, there were no object classes in the SCP format, and any detail of this nature was embedded within either the description or the containment procedures. A modified re-post of SCP-173’s text on 4chan added a sentence including the phrase “Class 4 hazardous object “, which was copied in later attempts.[187]https://archive.ph/dB65f#selection-959.0-959.99 Many early SCPs, such as SCP-519, attempted to charter the use of scientific terms for rudimentary classification systems.

The initial SCP-086 included a phrase that described the object as “safe”, which is taken by some historians to be the ancestral birth-point of the later object class of the same name, and object classes in general.[188]https://archive.ph/WLOYb#selection-1611.278-1611.303[189]https://archive.ph/dB65f#selection-1041.0-1041.112 This post was also the first time numerical security levels were utilized (“Level 2”),[190]https://archive.ph/yvU6m#selection-153.3575-153.3610 and the first inclusion of a supplement to the documentation, foreshadowing what would later be solidified into the nomenclature as an “addendum” in modern SCPs.[191]https://archive.ph/yvU6m#selection-153.3653-153.3692

The first SCP-176 introduced D-Class, the “Keter” object class, inspired the “Thaumiel” object class, and introduced the idea of an in-universe console into the documentation as a story telling device. On EditThis, official object classes were being added to older 4chan SCPs.[192]https://web.archive.org/web/20080617060229/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-010

The formal Object Classes were being introduced in February 2008,[193]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/472986.xml, archive[194]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/503107.xml, archive and used in a standardized way by March 2008.[195]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/521883.xml, archive[196]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/503107.xml, archive For example, a repost of SCP-529 “Josie the Half Cat” in March 2008 on /x/ included “Object Class: Safe” when it was not present on the original.[197]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/545719.xml, archive By April 2008, a template of the SCP format posted to /x/ included the classic object classes,[198]https://archive.ph/WXELA#selection-2892.1-2945.207 though they were not well-defined, and later commentary on surviving articles from this time note how the object classes do not suit the object.[199]e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-96203/scp-409, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-82656/scp-012 Nonetheless, object classes were routinely being added to SCPs posted to the EditThis by mid 2008.[200]e.g. http://web.archive.org/web/20080518145546/http://editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/SCP-093 An archived page of the EditThis’ categories from June 2008 showed each classic object class, along with a jokes category.[201]http://web.archive.org/web/20080610055225/http://www.editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/?title=Special:Categories&article=SCP_Series

Novel object classes would attempt to be introduced, such as the failed “Eldritch”, mostly on /x/, as opposed to the more standardized EditThis.[202]e.g. https://archive.ph/B1g6I

Some new object class developments took place on the EditThis. From Cooldude971’s account:[203]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-scp-foundation-on-4chan-and-editthis

“At some point before April 2, 2008, an unknown editor posted SCP-927 (the Hadron Bomb) to the EditThis wiki. The SCP, an explosive that would spawn a super-massive blackhole if disturbed, was given a dual class of Keter and Apollyon. The usage of the Apollyon class triggered discussion on 927’s talk page which spilled over onto the Object Class talk page in mid-April. Until at least July (and possibly later), discussion raged on about creating object classes beyond Safe, Euclid and Keter or even changing the object classification scheme entirely. This discussion was never resolved, at least not on EditThis.”

— Pardon our progress[204]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/a-history-of-object-classes—

Etc Lore Components

There was a very clear consciousness by 4chan posters for the need to protocolize repeated aspects of the early SCP entries, such as security clearances.[205]https://archive.ph/rHdvx#selection-5865.9-5865.200 Debate existed as to whether or not the SCP organization (then innominate) should have a backstory or not.[206]e.g. http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/726440.html, archive By the conclusion of the EditThis era, Security Clearance Levels, Object Classes, Warning Labels, Secure Facilities Locations, Incident Reports, and Eye-witness Interviews / Personal Logs had established roles in-universe and in-document.[207]https://web.archive.org/web/20080903043644/http://www.editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/Continue_on A crude template of the SCP document format was available on EditThis (“SCP-XXX”, first suggested on /x/[208]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-16619.30-16619.346).[209]https://web.archive.org/web/20080410225114/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP-XXX A role for an organizational leader had been established, with early renditions referring to the figure as “The Executive” or “Chief Director”.[210]http://web.archive.org/web/20080618224505/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Scp_Wiki:Community_Portal[211]https://archive.ph/B1g6I#selection-12593.141-12593.155 Elsewhere, “O5” level operatives are mentioned.[212]http://web.archive.org/web/20080612232623/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Current_events, see “OTHER” Redactions — both the “(EXPUNGED)” and fullblock varieties — were common by this time.

“Class D” personnel were being added to EditThis SCPs by April 2008.[213]http://web.archive.org/web/20080413010417/http://www.editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/SCP-500

/x/ and EditThis user Lofwyr was active in codifying many of the components that the SCP format and lore still use today, such as Security Levels and the Overseer Council/O5 command. “O5” was standardized in opposition to “05” in the literature.[214]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77523/scp-079#post-2523029

Use of [DATA EXPUNGED] was standardized in early 2008, likely simultaneously on the EditThis and on /x/. The first mention of it on /x/ is in May 2008 (by user “Apeture Science”) and it is reinforced in the same thread.[215]https://archive.vn/fUQMD#selection-9.12518-9.12533[216]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-24358.0-24369.176[217]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-4946.0-5015.1590

The Ethics Committee was potentially first utilized in SCP-314 (“Motion-Seeking Blade”). A committee was present on the Wikidot version of the article when it was ported by user far2.[218]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-314, Revision 0 The original and archived versions of the article both from /x/ and EditThis did not feature an Ethics Committee, and it was likely added during the EditThis era.[219]https://web.archive.org/web/20080704070636/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP-314[220]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/446341.xml Commenters (such as AdminBright and Dr Clef) can be seen in the discussion section of Wikidot’s SCP-314 questioning the novelty of an Ethics Committee for the SCP Foundation.[221]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-115736/scp-314#post-343285

Joke Articles

There have been “gag” SCP articles since the original was memed in the early days of /x/. By January 2008, and upon the creation of the EditThis, a joke section would be dedicated to humorous SCPs,[222]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-20783.0-20783.190 though at first the section was reserved for article attempts that were felt not to be humorous, but to be poorly written.[223]https://archive.vn/1jSvG#selection-2699.0-2699.262

Universe

In-universe, the eponymous SCP Foundation, also called “The Foundation”, is an international organization dedicated to containing and cataloging anomalies. While it is typically portrayed as having large amounts of resources due to its international influence, the SCP Wiki does not force its authors to abide by a single canon, and authors are free to portray the Foundation however they wish. Pseudo-cannons can be collated into “hubs”.[224]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/system:page-tags/tag/hub#pages

Demographics

The SCP Wiki predominant demographic is the 15-19 age range, though it boasts users of all ages.[225]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/2020-survey-results Most of the participants are (cis gender) male. Approximately 50% are from the United States of America, with the next largest areas of representation being England and Canada. Most participants do not have a Wikidot account, indicating that those who participate on the site are in the minority of the total (survey-responsive) userbase. About 97% of its members read articles, while approximately 1/5th of them also vote; a third of these comment on articles regularly enough to recognize it as a typical activity. Writers comprise about 8% of the total Wiki. Of those who reply to surveys, and since 2014, an average of 8.98% write articles for the Wiki, with this number decreasing in recent years (max 12.3% in 2015).[226]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/2015-survey-results

Branches

The SCP Wiki has numerous official branches in 14 languages other than English. These include the Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Spanish, Thai, and Ukranian.[227]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/

See a collection of oral histories for various branches here.

The Russian branch of the SCP Wiki is the only branch currently independent of the WikiDot platform.[228]https://scpfoundation.net/ (See WikiDot Blackout of 2022.)

Project Foundation

Project Foundation is a long-standing attempt to develop a digital home for the SCP Series, independent of WikiDot. The idea to establish a stand-alone platform for the SCP Series has existed since SCP-173 was posted, and discussions of it continued well into the EditThis era.[229]https://archive.ph/8j4bA#selection-1246.0-1733.7 The first thread for SCP-173 identified the domain “http://www.site19.com/” as unregistered and advocated for its collective acquisition for continued numerical installments. [230]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-7203.10-7203.32 A “Site 19” was created on tapatalk forums in 2007, shortly after the first SCPs appeared. This contained only 8 total posts, 4 total topics, and 5 total members.[231]http://web.archive.org/web/20181018021816/https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/site_19/index.php

— Pardon our progress —

Social Media

The SCP Wiki has official representation on numerous social media platforms, including Reddit (r/scp), Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, as well as official foreign language/INT Discords. Most of the community regularly checks the r/scp subreddit, followed by its Twitter.[46]

As of 2020, most of the SCP Wiki’s internet traffic is routed to the Wiki via YouTube channels that cover SCP content; of respondents, 85% of them reported these YouTube on-ramps as a means of discovery.[232]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/2020-survey-results

As of 2022, the SCP Wiki has an official Discord server.[233]http://05command.wikidot.com/discord-rules[234]http://05command.wikidot.com/discord-team-main[235]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/c-7524284/official-discord[236]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14993110/voting-discord-team[237]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14736305/discussion-discord-team-placement In the prior years, an official Discord for users was either vehemently disagreed with by teams pertinent to the possible change,[238]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-6800520/official-scp-discord or reserved for SCP Wiki staff members.[239]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-5726019/internet-outreach-discord, archive[240]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15373436/november-2020-disciplinary-chat-detailed-timeline, archive

Contests

The SCP Wiki is home to numerous writing contests that give writers an opportunity to display their skill for the craft and genre, usually in a competitive fashion.[241]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/contest-archive These contests generally revolve around a theme, but can also be organized by rules, such as the 72-Hour Contest.[48] The most notable of these are the “SCP-_000”, or “K” contests, which signifies the end of a Series of 1,000 SCP entries, and the beginning of a new Series of 1,000 entries.

Arguably the first writing contest was initiated on /x/, with entries vying for the SCP-001 slot, and the winners determined by vote.[242]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-14148.0-14217.287

Politics

“<ProcyonLotor> like, I’m center left and that basically makes me ron paul here”[243]https://archive.vn/NcCmv#selection-153.6347-153.6435 — from #site00 (SCP chat moderator IRC channel)

The SCP Wiki’s political climate is left-of-center.[244]https://archive.vn/mIVmD#selection-2437.0-2437.257[245]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/component:pride-highlighter[246]https://archive.ph/1iFcQ[247]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/theme:scp-trans-pride[248]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/theme:3law-pride[249]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/news-06-2021[250]https://archive.vn/gXrTT

In its remote history, the SCP Wiki community displayed bigoted and intolerant speech towards minorities, largely in the early years of 4chan, EditThis, and WikiDot.[251]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/news-06-2021, archive[252]e.g, https://archive.ph/JcRMM#selection-5317.0-5317.1949[253]https://archive.vn/3v8MS#selection-969.91-969.99 Slur usage was normalized in the community until circa 2011,[254]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/news-06-2021, archive and was officially challenged by policy in 2014.[255]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-773630/should-we-ban-slurs, archive The SCP Wiki has since distanced itself from its early culture, and made public efforts to support marginalized groups & users. (See 2018 June Pride Logo Controversy.)

LGBTQ+ Affirmation

Note: It should be noted that to some, it is incorrect to categorize LGBTQ+ in terms of politics. Its placement here is admittedly an imperfect one that is meant to highlight the sociological nature of the term, which can and does result in political contexts.

In July of 2015, an SCP Wiki Twitter representative reported only one known LGBTQ+ humanoid SCP article, SCP-1985.[256]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615267407653957632, archive Despite this, a sizable shift in political climate was evident on-site, which some users would note with varying degrees of either enthusiasm or caution:

“Like the idea but downvoted because some of the language used. The writer clearly tried not to be transphobic, which is nice, but hnnngh ‘biologicial sex’ is such an annoying phrase given that your sex classification is not actually based on external genitalia nor even chromosomes (for example, my sex classifaction is male despite the fact I have a vagina so you can see how the language here may not work for me). My suggestion would be ‘sex characteristics’ or ‘sex organs & chromosomes’ instead, there are ways to get around it. Also ‘opposite sex’ is a problem for me – it does mention intersex people, which is awesome! However, there are many sexes & genders, so ‘opposite’ doesn’t really work. It’s a shame bc I like the idea and I think the writer did try to write it sensitively. I’m aware that this SCP is super old so I don’t know if the author/s are around any more but it bothered me so.”[257]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77584/scp-113#post-2220210

“I withhold my opinion because were I to actually speak it, I would effectively be blackmailed, mothballed, and shamed into submission by everyone and their counsin [sic] all screaming “well you’re just transphobic!… This is not a comfortable thing, especially as the topic crops up annoyingly often. TLDR I feel that your action in this instance, and the general site culture at large, is shifting towards a setup where it’s obey the party line, or be shamed. And I ain’t cool with that.”[258]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-1077309/identity-politics-and-treatment-of-users-complaint, archive — Self-Anonymized User in January 2015

Later the same year, official SCP Wiki social media accounts dramatically increased their vocal support for the LGBTQ+ community, particularly in celebration of the historic ruling of Obergefell v. Hodges.[259]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615297853674659841, archive[260]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615293754346487808, archive[261]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615256376789630976, archive[262]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615264415508766720, archive[263]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615268881410691077, archive[264]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615270554216624128, archive[265]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615274911167315969, archive[266]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615273754441199616, archive[267]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615276032761942016, archive[268]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615282095297032194, archive[269]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615281827000004608, archive[270]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615293754346487808, archive[271]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615295859312467968, archive[272]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615298893379674112, archive[273]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615295859312467968, archive[274]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615291425962508288, archive The official SCP Wiki Twitter would change its logo to a pride color variation in celebration of the ruling, writing; “The wiki staff is full to the brim with LGBTQTIA people. We’re pretty happy with the #SupremeCourtRuling right now.“[275]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615263540706955264, archive, “Our site has like 50% LGBT staff. [Equal marriage rights] pertains to our site because we are our site”, [276]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615558262742773760, archive and “All your precious creepypasta is written and moderated by a sex-positive, LGBTQIA, multiracial army of nerds. #EqualityForAll”[277]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615298077109391360, archive The Twitter staff noted they were speaking for both the community and writers as a whole on this position,[278]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615257277180809216, archive[279]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615257674633084929, archive[280]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615274306294124548, archive[281]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615274502910554113, archive[282]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615277669626834944, archive and added, “We only care that you’re able to write well. Seriously. That’s it.”[283]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615256526161362949, archive

The pride colors on official SCP Wiki social media accounts in 2015 resulted in backlash comments on the official SCP Wiki’s Facebook page, and to a lesser extent on the Twitter account; individuals were banned/blocked as a result, for presumed bigotry.[284]https://mobile.twitter.com/scpwiki/status/843176312202121217, archive[285]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615555975886544896, archive[286]https://twitter.com/search?q=(from%3Ascpwiki)%20until%3A2015-06-30%20since%3A2015-06-25&src=typed_query&f=top, archive In response to the backlash, the Twitter account stated:

“We’ve been getting some upset messages on our Facebook page about the logo colors. Rest assured, your complaints are reaching deaf ears.”[287]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615287720093556737, archive

In 2017, the Twitter wrote “Do we need to remind everyone here that we went rainbow for the Gay Marriage decision? That we are mostly women and LGBT writers?… You have very short memories. You don’t know who write your creepypasta at all.”[288]https://mobile.twitter.com/scpwiki/status/843176312202121217, archive(This is unable to be supported by collected demographic data for 2017.[289]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/2017-survey-results[290]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/2021-survey-results)

The modern site commonly features signals of support for marginalized groups,[291]e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/news-06-2021[292]e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/component:pride-highlighter and champions its pro-LGBTQ+ material.[293]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/news-06-2021[294]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615274502910554113, archive[295]https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615283779817611265, archive[296]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/protected:scp-2721[297]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/jude-s-bizarre-adventure[298]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/wwydftltimd-hub[299]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/take-it-away-my-darling[300]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/how-to-clean-a-polyester-dress[301]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4175[302]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-good-work[303]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/dixieland-nightmare-magic-hub[304]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/over-thinking-the-rainbow[305]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/pride-of-place

The modern site’s thematic and compositional direction has been quoted as “epic queer fantasy” by a notable author.[306]https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/lordstonefish-interview/, archive

Praise (Wikipedia)

Note: The following section is borrowed from the Wikipedia entry on the SCP Foundation.

“The SCP Foundation has received largely positive reviews. Michelle Starr of CNET praised the creepy nature of the stories.[7] Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, writing for the Daily Dot, praised the originality of the wiki and described it as the “most uniquely compelling horror writing on the Internet”.[6] She noted that the series rarely contained gratuitous gore. Rather, the horror of the series was often established through the reports’ “pragmatic” and “deadpan” style, as well as through the inclusion of detail.[6] Lisa Suhay, writing for the Christian Science Monitor, also noted the SCP Wiki’s “tongue-in-cheek style”.[36]

Alex Eichler, writing for io9, noted that the series had varying levels of quality and that some of the reports were dull or repetitive. However, he praised the SCP stories for not becoming overly dark, and for containing more light-hearted reports. Additionally, he praised the wide variety of concepts covered in the report and said that the wiki contained writings that would appeal to all readers.[9] Leigh Alexander, writing for The Guardian, noted that the wiki’s voting system allows readers to easily locate content which “the community thinks are best and most scary.”[47]

Winston Cook-Wilson, writing for Inverse, compared the SCP stories to the writings of American author H. P. Lovecraft. Like Lovecraft, SCP casefiles generally lack action sequences and are written in a pseudo-academic tone. Cook-Wilson argued that both Lovecraft’s works and those of the SCP Wiki were strengthened by the tensions between their detached scientific tone and the unsettling, horrific nature of the stories being told.[48]

Bryan Alexander, writing in The New Digital Storytelling, stated that the SCP Foundation is possibly “the most advanced achievement of wiki storytelling” due to the large-scale and recurring process through which the wiki’s user-base creates literary content.[49]“

Cultural Influence (Wikipedia)

Note: The majority of the following section is borrowed from the Wikipedia entry on the SCP Foundation.

The works present on the SCP Foundation website have been the subject of numerous independent adaptations and inspired some original works:

Literature

  • SCP Foundation: Iris Through the Looking-Glass is a light novel series written by Akira and illustrated by Sidu. The book focuses on a boy who is kidnapped by the SCP Foundation after he sees a picture of Iris Thompson, a woman designated SCP-105, in every book he opens; the boy and Iris are forced to cooperate to escape the Foundation. The novel series began publication in Japan in September 2018, and was released by Seven Seas Entertainment in North America in January 2020.[50]
  • SCP-5000 WHY – The Graphic Novel is a 120-page graphic novel adaptation of SCP-5000 – Why? (a contest-winning entry) written by Tanhony and illustrated by DRDOBERMANN. The novel focuses on technician Pietro Wilson surviving in an alternate universe where, for unknown reasons, the SCP Foundation has declared war against humanity and is releasing SCP objects to assure human extinction.[51] Funded through Kickstarter, the novel was published by Discordia Publishing in August 2021, with promotional items including bookmarks, mini prints, and jigsaw puzzles made available.[52]
  • There Is No Antimemetics Division is a novel written and self-published by Sam “qntm” Hughes, an author from the SCP Foundation website. The novel is an anthology of works Hughes uploaded to the site from 2008 to 2020, including SCP-055, the There Is No Antimemetics Division storyline, and its sequel Five Five Five Five Five. The novel focuses on the concept of “antimemes”, ideas and entities that censor themselves through memory loss, data corruption, and other anomalous means, and more specifically the invasion of an antimemetic entity inimical to human life. The novel was published June 2021.[53][54]
  • “Bury the Survivors (The Breach Goes On Book 1) is a graphic novel written by SCP Wiki author HarryBlank exploring the canon of Site-43 and its characters. It was released in September 2020.[307]https://www.amazon.com/Bury-Survivors-Breach-Goes-Book-ebook/dp/B0BDKHWCFM

  • SCP Foundation – Foundation Handbook – Volumes I & II, by Dr. Peter James Defort is a collection of stories from the SCP Wiki.[308]https://www.amazon.com/stores/Dr.-Peter-James-Defort/author/B07XGCV6RB?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

  • ParaBooks publish artbooks (previously Andrei Duksin’s ARTSCP illustrated books); collections of SCP article with high-quality illustrations. They also publish graphic novel versions of Tales from the SCP Wiki, such as PeppersGhost’s “We Who Poke With Sticks”.[309]https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ANEMDLOvOwDslOMhcsTeS9gk1bfZrLWP/view, archive[310]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uspszfquk4I[311]https://www.reddit.com/r/SCP/comments/10ewuqw/check_out_what_came_in_the_mail_today/

Live performances

  • In October 2014, a stage play entitled Welcome to the Ethics Committee was performed in Dublin at the Smock Alley Theatre. The play focused on the SCP Foundation’s Ethics Committee, a body that tries to limit unethical containment procedures.[55]
  • In mid-2016, the Glasgow New Music Expedition under conductor Jessica Cottis performed works inspired by the SCP Foundation at the 10th annual Plug festival of contemporary music.[56]

Video games

  • SCP – Containment Breach, one of the most popular games based on the SCP Foundation,[6][17] was released by Finnish developer Joonas Rikkonen in 2012.[57][58] The player character is D-9341, an unarmed D-class who attempts to escape from a containment facility while evading armed Foundation guards and escaped SCPs, including SCP-173.[59] The game includes a blink function, which makes the player close their eyes but allows SCP-173 to approach.[6]
  • SCP: Secret Laboratory is a multiplayer game based on Containment Breach. Players have the option of playing as a breached SCP, an escaping scientist, a D-class, a Mobile Task Force Operative or the attacking Chaos Insurgency.[60]
  • SCP: Pandemic is a multiplayer co-op first-person shooter in development by Affray Interactive.[61] Set in the alternate universe of SCP-5000 – Why?, players perform missions on behalf of various factions against the Foundation, which has become genocidal and seeks the annihilation of humanity. The game is currently available on Steam as an open alpha.[62][63]
  • SCP: Secret Files is an episodic horror adventure game in development by GameZoo Studios. The player plays through chapters that each cover different excursions into the SCP Foundation’s operations with the bizarre and abnormal. A demo was released for Steam Next Fest; the chapter centered around the Euclid-class anomaly SCP-701, a The King In Yellow-esque stageplay titled The Hanged King’s Tragedy.[64][65]
  • Control, a video game created by Remedy Entertainment, was first revealed at E3 2018 and released in August 2019.[66] The video game was heavily influenced by the SCP Foundation, with the game centered on a fictional Federal Bureau of Control that collects mundane objects imbued with paranormal influence to study and keep secure.[67][68]
  • Lobotomy Corporation, a management video game by Project Moon, was released in April 2018. Inspired by the SCP Foundation, the titular Lobotomy Corporation contains and harvests energy from supernatural “Abnormalities”, and handling containment breaches is a major aspect of the gameplay.[69][70]
  • Other video games include SCP-3008 (a planned multiplayer game set in SCP-3008)[58] and SCP-087 (a short horror game about walking down SCP-087.)[71]

Short films

  • SCP: Overlord is a 35-minute live-action thriller in the format of a short film, directed by Stephen Hancock and written by Evan Muir.[72][73] The film was pitched on Kickstarter in January of 2020 as an independently-produced horror piece set in the SCP universe. It received $23,497 in funding from 609 backers over the course of 30 days. The short was released for free in November of 2020 on the YouTube channel Evan Royalty.[74]

Media Products

The SCP Wiki, its members, and its fans produce a wide array of media products based on the SCP literature & community. Some of these include (but are not limited to):

As of 2020, most of the SCP Wiki’s internet traffic is routed to the Wiki via YouTube channels that cover SCP content; of respondents, 85% of them reported these YouTube on-ramps as a means of discovery.[312]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/2020-survey-results

The Wiki also links to a compilation of audio adaptations.[313]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/audio-adaptations

Additional media producers cover SCP material, however are considered relatively disconnected from the community, and are reacted to with either nonchalance, reluctant enjoyment, or hostility by members closer to the community.[314]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwgIkcUyuks[315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFRFzbjQAds&t=0s These producers are considered “content farms” by some, and at times link to one another in their video descriptions.[316]e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIp4kupq8uY Major YouTube channels include:

Scandals & Controversies

The SCP Wiki and its community has experienced numerous controversies, fiascos, scandals, and legal challenges in its history. Notable events include the HAGGAR hacks,[317]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/history-of-the-universe-part-one Fishmonger,[318]https://archive.vn/n9ij6#selection-1077.0-1093.10 SCP-111‘s (“Dragonsnails”) and SCP-1926‘s (“The Mewts”) copyright infringements,[319]https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/scp-111/[320]https://www.containmentfiction.net/UserWiki/scp-1926-the-mewts/ the SCP-RU 2017 Licensing Crisis, Max Landis,[321]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-4616472/max-landis, archive the June 2018 Pride Logo Controversy[322]https://archive.vn/vzaYq#selection-1467.0-1467.22, #StandwithSCPRU, the 2021 Death of the Author, The Cerastes Incident,[323]https://archive.vn/5q1JW 2021 Town Halls,[324]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/c-7270124/town-halls  Agent Jackrabbit,[325]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-886884/harassment-team-log-of-bans#post-5363898[326]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/on-agent-jackrabbit, archive and various sexual scandals, e.g. the actions of WikiDot user and former Administrator AdminBright.[327]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-886884/harassment-team-log-of-bans#post-5307060

Inappropriateness with Underage Users & Fallout

The SCP Wiki has seen internal scandals of a sexually inappropriate nature involving minors and high-ranking, long-time, and/or high-profile members of the SCP Wiki userbase and staff; notably AdminBright, GabrielJade, Eskobar SaxX, and MrWilt.[328]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13292997/a-statement-on-recent-events[329]https://archive.vn/umbF3 All individuals known to have been inappropriate with minors have been disciplined and removed permanently from the staff and userbase.[330]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-886884/harassment-team-log-of-bans#post-5307060[331]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-886884/harassment-team-log-of-bans#post-4626676[332]https://archive.ph/eRmdo[333]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-886884/harassment-team-log-of-bans#post-4111189[334]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-665352/[335]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/harmony-s-report, archive[336]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjkiSio0GOM&ab_channel=Dr.Cimmerian

Since the major scandals involving GabrielJade and Eskobar in 2021, the SCP Wiki staff have increased the minimum age of participation on the site to 18, added adult content warnings to pages, and enacted etcetera moderating changes regarding inappropriate content/behavior of users, particularly staff members.[337]https://archive.vn/l2rq5[338]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13972585/discussion:modification-to-the-adult-content-warning-policy[339]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13292999/an-update-to-the-anti-harassment-policy[340]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13292998/update-to-site-charter-regarding-activity-on-adult-platforms[341]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13896072/adult-content-warnings[342]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13972585/discussion:modification-to-the-adult-content-warning-policy[343]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13929755/voting-thread-adult-content-warnings[344]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13300557/voting-thread-change-to-our-age-policy[345]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14021257/voting-thread:adult-page-guide This has been covered in popular media outlets for the SCP Wiki.[346]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReQXFui4Z18 The age raise has since been re-debated, but additional position changes have been stalled due to disagreement and legal concerns.[347]https://archive.vn/Fpw9P[348]https://web.archive.org/web/20220911195610/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15121975/discussion-age-unraising[349]https://web.archive.org/web/20220911195557/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15170408/policy-discussion-age-policy-changes Critics have pointed out that the initial reaction to the sexual scandals was reactionary, haphazard, and theoretically increases risks for underage members on the site.[350]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14207258/age-unraising-proposal#post-5092459

Criticism

SCP Wiki Staff

Much of the criticism directed at the SCP Wiki regards the SCP Wiki staff’s general actions and administrative decisions.[351]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14104906/inter-staff-staff-policy-town-hall-may-22-june-5, archive[352]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14104908/anti-harassment-town-hall-may-22-june-5, archive[353]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14104907/disciplinary-town-hall-may-22-june-5, archive[354]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14971928/suggestions-and-complaints-site-staff[355]https://twitter.com/djkaktus_/status/1407843986753138700, archive[356]https://twitter.com/search?lang=en&q=%22scp%20staff%22%20(from%3Aakumeoy)&src=typed_query, archive[357]http://05command.wikidot.com/november-2020-disciplinary-incident, archive[358]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/disc-j-vs-scp-staff-libelous-satire-and-faux-pas, archive

Numerous rounds of staff-only chat leaks and releases have revealed information critical to resulting political upheavals, the confirmation and documentation of inappropriate sexual behaviors with minors, partisan bias in the staff structure, and a duplicitous nature that excuses behaviors by the staff that are otherwise publicly punishable when performed by non-staff, or lower-value users.[359]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15373436/november-2020-disciplinary-chat-detailed-timeline[360]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/a-history-of-modern-scp-staff-chat-leaks, archive[361]https://twitter.com/scp_staff_leaks, archive[362]https://sexycontainmentprocedures.tumblr.com/post/628334088591441920/scp-kiwifarms-thread-and-staffchats, archive[363]https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-106#post-8414561, archive[364]https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-141#post-8531484, archive[365]https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-159#post-8693587, archive[366]https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-60#post-7386289, archive[367]https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-40#post-6330170, archive[368]https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-112#post-8429643, archive

In reaction to growing discord and ire among the userbase over these concerns, the SCP Wiki staff have created a culture more conducive to transparency in their operations, including establishing staff discussion records (Recaps), providing more interactive forums for user input/feedback (e.g. O4 Command mirrors, Town Halls), a Charter rewrite attempt for increased clarity and accountability, and the minimization of sequestered chat spaces.[369]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/c-7270124/town-halls[370]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14117474/change-in-enforcement-of-intrastaff-interactions, archive[371]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/c-7357677/staff-discussion-records, archive[372]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14592559/discussion-charter-definition-and-process[373]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14592559/discussion-charter-definition-and-process#post-5252986[374]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14981505/discussion-changing-our-mindset, archive[375]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15076785/discussion-changes-to-the-staffchat, archive[376]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15092107/discussion-should-staff-questions-be-public-or-not, archive[377]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15085850/discussion-create-new-subforum-for-informal-discussions, archive

Modern Political Bias

In addition to the political biases seen in both official & unofficial moderation teams during the June 2018 Pride Logo Controversy, chat leaks of site staff channels from IRC confirm a partisan political bias in the staff that is weighed significantly in the selection of prospective SCP WIki staff members.[378]https://archive.vn/NcCmv[379]https://archive.vn/Bfnl1, the user in question was denied staff for their differing political views, http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-10260553, archive

Critics of the SCP Wiki generally favor the gradual move away from the SCP Wiki’s prior cultural history of explicit bigotry, but claim that the resulting intolerance for political deviation in the community has unintentionally and unwittingly led to a cult-like or pseudo-religious mentality, and that individuals who do not thoroughly conform to the community’s political signaling are excommunicated.[380]https://at.tumblr.com/bondsmagii/ive-been-had-like-a-casual-interest-in-the-scp/k1miors9hv6x, archive[381]https://at.tumblr.com/bondsmagii/i-mean-to-ask-this-genuinely-no-hostility-but/1n3jhdzimdvo, archive[382]https://at.tumblr.com/bondsmagii/regrettably-what-brought-me-to-your-blog-was-scp/gdgyju6ajamx, archive[383]https://at.tumblr.com/bondsmagii/what-in-gods-name-is-happening-on-scp-every-time/iaxlmfsp0vyj, archive[384]https://at.tumblr.com/bondsmagii/i-read-your-post-on-scp-being-a-cult-it-opened-my/ozto6zf59umw, archive These critics argue that the good intention to correct past wrongs and move to become more progressive has resulted in the increasing normalization of the suppression of non-bigoted free speech in the name of a misguided and runaway moral superiority complex.[385]https://archive.vn/xbrDM[386]https://archive.vn/0Zp5U[387]https://archive.vn/kNKu8[388]https://archive.vn/aSyHP[389]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/scp-me, archive

LGBTQ+ critics of the SCP Wiki claim that increasingly, norms of the SCP Wiki perpetuated in the name of LGBTQ+ acceptance and anti-racism are recreating the dangerous mentalities that these social movements were meant to eradicate.[390]https://archive.vn/46xcu[391]https://archive.vn/aSyHP[392]https://archive.vn/Dl7iE The -ES Incidents (I & II) are pointed to as supporting evidence of this.

Moderation Practices

The SCP Wiki has been criticized for its moderation in regards to low threshold for bans, censorship, double standards for its staff and favored members, perpetual mission creep regarding staff’s administrative purview, and for allegedly establishing an insular social nature.[393]https://archive.vn/0QWih[394]https://archive.vn/gb8ok

Moderation of off-site content was previously not considered by SCP Wiki staff as of 2017.[395]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-1056700/disciplinary-scantron#post-3641899 In contrast, the modern SCP Wiki and its social media staff have banned users based on off-site group affiliations, e.g. for “close association with AHT-banned individuals”, despite no definitive rule breaking on-site, or on the respective platforms that the group affiliation operates within (e.g. Discord).[396]https://archive.vn/TILkT[397]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15193300/discord-medjet-6755[398]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15193224/discord-extasis-es-8490[399]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15193195/discord-professor-pufferfish-0077[400]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15155924/discord-fernlom-3537

In the context of granting a user access to SCP Wiki social spaces, a member of the SCP Wiki staff has stated that “you cant be a part of the SCP community and a part of the RPC community”.[401]https://web.archive.org/web/20210828122940/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14177574/dundiddly

In August 2019, a user was investigated for down-voting 16 articles, 6 of which featured a pride logo.[402]http://web.archive.org/web/20220115224821/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-12451853/disciplinary-burning-fist The ban was proposed due to the possibility of bigotry, reportedly evidenced by the 6 downvotes. This ban was successfully argued against with no disciplinary action taken against the user.

In September 2021, a user was banned for “spreading anti-vax disinformation”.[403]https://archive.vn/x359J#selection-1725.0-1725.206

In October 2021, a user was banned for writing an SCP draft about Nazis, and charged with producing “fascist content”.[404]https://web.archive.org/web/20211013214547/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14224132/disciplinary-theredbaron Another user the same month was banned for titling an SCP draft “Deus Vult“.[405]https://web.archive.org/web/20211018013238/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14218651/disciplinary-lazybird-13

In January 2022, a user was banned for including the number “88” in their IRC server nick for its potential to be a Nazi dogwhistle.[406]http://web.archive.org/web/20220117050250/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14460114/officererik1k-88-officererik[407]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)#In_neo-Nazism

Legal Issues

Critics of the site claim the leadership at the SCP Wiki suffers from a legal paranoia, particularly in the wake of the Andrei Duksin lawsuit.[408]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/scp-author-demands-attribution-for-goi-body-tattoo-a-satire, archive The SCP-RU 2017 Licensing Crisis, the SCP-3085 Deletion Incident, the inability to reverse the site’s age raise,[409]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14207258/age-unraising-proposal and the removal of SCP-173‘s famous original image (“Untitled 2004”) are pointed to as examples.[410]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/the-legal-history-of-scp-173, archive

Misinformation

Critics have claimed instances of misinformation perpetuated by official SCP Wiki social media platforms, e.g. that printing 3D guns is illegal in the United States, that Andrei Duksin‘s trademarking of the SCP Wiki logo in Russia threatened the English branch, and that SCP-173’s image removal was necessary.[411]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/why-are-scp-logos-ok-on-rule-34-material-but-not-on-firearms, archive

Copyright Infringement

Critics have pointed out that instances of copyright infringement exist on the SCP Wiki and that these are acknowledged and dismissed by the SCP Wiki staff.[412]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14971928/suggestions-and-complaints-site-staff#post-5445168, archive[413]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15076841/suggestions-and-complaints-all-comments, archive[414]https://mobile.twitter.com/harmonyintheam/status/1552044887444422657, archive

Rating Module & Egoism

Critics of the SCP, as well as Dr Gears, have suggested that most of the community’s issues in the modern SCP Wiki can be reduced to a culture of egoism and exorbitant elevation of the site’s numerical statistics, such as article rating or total upvote count.[415]https://archive.vn/TzVOS#selection-8567.0-8567.549[416]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14207259/age-unraising-proposal#post-5092813[417]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/the-chronic-upvote-malady-diagnosed, archive

“I think many of the issues the modern fandom has had mostly trace back to ego and the voting module… Write because you have to, and don’t worry so much about reception. If you’re trying to prop up your work, scrapping it out with critics, or trying to boost votes beyond just telling people to come to take a look, then you’re likely off course… If tomorrow, all the usernames and votes of the wiki vanished, if you’re truly committed, then it would not impact your work in the slightest. We all like praise and rewards, that’s normal, and even a good thing, really. However, it’s easy to slip into the trap of producing things because you want that praise, prestige, and reward, rather than because it’s something you love. Something that burns in you, like a fever. Lovecraft produced his work with no real expectations, and never really felt right getting paid for his work. Because of this, he died penniless and alone, but an entire genre of horror is named after him now. Great work, the outpouring of the soul, lasts much more and makes a deeper impact than just wanting to bask in the glory.”[418]https://archive.vn/TzVOS

Critics of the SCP Wiki have, as early as 2015,[419]https://archive.vn/nnmem claimed a reduction in quality at the expense of increased popularity. This has, in the critics’ estimation, strengthened a culture of memetic-based commercialism, shilling, author-self-promotion, a preponderance for author and article popularity at the expense of writing, and that the site is increasingly being operated as a social media platform at the expense of the project’s initial vision.[420]https://archive.vn/1eCWT#selection-2217.19-2217.128[421]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/is-it-okay-for-scp-articles-to-get-attention-they-wouldn-t-normally-get-because-of-a-podcast, archive[422]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15112225/scp-6836#post-5545104[423]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-6228321/direct-appeal#post-3850037[424]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/the-slow-march-of-personal-enterprise-into-the-scp-wiki, archive[425]https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-65#post-7470625, archive

Individuals have expressed concern and/or outright claimed that the SCP Wiki has abandoned the fundamentals of the containment fiction genre, and reincorporated itself into the historical tradition of writing that it sought to differentiate itself from, in pursuit of novel avenues of composition and material.[426]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/interviewing-icons-dr-gears, archive[427]https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/lordstonefish-interview/, archive[428]https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/kalinin/#Criticism_of_Series_7_Articles, archive[429]https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/kalinin/, archive

— Pardon our Progress —

Trivia

SCP-173 was initially posted to 4chan on June 22, 2007, thirteen days after the Dr. Who episode “Blink” (Series 3, Episode 10), which featured the Weeping Angel statues that SCP-173 is often compared to.[430]https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000252/ SCP-173 and the resulting SCP Foundation are mentioned on the Dr. Who Fandom Wiki’s entry for the Weeping Angel statues,[431]https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Weeping_Angel but are not mentioned in the Wikipedia page on the episode, nor in the Wikipedia page on the statues.[432]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(Doctor_Who)[433]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeping_Angel According to the Dr Who Fandom Wiki, Dr Who Magazine Issue #474 (released in July 2014) rated “Blink” the #2 episode by fan vote.[434]https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Blink_(TV_story)

The original SCP-173 on 4chan had no object class.[435]https://archive.ph/z3QMp The “Euclid” designation was added at a later date, and was present upon SCP-173’s porting to Wikidot.[436]https://web.archive.org/web/20080808052643/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-173

The official SCP-173 text, as it would be carried to future platforms from 4chan, finds origin not in Moto42/S.S. Walrus’ initial post, but from an anonymous June 24th response to the original post.[437]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-6773.10-6773.207 The post fixed a number of typos and cleaned up the article’s language.

The acronym “SCP” existed on 4chan’s /x/ board prior to the appearance of SCP-173 in June 2007. In April 2007, a thread about paranormal stories featured a post that discussed a “… paranormal investigation group called SCPI [pronounced Skippy] Santa Clarita Paranormal Investigations.”[438]https://archive.ph/STwdy#selection-6641.0-6641.1574, grammar fixed The chronological and digital proximity of this mention to SCP-173 two months later is considered by some to not be a coincidence.

The use of the Hebraic “Keter” was first introduced in a now-deleted version of SCP-176.[439]https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-3987.182-3987.229 It may have had its inspiration from the original thread wherein SCP-173 was first posted, which discussed Hebrew terms and the Jewish people.[440]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-3307.0-3393.188[441]https://archive.ph/WLOYb

In the original 4chan thread, a re-write was recommended in an attempt to “[help] OP clean out his thought box and liven up the story to something of a readable item”. This changed “SCP” to “USAF File:”, gave the report a fictional author (“Filed by: Capt. Henry Milan”), completely altered in delivery and content, adopting a more traditional prose. It also militarized the encounter, with subsequent discussion revolving around appropriate ammunition rounds for potential neutralization.[442]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-3919.0-3919.41

The first nickname or pet name given to SCP-173 was “Blinky”.[443]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-6039.0-6315.37

The first documented comparison of SCP(s) to H.P. Lovecraft was in the January 17, 2008 thread on 4chan’s /x/. It was taken, depending on who used it, to be either a compliment or insult.

The anonymous individual on 4chan who first utilized the term “Keter’ may have also been the first to indirectly establish the later containment class “Thaumiel”.[444]https://archive.ph/l84mL In an EditThis version of one of this author’s early SCPs (the initial SCP-176), also the first known article from 4chan to use the “Keter” designation, the console intro would include log-in credentials of a “Commander Thaum”.[445]https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-3987.10-3987.26 “Thaumiel”, like Keter, is a Kabbalistic word.[446]https://www.definitions.net/definition/thaumiel

While unremarkable in any innovative sense (this entry is about a living statue), the first SCP-441 is notable in that it features numerous qualities that would foreshadow SCP-096 “The ‘Shy Guy'”.[447]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-096 The anomaly, a humanoid, “is tame and docile for the majority of the time”, but “if at any point it catches even the slightest glimpse of itself in a reflective surface, it flies into a destructive rage, displaying terrifying strength and speed.”[448]https://archive.ph/jmVa6#selection-8511.820-8511.1099

SCP-173 would be reposted in numerous places across the internet in the months after its first appearance, including the SonicBlast HQ forums’ “Creepy Stuff” thread,[449]http://web.archive.org/web/20180216172840/http://sonicblast.org/topic/4429/1/ and a blog titled “The Sociopath Daily”.[450]http://web.archive.org/web/20120620104050/http://sociopathdaily.blogspot.com/2007/12/creepypasta.html In the latter, SCP-173 is nicknamed “the golem” (a common reference for it on 4chan posts[451]e.g. http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/588803.html), and is accompanied by a tale-like document describing its discovery, originally from the same /x/ thread.

“Untitled 2004”, the image SCP-173 is based on, is what most early users of 4chan requested in threads after the original containing SCP-173’s text. In the following days, the tale-like document later appended to the SCP-173 original thread would be requested as much, if not more, than the text of SCP-173 as well.[452]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/168963.xml, needs archive

WikiDot user and author far2 is credited as having created the SCP Foundation logo, but is also responsible for the official motto of the Foundation, “Secure, Contain, Protect”.[453]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-98911/power#post-288697 far2 established these in one creative act; a .pdf template meant to give a more immersive and realistic aesthetic to SCP files.

The SCP series was mentioned and linked to (EditThis) in the initially-attempted, official Wikipedia article on “Creepypasta”. This attempt was created on March 26, 2008 and was deleted 12 days later on April 3rd, 2008.[454]https://archive.ph/gE8XL In the deletion discussion, one user comments: “Wikipedia is not place for silly 4chan’s memes.”[455]https://archive.ph/9d15h#selection-347.2-351.7 and another remarking (of Creepypasta on the whole), “Nothing to suggest this is even slightly notable.”[456]https://archive.ph/9d15h#selection-397.3-397.51

The current Wikipedia talk page for Creepypasta mentions The Backrooms, and notes how it is not Creepypasta and might deserve its own article (which it has).[457]https://archive.ph/cuuUZ#selection-2215.0-2233.1

A capture of page visits suggests the most popular SCP on the EditThis wiki at one time was an initial SCP-048.

The ideology that any given SCP should stand by itself (e.g. here) comes in part from an early aversion to The Holders.[458]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-8259.0-8631.7[459]https://archive.ph/WXELA#selection-7292.1-7363.544

Initial cross-linking/testing/referencing on /x/ in 2008 was done in an attempt to “use some of the SCPs as general tools that could be used to neutralize the others”, foreshadowing the Thaumiel object class.[460]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-9649.10-9649.212

The first SCP-777 (non-viable) was a multi-sided die that, when rolled, manipulated probability. It was the first SCP to introduce testing logs.[461]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-16827.0-16827.1747

The anonymous Admin who started the EditThis can be seen posting on 4chan’s /x/ board. They submit an SCP about anomalous teriyaki-flavored beef jerky that replenishes itself and is highly addictive (“anomalously addictive beef jerky”).[462]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-19290.0-19377.1699[463]http://web.archive.org/web/20080409210737/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP_Series[464]http://web.archive.org/web/20080412204953/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP-743

Early /x/ SCPs featured the idea of gender philosophy on numerous occasions. In addition to the initial version of SCP-113 (“The Gender Bender”), an early version of SCP-042 mentions, “042 cannot tell the difference between a woman and a man of nontraditional gender roll”.[465]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-22651.1052-22651.1138

The first conception of the “Joke” category was not for articles that were felt to be funny, or that gagged with the format, but for article attempts that were felt to be poorly written.[466]https://archive.vn/1jSvG#selection-2699.0-2699.262

The common typo that would birth the Shark Punching Center was present in the first version of SCP-173.[467]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-713.61-713.74[468]https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-7031.10-7031.51

It was common in the early days of SCP to do mash-ups of SCP and The Holders.[469]http://scpclassic.wikidot.com/scp-528-j[470]https://archive.vn/SHysQ#selection-1323.0-1323.129[471]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/582677.html[472]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/586205.html At one point, a video game was even discussed that would have SCP personnel the protagonists, “trying to get all the holders’ objects to prevent them from coming together”.[473]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/554002.html

A WikiChan version of the SCP Series was created sometimes in January 2008, concurrent with EditThis. It featured only a small collection of SCPs that had been posted to 4chan’s /x/, and linked to the EditThis.[474]https://web.archive.org/web/20080127060440/http://wikichan.org/index.php/SCP_series A “Rules of SCP creation” section was copy-pasted from a post comment on /x/.

DrGears was the first to regularly use the term “SCP Foundation”, predating the official decision on WikiDot by several months, in an /x/ post in April 2008.[475]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-19521.0-19557.179[476]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-25431.0-25461.451[477]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-27043.0-27091.54

The first use of “Object Class:” was in January 2008 on /x/. The class was “Trinity (scientific)” and does not exist in modern object classes.[478]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-10355.127-10355.164

Creative Commons attribution on the SCP Wiki is sometimes based on the individual who ported a pre-existing SCP (i.e. from 4chan or EditThis) to the WikiDot, rather than the author, as a measure of best-fit attribution.[479]e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77523/scp-079#post-2364264

SCP-1548-EX is an example of an existing mainlist SCP that an author rewrote as explained; the author was one of the two who originally wrote the current SCP-1548.[480]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12687209/outdated#post-4399277

The idea of writing contests for a specific slot, determined by popular vote, and with runner-ups taking other slots was initially conceived of by user “Alan” on 4chan’s /x/ in May 2008. The first suggestion was for the SCP-001 slot.[481]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-14148.0-14217.287

Rating modules did not exist on the EditThis, and they can be seen added to newly-ported SCPs onto the WikiDot.[482]e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-093, rev.1

The initial SCP-093 was only 285 words long. Once ported to EditThis, users recommended it for deletion unless “someone can salvage this”, with another anonymous user stating “Agreed. Text is too messed up.”[483]http://web.archive.org/web/20080617062256/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-093 It was given a substantial rewrite in March of 2009 by WikiDot user and SCP author NekoChris (and with very little formal approval).[484]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-118537/scp-093#post-395631[485]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-093, rev.7 This rewrite nearly quintupled the length of the original (from 285 words to 1,300); this is not including the added test files, which were created as stand-alone supplements. Including the supplemental tests as they exist today, the total word count is 14,208 words; 49.8 times the length of the original.

In 2013, Master Administrator DrEverettMann replaced numerous famous SCP articles with random dog facts.[486]e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-093, rev.20; https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-682, rev.29, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-294, rev.81

The first three SCPs to surpass a triple-digit upvote were (in order): SCP-173, SCP-914, and SCP-093. If SCP-093’s “Recovered Materials” supplement was added to the article’s upvote tally, it was the highest rated article on the site by 19.[487]https://web.archive.org/web/20100820015416/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com:80/top-rated-pages

At one point, SCP-914 was tied with SCP-173 for the highest rated article on the site.[488]https://web.archive.org/web/20100820015416/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com:80/top-rated-pages

When asked about his favorite SCP in 2015, YouTuber Markiplier described SCP-093.[489]https://youtu.be/ehtN40RNjcA?t=2436

SCP-529, “Josie the Half Cat”, has a much less-well-known dog-equivalent and spin-off; SCP-530 “Carl the Variable Dog”.

The SCP Series was called “pretentious” as early as June 2008 on /x/.[490]https://archive.ph/RJbkB#selection-4826.0-4901.7

Before “Shark Punching Center”, the first backronym given to the “SPC” typo was “Super Poop Cat”, on — unsurprisingly — /x/.[491]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/726440.html, archive

SCP’s high literary standards and penchant for pointed criticism can be traced back in part to the ruthless character of anonymous posts on 4chan’s /x/.[492]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/726440.html, archive

The SCP Wiki (WikiDot)’s first passcode to join the site was “SCP”.[493]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/856531.html, archive

In addition to creepypasta, the early SCP Wiki on WikiDot collected random scary stories.[494]https://web.archive.org/web/20080823064109/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com:80/random-stories It also had a library for fan fiction “cravings”.[495]https://web.archive.org/web/20080805215554/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-library Then-administrator Kain Pathos Crow can be seen on /x/ threads recruiting stories for these collections.[496]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/871614.html, archive[497]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/968145.html

In its early days, the SCP Wiki was shared on /x/ for its collection of creepypasta, as well as for its SCPs.[498]e.g. http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/990104.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/968145.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/964934.html, … Continue reading

In October 2008, SCP Wiki members planned “Meta Reality Projects“, which included stylizing SCP entries as more believable .pdf style documents, and releasing them around their immediate locations IRL. This was advertised on /x/ by the Administrator.[499]http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/1036469.html, archive

Perhaps the first recorded “rage quit delete” from the SCP — an action that would later be termed “Fishmongering” — was perhaps the initial SCP-999, where the author deleted the work after feeling unwelcomed by the site’s moderators. DrClef and Dr Kondraki — moderators at the time — said in reply “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out” and “Okay, bye… who the fuck are you again?”[500]https://web.archive.org/web/20090628170833/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-96345/scp-999

According to a forum post by The Administrator in July 2008, the 5 days prior, the new WikiDot SCP Wiki had been visited over 33,000 times.[501]https://web.archive.org/web/20210224203041/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-78183/possible-vandalism-anonymous-edits

The Administrator posted a forum thread to WikiDot’s general community forum announcing the “SCP Organization’s” move from EditThis.[502]http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-77975/the-scp-organization

When deciding what wikifarm platform to move to after EditThis, The Administrator attempted to find one that ran the same software as EditThis ran, Mediawiki. Most Mediawiki-based wikifarms were poorly maintained, the admins and hosters abandoning them “long ago”. WikiDot was found and preferred due to being one of the more impressive, well hosted wikifarms then available.[503]https://web.archive.org/web/20080804102923/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/what-s-new

An alternative SCP WikiDot was made in September 2008 by The Administrator, called “The SCP Society”.[504]http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/the-administrator, “Recent contributions”, page 6 It’s tagline was “Skeptics of Conspiracy and the Paranormal”.[505]https://web.archive.org/web/20130704042011/http://defunct-scp-society.wikidot.com/

Projects attempting to canonize and make SCP into a media product (games, film, episodic series, etc) are as old as SCP itself, with pushes extant on /x/ as well as EditThis.[506]http://web.archive.org/web/20080410225129/http://editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP_Series, “Looking for SCP Writers”, archive

“05” and “O5” was a stylistic choice for older articles, and the two uses were considered interchangeable at one time. Now, the use of “O5” is well-established, but the SCP Wiki staff’s dedicated forum on WikiDot still testifies to this, as it is named “05command.wikidot.com”.[507]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-3642524[508]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-3742716[509]https://05command.wikidot.com/

For April Fool’s in 2010 the online magazine PC Mag featured a fictional story that centrally featured the SCP Foundation and SCP-169.[510]https://www.pcmag.com/archive/april-fools-global-anomalies-linked-to-large-hadron-collider-249744, archive This was linked to on SCP-169 in the form of an addendum noting a containment breach.[511]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-169, rev. 12

Comments left in individual page edits appear in the “History” section of Wikidot pages, and cannot be deleted. This has been leveraged by dedicated trolls, such as WikiDot user Dr Kahldal, who wrote across the edit histories of several SCPs: “Staff run a channel named “Whitename Stock Market” in which they gossip about and insult new users trying to write their first SCP. Just something to consider.”[512]e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7011, rev. 16 Other page history comments contain what the community and others would consider slur usage, such as the use of “retarded” in the edit history of SCP-169.[513]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-169

Around 2012, when the standards of the site were better formed, numerous early-era (i.e. EditThis SCPs) would quickly and suddenly be downvoted into deletion range.[514]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-81240/scp-666#post-1431468

Quotes

“We were growing, fast, and the structure of the wiki couldn’t handle it well. Plus, we had been growing alongside The Holders series, a similar short horror collection, but all overseen by one guy. That was one of the other things, once we started the migration to the new wiki. There was a discussion on how to proceed if it should be locked down to only a select few authors, or open to a much wider crowd. I remember being in on that discussion and bringing up the decline of The Holders as a reason to allow more voices in. We had issues with spamming, rogue edits, and a host of other issues, and generally the feeling was we’d outgrown the old wiki.”[515]https://archive.ph/TzVOS#selection-8623.167-8623.822 — Dr Gears, on the transition from EditThis to Wikidot

“We’ve had to move from our last wiki because we’ve grown so big.”[516]http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-77975/the-scp-organization — The Administrator, on the move to WikiDot

 

 

— Pardon our progress —

 

The Society for Containment fiction would like to thank WikiDot users Cooldude971 and bluesoul, as well as the SCP Classic for their academics into the history of SCP, which have been invaluable in the production of this document.

References

References
↑1, ↑92, ↑453 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-98911/power#post-288697
↑2 https://archive.is/QD9UF
↑3, ↑87, ↑317 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/history-of-the-universe-part-one
↑4 http://web.archive.org/web/20080912031443/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/Main_Page
↑5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/
↑6 https://urlscan.io/domain/scp-wiki.net
↑7 https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/http://scp-wiki.net
↑8 https://github.com/MikeInnes/The-Paranoid-Android/issues/2
↑9 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-13606439/domain-transition-announcement
↑10 https://archive.ph/GS2Vl
↑11 https://www.scpwiki.com
↑12 https://urlscan.io/result/816aa78d-231f-44d6-91a8-dc06093368c1/#summary
↑13 https://web.archive.org/web/20200701000000*/http://scp-wiki.net
↑14 ((https://web.archive.org/web/20201001000000*/http://scpwiki.com/
↑15 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-1781.17-1781.79
↑16 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-3747.30-3747.328
↑17 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-3575.43-3575.308
↑18 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-7643.121-7643.270
↑19 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-2469.30-2469.55
↑20 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-3661.30-3661.320
↑21 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-3919.10-3919.1875
↑22 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-4359.49-4359.554
↑23 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-6143.10-6143.117
↑24 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-7997.39-7997.253
↑25 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-7203.10-7203.173
↑26 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-5495.30-5495.233
↑27 https://archive.ph/jmVa6#selection-5161.10-5161.25
↑28, ↑176 https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-5133.390-5133.580
↑29, ↑177 https://archive.ph/rHdvx
↑30, ↑175, ↑445 https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-3987.10-3987.26
↑31 https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-5133.42-5133.71
↑32 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-19913.0-19913.71
↑33 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-2813.0-2975.7
↑34 https://archive.ph/mwFGh#selection-4471.9-4471.23
↑35 https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-4255.0-4255.788
↑36 e.g, https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-7997.273-7997.466
↑37, ↑242, ↑481 https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-14148.0-14217.287
↑38 https://archive.ph/jmVa6
↑39 e.g., see SCP-176, SCP-256.
↑40 https://archive.ph/wxQgG#selection-3769.51-3769.199
↑41 https://archive.ph/wxQgG#selection-3683.10-3693.7
↑42 see SCP-086
↑43 https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-19521.0-19557.182
↑44, ↑475 https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-19521.0-19557.179
↑45, ↑476 https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-25431.0-25461.451
↑46, ↑477 https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-27043.0-27091.54
↑47 https://archive.ph/8j4bA#selection-1102.0-1181.7
↑48 https://archive.ph/3QlpV#selection-20699.519-20699.613
↑49 https://archive.ph/3QlpV#selection-20699.614-20699.741
↑50, ↑152, ↑203 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-scp-foundation-on-4chan-and-editthis
↑51, ↑222 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-20783.0-20783.190
↑52, ↑207 https://web.archive.org/web/20080903043644/http://www.editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/Continue_on
↑53, ↑192 https://web.archive.org/web/20080617060229/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-010
↑54 http://web.archive.org/web/20080803022143/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Guidelines_and_Caveats
↑55 http://web.archive.org/web/20080521121453/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Secure_facilities_location
↑56, ↑209 https://web.archive.org/web/20080410225114/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP-XXX
↑57 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-17733.0-17733.232
↑58, ↑193 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/472986.xml, archive
↑59 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/503107.xml, archive
↑60, ↑195 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/521883.xml, archive
↑61, ↑196 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/503107.xml, archive
↑62, ↑197 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/545719.xml, archive
↑63, ↑200 e.g. http://web.archive.org/web/20080518145546/http://editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/SCP-093
↑64 https://web.archive.org/web/20080409210737/http://editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/SCP_Series#
↑65 http://web.archive.org/web/20080614163913/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP_Series
↑66 https://web.archive.org/web/20080410055351/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page
↑67 https://archive.ph/oyTjs#selection-1403.0-1413.127
↑68 https://web.archive.org/web/20080610180409/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page
↑69 https://web.archive.org/web/20080714124739/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page
↑70 https://web.archive.org/web/20080701234452/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page
↑71 https://web.archive.org/web/20080730083609/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page
↑72 https://web.archive.org/web/20090601000000*/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page
↑73 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-10527.0-10527.30
↑74 https://web.archive.org/web/20080511213321/https://editthis.info/wiki/Main_Page
↑75 https://archive.ph/oyTjs
↑76 https://web.archive.org/web/20091213010638/http://editthis.uservoice.com/pages/35672-feature-requests
↑77 https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-26779.42-26779.147
↑78 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/578335.html
↑79 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/578388.html
↑80 https://archive.ph/54tqP#selection-2396.0-2457.7
↑81 https://archive.ph/54tqP#selection-3252.0-3303.216
↑82 e.g. https://web.archive.org/web/20080617062355/https://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP_Series
↑83 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/history-of-the-universe-part-one, archive
↑84 http://constantsun.blogspot.com/2008/, archive
↑85 https://web.archive.org/web/20080726192318/www.constantsun.com/blog/
↑86 https://web.archive.org/web/20100219123607/http://groups.google.com:80/group/editthisinfo
↑88, ↑483 http://web.archive.org/web/20080617062256/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-093
↑89 https://archive.ph/8j4bA#selection-2518.0-2673.439
↑90, ↑94 https://1000logos.net/scp-logo/
↑91 https://logos-world.net/scp-logo/
↑93, ↑110, ↑112 https://archive.ph/r0Pan#selection-2153.0-2166.0
↑95 https://stock.adobe.com/images/international-electrostatic-sensitive-device-symbol-yellow-warning-dangerous-icon-on-white-background-attracting-attention-security-first-sign-idea-for-graphic-web-design-eps10/194063169
↑96 http://scp-int.wikidot.com/
↑97 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SCP_Foundation_logos
↑98 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/desk-of-junior-designer-s-yvonne
↑99 https://www.google.com/search?q=scp+department+logos&sxsrf=ALiCzsbu3tD3YAWSRKlabUBhK6HKzr4NQg:1669049533056&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9256E3r_7AhUQIkQIHfrdBDQQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1920&bih=880&dpr=1
↑100 https://www.google.com/search?q=scp+logos&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiCs6yl3r_7AhXj8lMKHZ4kCSUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=scp+logos&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECAAQQzIECAAQQzIGCAAQBxAeMgYIABAHEB4yBggAEAcQHjIGCAAQBxAeMgYIABAHEB4yBggAEAcQHjIGCAAQBxAeMgYIABAHEB46BAgjECc6BggAEAgQHlCdBVidBWCzB2gAcAB4AIABX4gBoQGSAQEymAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=Aq17Y4KqHePlzwKeyaSoAg&bih=880&biw=1920
↑101, ↑245 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/component:pride-highlighter
↑102 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-19377.1519-19377.1699
↑103 https://web.archive.org/web/20210215053225/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-89371/foundation-emblem-or-logo
↑104 https://archive.ph/r0Pan#selection-1121.0-1121.210
↑105 https://archive.ph/r0Pan#selection-1249.0-1253.279
↑106 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-89371/foundation-emblem-or-logo#post-289428
↑107 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-97462/scp-encyclopedia
↑108 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-97462/scp-encyclopedia#post-287277
↑109 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-97462/scp-encyclopedia#post-287324
↑111 https://archive.ph/r0Pan#selection-2043.0-2062.0
↑113 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-98911/power#post-288697, “the template”
↑114, ↑119, ↑122, ↑126 https://web.archive.org/web/20140209082335/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/new-site-theme
↑115 https://archive.ph/xwD4w#selection-5047.0-5059.185
↑116 https://web.archive.org/web/20080730074722/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/
↑117 https://web.archive.org/web/20221001232408/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/
↑118 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202120346/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/
↑120 https://github.com/scpwiki/sigma9
↑121 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-709954/wiki-templates
↑123 https://web.archive.org/web/20140705001053mp_/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-766406/new-site-theme
↑124 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/news-10-2022#toc8
↑125 https://themes.wikidot.com/start:top
↑127 https://web.archive.org/web/20140902211341/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-765297/site-template-overhaul:dynamic-vs-fixed-width
↑128 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-5244764/proposal-css-theme-policy
↑129 https://archive.ph/AaEwQ#selection-2243.0-2243.100
↑130 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/usertools#toc1
↑131 https://github.com/scpwiki/S-CSS-P
↑132 http://scptestwiki.wikidot.com/
↑133 https://github.com/Nu-SCPTheme/Black-Highlighter/
↑134 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-10409862/nu-scp-css-formal-decision
↑135 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/history.html
↑136 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/object-classes#toc11
↑137 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/anomaly-classification-system-guide
↑138 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/anomaly-classification-system-guide#classifications-summary
↑139 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/anomaly-classification-system-guide#secondary-class
↑140 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/anomaly-classification-system-guide#acs-alts-mods
↑141 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/anomaly-classification-system-guide#acs-addons
↑142 e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77584/scp-113#post-2545861
↑143 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77584/scp-113#post-2545892
↑144, ↑306 https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/lordstonefish-interview/, archive
↑145 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-78192/scp-500#post-483312
↑146 e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-76555/scp-004#post-4926031, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-122809/scp-530#post-4904167
↑147 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-78192/scp-500
↑148 e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-78192/scp-500#post-4597798, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77170/scp-579#post-2247885
↑149 e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77170/scp-579#post-1492466
↑150 https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/comments/y4jbuo/the_scp_wiki_has_become_a_convoluted_mess_and/, archive
↑151 https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/is-it-okay-for-scp-articles-to-get-attention-they-wouldn-t-normally-get-because-of-a-podcast
↑153 https://archive.ph/rHdvx#selection-3737.216-3737.346
↑154 https://archive.ph/jmVa6#selection-5445.0-5445.434
↑155, ↑163 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-76884/scp-256#post-501427
↑156 https://archive.ph/jmVa6#selection-9983.30-9983.44
↑157 https://archive.ph/rHdvx#selection-2613.10-2613.60
↑158 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-10355.167-10355.302
↑159 https://archive.ph/pD5Mo#selection-524.0-575.47
↑160 https://archive.ph/QNbYp
↑161 https://archive.ph/1IkU9#selection-1124.0-1175.392
↑162 http://web.archive.org/web/20080528035529/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Special:Recentchanges
↑164, ↑210 http://web.archive.org/web/20080618224505/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Scp_Wiki:Community_Portal
↑165 http://web.archive.org/web/20080611150603/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/?title=SCP-666&action=history
↑166 http://web.archive.org/web/20080611151216/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-666
↑167 http://scpclassic.wikidot.com/scp-666
↑168 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-81240/scp-666#post-4509634
↑169 e.g. http://web.archive.org/web/20080606025248/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-008.5, http://web.archive.org/web/20080617062256/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-093, http://web.archive.org/web/20080616233457/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-001, http://web.archive.org/web/20080611151216/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP-666
↑170 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/448755.html, archive
↑171 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/history-of-the-universe-part-one, archive
↑172 http://web.archive.org/web/20080617062355/https://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP_Series#SCP-001_submission, archive
↑173 http://web.archive.org/web/20080410225129/http://editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP_Series, archive
↑174 https://archive.vn/fUQMD#selection-9.117113-9.117528
↑178 https://archive.vn/1jSvG
↑179 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-9649.0-9649.216
↑180 e.g. https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-18969.68-18969.188
↑181 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-76555/scp-004#post-582446
↑182 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-76858/scp-682#post-1169558
↑183 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/history-of-the-universe-part-three
↑184 https://www.reddit.com/r/SCP/comments/l472r5/comment/gknph64/
↑185 http://05command.wikidot.com/wikiwalk-guide
↑186 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13494535/wikiwalk-footer-policy-update
↑187 https://archive.ph/dB65f#selection-959.0-959.99
↑188 https://archive.ph/WLOYb#selection-1611.278-1611.303
↑189 https://archive.ph/dB65f#selection-1041.0-1041.112
↑190 https://archive.ph/yvU6m#selection-153.3575-153.3610
↑191 https://archive.ph/yvU6m#selection-153.3653-153.3692
↑194 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/503107.xml, archive
↑198 https://archive.ph/WXELA#selection-2892.1-2945.207
↑199 e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-96203/scp-409, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-82656/scp-012
↑201 http://web.archive.org/web/20080610055225/http://www.editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/?title=Special:Categories&article=SCP_Series
↑202 e.g. https://archive.ph/B1g6I
↑204 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/a-history-of-object-classes
↑205 https://archive.ph/rHdvx#selection-5865.9-5865.200
↑206 e.g. http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/726440.html, archive
↑208 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-16619.30-16619.346
↑211 https://archive.ph/B1g6I#selection-12593.141-12593.155
↑212 http://web.archive.org/web/20080612232623/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/Current_events, see “OTHER”
↑213 http://web.archive.org/web/20080413010417/http://www.editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/SCP-500
↑214 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77523/scp-079#post-2523029
↑215 https://archive.vn/fUQMD#selection-9.12518-9.12533
↑216 https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-24358.0-24369.176
↑217 https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-4946.0-5015.1590
↑218 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-314, Revision 0
↑219 https://web.archive.org/web/20080704070636/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP-314
↑220 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/446341.xml
↑221 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-115736/scp-314#post-343285
↑223, ↑466 https://archive.vn/1jSvG#selection-2699.0-2699.262
↑224 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/system:page-tags/tag/hub#pages
↑225, ↑232, ↑312 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/2020-survey-results
↑226 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/2015-survey-results
↑227 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/
↑228 https://scpfoundation.net/
↑229 https://archive.ph/8j4bA#selection-1246.0-1733.7
↑230 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-7203.10-7203.32
↑231 http://web.archive.org/web/20181018021816/https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/site_19/index.php
↑233 http://05command.wikidot.com/discord-rules
↑234 http://05command.wikidot.com/discord-team-main
↑235 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/c-7524284/official-discord
↑236 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14993110/voting-discord-team
↑237 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14736305/discussion-discord-team-placement
↑238 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-6800520/official-scp-discord
↑239 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-5726019/internet-outreach-discord, archive
↑240 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15373436/november-2020-disciplinary-chat-detailed-timeline, archive
↑241 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/contest-archive
↑243 https://archive.vn/NcCmv#selection-153.6347-153.6435
↑244 https://archive.vn/mIVmD#selection-2437.0-2437.257
↑246 https://archive.ph/1iFcQ
↑247 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/theme:scp-trans-pride
↑248 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/theme:3law-pride
↑249, ↑293 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/news-06-2021
↑250 https://archive.vn/gXrTT
↑251 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/news-06-2021, archive
↑252 e.g, https://archive.ph/JcRMM#selection-5317.0-5317.1949
↑253 https://archive.vn/3v8MS#selection-969.91-969.99
↑254 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/news-06-2021, archive
↑255 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-773630/should-we-ban-slurs, archive
↑256 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615267407653957632, archive
↑257 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77584/scp-113#post-2220210
↑258 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-1077309/identity-politics-and-treatment-of-users-complaint, archive
↑259 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615297853674659841, archive
↑260, ↑270 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615293754346487808, archive
↑261 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615256376789630976, archive
↑262 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615264415508766720, archive
↑263 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615268881410691077, archive
↑264 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615270554216624128, archive
↑265 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615274911167315969, archive
↑266 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615273754441199616, archive
↑267 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615276032761942016, archive
↑268 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615282095297032194, archive
↑269 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615281827000004608, archive
↑271, ↑273 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615295859312467968, archive
↑272 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615298893379674112, archive
↑274 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615291425962508288, archive
↑275 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615263540706955264, archive
↑276 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615558262742773760, archive
↑277 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615298077109391360, archive
↑278 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615257277180809216, archive
↑279 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615257674633084929, archive
↑280 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615274306294124548, archive
↑281, ↑294 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615274502910554113, archive
↑282 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615277669626834944, archive
↑283 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615256526161362949, archive
↑284, ↑288 https://mobile.twitter.com/scpwiki/status/843176312202121217, archive
↑285 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615555975886544896, archive
↑286 https://twitter.com/search?q=(from%3Ascpwiki)%20until%3A2015-06-30%20since%3A2015-06-25&src=typed_query&f=top, archive
↑287 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615287720093556737, archive
↑289 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/2017-survey-results
↑290 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/2021-survey-results
↑291 e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/news-06-2021
↑292 e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/component:pride-highlighter
↑295 https://twitter.com/scpwiki/status/615283779817611265, archive
↑296 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/protected:scp-2721
↑297 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/jude-s-bizarre-adventure
↑298 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/wwydftltimd-hub
↑299 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/take-it-away-my-darling
↑300 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/how-to-clean-a-polyester-dress
↑301 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4175
↑302 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-good-work
↑303 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/dixieland-nightmare-magic-hub
↑304 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/over-thinking-the-rainbow
↑305 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/pride-of-place
↑307 https://www.amazon.com/Bury-Survivors-Breach-Goes-Book-ebook/dp/B0BDKHWCFM
↑308 https://www.amazon.com/stores/Dr.-Peter-James-Defort/author/B07XGCV6RB?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
↑309 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ANEMDLOvOwDslOMhcsTeS9gk1bfZrLWP/view, archive
↑310 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uspszfquk4I
↑311 https://www.reddit.com/r/SCP/comments/10ewuqw/check_out_what_came_in_the_mail_today/
↑313 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/audio-adaptations
↑314 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwgIkcUyuks
↑315 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFRFzbjQAds&t=0s
↑316 e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIp4kupq8uY
↑318 https://archive.vn/n9ij6#selection-1077.0-1093.10
↑319 https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/scp-111/
↑320 https://www.containmentfiction.net/UserWiki/scp-1926-the-mewts/
↑321 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-4616472/max-landis, archive
↑322 https://archive.vn/vzaYq#selection-1467.0-1467.22
↑323 https://archive.vn/5q1JW
↑324, ↑369 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/c-7270124/town-halls
↑325 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-886884/harassment-team-log-of-bans#post-5363898
↑326 https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/on-agent-jackrabbit, archive
↑327, ↑330 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-886884/harassment-team-log-of-bans#post-5307060
↑328 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13292997/a-statement-on-recent-events
↑329 https://archive.vn/umbF3
↑331 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-886884/harassment-team-log-of-bans#post-4626676
↑332 https://archive.ph/eRmdo
↑333 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-886884/harassment-team-log-of-bans#post-4111189
↑334 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-665352/
↑335 https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/harmony-s-report, archive
↑336 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjkiSio0GOM&ab_channel=Dr.Cimmerian
↑337 https://archive.vn/l2rq5
↑338, ↑342 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13972585/discussion:modification-to-the-adult-content-warning-policy
↑339 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13292999/an-update-to-the-anti-harassment-policy
↑340 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13292998/update-to-site-charter-regarding-activity-on-adult-platforms
↑341 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13896072/adult-content-warnings
↑343 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13929755/voting-thread-adult-content-warnings
↑344 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-13300557/voting-thread-change-to-our-age-policy
↑345 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14021257/voting-thread:adult-page-guide
↑346 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReQXFui4Z18
↑347 https://archive.vn/Fpw9P
↑348 https://web.archive.org/web/20220911195610/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15121975/discussion-age-unraising
↑349 https://web.archive.org/web/20220911195557/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15170408/policy-discussion-age-policy-changes
↑350 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14207258/age-unraising-proposal#post-5092459
↑351 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14104906/inter-staff-staff-policy-town-hall-may-22-june-5, archive
↑352 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14104908/anti-harassment-town-hall-may-22-june-5, archive
↑353 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14104907/disciplinary-town-hall-may-22-june-5, archive
↑354 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14971928/suggestions-and-complaints-site-staff
↑355 https://twitter.com/djkaktus_/status/1407843986753138700, archive
↑356 https://twitter.com/search?lang=en&q=%22scp%20staff%22%20(from%3Aakumeoy)&src=typed_query, archive
↑357 http://05command.wikidot.com/november-2020-disciplinary-incident, archive
↑358 https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/disc-j-vs-scp-staff-libelous-satire-and-faux-pas, archive
↑359 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15373436/november-2020-disciplinary-chat-detailed-timeline
↑360 https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/a-history-of-modern-scp-staff-chat-leaks, archive
↑361 https://twitter.com/scp_staff_leaks, archive
↑362 https://sexycontainmentprocedures.tumblr.com/post/628334088591441920/scp-kiwifarms-thread-and-staffchats, archive
↑363 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-106#post-8414561, archive
↑364 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-141#post-8531484, archive
↑365 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-159#post-8693587, archive
↑366 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-60#post-7386289, archive
↑367 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-40#post-6330170, archive
↑368 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-112#post-8429643, archive
↑370 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14117474/change-in-enforcement-of-intrastaff-interactions, archive
↑371 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/c-7357677/staff-discussion-records, archive
↑372 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14592559/discussion-charter-definition-and-process
↑373 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14592559/discussion-charter-definition-and-process#post-5252986
↑374 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14981505/discussion-changing-our-mindset, archive
↑375 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15076785/discussion-changes-to-the-staffchat, archive
↑376 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15092107/discussion-should-staff-questions-be-public-or-not, archive
↑377 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15085850/discussion-create-new-subforum-for-informal-discussions, archive
↑378 https://archive.vn/NcCmv
↑379 https://archive.vn/Bfnl1, the user in question was denied staff for their differing political views, http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-10260553, archive
↑380 https://at.tumblr.com/bondsmagii/ive-been-had-like-a-casual-interest-in-the-scp/k1miors9hv6x, archive
↑381 https://at.tumblr.com/bondsmagii/i-mean-to-ask-this-genuinely-no-hostility-but/1n3jhdzimdvo, archive
↑382 https://at.tumblr.com/bondsmagii/regrettably-what-brought-me-to-your-blog-was-scp/gdgyju6ajamx, archive
↑383 https://at.tumblr.com/bondsmagii/what-in-gods-name-is-happening-on-scp-every-time/iaxlmfsp0vyj, archive
↑384 https://at.tumblr.com/bondsmagii/i-read-your-post-on-scp-being-a-cult-it-opened-my/ozto6zf59umw, archive
↑385 https://archive.vn/xbrDM
↑386 https://archive.vn/0Zp5U
↑387 https://archive.vn/kNKu8
↑388, ↑391 https://archive.vn/aSyHP
↑389 https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/scp-me, archive
↑390 https://archive.vn/46xcu
↑392 https://archive.vn/Dl7iE
↑393 https://archive.vn/0QWih
↑394 https://archive.vn/gb8ok
↑395 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-1056700/disciplinary-scantron#post-3641899
↑396 https://archive.vn/TILkT
↑397 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15193300/discord-medjet-6755
↑398 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15193224/discord-extasis-es-8490
↑399 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15193195/discord-professor-pufferfish-0077
↑400 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-15155924/discord-fernlom-3537
↑401 https://web.archive.org/web/20210828122940/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14177574/dundiddly
↑402 http://web.archive.org/web/20220115224821/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-12451853/disciplinary-burning-fist
↑403 https://archive.vn/x359J#selection-1725.0-1725.206
↑404 https://web.archive.org/web/20211013214547/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14224132/disciplinary-theredbaron
↑405 https://web.archive.org/web/20211018013238/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14218651/disciplinary-lazybird-13
↑406 http://web.archive.org/web/20220117050250/http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14460114/officererik1k-88-officererik
↑407 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)#In_neo-Nazism
↑408 https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/scp-author-demands-attribution-for-goi-body-tattoo-a-satire, archive
↑409 http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14207258/age-unraising-proposal
↑410 https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/the-legal-history-of-scp-173, archive
↑411 https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/why-are-scp-logos-ok-on-rule-34-material-but-not-on-firearms, archive
↑412 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14971928/suggestions-and-complaints-site-staff#post-5445168, archive
↑413 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15076841/suggestions-and-complaints-all-comments, archive
↑414 https://mobile.twitter.com/harmonyintheam/status/1552044887444422657, archive
↑415 https://archive.vn/TzVOS#selection-8567.0-8567.549
↑416 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14207259/age-unraising-proposal#post-5092813
↑417 https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/the-chronic-upvote-malady-diagnosed, archive
↑418 https://archive.vn/TzVOS
↑419 https://archive.vn/nnmem
↑420 https://archive.vn/1eCWT#selection-2217.19-2217.128
↑421 https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/is-it-okay-for-scp-articles-to-get-attention-they-wouldn-t-normally-get-because-of-a-podcast, archive
↑422 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15112225/scp-6836#post-5545104
↑423 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-6228321/direct-appeal#post-3850037
↑424 https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/the-slow-march-of-personal-enterprise-into-the-scp-wiki, archive
↑425 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-65#post-7470625, archive
↑426 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/interviewing-icons-dr-gears, archive
↑427 https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/lordstonefish-interview/, archive
↑428 https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/kalinin/#Criticism_of_Series_7_Articles, archive
↑429 https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/kalinin/, archive
↑430 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000252/
↑431 https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Weeping_Angel
↑432 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(Doctor_Who
↑433 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeping_Angel
↑434 https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Blink_(TV_story
↑435 https://archive.ph/z3QMp
↑436 https://web.archive.org/web/20080808052643/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-173
↑437 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-6773.10-6773.207
↑438 https://archive.ph/STwdy#selection-6641.0-6641.1574, grammar fixed
↑439 https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-3987.182-3987.229
↑440 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-3307.0-3393.188
↑441 https://archive.ph/WLOYb
↑442 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-3919.0-3919.41
↑443 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-6039.0-6315.37
↑444 https://archive.ph/l84mL
↑446 https://www.definitions.net/definition/thaumiel
↑447 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-096
↑448 https://archive.ph/jmVa6#selection-8511.820-8511.1099
↑449 http://web.archive.org/web/20180216172840/http://sonicblast.org/topic/4429/1/
↑450 http://web.archive.org/web/20120620104050/http://sociopathdaily.blogspot.com/2007/12/creepypasta.html
↑451 e.g. http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/588803.html
↑452 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/168963.xml, needs archive
↑454 https://archive.ph/gE8XL
↑455 https://archive.ph/9d15h#selection-347.2-351.7
↑456 https://archive.ph/9d15h#selection-397.3-397.51
↑457 https://archive.ph/cuuUZ#selection-2215.0-2233.1
↑458 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-8259.0-8631.7
↑459 https://archive.ph/WXELA#selection-7292.1-7363.544
↑460 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-9649.10-9649.212
↑461 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-16827.0-16827.1747
↑462 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-19290.0-19377.1699
↑463 http://web.archive.org/web/20080409210737/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP_Series
↑464 http://web.archive.org/web/20080412204953/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP-743
↑465 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-22651.1052-22651.1138
↑467 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-713.61-713.74
↑468 https://archive.ph/z3QMp#selection-7031.10-7031.51
↑469 http://scpclassic.wikidot.com/scp-528-j
↑470 https://archive.vn/SHysQ#selection-1323.0-1323.129
↑471 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/582677.html
↑472 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/586205.html
↑473 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/554002.html
↑474 https://web.archive.org/web/20080127060440/http://wikichan.org/index.php/SCP_series
↑478 https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-10355.127-10355.164
↑479 e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77523/scp-079#post-2364264
↑480 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12687209/outdated#post-4399277
↑482 e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-093, rev.1
↑484 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-118537/scp-093#post-395631
↑485 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-093, rev.7
↑486 e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-093, rev.20; https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-682, rev.29, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-294, rev.81
↑487, ↑488 https://web.archive.org/web/20100820015416/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com:80/top-rated-pages
↑489 https://youtu.be/ehtN40RNjcA?t=2436
↑490 https://archive.ph/RJbkB#selection-4826.0-4901.7
↑491 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/726440.html, archive
↑492 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/726440.html, archive
↑493 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/856531.html, archive
↑494 https://web.archive.org/web/20080823064109/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com:80/random-stories
↑495 https://web.archive.org/web/20080805215554/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-library
↑496 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/871614.html, archive
↑497 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/968145.html
↑498 e.g. http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/990104.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/968145.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/964934.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/964611.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/963801.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/962905.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/945051.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/937511.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/1000570.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/1003956.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/1016654.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/1031646.html, http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/1098033.html
↑499 http://scparchives.bluesoul.net/x/scp/1036469.html, archive
↑500 https://web.archive.org/web/20090628170833/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-96345/scp-999
↑501 https://web.archive.org/web/20210224203041/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-78183/possible-vandalism-anonymous-edits
↑502, ↑516 http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-77975/the-scp-organization
↑503 https://web.archive.org/web/20080804102923/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/what-s-new
↑504 http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/the-administrator, “Recent contributions”, page 6
↑505 https://web.archive.org/web/20130704042011/http://defunct-scp-society.wikidot.com/
↑506 http://web.archive.org/web/20080410225129/http://editthis.info:80/scp_wiki/Talk:SCP_Series, “Looking for SCP Writers”, archive
↑507 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-3642524
↑508 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-3742716
↑509 https://05command.wikidot.com/
↑510 https://www.pcmag.com/archive/april-fools-global-anomalies-linked-to-large-hadron-collider-249744, archive
↑511 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-169, rev. 12
↑512 e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7011, rev. 16
↑513 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-169
↑514 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-81240/scp-666#post-1431468
↑515 https://archive.ph/TzVOS#selection-8623.167-8623.822