Archives : December-2022

“The entries that were moved to the EditThis wiki were the original works of the users on /x/ and /b/. With the creation of the SCP Series wiki, the community began to post fewer and fewer threads on 4chan, instead writing directly to the wiki. As such, /x/ and /b/ ceased to be the primary ..

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SCP-314 (“Motion-Seeking Blade”) is an early SCP article dating back to 4chan’s /x/ board.[1]https://archive.ph/jmVa6#selection-5257.34-5257.48 It was transferred to EditThis, and then WikiDot, where it currently resides, though in a heavily rewritten form.[2]http://web.archive.org/web/20080412092156/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP-314[3]http://scpclassic.wikidot.com/scp-314[4]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-314 It initially was on an object whose shape changed rapidly, but that “rarely deviates from the appearence [sic] of a spherical series of ..

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SCP-529 is an early SCP posted to /x/ in thread # 446341, on January 19, 2008.[1]https://archive.ph/jmVa6[2]https://archive.ph/jmVa6#selection-8225.10-8225.23 It is arguably the most important early SCP from 4chan besides SCP-173. It was posted to the EditThis by an anonymous user a day after its creation on January 20, 2008. [3]http://web.archive.org/web/20080409210737/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP_Series[4]http://web.archive.org/web/20080410120644/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/SCP-529[5]http://web.archive.org/web/20080422032211/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/?title=SCP-529&action=history Its author is unknown. It has been ..

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The initial SCP-519 was an early SCP posted to 4chan’s /x/ board that foreshadowed many traits for the genre of containment fiction. It was posted in thread #446184 on January 19, 2008.[1]https://archive.ph/aHUf5 As collection of SCPs didn’t begin until a later thread, SCP-519 was among many early entries that were not reposted in subsequent threads, and ..

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SCP-256 is an early SCP from /x/ threads on 4chan which has survived to the present day on the WikiDot iteration of the SCP series.[1]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-5605.94-5605.109[2]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-256 It was first posted to thread #448755, and later given the title “Trapped in the Typewriter”. It is the first use of the well-known SCP Wiki shibboleth “Does the Black Moon ..

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“Does The Black Moon Howl?” is a memetic catchphrase & community shibboleth both in-universe and out-of-universe at the SCP Wiki that is commonly associated with elevated ranks and security clearances. The phrase is seen in numerous SCPs, mostly as the signal initiation of a code or passphrase, to which authors vary the given answer.[1]https://archive.vn/z2Kfl The ..

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Note: This article is about a previous SCP entry that no longer occupies the numerical designation (“non-viable”). The first SCP-176 was an early SCP entry that introduced numerous lasting elements to the SCP format and lore. It was posted to 4chan’s /x/ board in thread # 444231.[1]https://archive.ph/LZKOU#selection-3987.10-3987.26 It is notable in the history of containment ..

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Note: This article is about a previous SCP entry that no longer occupies the numerical designation (“non-viable”). SCP-086 (“The Whispering Tetrahedron”) was an early SCP article about a tetrahedron that emits whispers.[1]https://archive.ph/yvU6m#selection-153.1675-153.1689 It was one of the first SCP attempts on 4chan’s /x/, and is the second-oldest known SCP article that survived to EditThis.[2]((https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12EXIW0xxqp8d0skHEB3fy1hexuil69ZwuWLQ726gBkg/edit#gid=0)) It ..

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“Continuity is just what I’m trying to fix here.” — Lofwyr[1]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-3523.0-3553.160 Lofwyr was an early containment fiction participant and organizer, active on 4chan’s /x/ and EditThis. They are known for transferring early SCP entries from /x/ to the EditThis Wiki,[2]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-4642.1-4823.7[3]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-6949.0-6979.330[4]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-7478.1-7775.43 and for writing initial guidelines in order to establish standardization and continuity for the SCP ..

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