Archives : December-2022

“Man, this article’s perception REALLY shifted over time, huh.”[1]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77584/scp-113#post-5252117 SCP-113, also known as “The Gender Switcher”, is a work of containment fiction initially written in 2008 on 4chan’s /x/ board by pseudonymous user Robin Sure, and that currently exists on the SCP Wiki in a rewritten form.[2]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-21479.0-21527.1441[3]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-113 The anomaly is a piece of red jasper ..

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“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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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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“Eberstrom was definitely one of the most influential members of the old wiki, yet has been buried in the dustbin of history. Looking through many of his posts on the old discussion pages, it is obvious he was very influential, and was well known by DrGears, Kain, and FritzWillie. His 001 proposal was one of ..

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