SCP Foundation

Salutations!

When was the first time I've heard of the SCP Foundation? Probably half a decade ago when I was barely old enough to read through some of the most haunting SCPs. And just like a large portion of people who wander into this site, I was almost convinced that those SCPs were real and lived in paranoia for weeks on end. Recently I picked up binge-reading SCPs once more, and I was convinced to be a part of this amazing community after the magnificence of SCP231 captivated me.

That being said, I love controversial and/or mystified SCPs that remain unexplained and act as excellent food for thought which fuels brilliant discussions among enthusiasts. I intend to contribute constructive criticism, participate in discussions and directly applaud to excellently written articles (I strongly desire to inform authors just how awesome they are). I'd also like to try my hand at writing SCPs and actively contribute to the site's contents.

Before that, there are a few questions that I badly require answers before committing myself to the community. If my questions are too specific and/or required to be posted elsewhere, please let me know:

- What is the qualification for the termination of an SCP? I've seen dangerous SCPs being kept contained for the sake of containment. Or SCPs whose properties and damage caused are arguably inappropriate for termination.

- What is the qualification for the termination of a personnel, aside from the severe violation of the rules?

- What is the preferred SCP termination method(s)? Cessation of life signs? object being expelled into another dimension or distant location and time which renders it no longer dangerous to human life or where no one can take advantage of them?

- Should a humanoid SCP be stripped of their anomalous properties, is there a release procedure in place? Note that this is different from the children in The Protector wherein the children do not possess anomalous properties i.e dude who spits fire suddenly doesn't spit fire anymore and under close inspection is determined to have been completely stripped of his powers and thus just a normal human being, is he given fake memory and released into the wild or terminated?

Thank you!

Hey there!

If you're thinking about becoming a site writer, you should first create a sandbox page to keep your in-progress works, references, or ideas in development at. When you've got a draft ready to be read, bring it to the IRC chat and/or the drafts forums for reviews so you can make the necessary edits before a mainsite post.

You can also get your concepts polished up in the Ideas and Brainstorming forum before you commit to writing up the full draft—it makes the writing process go a lot smoother when you start off with a solid idea the audience likes!

Before that, there are a few questions that I badly require answers before committing myself to the community. If my questions are too specific and/or required to be posted elsewhere, please let me know:

Seeing as forum-goers don't really check introductions for Foundation'verse canon questions, you're going to get a better discussion turnout if you post these questions in the Foundation Universe forum. That said, there's essentially one answer to all these questions: there is no canon.

If someone writes something up and the rating stays above deletion threshold, that can be canon. Everyone can have their own headcanon. Of course, there are some generally accepted things that are rather consistent, like O5 councilmembers being the Foundation's top dogs and the D-Class being the lab rats; with your questions, the caveat "it depends on the scenario" applies. If you can convince enough readers of your stance, then that can be true in some iteration of the Foundation'verse. If you write it and people like it, it stays.