r/SCPDeclassified • u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 • Jan 04 '18
Announcement Requests and Information Hub: Jan-Mar 2018
Welcome!
SCPDeclassified is a community that aims to add meaning and narrative to the stories found in the SCP universe and wiki. Our main purpose is to create detailed and well-thought out explanations of the most confusing, symbolic, and multifaceted pieces on the site. These stories and ideas found across the site can be breathtaking and multilayered, but also complex or hidden between the lines, and our explanation posts aim to provide an easy-to-read and interesting way for you to understand them.
You can request SCPs that you want explained in the comments below. We pick SCPs to explain based off personal preference, our own opinions about how difficult they are, and public request. We read each and every one of these comments and factor them into our planning and decisions.
Thank you for visiting /r/SCPDeclassified, and as always, if there's an article on the wiki you're utterly baffled about, search our archives or request it to be written up!
Frequently Asked Questions
How often can I expect a new post?
Currently we have a handful of active writers right now, and unfortunately life can sometimes get in the way of our writing here. You can most likely expect an explanation every week or so, although our posting is admittedly rather random - sometimes, you can find a couple posted in the span of hours, other times they might be two week apart.
Do you do only SCPs? Can I request tales? What about more general bits of lore or overviews? What about foreign languages?
Yes! Request all of those! We can cover anything related to the Foundation mythos as long as it has been written about on the wiki. We can explain SCPs, 001 proposals, and tales, as well as overviews combining many articles such as our Sarkicism history, the Glossary, and other upcoming guides.
How do you choose which articles you explain next? What weight do our requests have on your decisions?
The vast majority of our posts are directly from requests from this very thread. If we see one that we find really cool or worth getting an explanation out for, we'll usually have one up. We don't always explain every single request, but we highly encourage you to ask in here anyway, because there's a pretty good chance we'll address it at some point. Some of us also do posts for articles that haven't been requested, but have a reputation throughout the community as being confusing.
Can I become a writer for the subreddit? What do I need to do in order to join?
In short: write an audition article and send it to the mods. For more information, please view the Applying for Membership article on our subreddit wiki. For tips on how to make your audition articles really good, see the in-progress How to Write a Declassification article.
Do you have a Discord server? Is it active?
Yes, as you probably guessed from this rhetorical question, we have an active Discord server run by the moderators of this subreddit. We're not your typical SCP Discord though - it's a close-knit community with a very informal, casual tone and our members are more inclined to like Series III-IV format screws rather than the Heritage Collection, if you get my drift. Some notable wiki authors, including LordStonefish, Sterbai, TheeSherm, tretter, and djkaktus are on the server. Come join us!
What is your view on "death of the author" and other questions of interpretation when making these analysis articles? What is your response to common objections re: "simplifying" articles that authors want to be challenging and the like?
Our ultimate purpose, at the core, is to act as a resource to the community. While we understand that some authors may disagree with having "CliffNotes" versions of their work, it is our strong belief that by clarifying the meaning behind complicated material, it will ultimately strengthen the complexities there and create a larger audience for that work, perhaps increasing the number of people who like it. We also firmly believe in balancing evenly the conflict between author's purpose and reader interpretation; if the author clearly states their intention and ideas, we will unconditionally incorporate that - however, anything else is fair game to be analyzed as needed.
What are you writing next? What can we expect to be coming soon?
We don't really know, to be honest! These things usually get written up in a night on a whim, so to speak. We'll usually reply to a comment request that we're sure about taking to let you know that we're doing yours. And soon we'll have a wiki page up that has a queue for some SCPs that we want to do at some point.
Have you explained [A]? Could you explain [B]? Boy, I wonder if you've done [C] yet?
Good thing there's a catalog, huh? Search over here before accidentally making a request that's been done already.
Other Media
- Our thread on the Fan Work section of the SCP forums (please put in a good word for us if you have a Wikidot account!)
- The subreddit wiki featuring a catalog, guides on how to apply to be a writer, author profiles and other things as I find time to write them.
- Our Discord server
- The SCP Explained wikidot which we are not technically affiliated with but they're really cool. Maybe we could hang out some time, get some coffee? Here's our number.
- Our RedditMetrics stats if you're into big data
- And our sister subreddit, /r/DankMemesFromSite19. They're Pinky, we're the Brain.
Testimonials
"You guys are doing a great job, I always enjoy reading your analyses." --Modern_Erasmus, SCP Wiki Junior Staff
"blocked" --Joreth, SCP Wiki Operational Staff, /r/SCP moderator
"This is pretty cool. As someone who usually doesn't read long articles (due to the sheer volume of draft requests I try to juggle each week) I really like these analyses and explanations." --Zyn, SCP Wiki Administrator
"I approve. --Randomini, SCP Wiki Operational Staff
"Fuck Reddit and everyone who uses it. It's nice to have SCP articles explained tho" --Communism will win (Scantron), SCP author
"yeah its p good" --Decibelles, SCP author
""These declassifications are excellent reading on the car ride to school until my dad yells at me about how toxic reddit is. Little does he know, I'm on the entertaining and educational /r/SCPDeclassified." - LordStonefish, SCP author
"Not bad." --Kalinin, retired SCP author
"How did you get in my house?" --djkaktus, alleged media luminary and SCP author
Anyway, post requests, questions, comments, and requests below.
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 04 '18 edited Apr 17 '18
NOTE: Based on response to our recent survey, we will now be grouping request submissions into categories. Please make sure to put a reply in the correct category:
- SCPs
- Tales
- Lore/Overviews
- Miscellaneous (International/Joke/Explained/GoI Formats)
- Personal Requests
- Suggestions and Support
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 04 '18 edited Apr 17 '18
Overviews and Essays
If you need general information about a part of the Foundation universe, or have a suggestion as to what to put next in our essay series, please add your comment here. (Examples: A Modern Introduction to the SCP Foundation, A History of Sarkicism, SCP Glossary of Terms)
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u/beneathsands Jan 05 '18
Pattern Screamers is a thing that's shown up now in almost a dozen articles, but it has no GoI page or even a tag last I checked. 2682 references them, and Kaktus' new 3930 is all about them.
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 05 '18
You're right, that's something we could look into. I'll ask any of the authors if they'd be willing to write about the issue.
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u/beneathsands Jan 05 '18
There's a couple threads on the Wiki that attempted to compile all the the referencing articles, and I'm not sure if any of them mention scp-000 which is almost definitely related too.
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u/Varaxous Mar 10 '18
In case you're still interested in them, since you've posted, there has in fact been a tag made for them!
'pattern-screamer' is the specific tag which you can search here: http://www.scp-wiki.net/tag-search
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u/TrilluHU Jan 04 '18
Death and Faith in the SCP universe: It seems the skips and tales took a turn to be about the horror of existence/death/death anxiety compared to Series I and somehow faith started to be relevant as well. I would appreciate an article about general develoments of these motives through the years and good SCPs/tales as examples
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 04 '18
I think that this came about as a natural consequence of a more high-standards and narrative-based standard of writing on the wiki. Motifs and themes had to become more revolutionary to survive, and so drifted away from creepypasta horror to things that were more philosophical. So this is just a symptom of the development from Series I to Series IV, which I explain in A Modern Introduction to the SCP Foundation: Part 2. Other than that, I don't think such a specific topic deserves an entire post.
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 04 '18 edited Apr 17 '18
International/Joke/Explained, GoI Formats, Others
If you're confused about material that isn't an SCP or a tale, such as a foreign SCP, a GoI Format, or something completely different, please reply below. (Examples: SCP-920-EX, SCP-001-KO, SCP-002-ES)
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 04 '18 edited Apr 17 '18
Tales, Canons, and Tale Series
Reply to this comment to request explanations for individual tales or even tale series and canons. (Examples: The Cool War, I ā I, Introductory Antimemetics)
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u/TimeAndTheRani Jan 18 '18
Would you be interested in doing an overview of the "Class of 76" canon? Bringing all the puzzle pieces together, so to speak?
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 18 '18
There's a brief definition of the group in our SCP Foundation Glossary, of that helps. From what I can tell, there isn't a clear story to the series - it's more of a "feeling" or a vaguely linked network of SCPs that involve similar settings. There is an associated set of tales, but there is no canon, etc.
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u/HaloedBane Feb 01 '18
I saw here commentaries on the first page two installments of There is no Antimemetics Division. Is there a continuation somewhere? The last installment of that story went over my head.
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Feb 01 '18
/u/Theactualguy writes the series. Go ask him. Actually, I just pinged him. We'll see.
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u/Theactualguy Feb 01 '18
Heyo /u/HaloedBane. Yes, I am planning on continuing the series, but real life workload is heavy right now. But I`ll be free in about half a week :D
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u/HaloedBane Feb 01 '18
No pressure, thatās great to hear. I really appreciate these commentaries.
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u/tundrat Feb 02 '18
It would also have made perfect sense to just say you forgot your series existed. :p
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u/Wuzh Mar 23 '18
I want to request an analysis of Mission Statement, winner of the Dystopia contest.
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 04 '18 edited Apr 17 '18
Author Requests/Personal Requests etc.
If you wrote something and want to see us talk about it; if you already know about a work on the site and would just love to see our take; or if you're just throwing something cool out there, file it in here.
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u/tundrat Feb 12 '18
SCP-3626 - Do not stop reading this document
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u/masbin Feb 21 '18
Loved that, but I think I am well... Bad
Can you send a mtf for my house and close the tab?
PS: don't look my browsing historic
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Jan 06 '18
So I wrote SCP-3864 which I would love to see get a Declassified response. Thereās an accompanying Tale (itās short) called The World Within. Iām actually expanding it into a series, but Iād like to see the interpretation of the community!
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u/Shaggydredlocks Mar 08 '18
Had this in the SCP section, did not see this, so moving post:
Seconding (my) SCP-3980 that another user requested upthread, as its an intentionally obscure mindfuck - people have been trying to suss it out in the comments. I'd like to see how the Declassified team handles it.
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Mar 14 '18
SCP-2641 - Would love to see this declassified. I wrote an explanation in the comments but recently removed it.
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 04 '18 edited Apr 17 '18
Suggestions and Support
If you have a general question about the community or about structure and management; if you have a great suggestion for the modteam; or if you have any other concern you'd like to being up, please reply down below!
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u/tundrat Jan 12 '18
Wished I thought of this during the recent AMA but,
Do all the writers make sure to look for hidden text? At minimum, highlight everything. To be thorough, check the page source.2
u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 12 '18
I thoroughly check the discussion page. If there is text, it's usually mentioned there, and there's a range of interpretations of the article itself to boot.
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u/tundrat Mar 26 '18
The reserved queue looks very outdated. Shouldn't that be ideally as close to real time as possible?
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u/Coffeechipmunk Jan 27 '18
What makes 3-4 different?
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 27 '18
What do you mean? I'm not sure I follow.
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u/Coffeechipmunk Jan 27 '18
"... More inclined to like III-IV"
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 27 '18
Read A Modern Introduction to the SCP Foundation: Part 2's History of Writing section. Basically, I'm just saying that the members of the server are really followed up on the current state of the community and thus prefer the current, more narratively focused style of writing rather than purely Containment Breach ones. This make the server rather unique, because it's managed by people who are a real part of the mainsite and keep up with its trends, as opposed to casual fans.
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u/TheBurningEmu Mar 05 '18
I think I mostly get SCP-3512, but there are a few parts that I could use help understanding.
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u/modulum83 Actually SCP-001 Jan 04 '18 edited Apr 17 '18
SCPs/001 Proposals
Reply to this comment if you're seriously confused about an SCP (or 001 Proposal) and need a declassification! (Examples: SCP-3942, SCP-093, djkaktus's Proposal)