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MisterBibs
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12:39:22 AM Mar 11th 2010
MisterBibs: Okay, I don't know what SCP Foundation is, so I made a hottip that people can use. Feel free to edit it if I've gotten it wrong. I know, I know, I'm 'ruining the bit' by explaining it, but the article doesnt directly state what the article is.
TriggerLoaded
02:54:24 PM Mar 25th 2010
Good work on getting it started, at least. It's been a long problem that newcomers are always confused by what the site is supposed to be. I'll try to flesh it out a bit.
Pig_catapult
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05:13:37 PM Jun 5th 2010
Fishmonger and all his works have been completely disowned by the Foundation. Orwellian Editing of SCP-4445-J to reflect this has been authorized.

Nothing of value has been lost.
CaptHayfever
12:12:25 AM Jun 6th 2010
That's not how Gears described the situation, nor would it have any authority over this site anyway.
Pig_catapult
12:30:41 AM Jun 6th 2010
Well, it's always sad when someone leaves the flock, but, frankly speaking, the man was a massive ass, and his works weren't worth it. He disowned us, and we, in kind, disowned him.
Strannik
12:34:20 AM Jun 6th 2010
So disown away - in your own wiki. As Capt Hayfever noted, you have no authority here (or, at least, no more than any other named contributor)
Pig_catapult
12:36:00 AM Jun 6th 2010
edited by Pig_catapult
Fair enough. We weren't actually expecting it to stick here.
PerogiXW
12:10:59 PM Jun 6th 2010
SCP != Tv Tropes != SCP

That being said, most references to Fish and his work have been deleted with small explanations on both the main and character pages. There's no real point in keeping dead links and nonexistent references anyway.

-Armstrong
Pig_catapult
12:14:55 AM Jun 7th 2010
I admit, I way overreacted earlier, and I'd like to properly apologise. I'm sorry.

Let the Wiki Magic document Fish's fail.
Fred423
02:52:19 PM Jun 17th 2010
For the record, this was not authorized nor requested by the Staff of the Foundation. Our responsibility ended with removing his articles from our site. Pig_catapult, though a valued member of the Foundation, was not acting on our behalf. I would request that the entry on Hostile Wiki Takeover be edited to reflect this.

—Dr. Mann.
Strannik
05:36:13 PM Jun 17th 2010
edited by Strannik
Sure. Will do.
CaptHayfever
06:32:14 PM Jun 25th 2010
"Let the Wiki Magic document Fish's fail." Now we're talkin'! :) Sorry if I came off as confrontational above; I just always react poorly to minitruth-ing, no matter the circumstance.
PerogiXW
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12:17:50 PM Jun 6th 2010
A large edit was made to the main article clarifying, expanding on, or deleting inaccurate bits. Some links led to articles not described by the trope. This is likely because the article described was deleted and replaced or rewritten. The edit was autoreverted however. Was this automatic or am I missing something?
Majutsukai
12:50:25 PM Jun 6th 2010
The edit was made by a user, not by the system. I think you may have just gone over your checkout time, then somebody came in and started editing and saved their edit after you saved yours. That would cause them to accidentally revert all your edits.
PerogiXW
08:32:33 PM Jun 6th 2010
Ah. That'd make sense. Any way to revert it quickly or should I just go back and do it by hand?
Majutsukai
10:02:06 AM Jun 7th 2010
Not to my knowledge, unfortunately! You can go through the history and copy/paste the lines you changed individually, if you need to, but other than that, I think you have to do it all manually.
Pig_catapult
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12:20:25 AM Jun 7th 2010
edited by Pig_catapult
Also: Why isn't there a "add to watchlist" button on the discussion page? =\ I know it's not directly related to the Foundation or anything, but I accidentally dropped this page from my watchlist and I'm not sure how to get it back; figured my best shot would be starting another thread.

~EDIT~ And it didn't work. =( Help?
Thorslund
12:28:31 AM Jun 7th 2010
You have to add the main article to your watchlist. The discussion page will be added with it.
Pig_catapult
01:04:45 AM Jun 7th 2010
Thank you! :3
Strannik
10:39:21 AM Jun 20th 2010
edited by Strannik
Edit: sorry, wrong thread.
Strannik
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10:49:05 AM Jun 20th 2010
edited by Strannik
For the record, PerogiXW, I don't have any problem with erasing references to purged SCPs, nor do I assume that SCP wiki as a whole has anything against TV Tropes. That's just silly, not to mention baseless. I took issue with pig_catapult's attempt to erase any and all references to Fishmonger just because of his feelings toward the writer. That and the way he approached it, treating as an extension of the SCP wiki (see edit comments and the discussion elsewhere on this page). The sheer presumptuousness of it rubbed me the wrong way. He has since backed off his position and apologized, so I have no problem with him. And, again, because it bears reiterating, I don't have issues with anyone else at the SCP wiki (except for Bright, but that has nothing to do with the topic at hand).

Edit: As far as the "no authority" thing, I actually agree with you. He has as much authority as any other troper. But, like I said, he went a bit beyond that, seemingly presuming that he could actually make his changes stick just because. But, like I said, he clarified his position and apologized, so water under the bridge.
gumbal1
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05:37:23 PM Aug 27th 2010
Since I can't find the discussion page for it, I'll just say it here: Whoever keeps putting SCP-426 on the HONF page for the SCP-Foundation needs to stop. General consensus is that the thing is too funny to qualify for it. I know the top of the page has the Subjective template, but you can't pass off everything as subjective.
Pig_catapult
05:55:01 PM Aug 27th 2010
edited by Pig_catapult
What's HONF stand for? >_>

~EDIT~

I'm mostly asking so I can bring it up over at the SCP Foundation chatroom, since it's likely that whoever's doing it goes there.
Willbyr
06:27:04 PM Aug 27th 2010
Pig_catapult
01:54:16 AM Aug 28th 2010
Ah! Silly me.

  • goes and checks the edit history*

I can't say I recognise the name, sad to say. :(
Majutsukai
05:16:53 AM Aug 28th 2010
edited by Majutsukai
They're referring to HighOctaneNightmareFuel/SCPFoundation, the page for the SCP Foundation in the High Octane Nightmare Fuel namespace.
Pig_catapult
04:10:04 PM Aug 28th 2010
Well, I just asked the #site19 chat if anyone recognised the name "Sagus222", and it appears that the answer is no. It's quite possible he's not actually affiliated with us. =/
Majutsukai
05:30:21 PM Aug 28th 2010
At any rate, I don't really agree with the assertion that 426 doesn't belong there. Nightmare Fuel is pretty subjective— it's a reader reaction trope— and I can imagine how some aspects of this SCP could be frightening to some people, given that it directly attacks your sense of identity.

Like the HONF page says, "What's Nightmare Retardant for one person may very well be Nightmare Nuclear-Fission Fuel for another"— the fact that some (or even many) people find it funny isn't really relevant.
Pig_catapult
06:41:59 PM Aug 28th 2010
edited by Pig_catapult
I'm personally pretty neutral about 426. On the one hand, 426 is hilarious to read. On the other, 426 is something that profoundly violates a person's sense of self. It all depends on how you look at it.

~EDIT~

Which, well, I guess what I'm trying to say is that 426 is a pretty subjective SCP in itself. I personally think that Fridge Horror is the best kind, and 426 is a positively delightful SCP for that reason. (I don't think I'd be part of the Foundation if I wasn't at least a bit of a Nightmare Fetishist.) So I can definitely see both sides of it.

Now that I really think about it, I think I am leaning more towards letting it stay on the HONF page, as long as there's a sufficient explanation. Of course, I've kinda lost my right to weigh in on anything related to the Foundation's related trope pages, so my opinion probably isn't worth much here.
Majutsukai
02:12:03 AM Aug 29th 2010
Lost it how?
Pig_catapult
08:50:52 PM Aug 29th 2010
edited by Pig_catapult
Oh, I made an idiot of myself during the whole Fish thing, epic wording fail included. I admit I was kinda pissed at the time that the jerk had seriously threatened to sic an actual lawyer on us if we didn't remove all traces of him and his work from the SCP wiki. I volunteered to clean him and his stuff out of the TV Tropes side of things due to both the dead links and HOLY CRUD LAWYER, but went about if completely wrong.
Majutsukai
09:10:40 PM Aug 29th 2010
Oh, that.

Well, mistakes happen. I think your opinion has about as much gravity as anyone else's.
Pig_catapult
10:03:01 PM Aug 29th 2010
Thank you for thinking so. ^w^;; I do still intend to tread rather lightly here, though.
Pig_catapult
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02:43:31 PM Sep 6th 2010
Passing along the message that someone apparently deleted the Crowning Moment of Heartwarming page. I honestly don't remember having ever read it, but if there was such a page, there is no longer one now, and someone over at the Foundation's chat is concerned about this.
Majutsukai
04:57:54 PM Sep 6th 2010
Doesn't seem to be any record of it ever having existed. Including the cutlist, which at present goes back as far as August 10th.

Maybe I'm not looking in the right place?
Pig_catapult
05:01:57 PM Sep 9th 2010
I don't know. It could be quite possible that it, indeed, never existed in the first place, and the person who asked me to report this misinterpreted the icons or something. I'm pretty sure he's not a troper, so. . .
Majutsukai
06:33:00 PM Sep 9th 2010
I'm a little concerned about the fact that the icon appears greyed-out instead of just not being there at all. I don't know what to tell you, though.
Jackalyn
06:40:27 PM Sep 9th 2010
From what I've seen the three basic (Funny, Heartwarming, Awesome) icons show up whether or not the article has a page on it or not.
Pig_catapult
08:48:16 PM Sep 9th 2010
That's so weird.
Majutsukai
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10:40:59 PM Sep 30th 2010
edited by Majutsukai
Since I have yet to navigate the application process for the mothership site and therefore can't ask this there, I hoped I might be able to ask here:

Regarding the various "proposals" for the SCP-001 slot, are these all considered "canon" SCPs, insofar as any SCP can be considered canon? Or are they just a lot of ideas being bounced around, but not actually being given the slot?

I suppose I'm curious because I can see that there's some sort of system in place for this SCP slot, but I can't quite divine what it is.
Fred423
10:20:46 PM Aug 25th 2011
A bit late, but essentially, you're allowed to pick whichever you like, or none of them. No entry will ever be given the actual slot. Gives us a nice multiple-choice past.

—Dr. Mann
Polaris
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11:14:31 PM Sep 30th 2010
>>The GOC killed God, causing Nietzsche's God is Dead. Irony points for using mages.

Maybe I'm just missing something incredibly obvious (it's been known to happen), but what is this referring to? Not the Nietzsche bit, but the GOC killing God. I don't really keep up with current events on the SCP site, I just like reading the SPC series entries, so if this is some sort of recent development that might explain why I don't get the reference. That, or I'm just blanking on what GOC refers to.
ZeroSD
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09:18:17 AM Jan 3rd 2011
Can we have a more out-of-universe description of SCP Foundation? This one doesn't exactly give a good picture of what it is.
Thorslund
12:48:05 PM Jan 9th 2011
You see the small text at the bottom of the description that says "Or more clearly..."? That's clickable.
dontcallmewave
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10:37:27 AM Jan 9th 2011
I am thinking of getting an account on the scp website and writing a few scps. anone have any idea how I should do it?
Thorslund
12:46:10 PM Jan 9th 2011
PulpoOscuro
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09:10:54 AM Feb 12th 2012
The images on 106 always freaked me out, so I set Firefox to block images from the website so that I could read the page. I tested it out using four separate SC Ps with images, and they didn't load. Then I went to 106, and the images still loaded. What the hell, Firefox? Either I just don't know how computers work, or someone on the website is a technical genius who really wants people to see those pictures.
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