SCP Foundation is a fictional secret organization documented by the collaborative writing wiki project of the same name, with the abbreviation standing for "Special Containment Procedures".
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16 Facts About SCP Foundation
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SCP Foundation universe has inspired numerous adaptations and fan-made works in widely varying forms of media, including drama, novels and video games.
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The SCP Foundation is an international secret society, consisting of a scientific research institution with a paramilitary intelligence agency to support their goals.
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Whenever an SCP anomaly is discovered, teams of undercover Foundation agents are deployed to either collect and transport the object to a Foundation facility, or to contain it at its location of discovery if transportation is not possible.
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The Foundation acquires human test subjects known as D-class personnel, and forces them to interact with SCPs in science experiments or containment procedures, due to the potential danger posed by some SCPs and the expendability of the D-class.
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The Foundation maintains documentation for all SCPs which they are aware of, which can include or link to related reports and files.
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Gregory Burkart, writing for Blumhouse Productions, noted that some of the SCP Foundation Tales had a dark and bleak tone, while others were "surprisingly light-hearted".
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SCP Foundation universe lacks a central canon, but stories on the wiki are frequently linked together to create larger narratives.
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Genres of the SCP Foundation Wiki have variously been described as science fiction, urban fantasy, horror and creepypasta.
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In July 2008, the SCP Foundation Wiki was transferred to its current Wikidot website after EditThis switched to a paid model.
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For example, in November 2014, the SCP Wiki held a "Dystopia Contest" in which its members were encouraged to submit writings about the Foundation set in a bleak or degraded world.
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SCP Foundation noted that the series rarely contained gratuitous gore.
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Cook-Wilson argued that both Lovecraft's works and those of the SCP Foundation Wiki were strengthened by the tensions between their detached scientific tone and the unsettling, horrific nature of the stories being told.
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Bryan Alexander, writing in The New Digital Storytelling, stated that the SCP Foundation is possibly "the most advanced achievement of wiki storytelling" due to the large-scale and recurring process through which the wiki's user-base creates literary content.
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Works present on the SCP Foundation website have been the subject of numerous independent adaptations and inspired some original works:.
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