SCP Foundation

SCP Foundation
Logo
Type of site
Collaborative fiction project
Available inEnglish and 15 other languages[note 1]
URLscp-wiki.wikidot.com Edit this at Wikidata
RegistrationOptional[note 2]
Launched
  • January 19, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-01-19) (original)
  • July 19, 2008 (2008-07-19) (current site)[2]
Current statusActive
Content license
CC BY-SA 3.0[3]

The SCP Foundation is a fictional organization featuring in stories created by the SCP Wiki, a wiki-based collaborative writing project. Within the project's shared fictional universe, the SCP Foundation is a secret organization that is responsible for capturing, containing, and studying various paranormal, supernatural, and other mysterious phenomena (known as "anomalies" or "SCPs"[note 3]), while also keeping their existence hidden from the rest of society.

The collaborative writing project includes elements of many genres such as horror, science fiction, and urban fantasy. The majority of works on the SCP Wiki consist of thousands of SCP files: mock confidential scientific reports that document various SCPs and associated containment procedures. The website also contains "Foundation Tales", short stories featuring various characters and settings in the SCP universe. The wiki's literary works have been praised for their ability to convey horror through a quasi-scientific and academic writing style, as well as for their high standards of quality.

The SCP universe has inspired numerous fan-made adaptations in varying forms of media, including literature, music, short films, and video games.

  1. ^ Roget (17 February 2013). History Of The Universe: Part One Archived 19 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine. SCP Foundation. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ^ DrClef (12 December 2012). Licensing Guide Archived 18 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine. SCP Foundation. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Glossary Of Terms". SCP Foundation. 17 March 2022. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.


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