SCP Foundation Wikia:Content Policy

This page contains general guidelines and expectations for the content on this wiki. What should and should not be posted. It also covers the general guidelines for how to handle content.

Content Criteria

 * All Content must be related to SCP or SCP adjacent content, such as Containment breach and other interpretive games.
 * Content may discuss in universe characters, deities, groups, locations, and universes if applicable.
 * Content should not be direct ports of SCP articles from the main-site, and should not be fan fiction or narrative pieces. The former is a violation of the CC-3.0-BY license and a violation of Wikia ToU.
 * Content should consist of informative, objective information concerning each piece, and interpretive analysis of articles, groups, characters, Deitys, and locations featured on the main site. These things can be present in Tales, SCPs, GoI's, 001 Proposals, or Canon's as a whole. THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO POST YOUR SCP'S OR TALES IF THEY COULD NOT SURVIVE THE MAIN SITE.
 * Content within the interpretation sections may be speculative or controversial in interpretation. This is the nature of subjective writing and the interpretations it spawns.
 * Content should avoid playing favorites. Editors can compare and contrast literary themes and meaning to other similar pieces or non-SCP literature, but they should avoid qualifying one piece as being better than another. Criticism and feedback is appropriate for the main site, but not here.
 * In the event that a Location/Deity/Character cannot be separated from the analysis of their Tale/Canon/GoI/SCP parent, separate pages from their article of origin should not be made.
 * Multiple articles should not have duplicate analysis.
 * All content needs to abide by the SCP-Wiki's licensing policies, I.E. images, quotes, and passages must be properly attributed. Image's not under CC-3.0-BY should not be posted to the Wiki. Posting of non CC-3.0-BY images is a Wikia ToU violation as all material on Wikia is licensed under CC-3.0-BY.

History/Biography
History and Biography sections should make note of major historical/formative events that are crucial for understanding the background and meaning of the article's subject material. These should be presented objectively in sequential order as much as physically possible. Minor events should generally not be noted.

Interpretation
Interpretation should be a presentation of literary analysis. What you think the piece means/what you think is happening. This can be extraordinarily subjective and differ from person to person. As a result, this section can have multiple subsections with multiple differing opinions and interpretations of a pieces meaning and what is happening in it. Differences of opinion are encouraged to generate discussion.

Characters
Characters within the universe may receive their own pages if they are sufficiently notable enough to provide commentary or interpretation. Characters must be currently established in writing that has survived on the main site in order to receive their own page. If they don't exist, then they will be deleted off the wiki. Characters who do not have sufficient material, like those mentioned only in passing in several articles with no real substance or weight to the literary meaning, are not notable.

Locations
Locations within the universe that are independent of real world locations may receive their own interpretive article. Setting can be important to the interpretation of multiple pieces due to common themes or motifs. SCP Foundation Sites are the best example of this, though it is important to note that a number already have articles on the main site.

Groups of Interest
Groups of interest within the universe may receive their own page if they meet the minimum requirements for receiving a tag/hub on the main site.

Canons
Canons may receive their own page if they meet the minimum requirements for receiving a tag/hub on the main site.

Deities
Deity's may receive their own page if they carry significant weight within their own Canon/Article or are sufficiently present in numerous articles to warrant literary analysis. Deity's and Characters will likely be the most subjective in their notability.

Behind the Scenes
Behind the scenes sections should outline the general history of the article. Who the Authors is, why they wrote the piece, who was involved in the creation process. For many pieces this may not be possible, as the authors have been banned or left the site of their own volition.

Major events precipitating the writing the canon, the character, the location, the GoI are notable. Connections between the Author and the character are notable.

Copyright and You
Quotes, paraphrasing, passage excerpts, and images must be properly sourced. For any material that is not your own or originates offsite, credit the author and site from which it came. If it is not CC-3.0-BY compatible, then it cannot be posted here.

Plagiarism policy
Good faith is essential for the progression of a wiki based entirely on the subjective interpretation of literary pieces. Claiming credit for an interpretive take that is not your own, by accident will generally receive punishment by standard escalation based on the amount of material plagiarized, as while it is marginally less severe than plagiarism of a literary piece, it is still the theft of ideas which is especially serious in a writing community.

Intentional plagiarism and claiming material as one's own when it is knowingly not will always result in a permanent ban. This is unacceptable behavior for

If you have general questions for how to handle licensing matters please refer to The Fallout Wiki's Plagiarism Policy. Their policy is notably exceptional. If there are questions about plagiarism or licensing, please also contact the SCP Wiki's licensing staff.