SCPs


 * Also see SCP for other uses of this term.

Special Containment Procedures (SCP) are a common document format used by the SCP Foundation to record almost all specific anomalies which they have discovered. They are confidential reports which describe an anomaly, its unusual properties, its general background and history of being monitored by the Foundation; while also providing detailed instructions for keeping it contained (locked away or otherwise hidden from the public).

All anomalies which have their own Special Containment Procedures (or SCP files) are listed as one of thousands of entries in the Foundation's secret database. They are referred to as SCP items, SCP objects, or simply SCPs (sometimes colloquially as skips). Most SCPs (with some exceptions) are fully or partially contained within the Foundation's secret facilities; where they are locked up in maximum security conditions, while ongoing research is conducted by scientists to learn more about each SCP's anomalous properties, in order to improve containment measures for them.

SCP classes
Almost all SCP files use some sort of classification system to categorize SCP objects. The exact details of how these classes are assigned can vary greatly depending on the article, but they pertain mostly to how the Foundation contains the SCP and the complications that are involved in the process. Traditionally, SCPs are assigned one of multiple different "Object Classes", which describe the difficulty level of keeping the anomaly contained.

Main Series
Most SCPs are divided among these Series, each being a list of approximately 999 or 1,000 SCPs.
 * SCP Series I (SCPs 001 to 999)
 * SCP Series II (SCPs 1000 to 1999)
 * SCP Series III (SCPs 2000 to 2999)
 * SCP Series IV (SCPs 3000 to 3999)
 * SCP Series V (SCPs 4000 to 4999)
 * SCP Series VI (SCPs 5000 to 5999; currently incomplete on the official SCP Wiki)
 * SCP Series VII (SCPs 6000 to 6999; currently incomplete on the official SCP Wiki)

Other SCPs
There are also other SCP files outside of the main series listed above.
 * International SCPs - The SCP Wiki has expanded to more than a dozen different language branches. Some of these articles have been translated into English.
 * Explained SCPs - These are declassified reports which concern former SCP objects that the Foundation no longer consider to be anomalous.
 * Joke SCPs - These articles are humorous self-parodies of the SCP Wiki, spoofing the format of a more serious SCP file.
 * Deleted SCPs - Due to various reasons (most commonly a negative voting score from site users), some SCP articles have been deleted, or at least removed from all the official SCP lists. Some of these have been archived on the SCP Wiki, while others have somehow been preserved on other Wikidot sites.

Also see

 * Anomalies
 * Characters with SCP files