Mankind in its present state has been around for a quarter of a million years, yet only a small fraction of that has been of any significance.
So, what did we do for nearly 250,000 years? We huddled in caves and around small fires, fearful of the things that we didn't understand. It was more than explaining why the sun came up, it was the mystery of enormous birds with heads of men and rocks that came to life. So we called them "gods" and "demons", begged them to spare us, and prayed for salvation.
In time, their numbers dwindled and ours rose. The world began to make more sense when there were fewer things to fear, yet the unexplained can never truly go away, as if the universe demands the absurd and impossible.
Mankind must not go back to hiding in fear. No one else will protect us, and we must stand up for ourselves.
While the rest of mankind dwells in the light, we must stand in the darkness to fight it, contain it, and shield it from the eyes of the public, so that others may live in a sane and normal world.
We secure. We contain. We protect.
— The Administrator
MISSION STATEMENT
Operating clandestine and worldwide, the Foundation acts beyond conventional jurisdiction, with the task of containing anomalous objects, entities, and phenomena.
We maintain an extensive database of information regarding anomalies requiring Special Containment Procedures, commonly referred to as "SCPs"; all of which undermine the natural laws that the people of the world implicitly trust in.
We operate to maintain normalcy, so that the worldwide civilian population can live and go on with their daily lives without fear, mistrust, or doubt in their personal beliefs, and to maintain human independence from extraterrestrial, extradimensional, and other extranormal influence.
Our mission is threefold:
- Secure — secure anomalies to prevent them from falling into the hands of civilian or rival agencies through extensive observation and surveillance, acting to intercept anomalies at the earliest opportunity.
- Contain — contain anomalies to prevent spread of their influence or effects; by either relocating, concealing, or dismantling them, or by suppressing public dissemination of knowledge thereof.
- Protect — protects humanity as well as the anomalies themselves until such time that they are either fully understood or new theories of science can be devised based on their properties and behavior.
Additional information will have been provided upon your joining us in pursuit of our goals. Welcome to the Foundation, and good luck.
About Us
The SCP Wiki is a collaborative speculative fiction website about the SCP Foundation, a secretive organization that contains anomalous or supernatural items and entities away from the eyes of the public — or so it may appear.
The wiki is a collaborative effort made possible by the contributions of hundreds of authors. If you want to become a part of the SCP Wiki, you can apply to become a site member. You can also add to the conversation by commenting in the forums, IRC, or Discord.
The SCP Wiki and its contents are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For more information, read the Licensing Guide. For additional questions, see Frequently Asked Questions.
Site Guidelines and Conducts
See also: Site Rules
The SCP Wiki strives to be an open and welcoming space for readers and contributors. Community members are expected to maintain a basic level of courtesy and respect towards one another.
Towards this end, everyone should keep in mind the following guidelines (note that these are not hard and fast laws, nor are they fully comprehensive) — Use your common sense and practical judgments for when they may apply:
- The wiki does not tolerate offensive remarks or bigoted behaviors with regards to gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental conditions, disability, age, race, religion, nationality and other backgrounds of its members.
- Avoid making hostile remarks, and avoid escalating hostility in response.
- The community, staff and individual users should always take actions that avoid, negate, or otherwise mitigate undue harm to themselves and other parties.
This section may be updated as needed to serve the needs and health of the wiki and its community.
See Also
- SCP International - The hub for non-English branches of the wiki.
- Wanderer's Library - SCP Wiki's official sister site.
- SCP Sandbox - SCP Wiki's official sandbox site for drafts and testing purposes.
- O5 Command - SCP Wiki staff's public records and administration site.
