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News for January 2021

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This is a series showing off news from the site, articles from the past month¹, and fan-content for you to check out and discover! Be sure to leave a comment with your thoughts!

Fandom Stuff

Second edition of the EXPUNGED magazine, an original SCP community newsletter spotlighting articles and fan content edited together by Rounderhouse, was published.

Our sister site, The Wanderer's Library hosted a contest; The Scavenger Hunt 2021 Contest! Check it out!

SCP-ES, the Foundation Spanish branch also held a contest; CrimenCon 2021 Contest! Check it out!

Featured Tales

...Like Clockwork Hub by multiple contributors [Canon Renaissance contest prize feature, requested by Tufto]
Eventually, the answer will come for why things are the way they are.

Reviewer's Spotlight Articles

SCP-4333 (The Profligate) by CadaverCommander, selected by TheAlienBaby
SCP-4333's behavior is distinguished by its primary anomalous property, which allows it to spontaneously manifest currency.

A Penny for Your Thoughts? by Alces_alces does not match any existing user name, selected by cybersqyd
"Heads I tell them, tails I don't."

SCP-5699 (Take Care of Yourself.) by Amelia Wright, selected by Nagiros
As such, the O5 Council have ruled that SCP-5699 does not require active containment.

SCP-5266 (IDIOT SUCCUMBS TO NEUROTOXIN WHILE LISTENING TO MACHO MAN CLICK NOW TO SEE) by IAmTheOoga, selected by Quadraginta
Object Class: Keter

SCP-5178 (Eat The Sun with Seth Uhar) by DecoyMesa, selected by RockTeethMothEyes
“The sun…the sun…is the only guaranteed death waiting for you…if you continue to stall…”

Off the Road, Off the Rails by Ihp, selected by Grigori Karpin
"Don't have time for this," he grumbled. "Putting up with some hick cop who has a Punisher bumper sticker and a chip on his shoulder…"

SCP-4240 (The Roundabout Game) by Tanhony, selected by EthanHanson
“Don't leave the loop before you win! Don't go back through a door you've just gone through!”

SCP-5751 (The Last Word) by HarryBlank, selected by Sonderance
SCP-5751 is the phenomenon of additional items appearing in collections of disc-based storage media after their owner's death.

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Table of Contents

Week of January 1st:

Week of January 8th:

Week of January 15th:

Week of January 22nd:

Staff Spotlight

Fanart

You will notice little '📈' emojis beside some articles. That denotes SCP articles which were under 30 and tales which were under 20 when this edition of site news was posted. Give them a little love! Speaking from personal experience, the most frustrating thing that can happen to an article is not deletion, but stagnating below 20 without any comments. So try to read, vote, and comment on these articles! They're often hidden gems :)

Week of January 1st:

SCPs

SCP-5965 ("Impact.") - it hurts send help. Crash provoked by Dysadron.
SCP-5607 ("Urine too Deep") - Even Sum 41 couldn't see this happening. Written by DrAkimoto.
SCP-5623 ("Star Euthanizer") - Because the right to die with dignity is not limited to humans. Written by Sirslash47.
SCP-5655 ("Exactly the Kind of Genie You'd Expect To Find in an Empty Can of Spam") - Magic lamps are expensive, these days. Home bought with help of AnActualCrow.
SCP-5881 ("Nothing Like You") - Nothing compares to you. If Prince said it, you can trust that. Written by R4_EX.
📈SCP-5692 ("Illegal Aliens") - They don't hide because they plan an invasion. They hide because they don't want to come back in their planet. Written by Trombus.

Tales

📈Learn To Live - "The Foundation is a bureaucracy, Miss Wilson. Learn to live in it." Written by Ellie3.
SCP-5057 Additional Documentation - "I am sorry. I shouldn't have treated you the way I did. That wasn't very friend-like of me and I sincerely hope you're being treated better wherever you are now." Written by Uncle Nicolini.
📈DISRUPTION - "We apologize for the inconvenience." Written by UraniumEmpire.
Who Framed Ralph Roget? - "I'm not a traitor. And my name is Theodore." Written by HarryBlank.
📈Well Duty - "The Foundation sure does love to choose the worst time to investigate a legend." Written by BlueJones.
📈The Drooling Path: Part 3 - "What is the deal with 710?" Written by Kothardarastrix.
📈Out of Frame - "The remains of Joseph Goldman bled out on the concrete floor, several bullets having passed through his torso and embedded in the boxes behind him." Written by Jacob Conwell.
📈A Story From a Future - "The ongoing 'Extrauniversal Mass Interaction Event' has affected us all. We all need to do our part to keep our community, and humanity as a whole, safe." Written by Doggol.
📈A Mekhanite Comes Home - "Mark's been starting shit with the townsfolk. Said that he's out there in the swamp with the Gatormen" Written by Marcelles_Raynes.
Halfway Found, Halfway Lost - "The everpresent blue light started to glow much stronger - the feeling of nausea and weakness threw the duo off, making them back off a little." Written by Ralliston.
📈A Working Theory - "While the interdimensional tunnel generator was brought to a different room to run the same tests again, MacWarren was staring at the hunks of data the last tests had generated." Written by Ethagon.
Georgian Gothic - "I guess she's not so mundane after all." Written by HarryBlank.
Character Development - "Why are we even doing this? If you know who the moles are, detain them." Written by HarryBlank.

GoI Formats

📈SC-11/11-1/i - [Chaos Insurgency] "“Insurgency” is the politically correct term for resisting known blindness after seeing the light." Written by pixelatedharmony.
📈Project Proposal: 2024-001 - [Are We Cool Yet?] "If you're reading this, please handle critique better." Written by Marcelles_Raynes.

Misc

JackalRelated's Artpage - It's JackalRelated's art page!
Petition To Ban Margssentif It's margssentif's Author Page!

Week of January 8th:

SCPs

ROUNDERHOUSE'S Proposal- If you replace the "Senior" in "Senior Staff" by "Secret", it would still be accurate. Discovered by Rounderhouse.
📈SCP-3873 ("Unbearable Treatment") - No additionnal pun needed, it's already here. Written by Marcelles_Raynes.
SCP-5713 ("the holy profit") - the same profit that makes you write in all lowercase which is pretty cool. Money accumulated by Mooagain .
📈SCP-5172 ("North American Hotel Ice Machines (Zalmunna and Zebah).") - Prometheus made miracles again, it seems. Written by Erazm.
SCP-5226 ("Posthumous Postproduction™ by Westhead Records™ (A wholly-owned subsidiary of Westhead Media™)") - The new action-thrilled™ movie™ that will knock you out™ and warm™ your heart™ like nothing else™ before! Directed™ by Rounderhouse™.
📈SCP-5435 ("If I could burn this town I wouldn't hesitate") - And so, I did. Burned by Brewsterion 1017.
SCP-5197 ("Department of Frontier Development") - The world… the world never cease to expand. Written by Attila the Pun.

Tales

Ad Absentia - "That night in bed he told me that one day he might not return." Written by Maxonymous .
📈Old Connections - "My thrice-startled heart raced laps in my chest, threatening to reach escape velocity and pop out. I closed my eyes, and tried to center myself again." Written by DarkStuff.
📈And The Cab Passed At Nine - "I had my pistol on me, a 9 inch Colt that I bought when I first arrived in this dust-covered hellhole." Written by Penguin6.
The Mekhanics of La Rue Part Two - "So what your saying is that these 'Gatorpeople' are actually alligators from over several hundred miles that magically appeared over here, yes?" Written by BlueJones.
The Moloch Mentality - "Day Trippers requesting permission to land." Written by HarryBlank.

Misc

The Time After Time Password Hub - A story of SCP-5109, forty-one characters, seven GoIs, seven traitors and plans. Lots of it. Written by HarryBlank.
📈Erazm's Author Page It's Erazm's Author Page!

Week of January 15th:

SCPs

SCP-5953 ("Critique of the Marine Mammal Program") - A manifesto of 250 pages. Written by stormbreath.
SCP-5647 ("Chronos") - He was tired of seeing all those anomalies who can control time not giving him credit, so he came back. Invoked by Tracque_.
SCP-5686 ("Thanks, I'm Cured.") - 049 is infinitely pleased to see that he was right since the beginning. Written by DarkStuff.
SCP-5148 ("Qlippoth") - Bless you. Written by Uncle Nicolini.
SCP-5267 ("Golems of the Eastern Steppe") - Daeva necromancy and the pursuit of personal liberation. Written by Grigori Karpin.

Tales

Bill Reviews: The Bird Is The Word - "How could one not be inspired to do the one thing they perfected? Surely, if I had not enjoyed my position as a reviewer, I simply would not choose to review." Written by YellowISlol.
📈The Body and Blood - "The Host enters the Hall, carried if needed by a D-Caste. They hold the Hammer of Asheworth the Martyr in their hands, presenting it to the Doctor." Written by Trotskyeet.
📈Deceiver of the Fair - "I will not let you hold this unless you give me something in return" Written by Vivarium.
The Word Serpent - "It's humid and warm and the air is buzzing with mosquitos. A typical nighttime in Florida." Written by Quadraginta.
📈Meanwhile, in Australia - "I've got a meme for every occasion. I can make you freeze in place — just like Rask did — or fall asleep, I can make you forget things, I can make you remember things, I can make you remember things and then forget things, or…" Written by HarryBlank.
Exierunt ut Vinceret - "He couldn't follow it. Even with years of training, there was no way he could have even come close to matching the ancient Karcist's speed." Written by MalyceGraves.

Misc

The Blank Canvas, or Harry's So-Called Art Page - This art page of HarryBlank is everything, but blank.
Void Dancer Hub - A story of an OC and a girl with a TV head in a Void. Written by Lt Flops.
Poetry As Distillation: An Essay on Good Poems - carolynn ivy explains to you how to do good poetry.
📈Tracque_ wastes everybody's time It's Tracque_'s Author Page!
Quadraginta's Bruh Club It's Quadraginta's Author Page!
Vivarium's Wholesome Author Page It's Vivarium's Author Page!

Week of January 22nd:

SCPs

📈SCP-5161 ("She Remembers") - She knows. And I know she knows. Written by Dr Leonard.
SCP-5889 ("AMnestic") - Take a journey into the weird world of backwoods radio broadcasts, and have an existential nightmare as you do. Written by Grigori Karpin & Dysadron.
SCP-5795 ("High Court") - This trial will probably be a normal one. Written by Ralliston.
📈SCP-5390 ("Do You Want A Tamale?") - And not the one that Tyler, the Creator made. Cooked by EthanHanson.
📈SCP-5188 ("Fronglyfoot Street") - At our knowledge, no race of aliens or fluffy monsters named "Fronglyfoots" have been discovered. Yet. Written by daveyoufool.
SCP-5442 ("A Broken Branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives") - alcohol not good trust the man. written by Ihp yes indeed.
SCP-5133 ("Fruit Frogs") - An approriate alliterative title for tasty batracians. Not cooked by WickedMiracle and Zyn.
📈SCP-5496 ("Cows melt when exposed to thunder") - And here's a proof of this! Experiments conducted by Marcelles_Raynes.
SCP-5803 ("One More Song") - And this last one is the true "Best Song Ever", we promise. Written by Vivarium.
SCP-4273 ("Designated Successor") - "Honey, I'm home" with a side of Armageddon. Written by MalyceGraves.

Tales

📈The Green Machine - "You won't be meeting him at all. Two days after your Dr. Sokolsky finalized the candidate list, our assistant research director — the password candidate — was sent away to detention." Written by HarryBlank.
📈Spreadsheets & Railcars - "Attaboy. Now get back to work." Written by pixelatedharmony.
If You Don't Know the Words - "♪ Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring; banana phone! ♪" Written by HarryBlank.
📈Transgender Dysphoria Blues - "Yes. I’ve thought about it for a long time, but now’s the time. I’ve done so much for so long… this might be my last shot to make up time with everyone." Written by pixelatedharmony.
📈Activity Documentation File 33-N "Red Insurgency" - "Any Agent who believes they have encountered a member of the Red Insurgency is to consult a Foundation political agent for confirmation, or a member of their task force command structure apparatus if one is not available." Written by pixelatedharmony.
📈Love in the Abyss - "The two had been across the towers of the northern wastes. Lost in each other's shadow and withered heart." Written by Amelia Wright.
📈Not My Sloths, Not My Pit - "He awoke in a strange place. A strange, yet somehow familiar place. The thread count on his bedsheets was wrong." Written by HarryBlank.
Upwelling - "I was a trucker once. I used to do eighteen hour stints down the Interstate 10, not that I have much to show for it." Written by ValidClay.
📈The Death of an Arcadian - "Ted Landa's sweaty hands struggled to keep a grip on the pistol. His index finger jittered up-and-down over the trigger, nervous to do the deed." Written by FluffyDog00.
Killing In The Name Of - "I’ve been hearing reports of a particularly bizarre series of murder victims found in the swamp." Written by Grigori Karpin.
📈Out of Character, Out of Body - "whoah guys update coming to you from opioid country Missouri. i just found this thread and holy shit it describes what happened back in august" Written by Ihp.
📈Everyday Life With An Extraterrestrial Girl - "Your girlfriend will look like a human, feel like a human, smell - okay probably still smell like an extraterrestrial - but biologically she's not human. I didn't feel like thinking that far ahead." Written by Einer von Rabe.

GoI Format

📈WANs_Image.png - [Church of the Broken God] "2: Go forth, to the Source and rend the FLESH from your body and become one with the Broken Men. You will become closer to ME, and be Standardized." Written by Marcelles_Raynes.
Critter Profile: Clara! - [Wilson's Wildlife Solutions] "Whenever the Supervisors get involved, things tend to start happening. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they'll know how to help her." Written by Sebarus.
📈SC-33/33-3-KR, Initial Report on so-called “Kondraki Pütsch” - [Chaos Insurgency] "Dr. Kondraki has not been seen in public for at least two weeks, and it’s not expected that he’ll be seen by anyone any longer." Written by pixelatedharmony.

Misc

Yggdrasil's Surveyor Hub - A story of a man who hop between dimensions and all the things he'd seen. Written by Nykacolaquantum.
Sigma-9 Themes - The variations of the iconic theme. Designed by Ralliston, EstrellaYoshte, & Lt Flops.
PixelatedHarmony’s Author Page It's pixelatedharmony's Author Page!

Staff Spotlight

January spotlight: Community Outreach: Contests
Featuring: ProcyonLotor
Interviewer: WhiteGuard

1. Hello there, Procyonlotor! How about we start with what exactly the Contests subteam of Community Outreach specifically does?

The Contests Subteam, probably unsurprisingly, helps incubate and run contests for the greater wiki. In truth, it's not really a "subteam" in the way that Community Outreach (or indeed, other teams') subteams are, as it has little permanent structure beyond the two captains of Community Outreach, currently myself and taylor_itkin. But our basic duties are coming up with, scheduling, running, and closing contests. Anything to do with an official contest is in our wheelhouse.

2. What does the average day of being a member of this subteam look like whenever a contest is being run?

Honestly? Day to day, it's an extremely low-stress position, with little to do other than wait and watch. But that comes at the cost of it being extremely stressful when it does arrive. Putting pages together, announcing winners, and investigating irregularities are all very unpleasant tasks that occur under tight (if sometimes self-imposed) deadlines. I've learned how to make it all easier on myself and the subteam during my time on the job, but it can still be really exhausting! But luckily, seeing your work in the background result in stellar new pieces being posted to the wiki makes it all extremely worth it.

3. You are a Captain of Community Outreach. What is it about this team and specifically about the Contests subteam that appeals to you?

Perhaps surprisingly, I actually kind of bumbled my way into Captaincy. When Decibelles retired from her captaincy, she felt that (my former co-captain) ARD and I were the only people who were on the team who were able to take up the mantle. Neither of us had been particularly active on the team beforehand, but I like to think we took up the mantle well.
I chose contests for what will likely seem a strange reason: I hated them. I felt with the way they had traditionally been run, with all respect to my predecessors, it encouraged a strain of toxicity among competitors and led to large increases of drama. My goal in taking over Contests was to stop this from happening. And while I'd be lying if I said contests were a drama-free affair even now, I hope that people feel far more positively about them now than when I took over the position.

4. Breaking away from the staff-side of things, what is a work on the site that you have recently read that you enjoyed and what was done right with it?

It will likely be a somewhat non-traditional choice, but one of my favorite traditions on the wiki has been the Gearsday Creepypasta collections, and this year's was no exception. It was actually Gears' creepypasta that made me stick around the site, nearly a decade ago (goddamn!), and I've always had a soft spot for the genre when done well. And our site members always do it well.

5. You have been a member of staff for 7 years now. That is a long time, buddy. What has kept you around?

It's not necessarily any one thing in particular, and it's different things at different times. Sometimes it's the quality of work on the wiki, and the pride I feel in playing a part in ensuring it remains accessible to those who want to read it. Sometimes it's my friends in the community. Sometimes it's the fact I really, really, really want to make a change in policy. Sometimes it's just inertia. And sometimes, I just like having something meaningful to do when I get up in the morning. A lot of times, it's all of those things.

Fanart

Here you will find a selection of artists whose art output is worth following. The thumbnails are clickable.

DrDOBERMANN's ARTWORKS by Drdobermann

SCP-093

SCP-2669

SCP-5000

The Blank Canvas, or Harry's So-Called Art Page by HarryBlank

Doug

Site-43 Staff

If You Don't Know the Words

Herman Fuller

Signal for the Crack of Dawn

Arcadia

Q&A:

Q: Can I replace a blurb that you wrote for one of my articles with my own? I'm not satisfied with it.

A: Absolutely. You will always have that option at any point.

Q: I noticed an error/typo/incorrect information and wish to correct it. May I?

A: Sure! If the changes are not limited to your own article(s) and/or are substantial changes across multiple entries, you should post in that month's discussion page and then make the changes.