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Tale tags are here! In an effort to aid readers in finding content that they enjoy, genre and content tags have been added to tales. These tags include a variety of genres such as comedy, fantasy, etc. There are also setting tags, such as dyspotian, western, and more! To learn more about the new tags and their definitions, you can check outthe tale tagging guide. Authors are also encouraged to follow this guide to tag their own tales, and there are rules and guidelines for those interested in helping tag other people's tales! Happy tagging!
- By ParallelPotatoes
In case you didn't know, The Wanderer's Library now has its very own Reading Club! Their first session was on October 6th, and they read spooky tales of wonder from the Library to celebrate the season. The hosts; LAN, Rounderhouse, Piano, and UncertaintyCrossing, plan to meet every two weeks to host further readings.
Much like the SCP Wiki Discord's Reading Club, members of the audience are sometimes brought onto the stage to help read sections of an article and voice act their hearts away. It's great fun for everyone involved!
If you're interested in listening to these Reading Club sessions live, join the Wanderer's LibraryDiscord Chat and check the announcements channel for the next reading. If you missed one, never fear! They are all recorded and posted toSpotify for your listening pleasure.
We hope to see you soon!
- By Uncle Nicolini
Site News is bringing you monthly writing prompts! Every month there will be three user-submitted prompts to help inspire new pieces. Participation in these prompts is completely optional, and any pages based on the prompts will be featured in the next issue of Site News! If you're interested in submitting a prompt for next Site News, send a wikidot PM toParallelPotatoes. One prompt submission per person per month, and up to five prompts will be shown in each edition of Site News.
This month's writing prompts are below!
Secure or ProtectSubmitted by F1J7
Write an SCP article with a high disruption class and low risk class, or vise versa.
You can find the full descriptions of disruption and risk classeshere.
International GOISubmitted by IcePhoenix44
Write an article (could be a SCP, tale or GoI format!) about an international group of interest! The list of international groups of interest can be foundhere.
An SCP Article With an ImprimaturSubmitted by StrangerSwing
Write an SCP article that includes an imprimatur! The imprimatur could be framed as cooperation between the Foundation and the Catholic Church, an interesting character as a clergyman confronting the anomalous, or whatever you decide to include!
An Article Named After YouSubmitted by winkwonkboi
Users tend to find inspiration in the many articles they read from the site, but who's to say the author behind them can't serve as an opportunity for creativity? Write an article (any format will do) based on another person's username of your choice.
GenrelessSubmitted by psychicprogrammer
Even though the new tale tags that were implemented this month encompass many genres, they don't encompass everything. Write a tale that you feel deserves the "_genreless" tag! A guide to tale tags and their definitions can be foundhere.
The following article was inspired by a prompt and written this month!
Checkpoint, MateWritten by Edmund Davids
Inspired by "Roadside Curiosity" from November 2023's prompts!
If you write an entry inspired by this or a previous month's prompts, feel free to send a wikidot PM toParallelPotatoes to have it featured in the next Site News! There isn't a time limit on getting prompt submissions featured, so feel free to write for a previous month's prompts as well!1
Ratings of course do not mean everything, but they are representative of what people happened to like seeing at the time. With this in mind, the following are the top-rated works last month, so if by some chance you haven't encountered them yet, be sure to check them out!
abraka-davids-proposal byMetaphysician, Uncle Nicolini, Lt Flops, LORDXVNV, Grigori Karpin, Dr Balthazaar, Calibold, Yossipossi, Sherf, Jack Ike, Guezma, Guaire, Placeholder McD, and Ralliston:Abraka David's Proposal
He revealed to them that all known “anomalies” were, in fact, merely an illusion, sleight-of-hand, or other clever trick of his own invention.
Garfield Timeline byLORDXVNV
James Robert Davis is born on a farm in Marion, Indiana, alerting multiple Eschatological Monitoring Functions.
Every month, an article is selected from each of the three common article types: SCP, Tale, and Group of Interest Format. These three articles are displayed on the front page for the month to bring further recognition to them.
If you would like to view the previous front page features, you can view the archive for the SCPshere, the archive for the Taleshere, and the archive for the GoI Formatshere!
SCP-5595 byPlaguePJP:Geoffrey Quincy Harrison the Third: Site-Director, Gumball Machine
Despite its appearance, SCP-5595 is sapient, sentient, and capable of speech in English.
Before the Storm byUncle Nicolini
They brought with them a bouquet of flowers, a small tote bag, and a feeling of crushing hopelessness.
According to the latest statistics, Paris has the highest ratio of ghosts to living inhabitants out of all cities in the world.
Works are featured on the site’s front page as part of the Reviewers’ Spotlight, which acknowledges the time and effort spent by forum reviewers helping other authors develop and edit and their works for the mainsite. Each month, community members are encouraged to nominate forum reviewers who have been both particularly helpful and active. Members of the Forum Criticism Team will then discuss the nominations, and select four prominent reviewers to choose the month’s Reviewers’ Spotlight front-page features.
If you would like to view previous spotlights, you can view the archive for themhere!
Cool War 2: 【DEATH & REBIRTH】 byRandomini [Featured bycacbbi]
"Howdy. I am the light that flashes before your eyes when you go - please, no flesh photography. I am your final death, in a million aeons and at the start of time, and I'll guide you to the next set and setting."
SCP-6620 bynonumb3rs [Featured bynani245]
Dr. Evelyn Harper studied the intricately welded structure of the cargo bed that bound her.
SCP-6523 byGreenWolf [Featured byDjoric]
In the event of irreparable and catastrophic failure, all outstanding instances of SCP-871 are to be assembled into a single mass and iteratively funneled through SCP-786 to induce gravitational collapse.
SCP-7958 bySound Chaser [Featured byJorgeMtzb]
The source of the transmission is unknown, no participants in the show have been identified outside it, and all attempts to block it failed.
All the goings-on of the site condensed into bite-sized takeaways! Is there a statistic or figure you would be interested in knowing? Let us know and we can feature it next time!
Also, what doYOU want to see in the monthly stats section? Any data you want to know about? Please leave a comment about it in the Discussion page or usethis anonymous google form.
- By Data Analysis Team
There is a multitude of wonderful works that are posted to the Wiki every month whether they be SCP articles, Tales, GoI Formats, Art pages, Author Pages, Essays, and more! Below, we have all of the creations for this month listed out by week and type (except for art pages, we did that earlier!) We have added little emojis next to articles that qualify to add some additional content. Below we have listed out the emojis we use and what they mean. Be sure to give them a look!
🤝 =Co-authored works - It is always interesting to see the dynamics of how people work together!
🌐 =Translated Works - These articles were originally written in another language on a different branch!
💯 =Articles rated at +100 and higher - These are articles that have seen success and should be celebrated for it!
📈 =SCP articles rated under +30 and Tales and GoI Formats rated under +20 - Let's show these a little love!
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