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Did you know... that the fictional SCP Foundation (logo pictured) contains and documents thousands of paranormal objects?

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Light novel series

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-18/seven-seas-licenses-dumbbell-nan-kilo-moteru-and-my-father-is-a-unicorn-manga-scp-foundation-iris-of-the-mirror-world-novel/.145899

Someone actually released a light novel series based on the SCP Foundation. I'm currently deep in exam period, but I'll add this into the article when I get the chance (unless someone beats me to it). Spirit of Eagle (talk) 21:45, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The language has been added to the article. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:02, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 May 2019

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Please change "SCP-426 is a toaster that can only be referred to in the first person.[7]" to "I am SCP-426. I can only be referred to in the first person.[7]" because the toaster can only be referred to in the first person in all descriptions of the toaster. Cyberman112 (talk) 19:56, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Per MOS:REALWORLD. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 20:25, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ongoing License Violation

It looks like there's some drama over in the Russian SCP community.

http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/t-11572837/announcement-regarding-ongoing-license-violation http://05command.wikidot.com/russia-licensing-statement https://www.reddit.com/r/SCP/comments/blh828/someone_has_trademarked_the_scp_logo_in_russia/

Should the article be updated to talk about this or are reputable sources needed? CyanoTex (talk) 12:55, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for bringing this to our attention. I did find a single source. However, I’m going to wait before adding anything to the article. We’re supposed to be giving a summary overview and I think its best to wait to see how this plays out. I know that the SCP Foundation has to deal with a ton of copyright violations per their Creative Commons license, so this isn't that unusual at this precise moment in time. However this issue has some major legal implications and could explode, so I’ll keep an eye out for developments. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 21:33, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Source: [1]. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 21:16, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Automatic archiving

The talk page for this article has been getting pretty lengthy, and I really don’t see the need to keep conversations from 2015 on here. Would anyone object to setting up an Help:Archiving a talk page#Options? I was thinking it could be set up so that anything not commented on in 120 days gets archived; it should be set up so that there are always at least 5 conversations up. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:06, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've set up Mizabot to archive any section that goes 120 days without a response. This should be sufficient for now, but please feel free to edit this figure as needed. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 03:34, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Commercial: No should be removed from the sidebar

While the wiki is not run for the profit of its staff, our web host does profit off of the traffic and our license allows for commercial use of SCP derivative works so long as they follow the license terms. We've recently had a few cases where this element of the wikipedia page has confused people and lead to licensing issues. I'd really appreciate it if the line was removed. I leave it to your judgement if it should be changed to commercial: yes or just removed entirely, though personally I think the latter would be best since the former could leave the false impression that the wiki itself is a for-profit organization. Modern Erasmus (talk) 14:08, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I’ve removed the language about the SCP Foundation’s commercial classification; my apologies for all of the licensing trouble the infobox caused. (Policywise, the removal is appropriate because the SCP Foundation’s commercial status is a controversial claim needing a source; it’s also far more nuanced than is appropriate for an info box). Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:42, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 August 2019

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Change SCP-426's description to, "SCP-426 I am a toaster and can only refer to myself in the first person." Bobbyn1224 (talk) 12:19, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: per MOS:REALWORLD. If you'd like to make in-universe edits, please head to the SCP wiki. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 12:50, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested addition: {{other uses of|SCP}} 97.65.103.250 (talk) 19:18, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]