So…accidentally deleted this earlier.
Anyways, hope y'all enjoy this and people are interested in contributing.
Questions, comments, concerns? This is the place for it.
Just a heads up, for future reference:
Users djkaktus djkaktus , Taffeta Taffeta , Modern_Erasmus Modern_Erasmus , and GreenWolf GreenWolf have full permission over the review and okay-ing of submitted lists; in the event that someone proposes an addition to this page, they have the authority to greenlight or deny or nitpick submissions at their convenience.
I am still looking to expand this, and am looking for more folks interested in an editor role for UCL. PM me if interested in joining up as a listicle builder.
Loved these lists on reddit, love the fact that they’re all centralized here now.
I kind of wish there was a section for feel-good skip, though.
So do we submit proposals here or message you? It doesn't really specify.
In the "How to Contribute section:
If you would like to propose a new or expanded list, draft up the proposal in a sandbox, and post a link in the discussion page here.
I'll add a linebreak to help this stand out.
Apologies. I'd meant to remove a line permitting generic Tales lists. What role would this list serve/what category should this go in?
It seems like you're suggesting a general list of "Must reads" or "Notable" tales…now, I am trying to get something like that up - in the hub, it's stated that we need:
Top Tales for "Ambassador" category
Goal is two (2) lists of 10. One list for series, one list for stand-alones.
While here you've got mostly one-shots, with a tale series grouped in as well; not to mention that this is a list of eight, and the first rule requests lists of 10:
Proposals should contain at least 10 articles.
I've gone ahead and changed 'should' to 'must', and clarified that rule some. The vague wording is my fault.
Beyond that, I could get behind a couple of these - although it's mostly rehashing the Top Rated Tales, so it doesn't strike me as something the majority of the readership isn't already going to come across, so the proposal feels insubstantial. Now that I've cleared some things up (again, apologies), you're welcome to give this some more structure.
And The Dr Bright List doesn't belong on here.
Here's my 2 10's
Antarctican exchange
Cool war
Antimemetics division
Ship in a bottle
Competitive eschatology
War on all fronts
Broken masquerade
Bellerverse
Competitive Eschatology
The Coldest War
Habil and Qabil
Tjalla
Until death
Incident 239-B - Clef-Kondraki or Incident 239-Abridged
A Suicide Note
Containment Breach The Musical
black white black white black white black white black white gray
Magic Orientation
Document Recovered From The Marianas Trench
The Shape of a Gun
I've just accepted a different proposal for Ambassador series, given that this is pretty much just a list of Canons.
For the stand-alones:
I wouldn't include anything here that is part of an active contest, either (so no SoaG). I'll make another update to note this.
bwbwbwbwbwg and DRFTMT are two good choices (despite their prominence on Top Rated of All Time - I've seen them as recommendations countless times). The Clef-Kondraki Tale is a decent way to get into all the old AA shenanigans, but it's really heavy on the links and references, so it might work better for 'series' (though it technically isn't one). Similarly,
Habil & Quabil and Containment Breach the Musical are both super-referential as well.
Magic Orientation is part of a collaborative series (MTF contest).
Until Death isn't a bad choice - I feel that it can be enjoyed as a horror Tale without needing prior context of the two SCPs.
One of the Anomalous Items Tales wouldn't be a terrible idea, but none of them have ever been outstanding and aren't anything I'd recommend a new reader.
So, for this, I'll accept bwbwbwbwbwg, Document Recovered From The Mariana's Trench, and Until Death. I'd like to slide "His Name" in there as well, because it's a pretty damn stellar self-contained work.
Here's an attempt at curating the ambassador series list, with an aim of including stuff that is some combination of influential, good, introductory or different genres. I will list it in descending order of fit, with, I think the more obvious choices near the top and ones that I am less certain about later.
- Orientation
- A Cool War
- The Lombardi Tales
- Learning the Alphabet
- There is No Antimemetics Division
- Harper
- Peregrine
- Dixieland Nightmare Magic
- First Suite
- Apotheosis
Looks to be a pretty good selection. You've got to get the links in order and include author names.
Since some of these are collaborative series, you can list the most prominent author/original creator and then "various", OR you can list several authors - your choice.
ETA: Actually, since "Orientation" is part of "Lombardi Tales", I'd like a replacement for it. I think "
"New Age" would be a good choice.
Yeah I was mainly just brainstorming quickly. I can do a sandbox link after I am done with project Q, 7, and FLANGED LEMUR.
Unfortunately, "I ≠ I" is no longer on the site.
I threw together a short list of 10 different format screw SCPs. Since theres so many these days, I tried to include a diverse range, where each entry brings something different to the table. Personal voice on the descriptions, let me know if that's okay. Change the order as needed if you want.
http://scp-sandbox-3.wikidot.com/sagalink under "User Curated Lists"
Not a bad selection, but if we're going to do format-screws, I'd rather us stick with mainlist SCPs; so, no 001s or -Js.
I would suggest the 001 be replaced by "The Minotaur'sTale". The -J will need to be replaced.
Finally, I think I specify on the page (or maybe here in the comments?) that entries in active contests are not accepted. The selection should either be replaced, otherwise this proposal must wait until after the contest closes to be implemented on this page.
While this is admittedly somewhat self-serving, if you want something simple to replace 309-j, I would suggest SCP-3393 since it is probably one of the more simple format screws on the site? Either that or if you want another article that also uses some similar mechanics, but a different screw overall there’s SCP-3626.
3393 was actually originally on the list (because I really like it), but the articles were chosen with the intention of highlighting the change of format itself, and as you said, 3393 is one of the more simple ones. 3626 is a great choice, I'll add it, thanks.
Right! You've got the all-clear to add your list!
I added a new section to incorporate non-genre lists, please place them within the collapsible set up in the Format-Screw tab of Miscellaneous.
Don't forget title and author!
Aaaaaaaaalirghty folks! We have ourselves a brand-spankin' new category!
"Religion, Myths, Legends and Folklore" brings us the best the wiki has to offer in gods & demons, tricksters & prometheans, legendary creatures and mythic races!
Big thanks to all the folks on the irc and scpdeclassified discords for helping to build this inaugural list of 75. It's a little short of the original plan of 100… but that's what Proposals are for! Be sure to read the How To Contribute on this page to see how to make suggestions!
Awww heck yeah, mythology and legends! I love me some of that stuff especially since when i was in elementary school i was a huge nerd and there was that one field trip to an egyptology museum that was basically me and the tour guide nerding out together and i was the only one who answered her questions right help
Thanks to all the IRC and Discord people who helped build the list! I'm looking forward to going through it for new reads.
Because you asked me to make a proposal here:
SCP-006 Fountain of Youth
SCP-023 Black Shuck
SCP-370 A Key
SCP-1001 Ya-Te-Veo
SCP-1348 Inner Sanctum
SCP-1692 Came Back Haunted
SCP-2121 Gods' Noose
SCP-2200 Soulberg
SCP-2901 Mothman
SCP-3007 World of Two Artists
SCP-3391 An Artificial God
SCP-3785 Jasper's Hill
And that's all I've got so far. I'll probably suggest again if I find others.