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The "SCP Foundation" wiki as seen on 4-12-15.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: The pertinent domain name (http://www.███-████.███) is to be held by a Foundation-controlled stub business entity registered with the government of Iceland. The domain name subscription is to be renewed indefinitely and redirected to a stock DNS lookup failure screen.

Description: SCP-XXXX is an internet website of unknown origin which was discovered when high school students from ███████, Michigan, USA began to use a number of sensitive search terms on Google in close conjunction, which triggered a Foundation response. One of the students had mistakenly navigated to SCP-XXXX's web address, after which she shared it with a group of friends. Four of the five students involved were successfully treated with amnestics, while one incurred severe and permanent damage to his temporal and frontal lobes as a result of repeatedly trying to post to the website.

SCP-XXXX is apparently stored on the servers of a non-existent wiki hosting service ("Wikidot.com"). However, all links on the website leading away from "███-████.███" fail to load unless they are linked to websites which actually exist (Google.com, Wikipedia, et cetera). A complete list of non-existent websites linked from SCP-XXXX can be requested from Site-15 staff assigned to containment and research of SCP-XXXX by those with appropriate clearance. Performing an IP lookup on SCP-XXXX returns address 255.255.255.255, which is normally reserved as a broadcast IP. All attempts to trace the location of the server on which SCP-XXXX is hosted have been unsuccessful.

The "SCP Foundation" wiki contains a comprehensive listing of real SCP objects, although the website denies both the existence of the Foundation and the veracity of the entries made on the site. Its FAQ page states: "All the SCPs are fictional. The Foundation is fictional." The website purports to be a collaborative writing community whose members invent fictional anomalous objects which are then voted upon and discussed by the community, with negatively scored objects being deleted and positively scored objects being added to the website's list of SCPs. SCP-XXXX is populated by an unknown number of "members" who appear to interact with one another via the website. New SCP objects appear to be posted on the website at the same instant they are logged in real Foundation databases, which is an obvious cause for concern. Migrating databases has proven ineffective at preventing the effects of SCP-XXXX. On █-█-██ the Foundation shut down all computer databases and temporarily reverted to using the previously warehoused paper system. This did not prevent SCP-XXXX from manifesting up to date information.

While it is possible to navigate to any page or article with a positive rating, viewing objects which are in danger of being deleted results in mild to moderate psychotrauma. Viewing SCP-XXXX's forums section and attempting to navigate to the "Drafts and Critique" or "Ideas and Brainstorming" subforums results in moderate to severe psychotrauma with minimal risk of seizure. If a real user attempts to post to the forums, communicate in the discussion threads linked to an article, or contact any member of the site, seizure followed by hemorrhaging and sclerosis of brain tissue has been shown to occur in approximately 40% of all attempts. Regardless, all efforts to modify or communicate with SCP-XXXX or its "members" results in a recursive redirect to the page attempting to be edited.

When SCP-XXXX (http://www.███-████.███) is registered with a domain name registrar, traffic to the website will work as predicted and be directed to whatever content is stored at the real-world address. In order to contain dissemination of the website the Foundation has placed an indefinite reserve on SCP-XXXX's web address. The actual anomalous website can be viewed by personnel with appropriate clearance at Site-15.

Addendum: It is worth noting that SCP-XXXX contains an article which mirrors this database entry word for word.