Subject: In that case...
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Posted on: 2014-08-19 21:37:00 UTC
Whatever's in the SCPs themselves is canon, the rest is ambiguous. If a fic mentions a specific canon, charge by it. If not, charge by the SCPs themselves, though I guess that in that case you might not have lots of things to charge on - there might be a dearth of canon information.
I'm a big fan of the SCP Foundation, and they seem to be pretty good at weeding out SCPs and tales they find aren't up to scruff. On top of that, posting in the SCP Foundation wiki requires something very similar to a Permission request, so they're pretty well-guarded against badfic inside the site.
But the big problem is SCP fics and crossovers in places like the Pit of Voles, the Circle of Lemmings, and the Pony Pit. There, it's not under the umbrella of official SCP fics and becomes fanfiction- but I'm not sure if it's sporkable by the Protectors of the Plot Continuum.
Why?
This.
The SCP Foundation's "canon" isn't a canon at all- it's essentially a group of headcanons that freely contradict each other.
How would an SCP Foundation fic or crossover be handled, then? I mention crossovers because you still have to protect, say, the MLP-verse if SCP is crossed over with it, so we can't just leave the entire thing alone.
Unless otherwise noted, SCP "defaults" to the normal canon - the one you get from "canon" stories and the SCPs themselves. Therefore, unless a fic explicitly mentions, say, Doctors of the Church, I'd assume it's normal!SCP-verse and charge accordingly.
The only thing that the SCP Foundation regards as "canon" are SCPs, and then, I've seen the phrase pop up in the comment sections of SCPs.
Whatever's in the SCPs themselves is canon, the rest is ambiguous. If a fic mentions a specific canon, charge by it. If not, charge by the SCPs themselves, though I guess that in that case you might not have lots of things to charge on - there might be a dearth of canon information.