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What this is

A bunch of miscellaneous CSS 'improvements' that I, CroquemboucheCroquembouche, use on a bunch of pages because I think it makes them easier to deal with.

The changes this component makes are bunch of really trivial modifications to ease the writing experience and to make documenting components/themes a bit easier (which I do a lot). It doesn't change anything about the page visually for the reader — the changes are for the writer.

I wouldn't expect translations of articles that use this component to also use this component, unless the translator likes it and would want to use it anyway.

This component probably won't conflict with other components or themes, and even if it does, it probably won't matter too much.

Usage

On any wiki:

[[include :scp-wiki:component:croqstyle]]

This component is designed to be used on other components. When using on another component, be sure to add this inside the component's [[iftags]] block, so that users of your component are not forced into also using Croqstyle.

Related components

Other personal styling components (which change just a couple things):

Personal styling themes (which are visual overhauls):

CSS changes

Reasonably-sized footnotes

Stops footnotes from being a million miles wide, so that you can actually read them.

.hovertip { max-width: 400px; }

Monospace edit/code

Makes the edit textbox monospace, and also changes all monospace text to Fira Code, the obviously superior monospace font.

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fira+Code:wght@400;700&display=swap');
 
:root { --mono-font: "Fira Code", Cousine, monospace; }
#edit-page-textarea, .code pre, .code p, .code, tt, .page-source { font-family: var(--mono-font); }
.code pre * { white-space: pre; }
.code *, .pre * { font-feature-settings: unset; }

Teletype backgrounds

Adds a light grey background to <tt> elements ({{text}}), so code snippets stand out more.

tt {
  background-color: var(--swatch-something-bhl-idk-will-fix-later, #f4f4f4);
  font-size: 85%;
  padding: 0.2em 0.4em;
  margin: 0;
  border-radius: 6px;
}

No more bigfaces

Stops big pictures from appearing when you hover over someone's avatar image, because they're stupid and really annoying and you can just click on them if you want to see the big version.

.avatar-hover { display: none !important; }

Breaky breaky

Any text inside a div with class nobreak has line-wrapping happen between every letter.

.nobreak { word-break: break-all; }

Code colours

Add my terminal's code colours as variables. Maybe I'll change this to a more common terminal theme like Monokai or something at some point, but for now it's just my personal theme, which is derived from Tomorrow Night Eighties.

Also, adding the .terminal class to a fake code block as [[div class="code terminal"]] gives it a sort of pseudo-terminal look with a dark background. Doesn't work with [[code]], because Wikidot inserts a bunch of syntax highlighting that you can't change yourself without a bunch of CSS. Use it for non-[[code]] code snippets only.

Quick tool to colourise a 'standard' Wikidot component usage example with the above vars: link

:root {
  --c-bg: #393939;
  --c-syntax: #e0e0e0;
  --c-comment: #999999;
  --c-error: #f2777a;
  --c-value: #f99157;
  --c-symbol: #ffcc66;
  --c-string: #99cc99;
  --c-operator: #66cccc;
  --c-builtin: #70a7df;
  --c-keyword: #cc99cc;
}
 
.terminal, .terminal > .code {
  color: var(--c-syntax);
  background: var(--c-bg);
  border: 0.4rem solid var(--c-comment);
  border-radius: 1rem;
}

Debug mode

Draw lines around anything inside .debug-mode. The colour of the lines is red but defers to CSS variable --debug-colour.

You can also add div.debug-info.over and div.debug-info.under inside an element to annotate the debug boxes — though you'll need to make sure to leave enough vertical space that the annotation doesn't overlap the thing above or below it.

…like this!

.debug-mode, .debug-mode *, .debug-mode *::before, .debug-mode *::after {
  outline: 1px solid var(--debug-colour, red);
  position: relative;
}
.debug-info {
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  font-family: 'Fira Code', monospace;
  font-size: 1rem;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.debug-info.over { top: -2.5rem; }
.debug-info.under { bottom: -2.5rem; }
.debug-info p { margin: 0; }

DISCLAIMER: This is the Site News for the English Branch of the SCP Wiki. The opinions of the individual members of the Site News team that are presented in each edition of the Site News are their own thoughts and are not meant to be representative of the Site News team as a whole nor are they representative of the staff body as a whole. If you take issue with any of the contents, then feel free to reach out to the editor(s) and they will review the contents to see if there are any edits that need to be made. We intend to always deliver interesting content to you, and we understand that there may be times where controversial or unpopular opinions will be presented whether by our writers or our editor(s). Thank you for your understanding!

Editorial

As many of us are aware, the SCP-8000 contest has started this month! However, there is a lot that happens behind the scenes. For this edition of Site News, we did an interview with Naepic and the contest committee on what goes into running a contest and deciding its theme. You can read the interview below!

How does the theme get decided? What criteria do you use to determine what makes a good theme?

We have always had inconsistency when it came to why we chose a particular theme for the K-Cons. The last couple were for different reasons where luck was decided as we wanted something original and it paired well with the number. Obviously the last one we decided based on the requests for it from the past. What determines a theme to be good is generally based on our own speculations on how well the community can write around it - based off past feedback, we're encouraged to pick themes that are wide enough to have multiple interpretations while narrow enough to give people a direction to work toward.

Were there any themes you considered other than fantasy? Why did they get discarded?

For 8kcon specifically, we kind of just settled on fantasy immediately. For 7kcon, themes like time and order were considered, but the thematic feel of 7 being luck felt like it was better than the others.

When do k-cons get announced? Is it based on the number of SCP slots left, or is there some other factor?

We normally try to time the K-Cons in line with the remainder of the last series. We tried to estimate the time it would take for the series to fill up and for the contest to end so there's a smooth transition.

Other than deciding the theme, what other work goes into planning a kcon?

The theme, the contest page itself and its aesthetic, scheduling and timing, and marshals come into play when planning it.

How far in advance was everything planned before the contest was announced?

We normally have the schedule and planned theme set for a few months, normally a month or two in advance we start work building the page and its presentation. The way we plan schedules is that we try to plan the next year's worth of contests before the current year ends - for example, we finished up the 2024 contest schedule back in December 2023.

What kind of work goes into moderating a contest? How do you decide what to do when shenanigans occur?

When actually operating it, we answer questions and try to guide people in the right direction and in accordance with the rules we set for it. They're always reports sent our way in regards to people trying to circumvent the rules and so investigating those takes place too. It mainly boils to what we find during our investigations: a user who may downvote a lot of entries, but has shown thought into comments will not be viewed as suspicious as a user who has upvoted a specific author's entire body of work. There are comments that can invite downvotes on an entry, but one that calls out a fundamental issue within an article is not the same as one that makes fun of an author. It really hinges on the context for any suspicious incidents that we look into, and the severity of that incident(s) is what helps us determine what action is needed, if any.

What was the most exciting moment for you during the kcon planning? What did you enjoy about it?

Me, personally, the thrill of teasing the theme was fun. Maybe this is just my gambling addiction speaking, but I genuinely enjoyed posting a seemingly innocuous tweet and people forming wild speculations about what it could mean - especially when a lot of people ended up convincing themselves that the theme was going to be infinity

Is there anything else about contests that you would like our readers to know?

I think it's no surprise that contests, as fun and engaging as they can be, can also be a stressful time for authors due to the inherent competitive nature of contests. Please keep that in mind and treat authors as people.


- By ParallelPotatoes


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The 3rd annual Korean SCP Foundation Blood Donation Campaign in partnership with the Korean Association For Children with Leukemia & Cancer (KACLC) has come to a successful close! As a result of all the generous donations, an equivalent of 177,200 mil of blood were donated! An official news article can be found here, and the Korean branch's announcement of this wonderful news can be found here!

- By DianaBerry


Writing Prompts

Site News is bringing you monthly writing prompts! Every month there will be 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 to ParallelPotatoesParallelPotatoes. One prompt submission per person, and up to five prompts will be shown in each edition of Site News.

This month's writing prompts are below!

Raison D'etre Submitted by Mister_Toasty
Write about a story involving a reason or justification for existence.

Online Media Submitted by DianaBerry
Write about an SCP involving online media!

The following article was inspired by a prompt and written this month!

Gospodin Chudo Written by Mister_Toasty
Inspired by "Abnormally Normal" from February 2024's prompts!

If you write an entry inspired by this or a previous month's prompts, feel free to send a wikidot PM to ParallelPotatoesParallelPotatoes 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

Features Last Month

Top Articles of the Month

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!

Top-Rated SCP

8000contestjdune by J Dune: Feeding the Trolls

While SCP-8000 have not been physically observed, their existence has been documented through extensive communication with the SCP Foundation. SCP-8000 are sapient and capable of articulating themselves through symbols and pictographs.

Top-Rated Non-SCP

GARLIC NEWS REPORT by Fish^12

Telling you what we want you to know.


Front Page Features

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 SCPs here, the archive for the Tales here, and the archive for the GoI Formats here!

SCP Article

scp-7804 by Its a Bad Idea: Black Mountain Transmitter

Monday: Confirm the presence of wildlife carcasses. Note the species, number, and concentration of deaths.

Tale

The Canadian House Hippo by DodoDevil

On either side of the car were just the dark, green trees, growing closer and closer together, like they were squeezing up to the road. I wanted to say something, but didn't or couldn't.

GoI-Format

PSYCHE Internal Document 75-03718: PepsiCo/Coca-Cola Territorial Holdings by LORDXVNV, Aftokrator, Limeyy, Trintavon, GremlinGroup, Ralliston, Trotskyeet, Cyvstvi, AnActualCrow, Fishish, LightlessLantern, and Rakkran

Despite Coca-Cola seizing the entirety of the Americas, PepsiCo's main headquarters continue to be located within the continental United States of America.


Reviewers' Spotlights

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 them here!

1st of February

SCP-7844 by Pedantique [Featured by Tsercele]

Someone has the good sense to run for the alarm panel mounted in every corridor. They don't even make it to the door.

9th of February

SCP-7954 by TonightTonight [Featured by FISH35]

Every night, two spectral entities (henceforth SCP-7954-A and -B) spontaneously manifest in the area at 12:04 AM.

17th of February

SCP-7769 by DodoDevil [Featured by Onimaskpro]

SCP-7769 is a physio-phantasmal entity, as classified by the SCP Foundation's Departed Department.

25th of February

SCP-7973 by TroutMaskReplica [Featured by DrSoot77]

SCP-7973 only affects anomalies discovered or occurring after the Veil is dissipated, as anomalies documented before SCP-7973 remain unaffected.

SCP Data & Trends

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!

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Like before, we are still renovating this section. It will likely be a couple months, but we will soon have a nice little stats section here. In the meantime, please enjoy our monthly charts.

Also, what do YOU 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 use this anonymous google form.

- By Data Analysis Team

New Content this Month

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!
🌐 = International works - Articles translated from one of our international branches!
💯 = 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!


Week of February 1st


SCP Articles

Tales

GoI Formats

Art

Miscellaneous Pages


Week of February 7th


SCP Articles

  • 📈 SCP-6683- Written by Mister_Toasty.
  • 📈🤝 SCP-6518- Written by Ghrab and HierisSebas05.
  • 📈 SCP-6927- Written by Fierce fauna.
  • 📈 SCP-7871- Written by Kaywatty.
  • 📈 SCP-7743- Written by Tebei.
  • 📈 SCP-7368- Written by alanthechair.

Tales

GoI Formats

N/A

Art

Miscellaneous Pages


Week of February 14th


SCP Articles

  • 📈 SCP-7476- Written by twotruegucks.
  • 📈 SCP-7491- Written by Jexify.
  • 📈 SCP-7927- Written by FreezerMonkey.
  • 📈 Scp 7863- Written by Joseph Fuid.
  • 📈 SCP-7318- Written by Edmund Davids.
  • 📈 SCP-7416- Written by Lapiz Moon.
  • 📈🌐 SCP-2910-JP- Written by O-92_Mallet. Translated by Uncle Nicolini.

Tales

GoI Formats

Art

Miscellaneous Pages


Week of February 21st


SCP Articles

Tales

GoI Formats

Art

Miscellaneous Pages


Week of February 28th


SCP Articles

N/A

Tales

GoI Formats

Art

Miscellaneous Pages


SCP-8000 Contest Entries


SCP-8000 Contest Hub

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