_int, _ru, _ko, _cn, _fr, _pl, _es, _th, _jp, _de, _it, _ua, _pt-br.

Any INT branches that model their tag system after -EN's are recommended to only create tags for branches they have works from. Notably, they should swap out their branch tag above for a _en tag.

We will be adding these tags to the manifest shortly.

SCP-3787 crosslinked to SCP-4758 and SCP-4778.

SCP-3846 crosslinked to SCP-3028.

SCP-3859 crosslinked to GOI-001: Chicago Spirit and SCP-066-IT.

SCP-3863 crosslinked to The Ursus Maritimus Incident.

SCP-3874 crosslinked to Facility-57 Hub.

SCP-3879 crosslinked to The Ursus Maritimus Incident and Scenes from Site-64.

SCP-5175 has been crosslinked to SCP-458 and SCP-6599.

SCP-5185 has been crosslinked to dado Hub.

SCP-5191 has been crosslinked to SCP-1106.

SCP-5194 has been crosslinked to Secure Facilities Locations Site-184 and Whalefall.

SCP-5225 has been crosslinked to AIAD Hub, CotBG Hub, and SCP-5993.

SCP-5228 has been crosslinked to SCP-458, Chaos Insurgency Hub, Groups of Interest Hub, and Mobile Task Force Delta-5 ("Front Runners").

SCP-5231 has been crosslinked to CotBG Hub and Secure Facility Dossier Site-81.

SCP-3662 has been crosslinked to SCP-1008 and MTF Omega-0 ("Ará Orún").

SCP-3421 has been linked to SCP-3900 and Mobile Task Force Theta-4 ("Gardeners") on the Mobile Task Force hub.

2. I have some people in mind—mostly MAST and Tech. I imagine it would just be a matter of adding some color and maybe some icons.

3. In that case, I would recommend structuring the page setup as Intro to SCP > reading SCP articles > reading other format pages > readers and other site media > readers and site rules. So gradually move from "any reader, site member or not" to "site member who actively interacts with the community".

4. If this is meant to be a guide focused on reading/navigation for the time being, I think it's best to focus on that rather than attempting to add additional stuff for the eventual Newbie Guide replacement.

5. Some of the sections are more wordy/repetitive than they need to be, kind of overexplain instinctual information, or otherwise feel kind of bland in terms of word choice and tone. For example:

The most well known aspect of the wiki are the SCP Articles. SCP articles are clinically written stories, where each story features over one of the items or creatures under the SCP Foundation's containment, going over how the item is contained, what the item is, and any additional information the researcher writing thought would be useful to know. Since its inception, the wiki has grown to catalogue over 5,000 SCP Articles. These articles have been split into different Series', each made up of a thousand articles, organized by numerical order.

What does that mean? Series 1 starts at SCP-001 and goes through SCP-999. Series 2 starts at SCP-1000 and goes through SCP-1999. Series 3 starts at 2000 and goes through 2999, etc. Most of the newer articles are in the newest series, currently Series VII, but sometimes slots open in the older series which authors are then more than welcome to fill in. This is why you can sometimes find stuff in Series I that was written recently, despite most of the content there being around for a decade or more.

I personally would have presented this as something like:

2. I see what you mean. Personally, I'm horrible with making things look visually appealing, but I could pass it by someone who's better at that than I am.

3. I personally agree, but when we wrote this guide one of the writers insisted on having the rules section be as thorough as it currently is (since it was initially made as a replacement for the Newbie Guide). If enough people agree with this, we could probably cut it down or scrap it entirely.

4. See the above section - this was initially meant as a newbie guide replacement. It wasn't supposed to be specifically for readers, it was meant to be a general intro guide which focused on reading as the default rather than writing. We're still working on that, but some issues were found that need to be taken care of first.

The plan is still to have it replace the newbie guide eventually, but since the guide proper has been ready for a few months now, we're thinking of putting it out there already instead of having it sitting in a sandbox.

5. We were trying to hit that feeling, so if you could elaborate on how we missed that it'd be extremely helpful. Other than the rules section, I felt like we hit that approach, so maybe we just have different outlooks on how that works.

1. Is the title up for change? "Reading Gateway" or "Database Introduction" or the like, so it's distinct from other guides that aren't as interactive/full of links to click.

2. I feel like currently, the setup is a little unapproachable and bland-colored. I feel like if this is meant to be a reference page people repeatedly return to, it could help to color-code some of the sections and also make the places where links/lists pop up more eyecatching.

3. Given that the bit about the rules is first, I'm not sure how many readers will go through the entire page if they don't immediately see what they're looking for. (To be honest, I'm also not sure the Rules section needs to be as long as it currently is.)

4. This currently seems a little… unfocused, I guess? It's got elements of the Guide for Newbies in it (rules, interaction with community, etc.) and doesn't quite always tie into the "reading the site" umbrella. I feel like this could be easily addressed by having the sections relabeled? So the rules bit can have details about reading-related conduct expectations, such as voting and commenting. Ditto for interactions with the community, maybe specifically feature discussion threads that may be of interest to readers in particular, such as the Introductions forum section for readers, the Foundation Universe forum for discussing lore, and the Fan Work forum for looking at additional media.

5. Could just be the recovering college student in me, but… any chance we could slim down some of the paragraphs so the overall page has less of a technical manual flavor and more of a… I guess edutainment approach kind of feel?

TheMightyMcB

The MAST Guide Rewrite team is proposing a new, standalone guide: A Guide for Readers. The guide's purpose is to help users new to the wiki by showcasing different aspects of the wiki such as SCPs, tales, and GoI formats, showing how to navigate the site and find new content to read, and going over some of the basic rule-related procedures.

This thread, along with the onsite mirror, is intended to give readers a place to voice concerns regarding this guide's use as a standalone page, not as a rewrite of the Newbie Guide.

This thread will be open for 5 days and is open to all staff.

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