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Hi I am Holli and I would really like to be a scratch curator because I think that giving other people a chance in the spotlight would boost their creativity and perhaps encourage them to make more games and improve their abilities of game making. Scratchers should be proud of their creations and I would like it if I made some one happy and make them proud of their accomplishments. If I am not chosen, I would like to give a shout out to all the scratches out their! Great Job you guys!

I'd love to be a Curator, but my old account was hacked so im stuck with a new scratcher level   
though i don't care!   

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Benjbob wrote:

I would like to become a curater because I would choose projects that are fun, inventive and with a real twist. I am also an experienced scratcher. The projects that I would choose would be from people who are not yet noticed in the scratcher community and are good scratchers but are not given credit for their excellent work! All of the projects that I choose will be appropiate for all ages, so no blood or gore! Benjbob

Good  idea, but you can't be one until you're a Scratcher on the forums. Bye! ✌

Hello.  My name's poemon1. I think I would be a good curator because I never got banned, I am a good project finder. and I am a 'grammar-freak,' if that counts?
I'm 13 years old of may 12th. Here's some reasons to pick me:

1. I LOVE Scratch.
2. I've been Scratching for about... From 2006; I lost my password and username for the first account, and I forgot my e-mail.
3. I'm very intelligent. If you don't believe me, I built a record player, and bought some records.
4. I'm not serious all the time, I'm a humored person, and I laugh at most things, I am funny, I'm cool with people, and don't seem to get angry a lot on Scratch.
I get anger issues at home, but I'll never start a fight on Scratch.
5. I'm kind, nice, and I even do music requests sometimes. (In my band, the members get 10 free mp3 files).
6. I already mentioned this, but I love Scratch.
7. I'm in a few clubs, and collaborations (outside of Scratch).
8. I will pick good projects that I think are nice. Like those with a lot (or a good amount) of media.

and, I am a good project visualizer.
I am great with identifying songs, pictures, etc. when I see it.
              ~poemon1

p.s. Sorry it's too long. I'm very talkative, also.

I Scratch

bobbybee wrote:

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Great Speech 

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I hope i will sometime!

Pikapika12 wrote:

Benjbob wrote:

I would like to become a curater because I would choose projects that are fun, inventive and with a real twist. I am also an experienced scratcher. The projects that I would choose would be from people who are not yet noticed in the scratcher community and are good scratchers but are not given credit for their excellent work! All of the projects that I choose will be appropiate for all ages, so no blood or gore! Benjbob

Good  idea, but you can't be one until you're a Scratcher on the forums. Bye! ✌

Oh. When I last visited, you were a new scratcher! I'm rooting for ya'! You deserve to be a curator. ♡♡♡✌

coolhogs wrote:

SCRATCH TEAM, PLEASE READ:

I ask myself WHY, HOW, WHOM, and WHAT; WHY I would like to become curator, HOW I would curate projects, WHOM I should curate, WHAT I should curate. thus dividing this into 4 categories.

WHY:
Most projects don't get on the front page. They just get into the newest projects category for a few minutes, then they vanIsh. Unfortunately, some of these projects are very good. If I was chosen to be curator, then these projects would soon become legends. Remember Kaj? Well, he/she was a Scratcher who claimed that his projects weren't famous, and then threatened to destroy Scratch. With me, that would never happen again.

HOW:
I would curate projects using this key:
Programming: /5
Art: /5
Sound: /5
Appropriate-ness: /5
Below 10 Views/Love-its/Favorites: /10

I will explain why I chose this key:
Programming: Explains how much is complex. This doesn't matter. The project can be complex, or the project can be small.
Art: Creativity of using the Scratch Paint Editor or any other paint program to create art
Sounds: The 3rd most important part of this key. Sounds range from sound effects to full-time songs. Sounds is an important part of this key, because the sounds rely on the art. For example, if a project has a slow character, it would be best to put in a slow song, than a hyper song.
Appropriate-ness: The 1st important part of this key. Appropriate-ness defines if it's suitable for children or not. If it isn't suitable, then I wouldn't curate it. Instead I would flag it.
Below 10 Views/Love-its/Favorites: The 2nd important part of this key. If it's below 10 views/love-its/favorites, it will be curated. If it isn't, then I would not curate it. I would instead say to the project creator, “If it doesn't get above 10 views/love-its/favorites in the [time left as curator divided by 2], I will curate it.”

Whom:
I would curate users with:
No Fame (No front paged project)
Who have been on Scratch for at least 1 month
Who have a variety of projects

What:
I would curate:
Platformers (Raycasters, Scrollers, Static)
Animations (Funny ones not ones with just the Scratch Cat walking around)
Simulation: (Like Cloning Machines, Chat, Gravity)
I already have most of my projects picked out.

Can someone rate my speech using a /10?

sonicfan12p wrote:

coolhogs wrote:

coolhogs wrote:

SCRATCH TEAM, PLEASE READ:

I ask myself WHY, HOW, WHOM, and WHAT; WHY I would like to become curator, HOW I would curate projects, WHOM I should curate, WHAT I should curate. thus dividing this into 4 categories.

WHY:
Most projects don't get on the front page. They just get into the newest projects category for a few minutes, then they vanIsh. Unfortunately, some of these projects are very good. If I was chosen to be curator, then these projects would soon become legends. Remember Kaj? Well, he/she was a Scratcher who claimed that his projects weren't famous, and then threatened to destroy Scratch. With me, that would never happen again.

HOW:
I would curate projects using this key:
Programming: /5
Art: /5
Sound: /5
Appropriate-ness: /5
Below 10 Views/Love-its/Favorites: /10

I will explain why I chose this key:
Programming: Explains how much is complex. This doesn't matter. The project can be complex, or the project can be small.
Art: Creativity of using the Scratch Paint Editor or any other paint program to create art
Sounds: The 3rd most important part of this key. Sounds range from sound effects to full-time songs. Sounds is an important part of this key, because the sounds rely on the art. For example, if a project has a slow character, it would be best to put in a slow song, than a hyper song.
Appropriate-ness: The 1st important part of this key. Appropriate-ness defines if it's suitable for children or not. If it isn't suitable, then I wouldn't curate it. Instead I would flag it.
Below 10 Views/Love-its/Favorites: The 2nd important part of this key. If it's below 10 views/love-its/favorites, it will be curated. If it isn't, then I would not curate it. I would instead say to the project creator, “If it doesn't get above 10 views/love-its/favorites in the [time left as curator divided by 2], I will curate it.”

Whom:
I would curate users with:
No Fame (No front paged project)
Who have been on Scratch for at least 1 month
Who have a variety of projects

What:
I would curate:
Platformers (Raycasters, Scrollers, Static)
Animations (Funny ones not ones with just the Scratch Cat walking around)
Simulation: (Like Cloning Machines, Chat, Gravity)
I already have most of my projects picked out.

Can someone rate my speech using a /10?

I'd give it an 8/10. It was pretty good!

Thanks, sonicfan12p.

Who's gonna be the next curator after Chanmanpartyman (Sorry if this is not the right place to post things like this)

scratcher5000 wrote:

Who's gonna be the next curator after Chanmanpartyman (Sorry if this is not the right place to post things like this)

Legolas_Greenleaf

Hi there!

I'm Hardmath123, and I'm a geek. I used to be a nerd, but then I got Scratch. I see a subtle difference between the two: both nerds and geeks are smart, but nerds give out information to show off, while geeks give out knowledge to help others. Geeks are the creators, those who "do". A nerd would know the calculations required to launch a rocket which would orbit the moon and return, given the resources. A geek would know how to build a pretty impressive rocket out of a water bottle, baking soda, and vinegar.

I think Scratch is what made me a geek. Ever since I got Scratch, I have been expressing ideas, putting them into practice. It's easy to say "Someone should make an app which...", but it's hard to go ahead and do it. Scratch simplifies things to the level where you can confidently go out and try to do it. The brilliant community where geniuses around the world bend over backwards to help you achieve something obvious to them is just icing on the cake.

I've been on Scratch for over 2 years (817 days as of today). I am an avid programmer, and am, according to most of my comments, really good at it. Nowadays, I have moved on from Scratch to more advanced languages, JavaScript and Objective-C; but Scratch will always be the one language I'm just great at. I know it inside-out and upside-down — and, being a geek, I have been sharing my knowledge extensively.

I have over 1500 Wiki edits, the most by any non-administrator. I have over 1700 posts on the forums, out of which I'm proud of one sticky in the Advanced Topics. I'm really active there, and am constantly helping people out with their programming troubles, or helping develop great applications like BYOB 4.0/Snap. I also help out by pointing out glitches with the website or Scratch program often (BTW you still need to fix the footer on Wiki pages which says Terms of Use rather than Community Guidelines…).

Why?

Because I want to give back to Scratch. I have asked hundreds of questions, pestered many Scratchers with "How did you do that?" or "Please love-it this project". And now, 2 years later, when I normally get 200+ views on projects and am generally really well-known in the Community, and I think it's time to help others get where I am.

It's really satisfying to see your project rack up views. There's this really special feeling in getting a couple of friends and some good comments on a project. I know; I have been featured once, and it was one of the best three days ever. So I think the best way I can give back to Scratch is to make a few more Scratchers just as happy as I was those three days. And the only way I can see doing that is to become a curator.

Being a curator, I will do a few different things from other curators have said in their speeches: first of all, I'm going to pick fewer projects but curate them for a longer time. I will pick 15 projects and curate sets of 3 for 3 days each, so that those Scratchers get the best out of their time in the limelight. I would try to curate projects with few views, but I will be more tolerant than past curators; cutting off at 50 views rather than 10 or 20 as some curators say they will. This is because a good project will get quite a few views, and it's unfair to not curate it just because it got 17 views rather than 10. Finally, I will aim to curate projects not only of high standard (I can pick these out easily, since being on Scratch for so long has given me a keen eye for good programming), but projects which show the diversity of Scratch, the infinite ways it can be used. I will discern not only on quality, but also on content, unlike many curators who may ignore great content because the programming is a bit glitchy or the graphics look plain. I promise to curate at least one of the following project types:
• Tutorial: these are often great but not popular
• Educational project: Scratch is an educational program, isn't it?
• Animation and art: Scratch was designed with art and animation in mind.
• Simulation: These tend to be amazing but unpopular
• Game: These also need lots of work, but generally aren't featured
• Application/Utility, something practical: It's quite cool how creative people get putting Scratch in real life
• Remix chain: Ok, I've got to explain this one, haven't I? Well, my reason is that Scratch's motto is Imagine • Programe • Share. Sharing is part of the community, and remixing is one of the greatest was to share and interact directly with the community. But I'll definitely pick out a reasonable remix chain: there are many creative ideas out there, but are overshadowed by "add yourself doing…" projects. That's about to change.

I will NOT curate any project which breaks the Community Guidelines. I will be open to suggestions, but I won't curate a project recommended by its creator. Finally, I will try to curate projects which work on all three players, because people normally aren't interested in projects which explicitly ask you to download it even before you know what it's supposed to do.

I have a gallery with some of my favorite projects which I may curate, depending on how many views they have when I'm about to curate them. If you check it out, you'll see just how diverse my picks are.

Thank you for putting up with this enormous wall of text, and I hope you consider me for this position.

Sincerely,
Hardmath123

P.S. Scratch On!