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KrIsMa wrote:

Please, thanks for all your speeches, but please do not post a speech
1. Less than 50 or less words,
2. Just saying, "I want to be a curator"
3. Less that 4 sentences,
4. Sounding that you have to become a curator, like, "Make me curator",
5. Irrelevant comments,
6. Saying that you want to "only" post a certain project type,
7. Not giving a reason why you want to become a curator.
Thanks.

Thanks for the advice! Just a few word like; CAN I BE A CURATOR don't gave lots of info. Well, I mean, The Scratch Members will have reasons to say yes and no. But when they only know a few, what should they say?

I would like to be one cause none of my projects have ever been curated or featured. I just want to stand out!

I will do it P.S. would I get paid?

Portalmaker wrote:

I will do it P.S. would I get paid?

It's a privilege not a duty.

numberonegamers wrote:

I would like to be one cause none of my projects have ever been curated or featured. I just want to stand out!

If you want to get chosen, write a speech, be nice, and write why would you like to be one.

Hi ST,

I'm roijac, active since about one and a half years, mainly in the AT's. I made quite a lot of math/algorithm related projects, and I'm the main M30W developer (text-based Scratch in python - check it out  )
I wasn't featured yet, but was curated once. Especially when I started, I was very annoyed that nobody looked at my projects.
As a curator, I'd like to curate all kind of projects from more or less unknown scratchers, like this one, this beautiful pattern or this game, though I'll slightly favor more math/science related projects.

I believe that just by looking at most recent projects one can always find good projects that deserve views and respect, and I'll try to find some projects to curate this way.

I'll also try to curate some projects from the German communmity - I speak German fluently and I feel the ones that cannot speak very well English don't get  as much attention some of them deserve.

Thanks for reading, and please consider me!

--roijac

Last edited by roijac (2012-11-08 17:26:44)

I would really like to be curator please       I would only curate projects that are well made and are not horrible but i wouldn't curate a project by a person who is always on the frontpage. I enjoy games but if they are good then animations and drawing might be acceptable.

when gf clicked
forever
if <[comment]=[can i be curated]>
say [sure i will take a look]
if <[Project]=[good]>
say [sure thing]
Curate [Project]

Mokat wrote:

Hello. I'm Mokat and I'd like to apply to be curator. I'm an 11-year-old girl, and my favorite thing to do in my free time is to computer program- using Scratch, HTML, CSS, and I'd like to learn Python.

I would like to be curator because I feel that the quality of the front page is getting worse- More art projects, coloring contests, and "Remix this and add ____!" are getting frontpaged and less games, funny animations, and genuinely good projects are getting front-paged.

I enjoy looking at the curated projects to see what others have chosen to curate. I usually enjoy animations, AMVs, and certain games a lot, but I sometimes come across something where I'm like, "Wow! This is awesome!", but then I see that the project only has a few views. I wish I could help to increase those views, but I'm unsure of how. If I were curator, I would curate those projects.   

I would curate new projects daily, because I know some curators that only curated a couple projects. I like variety, so I would choose a broad range of project genres: Games, simulation, platformers, animations, AMVs (as these can be quite original and complicated, unlike what Firedrake969 stated), platformers (which can also be quite original), and pretty much any project that I find "good".

I would take requests from people on curated projects, but I would have a few guidelines:
-The project has to have less than 60 views
-It can't be a project where you "remix and enter the contest!" or "Add yourself doing _____!"
-The project owner can't have been frontpaged recently (except for Scratch Design Studio or Newest)

I hope that the Scratch Team takes me into consideration for curator, and remember, Sⓒ®atch On!
-Mokat 

I love the idea of becoming a curator! It just seemes so wonderful! Though I could never imagine myself as a curator, but you know it could be worth my while to try! 

I would be a good curator!

MEOWCAT34 wrote:

I would be a good curator!

Give at least 5-10 sentences to have a chance.

I will make a Speech and hope for the best!

Hello Scratch team, although I have never succeded in becoming a curator, I will keep trying even if my homework piles up or if my mom gets mad at me (just kidding, but that homework part was real    ) 

So you might be wondering, why me? (honestly, posting speeches and making other people try to beat it is just mean my opinion    ) I think I am very nice (again, it seems very mean to say "pick me im best", but I have to try!) and will pick projects that have not gotten a place on front page and I will strive to make them grin soo much I will make their mouth hurt! Once, I gotten front paged and I grinned soo much and I ended up telling my friends (all 17 of them), my mom, my dad, my grandma (which does not know english, so I had to speak Cantonese to her, which, I cannot speak fluently, like I can only say major words), and my sister! I know what other people will feel if I front page one of their projects and let the whole world see!  Second, I am not bias. (I feel like I am trying to boast    ) I will not just pick my friends project, only pick simulation projects, I will pick
Board games
Card games
Dice games
Miniature games
Pencil-and-paper games
Tile-based games
Role-playing games
Chess game
Alternate reality games
Educational games
Card Games
Children's games
Creative games
Letter games
Play-by-mail games
Play-by-post games
Locative games
and I will not only choose those games , but will also choose
Mathematical games
Parlor games
Party games
Conversation games
Daring games
Guessing games
Singing games
Paper and pencil games
Playground games
Puzzles
Quizzes
Role-playing games
Skill games
Street games
Travel games
Word games.

Credits to wikipedia

(I think scratch moderators will have trouble reading that list XD)
Being not bias, in my opinion, is the most important. This is because I feel like a curator cannot choose projects solely by their religion, likes and dislikes, relying on relationships (what I mean is like only choosing your friends, on Scratch or not on Scratch), randomly choosing projects (I am soo happy no one has done that before), leaving a project on front page longer because of some other reason and choosing a project because you think they will thank you back.
A good curator will not only do the things above, but will give comments on how to improve. An example is if a game is lacking views, I will help them try to reach their full potential! This can include commenting, curating if I can understand they tried their best , or if I know them, emailing. Downloading their project and helping to improve their scripting skills is an example. (you might be thinking how I can do this much in a day. Truth is, I spend a large amount of time on Scratch, because I quit another game a day ago, and I am not regretting that decision!) I will help people that is getting curated, just made a project, new to scratch (I will find them through the "Welcome to Scratch" post), and my friends (but I will not only help my friends)  Also, I will give people a chance to tell me their projects, by commenting on a project or posting on a forum, I am choosing, but either way, games really in the dustbin will get found, reviewed, and more love! You might be thinking this is too good to be true, but remember, I have been on Scratch for a while now and I have experience with majority of Scratch programs, except raycasting!!! Thanks for reading this massive post, if this post does not past the character limit I will be impressed XD (PS, I wanted to make sure that to the reader of this speech, I want Scratch members to be happy and to share the love with everyone, even you!!!! oh and by the way, if you have not noticed, I love scratch and if I did not, I would have not joined for soo long, as all my other games I joined, I only stayed on the game for about half a year, then quit. 

Some projects that I like:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/360-International/2113142
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Yllie/2793708
I will try to find some projects that I like, as in I know they tried their best to make this game! Thanks!
pps: I used my old script because I forgot to put links in!

Last edited by KrIsMa (2012-11-13 19:30:00)

The_Scratch wrote:

If I was curator I would do a different theme every two days.

Month X Day 1 (x1)
Do three good projects

x3
Do three good drawings

x5
Do three good animations

And so on.

KrIsMa wrote:

Please, thanks for all your speeches, but please do not post a speech
1. Less than 50 or less words,
2. Just saying, "I want to be a curator"
3. Less that 4 sentences,
4. Sounding that you have to become a curator, like, "Make me curator",
5. Irrelevant comments,
6. Saying that you want to "only" post a certain project type,
7. Not giving a reason why you want to become a curator.
8. Not giving examples.

Thanks.

That is one sentence,

and so on does not  count.

x5
Do three good animations

does not count!

Last edited by KrIsMa (2012-11-13 20:34:13)