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I would like to give some advice to people that want to be curator. Please read this.
My first all-time tip is never use this type of perrsuasion:

TOO MANY PEOPLE wrote:

me want be curator!

That will not get you ANYWHERE for one huge reason.

There is a new curator every two weeks, whice means there are only 26 a year. Because of this, the scratch team will choose people that take time in makiong their applications. Sometimes the very deserving people aren't chosen for a long time.

OK, onto the next piece of advice.
Get a bit of knowlege of what you are applying for before you make your post! Far too many people think that they can choose their projects, or that they will ber choosing top loved or somthing. Not going to happen.
And finally, a critical piece of advice:
Put effort into your application, and dont ask every five minutes!

coolperson wrote:

Get a bit of knowlege of what you are applying for before you make your post! Far too many people think that they can choose their projects, or that they will ber choosing top loved or somthing. Not going to happen.

Yeah... I put it into these guidelines:

• Has not been frontpaged
• Is not by a user who frequently is frontpaged
• Has over 50 loveits (unless there are less than 70 views...)
• Has over 400 views

Last edited by Chrischb (2010-03-31 01:33:16)

markyparky56 wrote:

Chrischb wrote:

coolperson wrote:

Get a bit of knowlege of what you are applying for before you make your post! Far too many people think that they can choose their projects, or that they will ber choosing top loved or somthing. Not going to happen.

Yeah... I put it into these guidelines:

• Has not been frontpaged
• Is not by a user who frequently is frontpaged
• Has over 50 loveits (unless there are less than 70 views...)
• Has over 400 views

Or you just like their project?

I agree to both of these. If you enjoy the project, then why not? But if it was top loved a day ago, its not that great of a pick. But if it hasn't been on the front page for a year, then its OK. 

markyparky56 wrote:

coolperson wrote:

markyparky56 wrote:

Or you just like their project?

I agree to both of these. If you enjoy the project, then why not? But if it was top loved a day ago, its not that great of a pick. But if it hasn't been on the front page for a year, then its OK. 

What if its going to be good, but isn't on the front page yet? Like a brillant new project from ____ who is very popular and is likely to get on the front page, but hasn't yet. What do yuo do then?

Since the project is going to get front paged anyway, you should feature a different project - that way, two projects get front paged!

That's just my opinion... I haven't been a curator. 

Curators of Scratch

As of 2010-3-31

I   Cheddargirl
II   Toasty
III   Jasb
IV   Keroro645
V   Lanie
VI   Coolstuff
VII   Forest
VIII   Coka
IX   JSO
X   PetVet300
XI   Fullmoon
XII   Penguinsrock
XIII   The Whiz
XIV   Andresmh
XV    SabGames
XVI   ElPapa
XVII    Sparks
XVIII   MyRedNeptune
XIX  TreacLE_24
XX   Illusionist
XXI   Coolperson
XXII   Scmb1
XXIII   Greenflash
XXIV   Chrischb

Chrischb wrote:

Hooray, 24 is a fun number. 

I got 20!!! 

markyparky56 wrote:

Jonathanpb wrote:

kayybee wrote:

To whom it may concern:
      I am interested in becoming a curator for the following reasons:
1. I would like to show interesting, good yet simple projects that I believe should be revealed to the world that currently are not.
2. I would like to make people feel better about their skills on Scratch by making some users get on the front page.
3. I think this is an interesting job and I am curious to receive a job on Scratch.
4. I would like to make new friends and discover projects more often.
I believe I am qualified enough to become a curator for the following reasons:
1. I think I am a very good Scratcher, nevertheless good at evaluating.
2. I can judge the quality of a project not just based on how much I like it, but how much the community would like it and compared to their Scratching skill.
3. Even though I am only 3 months old on Scratch, I have learned an awful lot of things. I learn quickly and I can easily catch onto the curatorship.
4. I can pick a diverse variety of projects and will always make sure there are different types of projects that I curate.
5. I am on Scratch every day and I was on Scratch everyday since I started, so I can view new projects every day.
6. I will not just pick games or art, I will also pick educational projects.
7. I will not just judge projects by how good they are, but how good they are compared to their level.

Thank you for reading this message for the Scratch Team. Please choose me as the next curator. Thank you and Scratch on!
                                                                        -kayybee   

That's a nice speech!

And it seems to be written in a unique style. 

Its a list of points, sort of like what someone would write when they are going to make a presentation. Which is a good way to do it.

Thanks markyparky56 and Jonathanpb. I don't really get compliments 

I would like to be scratch curator mainly because I want to show 0 sprite 1 script games, along with really good unknown projects, and last a new scratch 2.0 idea project every-time I come onto scratch.

if I don't become a curator this year, maybe next year!

Scratch On! 

Hey, evilmonkey here. If i was to be elected curator for scratch, the kind of projects i would pick would be ones with good animation-smooth and not the choppy kind. thanks

I want to be a curator. If i was a curator i would pick only the game that look like they took an really long time to make. I would choose these because there are a lot of good scratchers out there that aren't appreciated.So please choose me to be a curator. Bye for now!!!
 
-RS1298

I would like to be curator because I'd like to bring good projects back to the front page.
I'm not saying that these "Add yourself dancing to the Tiddlywink song!" ETC. projects are bad, just it kind of gets annoying if those and short animations always are the ones getting frontpage'd.

I like projects of all kinds, and I'd always curate at least 3 different kinds each day.

Interactive stories, OS simulations, animations, games, I love 'em all!

The only thing I will definitely NOT curate are projects with violence toward animals, humans, or anything else! If your project isn't exactly violent, but it's gross, I won't pick it either.

And, if I do get chosen, please don't bug me by saying "O hai! Plz curate all my projects!" or something. That actually probably will decrease the likelihood of that if you do it to anyone!

Oh, and rick roll'd isn't likely to be picked. Sorry.

Last edited by somelia (2010-04-05 12:33:23)

somelia wrote:

I would like to be curator because I'd like to bring good projects back to the front page.
I'm not saying that these "Add yourself dancing to the Tiddlywink song!" ETC. projects are bad, just it kind of gets annoying if those and short animations always are the ones getting frontpage'd.

I like projects of all kinds, and I'd always curate at least 3 different kinds each day.

Interactive stories, OS simulations, animations, games, I love 'em all!

The only thing I will definitely NOT curate are projects with violence toward animals, humans, or anything else! If your project isn't exactly violent, but it's gross, I won't pick it either.

And, if I do get chosen, please don't bug me by saying "O hai! Plz curate all my projects!" or something. That actually probably will decrease the likelihood of that if you do it to anyone!

Oh, and rick roll'd isn't likely to be picked. Sorry.

Very nice, 

I would like to be curator because...
1)I am on scratch 24/7, always on the lookout for great projects.
2)I would pick great projects that need more attention.
3)I would pick projects appropriate to the community.

Also I like helping people and I think it would be a great help to people who are starting their programming career (or just for fun!  ).
I would pick great projects!!!

Thanks Scratch,
boogawk