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True, they remove non-harmful words from my posts.

Like "pussy" or "freaking"

Considering their alternatives, I think they should just tell me to change it.

There's nothing wrong for questioning Scratch's forum policies - criticisms about moderation policy in general are fine so long as they are reasonable and respectful. 

PinballFreak1969 wrote:

I was more wondering about why those rules for using the misc forum  are there. They sound so specific.

You're relatively new, so you were not here back when 'Miscellaneous' was a serious problem and severely difficult to moderate. The most troublesome were threads concerning religious topics, political issues, and conspiracy theories because they took the greatest amount of time and energy to moderate.

The situation got pretty terrible, and there was a point where closing or moving 'Miscellaneous' was considered - us moderators are volunteers; in reality, we shouldn't really be moderating stuff like 'Miscellaneous' drama when we're really interested in helping others with Scratch and other Scratch-related discussions.

Rather than closing down 'Miscellaneous' the Scratch Team decided to let it stay and set up the current guidelines you see today.

I believe that is everything in a nutshell 

PinballFreak1969 wrote:

But couldn't you just ban 'em all? Or at least the most troublesome?
And you could change it to "No sick & ridiculous drama that we don't have time for", because the ones you put up are really unsettlingly specific.

The Scratch Team does block users depending on the situation.

As for the policy "No sick & ridiculous drama that we don't have time for":
The current Miscellaneous guidelines state

Don't create topics that have a strong likelihood of creating arguments (i.e. Trolling). This includes topics about religion, politics, conspiracy theories, etc.

The first statement covers a policy similar to the one you've described. The topics following afterwards are just examples - they are the ones stated as examples because those were the ones that were problematic some two months ago. Although, from your suggestion, perhaps you are suggesting that the Scratch Team should include "unwanted drama" aside from the other three examples listed above to be more inclusive?

GirWaffles64 wrote:

Like "pussy"

You have no idea what that really means. They removed it for a good reason.

Let's stop talking about this before we all get banned.

floatingmagictree wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

PinballFreak1969 wrote:

But couldn't you just ban 'em all? Or at least the most troublesome?
And you could change it to "No sick & ridiculous drama that we don't have time for", because the ones you put up are really unsettlingly specific.

The Scratch Team does block users depending on the situation.

For example, Blade-Edge and parr0t were banned from the forums for excessive cursing in a religious thread.

Blade did NOT get banned from swearing, all he did was say something about shooting someone in the kneecap.

Tsk, tsk. Kenji, Kenji, Kenji. You never learn, do you?

cheddargirl wrote:

BWOG wrote:

floatingmagictree wrote:

For example, Blade-Edge and parr0t were banned from the forums for excessive cursing in a religious thread.

Blade did NOT get banned from swearing, all he did was say something about shooting someone in the kneecap.

We're going a bit crazy with coming up with the reasons for Blade-Edge's block, ne? 
I believe that the issue of Blade-Edge's block is a matter between Blade-Edge and the Scratch Team. (The same goes for any user who was blocked. Blocked users can always contact the Scratch Team to discuss the situation).

He told me one time a few months ago that they don't reply to his emails

iknowmyabcs wrote:

GirWaffles64 wrote:

True, they remove non-harmful words from my posts.

Like "pussy" or "freaking"

Considering their alternatives, I think they should just tell me to change it.

wyz kats bahdd?

Let me try to translate that:
Why are cats bad?

Penguinsrock wrote:

Lord-Sprites wrote:

08jackt wrote:

You have no idea what that really means. They removed it for a good reason.

Yeah... Wait! You're 13 also. How do you know what it means?

I know what it means, and I'm pretty sure you know how young I am. But I don't think it should be removed if not used in a bad way. But putting "[removed" makes it seem like a more harsh, innapropriate word when the word just has an alternate meaning. Asking to change it would make it better than removing the rest of the sentance(by deleting/back spacing it all), or putting removed there!

There is some problems with asking and waiting for Scratchers to change their wording instead of removing it entirely. Being that this website is open to people of all ages and backgrounds, it's important to keep in mind that while some may view certain terminology and phrases as not being harsh, others may think differently - if a comment is flagged for using questionable language, usually the safer route is to remove the potentially offensive part because the longer something is left on the site, the more potential damage could be done.

Understandably, there are people of all different backgrounds and communities here, and perhaps one may not at first understand why his/her is edited out when it might be fairly acceptable in the community where he/she are from - in such cases, you can always contact the Scratch Team about any questions you may have about an edit. 

BWOG wrote:

floatingmagictree wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

The Scratch Team does block users depending on the situation.

For example, Blade-Edge and parr0t were banned from the forums for excessive cursing in a religious thread.

Blade did NOT get banned from swearing, all he did was say something about shooting someone in the kneecap.

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Hed may have got banned from the Forums.... but he is still alive and uploads projects once in a while.

08jackt wrote:

Lord-Sprites wrote:

08jackt wrote:

You have no idea what that really means. They removed it for a good reason.

Yeah... Wait! You're 13 also. How do you know what it means?

14, actually.

Once you go to middle school you should know "everything"