Scratch

Lucario621 wrote:

...well, it shouldn't that harsh, should it? It's Scratch, I mean really... And neither should it be a surprise, like saying "You're in! Congratz!" and then "You're banned! Bye!"

But it is harsh, in fact, no matter what euphemisms you use.  And it should be harsh, in the sense that you're (I'm guessing) not going to reject someone because once s/he did something stupid; it's going to be people with a long history.

All else being equal, the official policy should match the actual policy.  So if the actual policy is "we admit anyone without a ban history" then that's what the posted policy should say, instead of saying "answer these questions" and implying that a board of examiners decides if the answers are good enough. The posted policy is a deterrent to people who, like soupoftomato (whom I once called "soup" but now you've got me scared to do that    ) above, don't think they have good answers but who aren't quite as fearless as SoT (who'll be a great contributor btw) is.  And if you said "we admit anyone without a ban history and it takes us N days to check on that" then you wouldn't be obliged to say anything specific to each applicant prior to checking that out.  (In fact, in the Real World there would be a form you fill out to apply, and on the form it would say "by submitting this form you are agreeing to let the wiki administrators see your ban record"!)

P.S. Use the force, Lucario! 

BTW, thanks for letting me in! 

Greenboi wrote:

Can I join? 
It won't let me sign up. 

Yeah - if you read all of the others posts in this thread, you would have known, that you cannot create an account - you have to request.

So yes, we accept! We'll add you to the list of contributors to create accounts for - it will take a while, as andres has to send notifications and such 

soupoftomato wrote:

* Why do you want to join the Scratch Wiki?
    * How would you help the Scratch Wiki by becoming a contributor?

1. I would like to contribute to the knowledge of Scratch and make things easier for new users.
2. I would fix any mistakes (though I hope there's not many) and add stuff that no one else has yet.

Yeah, I want to join, but I stink at speeches.

Anything?

You excepted Greenboi without these answers, and now your just arguing over my post. 

Someone called EvilGenius asked me in a comment how to join - I directed him/her here, so he/she should be posting soon...

I would like to join the Wiki. It seems off to a good start.

You know, totally aside from writing and editing articles, which is what all the discussion here has been about, membership in the wiki has many other advantages even for lurkers: watchlists, user pages, talk pages...  So this raises two somewhat contradictory thoughts for me: (1) Shouldn't all Scratchers have these tools?  and (2) The Scratch Team elected not to have private messages on the main Scratch site.  Now we have talk pages, which are public in the sense that anyone canread them, but, let's say, semiprivate, in that people have to go out of their way to read other people's talk pages.  Is this okay?

Jonathanpb wrote:

Here's the list of people who want to join...

Greenboi
littletonkslover
soupoftomato
Subh
waveOSBeta

Did I miss anyone?

Ummm...........Iwas already in the list for those CHOSEN...Right?
Then why is my name in those who WANT to join?

Jonathanpb wrote:

Here's the list for more accounts:

jacool
illusionist
Subh
Vista4563
Wolfie1996 (?)

You people are CONFUSING me.... 

Please authorize ONLY 1 PERSON to create accounts. If more people are authorized, plz tell them to post first in this thread

Request for joining the Scratch wiki

I would like to join the Scratch Wiki to help new Scratchers get familiar with the program and website, but also for more experienced Scratchers so they can explore advanced features of the application.
I have been on Scratch for about a year now, have mastered the skills of advanced Scratching, although I still remember how it is to be new and not knowing about obvious (to us) features like the 'unlock online' button.
For whoever would also like to explore the world of the Scratch Source Code, I could possibly help on that too.

I would be very thankful if you answered my request and invited me to be part of the Scratch Wiki, which took so much time and effort, and looks so great.
Thanks!

Subh wrote:

Ummm...........Iwas already in the list for those CHOSEN...Right?
Then why is my name in those who WANT to join?

I put both into the same list.

Subh wrote:

Please authorize ONLY 1 PERSON to create accounts. If more people are authorized, plz tell them to post first in this thread

Why only 1? 
...
Here's the list:

adriangl
BulboGrubb
EmperorEvil
EvilGenius
Greenboi
jacool
iCode-747
littletonkslover
LS97
soupoftomato
Subh
waveOSBeta
wildplayer

Last edited by Jonathanpb (2010-06-12 01:37:35)

Oh, I must have missed your post... ^_^

I'll update the list... 

soupoftomato wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

* Why do you want to join the Scratch Wiki?
    * How would you help the Scratch Wiki by becoming a contributor?

1. I would like to contribute to the knowledge of Scratch and make things easier for new users.
2. I would fix any mistakes (though I hope there's not many) and add stuff that no one else has yet.

Yeah, I want to join, but I stink at speeches.

Anything?

You excepted Greenboi without these answers, and now your just arguing over my post. 

No, we've accepted you. We'll create your account soon...

Subh wrote:

Jonathanpb wrote:

Here's the list of people who want to join...

Greenboi
littletonkslover
soupoftomato
Subh
waveOSBeta

Did I miss anyone?

Ummm...........Iwas already in the list for those CHOSEN...Right?
Then why is my name in those who WANT to join?

Jonathanpb wrote:

Here's the list for more accounts:

jacool
illusionist
Subh
Vista4563
Wolfie1996 (?)

You people are CONFUSING me.... 

Please authorize ONLY 1 PERSON to create accounts. If more people are authorized, plz tell them to post first in this thread

Only I, and andres can create accounts. Just some others are helping create lists of accounts to create for me 

Don't worry... everything's being handled.