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Mainly, they don't want you posting things that could become flamebait, like discussion about religion. I think projects have to follow those same guidelines, but they don't get noticed nearly as much, so they're rarely a problem.

JeanTheFox wrote:

Harakou is right; remember the two things to never discuss with others; politics and religion.

...Unless you feel like trolling.

Now, I'm not on the Scratch Team or anything so I'm not 100% certain, but I'd imagine it'd be okay as long as you aren't insulting other religions (eg, "Your religion sucks! Move on with live and worship the holy beans!"). But as long as it's a polite discussion, that's fine. I know there are quite a few religious projects out there that haven't been removed - and personally, I'm fine with them - so I'd be prepared to venture a guess that it's fine.

In fact, one of the things that came up a lot when we were discussing the closing of Miscellaneous (which is no longer an issue) was telling people to make projects instead, rather than discussing it on the Forums. So if you wanted to discuss chocolate cream pie, make a project rather than posting it on the forums. I guess this idea about discussing religion sort of gets into that realm. I guess the same could go with religion. So if you wanted to discuss something off-topic from the Scratch Forums, we figured you could create a project about it instead.

Of course, don't take my word as the definitive answer. The Scratch Team definitely has a better idea of this than I do, so please wait for them to post here before thinking you've got their permission to do so. 

Hmm... I think it's because Scratch is used to make projects! 

EDIT: (My) 700th post!

Last edited by mathematics (2010-10-31 03:55:48)

Well - here's the thing, and it's kind of subtle. On the website, it's ok to share expressions of faith or political beliefs.

For example:
ok:
I believe / like this.

It's not ok to talk about your faith / beliefs in a way that is disrespectful of other faiths / beliefs / viewpoints. i.e.:
not ok:
I believe / like this and you are a fool if you don't and will be punished etc. etc.

For a while we had the same policy on the forums, but we found that most discussions on these matters would devolve into flames even when those who started them had good intentions. So we reluctantly changed the rules to prevent this sort of thing, since the flames and long interminable discussions were distracting and took a lot of energy to moderate. And there of plenty of places on the webs where you can get into political / religious arguments galore, but only one where you can Scratch, so we decided to focus on that. 

turntechGodhead wrote:

dude they should enforce this rule on television seriously

What? Why?

turntechGodhead wrote:

Sunrise-Moon wrote:

turntechGodhead wrote:

dude they should enforce this rule on television seriously

What? Why?

i mean like all the people on tv programmes spreading religious stuff and making threats

Spreading religious stuff and making threats? To make it against the law to spread "religious stuff" on TV would only be taking away our rights and free speech. Threats I would agree with, but I've never seen TV preachers or anyone make threats. Then again, I never really watch TV preachers...