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Scratch Design Studio - Halloween 2010 is now up and running! 

08jackt wrote:

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

I don't know but it wouldn't be fair to those who don't celebrate. The gallery where you can suggest themes says: "Design Studio themes should be broad enough so that Scratchers of all ages, interests, and experience levels can participate."

Not every one in the world celebrates Christmas, yet alone Mole Day.

Exactly my point. they shouldn't have holiday themes. maybe a fall or winter one.
plus i was almost done with my flying-themed project! I will still post it- "Flight to Neverland"

poopo wrote:

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

08jackt wrote:

Not every one in the world celebrates Christmas, yet alone Mole Day.

Exactly my point. they shouldn't have holiday themes. maybe a fall or winter one.
plus i was almost done with my flying-themed project! I will still post it- "Flight to Neverland"

I want to say sorry for misinforming you.   If you post your project I'll make a special add to the flight gallery.

Lilacfuzz could also still post it here. 

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

08jackt wrote:

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

I don't know but it wouldn't be fair to those who don't celebrate. The gallery where you can suggest themes says: "Design Studio themes should be broad enough so that Scratchers of all ages, interests, and experience levels can participate."

Not every one in the world celebrates Christmas, yet alone Mole Day.

Exactly my point. they shouldn't have holiday themes. maybe a fall or winter one.

Not every country has fall or winter holidays. For example, in the Philippines, there is only a dry and rainy season. 

My guess is that the Scratch Team wants to emphasize that Scratchers are of many different backgrounds, hence why sometimes there will be occasions where some holidays are celebrated. I don't believe this is meant to exclude anybody, rather, I think it's more of a means to educate Scratchers about different holidays that everyone celebrates, encouraging inclusive diversity.

To take the case of Halloween - a Scratcher who traditionally doesn't celebrate Halloween can learn more about the idea behind Halloween by looking at the projects that are designed to celebrate that holiday. Some may even want to try and celebrate it themselves (and it's quite very easy to get into). 

Another example would be when the Scratch Logo changed to celebrate Mexican Independence day; along with dancingqueen's related project, I believe the move was intended to teach others about the holiday.

I think were pretty lucky to have a case where the Scratch community can have the opportunity to share and celebrate different holidays - what a bland community it would be if we didn't celebrate this diversity. ^^

08jackt wrote:

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

I don't know but it wouldn't be fair to those who don't celebrate. The gallery where you can suggest themes says: "Design Studio themes should be broad enough so that Scratchers of all ages, interests, and experience levels can participate."

Not every one in the world celebrates Christmas, yet alone Mole Day.

Not every one celebrates Mole Day yet!

It just needs more publicity 

08jackt wrote:

wow, you sound like such a fun person.

not everyone likes dolphins, so i guess that rules out a scratch design studio for them too. 

my point is that for reasons (relgious, ethical, personal choice, ect.) not everyone celebrates every if not most or all holidays. because they don't celebrate a holiday, they won't/ can't make a project for it and so the theme could exclude some scratchers. granted it may be a small number but they are still a part of the scratch community.

cheddargirl wrote:

Not every country has fall or winter holidays. For example, in the Philippines, there is only a dry and rainy season. 

I ment to suggest that the theme be broader. For example, there could be a fall design studio and that could encompass Halloween, leaves changing color and other fall-y things. For Spring it would include flower type projects and spring holidays. And when the wet season starts there could be a wet season theme with projects about rain and other wet-y things i guess     

cheddargirl wrote:

To take the case of Halloween - a Scratcher who traditionally doesn't celebrate Halloween can learn more about the idea behind Halloween by looking at the projects that are designed to celebrate that holiday.

Well, some may know about the roots of Halloween and what it involves today (scary, sometimes gory things) and decide not to celebrate it.

Sorry if I'm annyoning anyone for being so through- I just want to make sure that all Scratchers feel welcome 

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

08jackt wrote:

wow, you sound like such a fun person.

not everyone likes dolphins, so i guess that rules out a scratch design studio for them too. 

my point is that for reasons (relgious, ethical, personal choice, ect.) not everyone celebrates every if not most or all holidays. because they don't celebrate a holiday, they won't/ can't make a project for it and so the theme could exclude some scratchers. granted it may be a small number but they are still a part of the scratch community.

Yes, but as I said, they can still learn from those that do make projects. 

cheddargirl wrote:

Not every country has fall or winter holidays. For example, in the Philippines, there is only a dry and rainy season. 

I ment to suggest that the theme be broader. For example, there could be a fall design studio and that could encompass Halloween, leaves changing color and other fall-y things. For Spring it would include flower type projects and spring holidays. And when the wet season starts there could be a wet season theme with projects about rain and other wet-y things i guess 

Technically, fall occurs on only half the globe - it would exclude those celebrating spring in the southern hemisphere, so, even a fall theme would still exclude some Scratchers.

But really, even if those Scratchers cannot make a project, I've said before that they can learn more about the holiday from looking at the projects made for it. 

cheddargirl wrote:

To take the case of Halloween - a Scratcher who traditionally doesn't celebrate Halloween can learn more about the idea behind Halloween by looking at the projects that are designed to celebrate that holiday.

Well, some may know about the roots of Halloween and what it involves today (scary, sometimes gory things) and decide not to celebrate it.

That is certainly their choice if they don't want to celebrate it - I've seen holidays celebrated elsewhere where I did not like what was going on.

But just because a group group of Scratchers do not agree with celebrating a certain holiday doesn't mean that we should prevent other Scratchers from celebrating it on Scratch (Imagine how terrible it would be if Scratchers wanted to celebrate a certain holiday and the Scratch Team said "no" to it just because other Scratchers didn't celebrate it).

Sorry if I'm annyoning anyone for being so through- I just want to make sure that all Scratchers feel welcome 

Of course we want all Scratchers to feel welcome - that's why Scratch includes celebrating so many different days instead of excluding them all. 

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

Of course we want all Scratchers to feel welcome - that's why Scratch includes celebrating so many different days instead of excluding them all. 

Ok hint taken    It would just be nice to have the holiday ish themes be a little more broad so that those who don't celebrate (but still know about them & choose not to celebrate) can participate. Like traditions or something...

Sorry if i offended anyone 

Dude, just because someone doesn't celebrate Halloween, doesn't mean they can't make a project.

And "traditions" are even lesser celebrated. Who's going to add to the gallery, "Thanksgiving at Uncle Bills"?

PlayWithFire wrote:

08jackt wrote:

You are annoying me because you are trying to take away fun, fun stealer.

lol i must agree that getting rid of holiday themes is indeed fun stealing

holidays can be celebrated by anyone too, its your choice not to celebrate but you're not being excluded.

i celebrated chinese new year last year and I'm not chinese.

Exactly my point, without Uncle Bill thrown in.