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Here is another try (to get the message out    ) on proposing to be a curator:

I would like to become a curator because:

1. I would pick projects of all types, music, platformer, animations, art, simulations, and all other general games.

2. I know A LOT of Unknown project creators (just look at my friends list) and I see several new projects each day.

3. I would search through the 'Show and Tell' Article on the Scratch Forums. I would also make a project called 'propose your best projects here' so scratchers can link their and other people's projects for me to explore.

4. With these 2 resources for projects, I will plan to add a new project every twelve hours, giving the picked project about 36 hours on the front page and give it a healthy boost of 300 views.

5. I have been on the scratch website about a year now and I have a good taste of projects ( not just os's    ), and will also take into account how many good and deserving projects they have made which shows that they are a good scratcher.

6. I will only pick projects that have less than 100 views, and that have less than 20 love-its. I will however pick projects that are in a series and the predecessor has been curated before. I have seen A LOT of good projects and I knew how I felt when I first published my first OS. (Thanks LS97  )

7. I will favour and more likely curate projects that run well online (or at least run well online), and make sure that there is no offensive material in them (that's for you, kids), and that they will be exciting to all audiences (not 'Barbie Dress-Up).

8. I will be fair and give each project the same chance (unless it falls into the previous paragraph), regardless who made it. I will not however curate projects where the creator will likely to be mean to his commenters or just not say anything to them.

Those are some of the reasons why I think I should be a curator.

kayybee wrote:

But my message expanded on it. Also, I've been curator so if you have questions, I can answer any of them.

ooh! i have a question!    i'm going to be curator tomorrow, what time did your shift start when you became curator? my email said "monday evening" and i just want to have a small idea when exactly that might be so that i can make sure i'm home on time. 

could u feature my project maybe

Wow! I'd like to try! I want to try, because I want to share my opinions on projects and share which ones I like. Because I like art so much, maybe I could post my favorite artwork! It'd be cool to find some art I like and be able to see it on the front page! I'd love to be a curator. ^^

Birchfall_Fan1

Thanks for the comment emilypie! Well, you know how people do the "recent art?" Well, since those have a BUNCH of artwork in them I would put some of those up.  I really like Nightfire, Emilypie, and Eliza1's artwork so for my first three I would put some of their art up. Probably every 4 days I would change it to new artist's work.

Birchfall_Fan1

Kayybee, I have heard that if you post enough good videos on YouTube, you will start getting paid to make more videos. Did you get paid when you were curator?

I DO NOT intend to make any profit from this website.

Yes, jonathanpb is correct. On scratch, the only money on here is the virtual currency on the TBGs, and the money donated to Scratch. Being curator is a privilege, and so is mod, so no one gets paid.

A moderator is a person that moderates* the scratch website.
Community moderators moderate the whole website,
forum moderators moderate the forums,
and
TBG moderators moderate the TBG forums.

*moderate-moderators make sure the scratch website has no spam, junk, or things that go against the terms of use and help many scratchers. They have powers (weird word for normal people, huh?) like: closing threads, deleting posts, editing posts, editing posts of closed topics, and other stuff... to become a moderator, you must have certain requirements, (like must be scratcher, must be over 14 (they just added that one), must show help in the forums and website), and of course, they have to be elected.
There are several spots of moderator open every year, so more people can become moderator.
Any other questions?
You can read this thread by coolstuff (a current moderator) to learn much more about moderators and moderating. http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=47917

I'm 18. Do I have to have parent permission?

kayybee wrote:

Yes, you must have parent permission. Also, try to refrain from giving out your age.
You could just say "I'm old enough."

Wait for the fall 2011 election, hopefully you'll have become a scratcher by then, and have more posts, be very helpful... and you can run for moderator.

BTW, this is getting pretty off topic...

He's at the age where he 's considered an "adult" and I doubt they would ask him for parental permission, unless they really wanted to confirm it.

kayybee wrote:

@emilypie-sorry, i forget little things easily (or don't pay enough attention to remember) but you don't really need a specific time; just favorite three projects like, right now, so tomorrow, you can just check. it should be around 6-7 though... idk.

ok, i know i'm home on time now anyway. xD (just walked through the door!)

I would like to be curator.
I would choose unrecognized projects(not mine, of course!) that I feel the Scratch Community would like. Such as art, 3D, Platformers, and other projects such as music or animation.

That is why I want to be curator.