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#1 2011-01-30 17:58:49
A Stickied Topic That Tells Users...
...to NOT make topics that say, "Flag this project!" It just exposes the inappropriate project to even more people.
I would write it myself, but I just wrote an essay for school and I can't write anything serious anymore.
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#2 2011-01-30 21:18:13
- Jonathanpb
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Re: A Stickied Topic That Tells Users...
I don't think it's necessary to create a whole sticky for that... and where would it be put? 
If one of those topics did occur, a moderator would remove the link and close the topic 
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#3 2011-01-30 22:24:45
- cheddargirl
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Re: A Stickied Topic That Tells Users...
johndo77 wrote:
...to NOT make topics that say, "Flag this project!" It just exposes the inappropriate project to even more people.
I would write it myself, but I just wrote an essay for school and I can't write anything serious anymore.
Hmm... I wouldn't mind having a sticky topic about that. Lemme see if I can run this by the Scratch Team to see what they think. 
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#4 2011-01-31 04:40:31
- Paddle2See
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Re: A Stickied Topic That Tells Users...
I agree with you that we should tell people not to do that somewhere - but I'm not convinced that we need a whole sticky for that one idea...how often do we see those kind of topics? Not all that often it seems to me. And where would you put it? Topics like that could appear in Miscellaneous, Show and Tell, or All about Scratch.
I do think it should be in our various guides to the forums though...particularly ones that are mentioned in iTopics.
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#5 2011-01-31 04:49:50
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Re: A Stickied Topic That Tells Users...
Paddle2See wrote:
I agree with you that we should tell people not to do that somewhere - but I'm not convinced that we need a whole sticky for that one idea...how often do we see those kind of topics? Not all that often it seems to me. And where would you put it? Topics like that could appear in Miscellaneous, Show and Tell, or All about Scratch.
I do think it should be in our various guides to the forums though...particularly ones that are mentioned in iTopics.
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That's a great guide!
*resolves to bump until it gets iTopic'd*It's not iTopic, it's ITopic - we're not making Apple products here
And we'll ITopic this if it gets enough blocks in here - so keep things coming!
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#6 2011-01-31 09:30:42
Re: A Stickied Topic That Tells Users...
I definitely agree with you, but I'm also rather inclined to take Paddle2See's point of view - which forum would it go in? It isn't that often that we get topics like such and I think it's easier and less intrusive to just notify the user that creates it.
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#7 2011-01-31 10:03:14
- Andres-Vander
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Re: A Stickied Topic That Tells Users...
I usually see them in Show And Tell. Maybe we could make it a global announcement to appear in every forum?
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#8 2011-01-31 17:21:56
Re: A Stickied Topic That Tells Users...
Paddle2See wrote:
I agree with you that we should tell people not to do that somewhere - but I'm not convinced that we need a whole sticky for that one idea...how often do we see those kind of topics? Not all that often it seems to me. And where would you put it? Topics like that could appear in Miscellaneous, Show and Tell, or All about Scratch.
I do think it should be in our various guides to the forums though...particularly ones that are mentioned in iTopics.
I only made this suggestion because I saw two of these kinds of projects in a week, but I agree with you. A sticky does seem a little big. Maybe you could put it here? http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=30842
Or you could make a topic with a list of things not to write on the forums and have a sections on topics?
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