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A: EWs are elected, usually every one to two years. Administrators are appointed by current administrators and/or bureaucrats, which typically happens during an election as well. Bureaucrats are either Scratch Team members or appointed (but far more infrequently - there has been a total of one occasion of bureaucrats being appointed in history).

Credit to NYCDOT for the original FAQs and idea.

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Make your post now! We welcome questions and suggestions of any kind

Credit to asqwde for the idea for this topic

Ooh yay, I saw the discussion in the wiki community portal. I think this is a great idea!

Ohh, this is awesome!

Hey there! This sounds super cool! But I have a question that has been on my mind for a while:
If you sign up for a Wiki account or if you get accepted, do you get an email about all of this Wiki stuff?

YubNubEwok wrote:

Hey there! This sounds super cool! But I have a question that has been on my mind for a while:
If you sign up for a Wiki account or if you get accepted, do you get an email about all of this Wiki stuff?

No; not that I know of.

PrincessFlowerTV wrote:

YubNubEwok wrote:

Hey there! This sounds super cool! But I have a question that has been on my mind for a while:
If you sign up for a Wiki account or if you get accepted, do you get an email about all of this Wiki stuff?

No; not that I know of.

Okay, thank you!

YubNubEwok wrote:

PrincessFlowerTV wrote:

YubNubEwok wrote:

Hey there! This sounds super cool! But I have a question that has been on my mind for a while:
If you sign up for a Wiki account or if you get accepted, do you get an email about all of this Wiki stuff?

No; not that I know of.

Okay, thank you!

Actually, if your account is accepted you get an email with a temporary password to log in with; there are also options for additional email notifications that are off by default.

May I ask why this may exist? Why not use the CP?

Banana

banana439monkey wrote:

May I ask why this may exist? Why not use the CP?

Banana

Because not all Scratchers can use the CP! You can only use the CP if you have a wiki account - for here you only need to have a Scratch account, so questions can come more directly.

hello 60s rule my old friend

kenny2scratch wrote:

YubNubEwok wrote:

PrincessFlowerTV wrote:

YubNubEwok wrote:

Hey there! This sounds super cool! But I have a question that has been on my mind for a while:
If you sign up for a Wiki account or if you get accepted, do you get an email about all of this Wiki stuff?

No; not that I know of.

Okay, thank you!

Actually, if your account is accepted you get an email with a temporary password to log in with; there are also options for additional email notifications that are off by default.

Ah, okay, thank you very much!

Awesome!

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Hi there! This seems like a cool idea!

This is a great idea!

Great job! Why did did it transfer to the new domain? Also, if I sign up to be a Wiki Editor, what am I supposed to do?(I know there's an application process)
One more thing, AgentQuirt becoming FPC was shown a few days late. Why?

AfraidRacer wrote:

Great job! Why did did it transfer to the new domain? Also, if I sign up to be a Wiki Editor, what am I supposed to do?(I know there's an application process)
One more thing, AgentQuirt becoming FPC was shown a few days late. Why?

That was due to WikiMonitor being turned off by a vandal. WikiMonitor has a script that detects new curators and adds them to the section. It also removes the least recent event, I believe.

Banana

AfraidRacer wrote:

Great job! Why did did it transfer to the new domain? Also, if I sign up to be a Wiki Editor, what am I supposed to do?(I know there's an application process)

The rationale for the transfer can be found in the Wiki CP topic here.

The application process can be found here.

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Wait- I thought you were going to get this stickied according to the real community portal discussion? I’ll report it to be stickied anyways

AAAH! The Scratch Wiki has turned PURPLE!