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coolitsusa
New to Scratch
100+ posts

The Wiki has some outdated information/ things that should be edited or rewritten

I don't have a Wiki account and I'm not experienced with Wikis at all, so I'll post here and someone can sort it out if they want.

1. Show and Tell (forum)
Show and Tell used to be the most active forum on Scratch, but since the Miscellaneous forum was released, it swiftly overtook this one.
Miscellaneous is no longer used.

2. Ban
Not everyone can ban users—only the Scratch Team, Community Moderators (on the Scratch Forums), TBG Moderators (on the Text Based Games Forums), and Scratch Wiki bureaucrats (on the Scratch Wiki) can.
The TBGs have been discontinued and cannot ban user anymore.

3. Comment (website feature)
Replying to the first comment on a project with “lower” and “lowest”.
This is not an issue anymore because child comments are always lower.

4. Kaj
Kaj is referred to as a she in the first paragraph, but s/he in the second. Not outdated, but inconsistent.

5. Project Tags
Pretty much the whole article, but you guys already know that. Also you can have four tags now, not just three.

6. Friend's List
Almost all information on this page is outdated, as there aren't friend lists any more and the information describing how you see them on the old userpages is old.

7. Favorite

These images are just ugly.

8. Scratch Community
There are many Scratchers that are extremely active on the main site. They share many projects, host Scratch Competitions, and play Role-Playing Games.
There are also references to users being active on the site by playing TBGs, which are not a part of Scratch any more. Miscellaneous is also mentions as if it's still part of the site.

Anyways, those are just a few things I noticed, that I suggest you Wiki peeps should fix one of these days. I might add some others soon.
ProdigyZeta7
Scratcher
1000+ posts

The Wiki has some outdated information/ things that should be edited or rewritten

5. Project Tags
Pretty much the whole article, but you guys already know that. Also you can have four tags now, not just three.
:O We can? I never noticed!

7. Favorite


These images are just ugly.
Lol, what an excellent description.

Well, yes, I believe it's high-time the Wiki gets a fresh update on its content.



EH7meowBeta
Scratcher
28 posts

The Wiki has some outdated information/ things that should be edited or rewritten

coolitsusa wrote:

1. Show and Tell (forum)
Show and Tell used to be the most active forum on Scratch, but since the Miscellaneous forum was released, it swiftly overtook this one.
Miscellaneous is no longer used.
Thanks I've just fixed that now!

coolitsusa wrote:

2. Ban
Not everyone can ban users—only the Scratch Team, Community Moderators (on the Scratch Forums), TBG Moderators (on the Text Based Games Forums), and Scratch Wiki bureaucrats (on the Scratch Wiki) can.
The TBGs have been discontinued and cannot ban user anymore.
Ok, I fixed that and more just now.

coolitsusa wrote:

3. Comment (website feature)
Replying to the first comment on a project with “lower” and “lowest”.
This is not an issue anymore because child comments are always lower.
I'm afraid I don't understand what you're saying. Please can you explain in more detail.

coolitsusa wrote:

4. Kaj
Kaj is referred to as a she in the first paragraph, but s/he in the second. Not outdated, but inconsistent.
Fixed this!

coolitsusa wrote:

5. Project Tags
Pretty much the whole article, but you guys already know that. Also you can have four tags now, not just three.
I just checked and you can't use four tags.

coolitsusa wrote:

6. Friend's List
Almost all information on this page is outdated, as there aren't friend lists any more and the information describing how you see them on the old userpages is old.
Added a tag saying this was an obsolete feature at the top.

coolitsusa wrote:

7. Favorite

These images are just ugly.
True, but they do still do their job of showing a favourite button.

coolitsusa wrote:

8. Scratch Community
There are many Scratchers that are extremely active on the main site. They share many projects, host Scratch Competitions, and play Role-Playing Games.
There are also references to users being active on the site by playing TBGs, which are not a part of Scratch any more. Miscellaneous is also mentions as if it's still part of the site.
Fixed the reference to the TBGs but I left the Misc one. It said “Miscers” were people who used Reading & Playing and Making & Creating. “Miscers” sounds like an ok name for people who use those forums.

Thanks for reporting these mistakes. I would recommend you become a Scratch Wiki contributor as fixing these mistakes would be a lot quicker if you were a contributor.


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coolitsusa
New to Scratch
100+ posts

The Wiki has some outdated information/ things that should be edited or rewritten

EH7meowBeta wrote:

True, but they do still do their job of showing a favourite button.
They would be fine if the “circles” were removed or replaced with actual circles.

I just checked and you can't use four tags.
Confirmed, I guess I was wrong :c

I'm afraid I don't understand what you're saying. Please can you explain in more detail.
When you replied to a child comment on the old site, your reply would be higher up than the last reply. If you were the first person to reply to the first child comment of the first comment on a project, you had the “lowest” comment. Users would keep replying on popular projects to be 2nd lowest, 3rd lowest, or any number the could get. It's not possible to abuse the comments like this anymore, because replying to a child comment puts your lower than the other replies, so nobody cares about getting lowest anymore.

Last edited by coolitsusa (Aug. 9, 2013 14:57:45)

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