The Ultimate Guide to Bans

Gamation

NOTE: A lot of this topic is copied from the Scratch Wiki's article on bans.

A lot of you have probably heard of being banned on Scratch, but you probably don't know what it means, so I made this topic!

Table of Contents

What is a ban/block, and how can I be banned?

The four types of bans

Muting

How to get unbanned

FAQ about bans

Banning controversy

Have I forgotten anything?

Afterword

What is a ban/block, and how can I be banned?

A ban, also known as a block, is when the Scratch Team decides to disallow a user or IP address/range from accessing the Scratch Website. Bans are issued when users behave inappropriately, make disrespectful actions to others, flame, troll, bully, post links to commercial websites, or do anything generally considered ‘bad’ or against the Community Guidelines for a continuous amount of time.
-As copied from the Scratch Wiki

The three types of bans
There are three types of bans, ranking from least to worst:
- Sharing ban
A sharing ban occurs when the user has repeatedly post projects and comments that go against the guidelines. This ban prevents the user from making comments, editing their profile, changing project titles, and sharing projects, while still allowing the user to log in. It's miserable.
- Account ban
An account ban occurs when the Scratcher has continually done something against the Community Guidelines on their account. This is the most common type of ban.
- IP ban
IP bans are normally used when a user creates alternate accounts in order to get around an account ban. The IP ban prevents access on the network that has the banned IP, preventing the Scratcher from using a different account to continue their trouble. However, this does not stop the user since this can be evaded by using proxies or changing the IP address. Bugs have been reported that the IP ban can make users that are innocent to become unexpectedly banned.
- From the Scratch Wiki

There is one more type of ban, that is only used on the Scratch Wiki:
- Wiki ban
A wiki ban occurs when a Scratch Wiki editor continually posts something rude or mature, or vandalizes the Wiki. However, this ban is exceedingly rare, because all users on the Wiki must request accounts and there are fairly high standards to receive one.

Muting
Thanks Abstract- for this!
You can get muted on an account if you have posted recent disrespectful posts. There is a “muting time” thing, just like ban time, and it can go from 1 day to as long as the Scratch Team wants. If you are muted, a popup says something like “The bad word detector thinks that there was something wrong with your recent posts. Please stay respectful and follow he community guidelines. You have been muted for the rest of the day.” or however long. You are still able to share projects and might be able to edit your About Me and What I'm Working On. But you cannot post comments or post in the forums.

How to get unbanned
If you are banned you must appeal to get unbanned. Here's the Scratch Wiki's opinion on appealing:

On the Scratch Website, when a user is banned, he/she must contact the Scratch Team to explain what he/she did and promise that he/she will behave properly in the future. Upon receiving the message, the Scratch Team may decide either to set the ban to expire or take no action. If the ban is set to expire, it is usually set to 3.5 days the first time the user is banned, and double that time for each subsequent ban. If the Scratch Team decides to take no action, then they will respond with a message saying why the user will not be unbanned.

So, try not to get banned, kids! I've been banned, and it's awful!

Banning Controversy
Welp, I can't really explain this, so let's let the Scratch Wiki save me again.

Some users complain about Scratch Team unfairly banning people. Although there are occasionally misunderstandings and mistakes made by Scratch Team, this is usually not the case. Sometimes, if a popular Scratcher is banned, Scratchers may create studios and projects asking for the Scratch Team to unblock them. These are usually deleted by the Scratch Team for spreading drama in the community, or because the users may not know the full story. Other times, the Scratcher themselves may use another account to get around their block. This usually results in an IP ban.

FAQ about bans
- What is a block?
A block is the same thing as a ban
- Is there such thing as a “Forum Ban?”
Bans on the forums, or “Forum Bans”, were once implemented in Scratch 1.4, although they are not in this version of Scratch. Here's what the Scratch Wiki has to say about what they were:

Most bans on the Scratch Forums occurred when a user either often sparked flame wars or posted links to commercial websites. Bans on the forums were rarer than on the Scratch website, as far fewer users used the forums than the main website, but could be equally bad. Both the Scratch Team and Community Moderators could ban users on the forums.

- Is there any way to get around a ban?
Technically there is, by creating another account with a different IP address and a different confirmation email, but both me and the ST trust you to not try and get around a ban, because this resets the ban time.
- I have another question.
Awesome! Questions are definitely welcome. Ask me it on my profile or in the forum, and I'll not only answer it but I'll add it into the FAQ!

Have I forgotten anything?
Post it below! I will add it in this guide! (i.e. grammar error or I haven't mentioned IP bans or something alike that)

HELP REQUEST(S):
- How to use the list and /list formatting
- Confirm that you can edit your About Me and What I'm Working on when you're muted.

Afterword
I hope you know a lot more about what the ST does and how banning works now! Please post below if you have any questions! And try not to get banned!

Last edited by Gamation (June 3, 2016 13:16:23)

Gamation

Bump!

Bumpidy bumpidy bump! XD

IronBit_Studios

Nice.
Reported for Sticky/iTopic

Gamation

IronBit_Studios wrote:
Nice.
Reported for Sticky/iTopic

Thanks a lot!

Gamation

IronBit_Studios wrote:
Nice.
Reported for Sticky/iTopic

Thanks!

wait, I posted twice . . . xD

Last edited by Gamation (March 11, 2016 01:43:29)

MathlyCat

What makes this different from the wiki page?? If you are making a sticky-to-be it needs to be unique and should not have an already existing counterpart. I could literally make a topic linking the wiki on bans. It would be no different from this.

What I'm recommending is that you make the sticky be a lot more concise and to the point. We don't need wiki duplicates.

Gamation

MathlyCat wrote:
What makes this different from the wiki page?? If you are making a sticky-to-be it needs to be unique and should not have an already existing counterpart. I could literally make a topic linking the wiki on bans. It would be no different from this.

What I'm recommending is that you make the sticky be a lot more concise and to the point. We don't need wiki duplicates.

lol this isn't a sticky to be and it isn't a wiki duplicate xD

MathlyCat

Gamation wrote:
MathlyCat wrote:
What makes this different from the wiki page?? If you are making a sticky-to-be it needs to be unique and should not have an already existing counterpart. I could literally make a topic linking the wiki on bans. It would be no different from this.

What I'm recommending is that you make the sticky be a lot more concise and to the point. We don't need wiki duplicates.

lol this isn't a sticky to be and it isn't a wiki duplicate xD

1. Then what is this if it's not a sticky-to-be?
2. You don't get my point, please be a bit more serious when reading my post, thanks. -_-

Last edited by MathlyCat (March 11, 2016 03:28:49)

OmnipotentPotato

9/10 waaay too many emoticons to be taken seriously

Last edited by OmnipotentPotato (March 11, 2016 04:21:14)

Gamation

OmnipotentPotato wrote:
9/10 waaay too many emoticons to be taken seriously

Sorry XP

OmnipotentPotato

MathlyCat wrote:
Gamation wrote:
MathlyCat wrote:
What makes this different from the wiki page?? If you are making a sticky-to-be it needs to be unique and should not have an already existing counterpart. I could literally make a topic linking the wiki on bans. It would be no different from this.

What I'm recommending is that you make the sticky be a lot more concise and to the point. We don't need wiki duplicates.

lol this isn't a sticky to be and it isn't a wiki duplicate xD
1. Then what is this if it's not a sticky-to-be?
2. You don't get my point, please be a bit more serious when reading my post, thanks. -_-

and agree 100% with this btw

mrbobbygreathead

You were banned yourself? (*tut tut*).

wingedbird

i have been banned cuz i said “collab”

wingedbird

OmnipotentPotato wrote:
MathlyCat wrote:
Gamation wrote:
MathlyCat wrote:
What makes this different from the wiki page?? If you are making a sticky-to-be it needs to be unique and should not have an already existing counterpart. I could literally make a topic linking the wiki on bans. It would be no different from this.

What I'm recommending is that you make the sticky be a lot more concise and to the point. We don't need wiki duplicates.

lol this isn't a sticky to be and it isn't a wiki duplicate xD
1. Then what is this if it's not a sticky-to-be?
2. You don't get my point, please be a bit more serious when reading my post, thanks. -_-
and agree 100% with this btw

i agree with @gamation

Gamation

MathlyCat wrote:
Gamation wrote:
MathlyCat wrote:
What makes this different from the wiki page?? If you are making a sticky-to-be it needs to be unique and should not have an already existing counterpart. I could literally make a topic linking the wiki on bans. It would be no different from this.

What I'm recommending is that you make the sticky be a lot more concise and to the point. We don't need wiki duplicates.

lol this isn't a sticky to be and it isn't a wiki duplicate xD
1. Then what is this if it's not a sticky-to-be?
2. You don't get my point, please be a bit more serious when reading my post, thanks. -_-

This is a forum post xD I didn't expect it to be stickied either, and if you are just going to be negative, I'll just close the topic.

Gamation

mrbobbygreathead wrote:
You were banned yourself? (*tut tut*).

Yeah. My mistake.

OmnipotentPotato

Gamation wrote:
MathlyCat wrote:
Gamation wrote:
MathlyCat wrote:
What makes this different from the wiki page?? If you are making a sticky-to-be it needs to be unique and should not have an already existing counterpart. I could literally make a topic linking the wiki on bans. It would be no different from this.

What I'm recommending is that you make the sticky be a lot more concise and to the point. We don't need wiki duplicates.

lol this isn't a sticky to be and it isn't a wiki duplicate xD
1. Then what is this if it's not a sticky-to-be?
2. You don't get my point, please be a bit more serious when reading my post, thanks. -_-

This is a forum post xD I didn't expect it to be stickied either, and if you are just going to be negative, I'll just close the topic.

they aren't being negative at all, you were brushing off everything they said even though it's completely valid.

if you didn't intend for this to be a sticky, the Q&A forum is meant for topics asking questions, not topics answering them.

cs156175

this is good, but you may want to add more things here that cannot be found on the wiki

Galleigo

Dude, are you following your glitch shop forum? You aren't responding to requests ;_; (Sorry4OffTopicking)

I_am_the_rock

Awesome m8 TheCad1 should have read this. and one more message: Don't get banned! It suuuuuuucks! I've been banned too. no using scratch for like, 2 whole entire weeks! lol

Last edited by I_am_the_rock (April 7, 2016 14:57:56)

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