Za-Chary wrote:

Hello - I would like to request that some of the wording on this article be changed: https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Collaboration_Accounts

The article seems to be stating that shared/collaboration accounts are simply “discouraged” by the Scratch Team (which many interpret that they are actually allowed), when in fact such accounts are not allowed, and will be blocked. I have recently seen some confusion from another Scratcher who seemed to think that shared accounts are allowed, but simply “discouraged.”

The only exception is shared accounts made by immediate family members (such as brother/sister or parent/child) — these sorts of shared accounts are allowed. Shared accounts between a teacher and their students are not allowed. Shared accounts between two cousins are not allowed. Shared accounts between two friends who know each other in real life are not allowed. Shared accounts between two Scratchers who don't know each other in real life are not allowed.

I'm not sure if other Scratch Team members handle these sorts of accounts differently, but I know that I just block any shared accounts that I see, not necessarily asking them to convert it to a single-user account. (Often these users already have a single-user account, so they are welcome to use those accounts to use Scratch.)

Paddle2See wrote:

A teacher makes the students use only one account - is that okay?
It is discouraged, because if one student broke the community guidelines, the entire class would lose their account.

Za-Chary wrote:

Shared accounts between two Scratchers who don't know each other in real life are not allowed.

Paddle2See wrote:

A problem with using shared collaboration accounts is that there is no clear record of who did what parts of the project - and there are no backup versions of the project if something gets messed up.

Za-Chary wrote:

Hello - I would like to request that some of the wording on this article be changed: https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Collaboration_Accounts

The article seems to be stating that shared/collaboration accounts are simply “discouraged” by the Scratch Team (which many interpret that they are actually allowed), when in fact such accounts are not allowed, and will be blocked. I have recently seen some confusion from another Scratcher who seemed to think that shared accounts are allowed, but simply “discouraged.”

The only exception is shared accounts made by immediate family members (such as brother/sister or parent/child) — these sorts of shared accounts are allowed. Shared accounts between a teacher and their students are not allowed. Shared accounts between two cousins are not allowed. Shared accounts between two friends who know each other in real life are not allowed. Shared accounts between two Scratchers who don't know each other in real life are not allowed.

I'm not sure if other Scratch Team members handle these sorts of accounts differently, but I know that I just block any shared accounts that I see, not necessarily asking them to convert it to a single-user account. (Often these users already have a single-user account, so they are welcome to use those accounts to use Scratch.)

jvvg wrote:

I have updated the article (using your post as a reference) to explicitly say collaboration accounts are not allowed, and I also added a warning at the top.

Za-Chary wrote:

jvvg wrote:

I have updated the article (using your post as a reference) to explicitly say collaboration accounts are not allowed, and I also added a warning at the top.

Looks great, thank you!

dertermenter wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

jvvg wrote:

I have updated the article (using your post as a reference) to explicitly say collaboration accounts are not allowed, and I also added a warning at the top.

Looks great, thank you!

People think this as the FAQ said they are discouraged. Can you please update the FAQ then?

Is it OK to have more than one person logged into an account?
This is not allowed because the website and project editor can easily get confused when more than one person is logged in to the same account.

Za-Chary wrote:

-snip-
Looks great, thank you!

The Scratch Wiki wrote:

A common structure of having all of the members share a single account is frowned upon and highly discouraged by the Scratch Team, and could lead to a block of that account. Instead, it is recommended that the users remix existing projects by other members of the collaboration. The owner of the collaboration account can then put the final result on it.

46009361 wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

-snip-
Looks great, thank you!

The page Collaboration (group) still says discouraged:

The Scratch Wiki wrote:

A common structure of having all of the members share a single account is frowned upon and highly discouraged by the Scratch Team, and could lead to a block of that account. Instead, it is recommended that the users remix existing projects by other members of the collaboration. The owner of the collaboration account can then put the final result on it.

Scratchy697 wrote:

How do you make a wiki redirect to a website outside of scratch wiki?
or you can't do that?

#REDIRECT [[wikipedia:Wikipedia Article Name]]

#REDIRECT [[projects:463724280]]

dogsmakemehappy wrote:

46009361 wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

-snip-
Looks great, thank you!

The page Collaboration (group) still says discouraged:

The Scratch Wiki wrote:

A common structure of having all of the members share a single account is frowned upon and highly discouraged by the Scratch Team, and could lead to a block of that account. Instead, it is recommended that the users remix existing projects by other members of the collaboration. The owner of the collaboration account can then put the final result on it.

Done. However, can someone do the reference from za-charys post?

1. Mention that collaboration accounts with immediate family members are allowed
   
2. Change “could” to “will”
   
3. Change the reference post ID from 1036678 to 4967646
   

Scratchy697 wrote:

Should this bit.ly link i found on the wiki be removed?

Scratchy697 wrote:

Should this bit.ly link i found on the wiki be removed?

46009361 wrote:

The edit is not fully done yet. Please do the following:

1. Mention that collaboration accounts with immediate family members are allowed
   
2. Change “could” to “will”
   
3. Change the reference post ID from 1036678 to 4967646