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unisparks8 wrote:

I went to April Fools pages of Scratch Store, and it says WcDonalds.com isn't safe and will steal my info. IS it safe?

Alimutairi wrote:

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Explode Computer

when I start as a clone
create clone of [myself v]
delete this clone

GvYoutube wrote:

unisparks8 wrote:

I went to April Fools pages of Scratch Store, and it says WcDonalds.com isn't safe and will steal my info. IS it safe?

…
I really want you to think about that sentence…
also, yes its safe, it just redirects to mcdonalds.com despite a privacy error

unisparks8 wrote:

GvYoutube wrote:

unisparks8 wrote:

I went to April Fools pages of Scratch Store, and it says WcDonalds.com isn't safe and will steal my info. IS it safe?

…
I really want you to think about that sentence…
also, yes its safe, it just redirects to mcdonalds.com despite a privacy error

It wont let me go to Wcdonalds. My computer is way overprotective lol

GvYoutube wrote:

unisparks8 wrote:

GvYoutube wrote:

unisparks8 wrote:

I went to April Fools pages of Scratch Store, and it says WcDonalds.com isn't safe and will steal my info. IS it safe?

…
I really want you to think about that sentence…
also, yes its safe, it just redirects to mcdonalds.com despite a privacy error

It wont let me go to Wcdonalds. My computer is way overprotective lol

click the advanced options button…

PrincessFlowerTV wrote:

AfraidRacer wrote:

AAAH! The Scratch Wiki has turned PURPLE!

Yeah! It's so strange.
Does anyone know why?

Edit: New page!

mtnif wrote:

why am i no longer allowed to mention kaj on the scratch wiki april fools??? they stated “abuse”, but i have never seen any instances of the term ever being abused on the wiki.

• The usage was getting excessive to the point any humor was long lost (this fits in with the efforts to more rigorously enforce quality standards this year)
  
• A lot of the cases were disrespectful, and even the ones that weren't outright disrespectful just got to be too much. Remember that kaj was a real person, and making fun of other people on Scratch is not allowed. We shouldn't have a double standard for users based on how notable they are for comments made over a decade ago.
  
• This is a form of encouragement for users to come up with new ideas. Unfortunately way too many of the April Fools pages are reusing a small number of jokes (and I will admit I contributed to that with the energy units thing), and some variety would majorly improve the quality.
  

jvvg wrote:

mtnif wrote:

why am i no longer allowed to mention kaj on the scratch wiki april fools??? they stated “abuse”, but i have never seen any instances of the term ever being abused on the wiki.

I am the one who made the decision to impose that rule, and there are a few reasons:

• The usage was getting excessive to the point any humor was long lost (this fits in with the efforts to more rigorously enforce quality standards this year)
  
• A lot of the cases were disrespectful, and even the ones that weren't outright disrespectful just got to be too much. Remember that kaj was a real person, and making fun of other people on Scratch is not allowed. We shouldn't have a double standard for users based on how notable they are for comments made over a decade ago.
  
• This is a form of encouragement for users to come up with new ideas. Unfortunately way too many of the April Fools pages are reusing a small number of jokes (and I will admit I contributed to that with the energy units thing), and some variety would majorly improve the quality.
  

Side note about energy units: I originally came up with that idea as a throwaway joke. I was writing the Scratch Team article with the idea that the Scratch Team is a group of evil kittens (fun fact: I am writing this with an evil full-grown cat in my lap). The entire thing was designed as a lead-up to a joke that there were complaints about the lack of diversity on the Scratch Team due to them all being kittens, and suggestions to add other animals such as bunny rabbits were rejected. That by itself wasn't enough for a full article, so I came up with the energy units thing to help expand it into a full article. I didn't really mean anything by it nor did I intend for it to be used on any other pages, but variations on it appear on all sorts of pages to the point where it's pretty overdone.

mtnif wrote:

when will i be allowed to mention kaj again?

jvvg wrote:

mtnif wrote:

when will i be allowed to mention kaj again?

Never. Even though the first and third reasons I mentioned will hopefully subside as existing usages get replaced with new things, the second one is sticking around. Use this as encouragement to come up with a new, more creative idea.

jvvg wrote:

mtnif wrote:

why am i no longer allowed to mention kaj on the scratch wiki april fools??? they stated “abuse”, but i have never seen any instances of the term ever being abused on the wiki.

I am the one who made the decision to impose that rule, and there are a few reasons:

• The usage was getting excessive to the point any humor was long lost (this fits in with the efforts to more rigorously enforce quality standards this year)
  
• A lot of the cases were disrespectful, and even the ones that weren't outright disrespectful just got to be too much. Remember that kaj was a real person, and making fun of other people on Scratch is not allowed. We shouldn't have a double standard for users based on how notable they are for comments made over a decade ago.
  
• This is a form of encouragement for users to come up with new ideas. Unfortunately way too many of the April Fools pages are reusing a small number of jokes (and I will admit I contributed to that with the energy units thing), and some variety would majorly improve the quality.
  

Side note about energy units: I originally came up with that idea as a throwaway joke. I was writing the Scratch Team article with the idea that the Scratch Team is a group of evil kittens (fun fact: I am writing this with an evil full-grown cat in my lap). The entire thing was designed as a lead-up to a joke that there were complaints about the lack of diversity on the Scratch Team due to them all being kittens, and suggestions to add other animals such as bunny rabbits were rejected. That by itself wasn't enough for a full article, so I came up with the energy units thing to help expand it into a full article. I didn't really mean anything by it nor did I intend for it to be used on any other pages, but variations on it appear on all sorts of pages to the point where it's pretty overdone.

StrongestFishEver8 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

mtnif wrote:

why am i no longer allowed to mention kaj on the scratch wiki april fools??? they stated “abuse”, but i have never seen any instances of the term ever being abused on the wiki.

I am the one who made the decision to impose that rule, and there are a few reasons:

• The usage was getting excessive to the point any humor was long lost (this fits in with the efforts to more rigorously enforce quality standards this year)
  
• A lot of the cases were disrespectful, and even the ones that weren't outright disrespectful just got to be too much. Remember that kaj was a real person, and making fun of other people on Scratch is not allowed. We shouldn't have a double standard for users based on how notable they are for comments made over a decade ago.
  
• This is a form of encouragement for users to come up with new ideas. Unfortunately way too many of the April Fools pages are reusing a small number of jokes (and I will admit I contributed to that with the energy units thing), and some variety would majorly improve the quality.
  

Side note about energy units: I originally came up with that idea as a throwaway joke. I was writing the Scratch Team article with the idea that the Scratch Team is a group of evil kittens (fun fact: I am writing this with an evil full-grown cat in my lap). The entire thing was designed as a lead-up to a joke that there were complaints about the lack of diversity on the Scratch Team due to them all being kittens, and suggestions to add other animals such as bunny rabbits were rejected. That by itself wasn't enough for a full article, so I came up with the energy units thing to help expand it into a full article. I didn't really mean anything by it nor did I intend for it to be used on any other pages, but variations on it appear on all sorts of pages to the point where it's pretty overdone.

Kaj was a real person? I thought he got made up by a st member and then stuff happened to make it so that he was well known in the scratch community

Is there any evidence to this? Or are you just saying kaj was a real person because it’s a name and some random person could have that same name

StrongestFishEver8 wrote:

Kaj was a real person? I thought he got made up by a st member and then stuff happened to make it so that he was well known in the scratch community

Is there any evidence to this? Or are you just saying kaj was a real person because it’s a name and some random person could have that same name