I noticed that not all blocks - or even whole section - are completed with help…'articles'. I was wondering who was doing this and if it would be a help if certain Scratchers could contribute to the information missing.

Would this be possible and would anyone be interested in helping?

ProgrammingFreak
I noticed that not all blocks - or even whole section - are completed with help…'articles'. I was wondering who was doing this and if it would be a help if certain Scratchers could contribute to the information missing.Would this be possible and would anyone be interested in helping?

Once I get a little bit more experience, I could happily help with that.

ProgrammingFreak
I noticed that not all blocks - or even whole section - are completed with help…'articles'. I was wondering who was doing this and if it would be a help if certain Scratchers could contribute to the information missing.Would this be possible and would anyone be interested in helping?

I noticed that there's no information stored in the “Help” section as well, and I'd be happy to help contribute to them if I was given permission!

+1 I suggested that a while back…

veggieman001
It'd be especially nice if there were a link to the Scratch Wiki at the bottom as well.

yes! great idea. i dont like how the wiki is so… hidden in the current scratch 1.4 site

Yes, veggieman that would also be an improvement. I feel like no one even knows all the stuff they could learn from the wiki. >_>

ProgrammingFreak
Yes, veggieman that would also be an improvement. I feel like no one even knows all the stuff they could learn from the wiki. >_>

Yes, like:

Scratch Wiki
There are two kinds of classes [in Squeak]: static classes and dynamic classes.

and:

Scratch Wiki
Temporary variables are called “temps”. …It is conventional to name them t1, t2, t3, etc., but not necessary

Cool- and thanks for offering! Natalie is working diligently on the help for each block - look for updates soon! I think she has a plan for most of them, so not sure if she'll be needing additional help or not.

re: Linking to wiki, as a kind of “see more” section for certain help screens. I pushed for this as well. There may be some situations in which we will do it, but probably not all of them. I'll mention it to Natalie.

(In general though, there's a plan to index the wiki in the sitewide search, so that should drive more traffic to content there as well.)

It's great to hear your offers of help, and I agree about making the wiki more visible.

My sense is that the wiki is especially good for those who want to go further in learning about Scratch, whereas the help is mostly geared for beginners.

For example, the wiki pages about each block have “workarounds” near the top of the page that would be confusing for beginners just learning what the block does. I think the pages could be revised to be more beginner friendly (e.g., workarounds closer to the bottom of the page). However, overall, it seems to me right now the great strength of the wiki is for diving deeper. Do you agree with that? Interested to hear your thoughts about this.

natalie
My sense is that the wiki is especially good for those who want to go further in learning about Scratch, whereas the help is mostly geared for beginners.

As an experienced programmer, but relatively new to Scratch, I found the Wiki immensely helpful for familiarizing myself with Scratch terminology and available blocks. The dockable, inline help, look very promising. I really like the How-To organization by project type. That is going to be very useful for beginners in familiarizing themselves with best practices for various projects.

If you need any help writing, reviewing or just some feedback from a less experienced Scratcher, please don't hesitate to ask. Keep up the amazing work.

Richard

The help looks great, but will it be translated into other languages just like on the old site?
It looks more complicated to translate since it (doesn't look like) HTML. Are you planning on having some special software then for anybody wishing to translate, like for example me?

LS97

LS97
The help looks great, but will it be translated into other languages just like on the old site?
It looks more complicated to translate since it (doesn't look like) HTML. Are you planning on having some special software then for anybody wishing to translate, like for example me?

The current plan is to translate the strings in the tips window using Scratch translation server, which is used now to translate other parts of Scratch website. You can find more information on the translation process in this post on Scratch forums.

Abdulrahman
Scratch Team

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LS97

LS97
The help looks great, but will it be translated into other languages just like on the old site?
It looks more complicated to translate since it (doesn't look like) HTML. Are you planning on having some special software then for anybody wishing to translate, like for example me?

The current plan is to translate the strings in the tips window using Scratch translation server, which is used now to translate other parts of Scratch website. You can find more information on the translation process in this post on Scratch forums.

Abdulrahman
Scratch Team

OK, I signed up and started translating.

This is a great idea

DarthVaderE1017 wrote:

This is a great idea

This is a topic from guess what?

Two thousand twelve.
It makes no sense to ressurect it right now. reporting this topic to be closed

wait nvm the scratch wiki exists right? thats a help doc. when flag clicked

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airplanedodge wrote:

DarthVaderE1017 wrote:

This is a great idea

This is a topic from guess what?

Two thousand twelve.
It makes no sense to ressurect it right now. reporting this topic to be closed

Wait, don't! It's useful still for others to upvote this or downvote this suggestion.

dhfbei8987 wrote:

airplanedodge wrote:

DarthVaderE1017 wrote:

This is a great idea

This is a topic from guess what?

Two thousand twelve.
It makes no sense to ressurect it right now. reporting this topic to be closed

Wait, don't! It's useful still for others to upvote this or downvote this suggestion.

ok well im going to re report it and say nvm dont close this

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