Suggestions about the forums

monstermash3

1. “Guides and Tutorials” forum
There are forums where you answer other people's questions. There are also specific ITopics. But I feel like there needs to be a forum specifically for guides and tutorials. I know you can do tutorial projects, but for scripting tutorials, the forums can be better because you have the scratchblocks tag and stuff.
Edit: Duplicate?
Edit-2: Maybe the ST should give permission to use the forum so we don't end up with tutorials from new scratchers like

Use
when this sprite clicked
to make the blocks work when a sprite is clicked! Easy!

2. “Things I'm Working On in Scratch” forum
There is a Show and Tell forum where you can advertise your projects that are already shared, and a Things I'm Making and Creating forum for things you are making outside of Scratch. I think there might be something missing. We need a forum for things you are still making inside Scratch.

3. Replace “Other Languages” forum
The “Other Languages” forum is for non-English languages that we don't already have a forum for. It gets misused a lot. I feel like a good amount of the threads in that forum are made-up/pretend/joke languages. I think we should get rid of that forum and instead have a “Request new language forum” link where you could request for the ST to add a whole new forum for your language. I know this might be hard for the ST, and it would be harder for the people that do speak other real languages, but on the other hand, it would prevent a LOT of spam.

4. Referring to quoted posts easier
Sometimes you see a post quoting another post (or a portion of another post) and you can't find the original post that is quoted here. This could happen often in a forum thread with a lot of posts, like a sticky topic. Maybe when you click the “Quote” button, in your quote it would say “in post” with a link to the quoted post. I will show an example below quoting this. Edit: Zro716 thinks the following form would be good:

[quote=#POSTNUMBERHERE][/quote]

I agree with this idea, except I don't know if it would be difficult to have a tag that displays a username without having it in the code.

Edit: Another suggestion about quotes. Maybe you should get a notification when you get quoted in the forums.
Supporters: Cream_E_Cookie
Semi-supporters: samanyolu

Supporters:
1. -NeonCity-, Blank1234, matey1234, Zarlog, BookOwl, Cream-E-Cookie (if it is restricted to scratchers who have joined two months or more ago), ChocoBox, GodzillaKing100, MegaApuTurkUltra
2. Nether_before, Zekrom01, -NeonCity-, Zarlog, BookOwl, DrKat123, Cream-E-Cookie, ChocoBox, GodzillaKing100, wizard192, MegaApuTurkUltra
3. seanbobe (only if you can still access other languages if your language is set to one), Nether_before, -NeonCity-, matey1234 (same as seanbobe), IronBit_Studios, Zarlog, ChocoBox, GodzillaKing100, purplebook163
4. seanbobe, Econinja, Nether_before, -NeonCity-, Vetpetmon, Zarlog, BookOwl, DrKat123, ChocoBox, GodzillaKing100, arman516, Zro716, MegaApuTurkUltra, purplebook163

Semi-supporters:
1. Zekrom01
2. Blank1234
3. Econinja (support for in announcements), DrKat123
4. TheAwesomeMaster, BlueCrayfish, wizard192, charlesdog

Non-supporters:
1. rollercoasterfan, wayyyy, TheAwesomeMaster, seanbobe, Econinja, Hamish752, DaSpudLord, samanyolu, BlueCrayfish, DrKat123, TheHockeyist, wizard192, Zro716, charlesdog
2. rollercoasterfan, TheAwesomeMaster, seanbobe, Econinja (if his/her opinion about show and tell is correct), Hamish752, DaSpudLord, matey1234, samanyolu, BlueCrayfish, TheHockeyist, Zro716, charlesdog
3. rollercoasterfan, Hamish752, DaSpudLord, Zekrom01, Blank1234, Rumanti, BookOwl, BlueCrayfish, TheHockeyist, wizard192, Zro716, MegaApuTurkUltra, charlesdog
4. Hamish752, DaSpudLord, Zekrom01, matey1234, samanyolu, TheHockeyist

Not decided yet:
1. Rumanti, purplebook163
2. wayyyy, Rumanti, purplebook163
3. wayyyy, TheAwesomeMaster, samanyolu, Cream-E-Cookie
4. rollercoasterfan, wayyyy, Rumanti

25% support:
1. Nether_before, ev3coolexit987654
2. ev3coolexit987654
3. ev3coolexit987654
4. Blank1234, ev3coolexit987654

75% support:
1. IronBit_Studios
2. IronBit_Studios
3. none at the moment
4. IronBit_Studios, Cream-E-Cookie

Supporters PLEASE!!! This topic is getting more and more non-support, and I'm not sure if I should close it. These suggestions, especially 1, are getting more non-support than support.

Last edited by monstermash3 (Nov. 9, 2015 02:06:45)

monstermash3

monstermash3 wrote (in post #1):

I will show an example below quoting this.

This is the example. This is what it would look like.

Last edited by monstermash3 (Aug. 27, 2015 23:48:46)

rollercoasterfan

1. Technically, I think you can post that stuff in Questions About Scratch and/or Help With Scripts
2. Project Ideas is what you'd use, or even Show and Tell would work
3. No support, it's fine how it is, and they're really useful to those who don't speak English
4. But how would this work? Could you give more detail?
EDIT: Nevermind, I see. But why is it needed?
EDIT EDIT: And what if I were to change the quote like this:

monstermash3 wrote:
Not decided yet:
1. xD adfha
2. asdga ment
3. nosdhfdhdfhe moment
4247572. nah haha

Last edited by rollercoasterfan (Aug. 27, 2015 23:52:33)

monstermash3

rollercoasterfan wrote:
1. Technically, I think you can post that stuff in Questions About Scratch and/or Help With Scripts

Still, to sort it, we should have a separate forum.

rollercoasterfan wrote:
2. Project Ideas is what you'd use, or even Show and Tell would work

Are you sure? I think Project Ideas is just for getting ideas.

rollercoasterfan wrote:
3. No support, it's fine how it is, and they're really useful to those who don't speak English

That's true, but I feel like the real language threads are all buried under joke language threads.

rollercoasterfan wrote:
4. But how would this work? Could you give more detail?

See my example in post 2.

Last edited by monstermash3 (Aug. 27, 2015 23:54:35)

monstermash3

rollercoasterfan wrote:
EDIT: Nevermind, I see. But why is it needed?

If you just do portions, it's hard to tell which post it is from.

wayyyy

No support for 1 because “help with scripts” does this well.

I'm unsure for all the others.

TheAwesomeMaster

1) There's already “Help with Scripts” forum, many tutorials can be found there. No support
2) A lot of people wouldn't use it very much, as it's not really worth discussing. You can use the “What I'm working on” section of your profile. No support
3) Hmm… I haven't been seeing the “Other Languages” forum lately, so I don't know. None
4) That might be helpful, but I don't see why the forums should need it if you only wanted to quote an important part of a post. Semi-Support

Last edited by TheAwesomeMaster (Aug. 29, 2015 02:52:42)

seanbobe

1. just use questions about scratch.
2. show and tell
3. only support if you can still access the other languages forum if your language is set to the language you want to access.
4. support.

Econinja

monstermash3 wrote:
from post #1
1. “Guides and Tutorials” forum
There are forums where you answer other people's questions. There are also specific ITopics. But I feel like there needs to be a forum specifically for guides and tutorials. I know you can do tutorial projects, but for scripting tutorials, the forums can be better because you have the scratchblocks tag and stuff.
No support, use other forums for that.

2. “Things I'm Working On in Scratch” forum
There is a Show and Tell forum where you can advertise your projects that are already shared, and a Things I'm Making and Creating forum for things you are making outside of Scratch. I think there might be something missing. We need a forum for things you are still making inside Scratch.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Show & Tell can also be used for that and if it's with multiple people, collaboration. No support unless somebody corrects me with the Show & Tell thing.

3. Replace “Other Languages” forum
The “Other Languages” forum is for non-English languages that we don't already have a forum for. It gets misused a lot. I feel like a good amount of the threads in that forum are made-up/pretend/joke languages. I think we should get rid of that forum and instead have a “Request new language forum” link where you could request for the ST to add a whole new forum for your language. I know this might be hard for the ST, and it would be harder for the people that do speak other real languages, but on the other hand, it would prevent a LOT of spam.
Semi support. What I think is that it should be like the announcements forum, you click a link (like what you suggested) and then the ST approves it and makes a new topic for the speakers to post on. If more people post on it, a new forums (made by the ST of course) will be implemented, like current systems.
4. Referring to quoted posts easier
Sometimes you see a post quoting another post (or a portion of another post) and you can't find the original post that is quoted here. This could happen often in a forum thread with a lot of posts, like a sticky topic. Maybe when you click the “Quote” button, in your quote it would say “in post” with a link to the quoted post. I will show an example below quoting this.
Support so it's not confusing.

What I think in italics.
(BTW, I'm a boy)

Last edited by Econinja (Aug. 31, 2015 03:42:52)

Nether_before

1) 25% support, those topics can easily fit in Help With Scripts.
2)Support, I can see this being very useful. It would separate the unfinished and finished projects from one-another which would stop confusion or disappointment when a project is not actually done. It would allow people to see what others are working on and follow the forum for updates. It could also help people build up “hype” for the game as the current methods of doing so aren't very effective.
3) Support, this seems like a better system.
4) SUPPORT! This would make it less confusing.

Hamish752

1. Just use questions about scratch. No support.
2. Show an tell is for telling people about projects/studios. Not just ads. No support.
3. No support. It does get misused, but so does every other forum.
4. No support. This would be difficult. What if you changed the post a bit? Then where would it link?

DaSpudLord

rollercoasterfan wrote:
1. Technically, I think you can post that stuff in Questions About Scratch and/or Help With Scripts
2. Project Ideas is what you'd use, or even Show and Tell would work
3. No support, it's fine how it is, and they're really useful to those who don't speak English
4. But how would this work? Could you give more detail?
EDIT: Nevermind, I see. But why is it needed?
EDIT EDIT: And what if I were to change the quote like this:
monstermash3 wrote:
Not decided yet:
1. xD adfha
2. asdga ment
3. nosdhfdhdfhe moment
4247572. nah haha

No support as per this.

Zekrom01

1. Semi-support, you can just use Help With Scripts.
2. Support… I guess…
3. No support, just suggest it in Suggestions. Or Scratch will probably make one.
4. No support as per:

rollercoasterfan wrote:
EDIT EDIT: And what if I were to change the quote like this:
monstermash3 wrote:
Not decided yet:
1. xD adfha
2. asdga ment
3. nosdhfdhdfhe moment
4247572. nah haha

Last edited by Zekrom01 (Aug. 28, 2015 15:42:40)

monstermash3

Bump.

-NeonCity-

I may sound like a lazy person, but I give a support to all of these. Full support for all.

Blank1234

1. Support
2. Semi-support
3. No support
4. 25% support

Last edited by Blank1234 (Aug. 31, 2015 03:18:30)

matey1234

1. support
2. no support as per rollercoasterfan
3. support as per seanbobe
4. no support as per rollercoasterfan

monstermash3

Bump.

ZozaTech

Your first suggestion is a duplicate.

monstermash3

ZozaTech wrote:
Your first suggestion is a duplicate.

If you are referring to this topic, this thread was made first, so it's not a duplicate.

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