Talk:List of Misconceptions about Scratch

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The rest need more examples of misconceptions.
3sal2 (talk | contribs) 00:13, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

How many of these are actual misconceptions?

Out of the following list, I haven't seen a single example of somebody thinking that:

• If-then loop
• Report only being for inappropriate material
• Lack of a dustbin

In addition, is the Kaj section even necessary?
jvvg (talk | contribs) 16:31, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Lightnin on the "forever if" block. One down...
Djdolphin (talk | contribs) 17:54, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Where did you see it saying that report was only for inappropriate material?
ErnieParke (talk | contribs) 00:06, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Scratch Website → Forums
jvvg (talk | contribs) 00:09, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't see it saying that:

"The Report button is not only useful for reporting inappropriate material. It has other uses, too. For instance, moving forum topics when they are not in the right one is done by reporting."

What I read is that the report button can be useful for things other then inappropriate material.
ErnieParke (talk | contribs) 00:26, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Now that you mention it, there aren't many real misconceptions.
derpmeup (talk | contribs) 02:13, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

I noticed people being afraid to report things. It was one of the misconceptions i tried to dispel during my period as a mod.
Scimonster (talk | contribs) 19:02, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

TheLogFather's misconception suggestions

He posted these on the forums when ErnieParke asked, but they were never edited into the wiki. I'm not really competent to understand them all, but here they are.

It is not true that:

• loops continue to run concurrently across scripts while a non-refresh script is running

• sensors in booleans sent as parameters into custom blocks can change the parameter's value while the custom block script is running (e.g. “key space pressed?” etc.)

• “touching mouse-pointer” isn't sensed by a hidden sprite (maybe it's more likely that the possibility just wasn't even considered…?)

• using non-refresh custom blocks is the same as turbo mode (kinda related to first one, I guess)

• the use of Stage3D in the Scratch source code means Scratch will soon have built-in 3D capability

• “when key - pressed” hat blocks are broken (because they behave so erratically compared to boolean sensor)

• broadcasts only received by the original sprite, not clones (again, probably not even considered, until ‘hit’ by it)

• the layer number is like a ‘depth distance’ (rather than a position in a stack), so going back by 998 layers is different to going back 999

• Floating-Point numbers are exact (e.g. start with value 1, and subtract 0.1 ten times - help! why is answer not zero!?!? Why is cos(90) not zero? Why is tan(90) not infinity? etc.)

• sin, cos, tan functions use radians (mostly a trap for the more experienced coder coming to Scratch!)

-unsigned comment by Noumenon72 (talk | contribs)

I did add some of the misconceptions, just not all of them because some of them seemed obscure. Thanks for posting the list here though! :)
ErnieParke (talk | contribs) 17:33, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

Adding False Reporting as a misconception

A Scratcher suggested us to add False Reporting as a misconception to this list. I think that should be added but the wording is a subject that should be discussed. I believe that it should have something stating that Scratchers often lie that they were false reported to try to keep their self-image good. Many Scratchers also have the misconception that the Scratch Team false reports users, which is not true. What do you guys think?
R4356th (talk | contribs) 08:12, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

I don't think you got any responses, but I still think it might be a good idea to include. It's widely misunderstood.
Super_Scratch_Bros20 (talk | contribs) 05:48, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

 Support
 ahmetlii  Talk  Contributions  Directory  14:22, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

 Support, people think it happens more than it really does.
leahcimto talk • contribs • profile 13:39, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

About CubeUpload being censored

There's a misconception on here saying that CubeUpload will be blacklisted. A friend and I have both gotten alerts from sharing appropriate links to CubeUpload images just because they're from another site. Do you think that might be worth adding into the article?
Super_Scratch_Bros20 (talk / contribs) 01:36, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Username case changing

If I remember correctly, one can request to change the case of their username, as it's not a server change. An example would be from ceebee to Ceebee, typing this in a url goes to the same place.
Could this be added to the username section?
  2000139566 | She/They  💬 talk | ✍ contributions (120)   19:19, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@2000139566 If you can find a source from a ST member, then go ahead.
Gdxfor (talk | contribs) 03:28, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Gdxfor It's been so long since I remember hearing this, I'll see what I can do though.

  2000139566 | She/They  💬 talk | ✍ contributions (120)   15:52, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Scratch 4.0 release date

I removed an "outdated" box saying that Scratch 4.0 was aiming for a summer 2026 release. I did this because I saw some users recently talking about it, and it was not cited. It was also up for around 4 months without any action. But I am curious if that actually is true, so does anyone have a source for this? Please either write about it on the article, or provide the source to me and I'll do it.
Imabanana22 (talk | contribs) 02:20, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

I think maybe Scratch 4.0 deserves it's own article, because it is no longer really a misconseption, as it has been confirmed.
Myscript423 (talk | contribs) 15:26, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

Scratch 4.0 was announced to the public some months ago, and I had planned to make an article about it, but simply hadn't as I was doing many non-wiki things and when I did log into the wiki there was always a backlog of EW tasks. I do think now would be an appropriate time to make such an article; it was converted into a redirect because there was nothing to base it on but a single sentence of a job listing, but it's now officially announced to the public, and at this point, there can be no argument for not having one.
Mrsrec (talk | contribs) 16:52, 25 April 2026 (UTC)