Talk:Scratch Team

Bookmonster

There is a Scratcher with one post here who seems to be a member of the ST and calls herself Stephanie :/ http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1231170#p1231170

If she was part of the Scratch Team it would say that under her name.
Bsteward (talk | contribs)00:00, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Not necessarily. In any case, we should still wait until any further information is known before adding it to this page. :)
Veggieman001 (talk | contribs) 00:03, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Check what cheddar said in that topic, and what bookmonster said below that.
Jji7skyline (talk | contribs) 09:56, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Yep, but we don't have any last name information. It appears that the current Scratch Team members have changed; maybe we'll have information on the new ones in the credits for 2.0.
Veggieman001 (talk | contribs) 13:19, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Stephanie's legit - she's the admin for LLK. Without her, everything would grind to a halt. :)
Lightnin (talk | contribs) 01:09, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Bookmonster is a real member of the Scratch Team. You posted this a while ago, so it's probably when you posted that she didn't have the admin status. :)
Derpmeup (talk | contribs) 23:33, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Removal of Scratch Team Forum View

veggieman's edit summary "per discussion on steam with luc" isn't really much of an explanation, but we basically decided that the single image didn't really provide much information to the article whatsoever. "Administration" doesn't really do much, and it's somewhat obvious that the Scratch Team can see reports. For this reason we decided it's not really important to have on the article.
Lucario621 (talk | contribs) 01:28, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Problems with first paragraph

I think the first paragraph puts too much emphasis on moderation, and seems kind of wordy and confusing. I'd suggest something like "The Scratch Team is the group of people responsible for the development and maintenance of Scratch and the Scratch online community." The stuff about ScratchR's doesn't really seem relevant to me - AFAIK, it was just the title Andres used when he setup his forum account. I've never heard of people who focus on working on the website referred to as ScratchRs. ScratchR is usually only used to refer to the current version of the website (which Andrés was the lead developer of).
Lightnin (talk | contribs) 01:09, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying ^^
Jonathanpb (talk | contribs) 02:53, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

No problem!
Lightnin (talk | contribs) 18:00, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Scratch Usernames

Wouldn't it be helpful to put the Scratch Team member's usernames beside their real names so people can find who they are on Scratch? Many a time, I've looked at this article to try to find their usernames, but they aren't there. I could probably help a bit, as I feel like I've friended about all of the,, so it'd just involve looking through my friends list and doing a little more research. What do you guys think?
SJRCS_011 (talk | contribs) 18:45, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, i know a bunch. I'll add some now.
Scimonster (talk | contribs) 19:11, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

What about those with multiple accounts (ex. mres and johnm both have two accounts each)?
SJRCS_011 (talk | contribs) 00:57, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Probably just their main account would be fine.
Veggieman001 (talk | contribs) 01:22, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

nasus

Hey - Did anyone notice a user named nasus who is part of the Scratch Team. Does anyone know her real name, or is she a bot (or test).
Joletole (talk | contribs) 15:24, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

I just searched her (?) and she seems to comment a lot about how ok remixing is... that's kinda strange. Wanna ask Paddle?
Hardmath123 (talk | contribs) 16:04, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

I've seen them. I'm not sure who it is though.
Scimonster (talk | contribs) 16:04, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

She helps out with website moderation, has been active for more than 3 years now.
Lightnin (talk | contribs) 17:17, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, i've never seen her. Is she one of the people on the list?
Scimonster (talk | contribs) 17:19, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

She's not on the Scratch Team list. While she's contributed a lot by moderating part time (and doing a great job), I wouldn't consider her to be a member of the Scratch Team. For someone to be "Scratch Team", I'd say they need to spend more of their day working on Scratch or the Scratch community by participating in design conversations and / or being a leader in the community, that sort of thing (which, for example, Paddle2See and Cheddar both do.) So while I really value Nasus' contributions, I wouldn't put her on the Scratch Team wiki page.
Lightnin (talk | contribs) 17:29, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Other members

I have found other members of the Scratch Team who are not listed here. Example:http://scratch.mit.edu/users/Chinuaearl
OrcaCat (talk | contribs) 23:30, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that's true. More people have joined the ST since this list was compiled. I guess we can add some people, but i hope they release the list of ST members for 2.0 soon.
Scimonster (talk | contribs) 07:19, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

that doesnt seem to be someone associated with 2.0 since their last project was aeons ago, though idk
veggieman001 (talk | contribs) 08:21, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

No, i'm pretty sure that he is working on 2.0. See?.
Scimonster (talk | contribs) 08:51, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

ohhhh, he's that guy. definitely didnt make the connection there.
veggieman001 (talk | contribs) 14:32, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

"Main Leader"

I've seen many comments asking about who leads Scratch. This is a common misconception, maybe it would be good to add in that Scratch is a team effort, and there is no leader?
Mariobros406 (talk | contribs) 17:09, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Agreed. You want to add it?
Scimonster (talk | contribs) 18:26, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Other Members

Were their other people in Scratch Team, such as Harakou?
Swampert11 (talk | contribs) 00:53, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Harakou is a moderator, which is a different page (Community Moderators).
jvvg (talk | contribs) 01:01, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

On Harakou's profile, it says Harakou has the Scratch Team rank.
Swampert11 (talk | contribs) 01:09, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

JSO

JSO isn't on this list, but they are a Scratch Team member.
derpmeup (talk | contribs) 23:37, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, there are quite a few people not on the list, but we don't know their names. It feels a bit odd to only add a username. Maybe we should allow adding only usernames if we can't add their name?
ErnieParke (talk | contribs) 23:45, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Well, why do we include their names? :P
derpmeup (talk | contribs) 01:15, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

JSO is Joren L. (Don't remember his last name.) I think they upgraded some moderators (adults) to ST rank, and dropped us teens.
Scimonster (talk | contribs) 18:57, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, Harakou got promoted to the ST rank. ;)
derpmeup (talk | contribs) 04:32, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

JSO is Joren Lauwers.
Scimonster (talk | contribs) 06:32, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks!
derpmeup (talk | contribs) 04:25, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Links

Can I add links (or references) to the page for the members profiles? If they have them of course. I would love to do this.
-PRO- (talk | contribs) 23:29, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Usually, we don't link to users - this on Wikipedia kind of explains something that would make sense for all wikis.
derpmeup (talk | contribs) 23:32, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Good point. It was worth a shot.
-PRO- (talk | contribs) 23:35, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Pico?

I know the user profile says that the user "pico" helps with Scratch, but is there anything else that agrees with that (e.g. a forum post by a known Scratch Team member)? Keep in mind that if I wanted to, I could put that same text on my profile if I wanted. I'm not saying you're lying, I just want to ensure reliability on the Wiki.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 15:45, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Well, I took a look at her followers. Her third follower was https://scratch.mit.edu/users/brians/ who is also a Scratch Team member. Also, her first project contains a comment from Jens. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/224342/
Scratchifier (talk | contribs) 17:50, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

jvvg?

jvvg is not on the list? He is part of the Scratch Team, right? He created most of the Wiki
-unsigned comment by Djhumphreys (talk | contribs)

Everyone seems to think I'm on the Scratch Team... I'm actually not. The original Wiki was created by LukeTek on Wikia, and the official Scratch-sponsored Wiki was created by andresmh, JSO, and Lucario621. All I did was create the registration system for Scratch 2.0.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 13:15, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

Ok, didn't know that. Thanks, -
Djhumphreys (talk | contribs) 12:20, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

RjLance and ChrisG

I would venture to say that RjLance's name is RJ Lance, and ChrisG's name is Chris G. xD What do you guys think? :P--
St19_galla (talk | contribs) 14:06, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Ah no, we don't have any proof.
PrincessPandaLover (talk | contribs) 20:31, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

The Names

I'm looking at the credits And It Now Shows several new scratch team members (like Thisandagain's) names We'll need to update this Just Telling everyone!
Programmer1121 (talk | contribs) 00:29, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

So it does! I'll update it!

By the way, is it known that the link to the credits on the Wiki is wrong? At the moment it's scratch.mit.edu/credits, when it should be scratch.mit.edu/info/credits.
Hamish752 (talk | contribs) 06:50, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

pinkfoot123's name

Does anyone know pinkfoot123's name?
Coke11 (talk | contribs) 16:03, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

petrichord

I was wondering... @petrichord's name is still on the current members list, but isn't she moving on to another project? It might just be happening soon, but this would be one of my first wiki edit's and I want to make it my best. :)

Redglitter (talk | contribs) 19:41, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

thetaun

Isn't Tauntaun Kim's (Danbee Kim) Scratch username thetaun? That's what it says in her "About Me" project.

20audreyw (talk | contribs) 23:33, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, but why does that matter?

Han614698 (talk | contribs) 23:21, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

A good citation

This contains ST members' real names and usernames. https://github.com/LLK/scratch-www/blob/develop/src/views/credits/people.json
Apple502j Talk/Activities 2,243edit 07:37, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Repition Detection Mode: On

 Done

The "Joining the Scratch Team" and "Jobs" section are pretty much the same. What do you guys think about merging them so as to prevent repetition?
Nambaseking01 (talk | contribs) 16:08, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Sure.

Dilek10-Talk-Contribs-Profile Page 05:04, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Okay... Well, should we merge it into the first area or the second? Also, please make sure your answers aren't so vague (no offense though).
Nambaseking01 (talk | contribs) 09:37, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I've merged the two sections, and moved it to near the bottom as most Scratchers are not here to enquire into joining the ST. If you disagree or have any improvements, feel free to rework it :)
Daring Sailor [ Talk | Contribs | More... ] 11:34, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Okay, thanks! This is now resolved and future people visiting this can feel free to edit the work! Marked as  Done
Nambaseking01 (talk | contribs) 14:37, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Just curious

Why they removed the members' last names? Just wondering.
Dilek10 (talk | contribs) 17:59, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

It's to match the "Credits" section on Scratch — that's what TenType said on their edit summary, at least.
Nambaseking01 (talk | contribs) 18:05, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Yep ^^^ The Scratch Team has requested to remove all last names for privacy concerns.
TenType (talk | contribs) 18:06, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Ah... I get it. There has been some cases of doxxing that's being talked about a lot around the Internet.
Dilek10 (talk | contribs) 18:33, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Remove Thisandagain?

...He says that he's a former member in his profile.
Dilek10 (talk | contribs) 07:13, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Moved him to the Former Members section.  Done
Jammum (💬 Talk - ✍️ Contribs) 11:39, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks!
Dilek10-Talk-Contribs-Profile Page 13:31, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Um, weird. He says "Former member of the MIT Scratch Team" in his About Me, but his rank is Scratch Team. Where should we put his name?
-MyNewAccount- (talk | contribs) 22:06, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

ScratchCat*

Resolved (since 17:08, 2 May 2020 (UTC))

On Scratch, the account ScratchCat* has the rank of Scratch Team. The account is not mentioned on the Credits page and is presumably controlled by other Scratch Team members. Would it be able to be mentioned on this page?
Jammum (💬 Talk - ✍️ Contribs) 09:37, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

I'll contact the Scratch Team and ask them if they are a real member.
Dilek10-Talk-Contribs-Profile Page 11:04, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

One of the other ST members controls that account, there is nobody who is solely responsible for it. It does not go on this page, though it may be a better (less personal) target for the example image of the asterisk next to an ST member's name.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  12:18, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

I just used ScratchTeam* instead.
 Luvexina  Talk  Contribs  On Scratch  17:08, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Amylaser the ST member

Unresolved (see all...)

This Post in the community portal in the forums says that amylaser is a scratch team member that isn't on the list. If I search for 'amy' on the page I get no results, and her profile says she is a scratch team member. However, should we add the first letter of her last name? If so, what is it.
Dogsmakemehappy (talk | contribs) 22:30, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

She left the Scratch Team and became an SWE in some time between 2020 and 2021. (her name is Amy Lee though)
　-iviedwall-　‖　talk　contributions　🐱　  11:49, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

See Talk:Scratch Team#Removing Members
han614698 talk • contribs (2,173) • profile 18:40, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

pamimus

Resolved (since 20:56, 12 October 2021 (UTC))

Should we add pamimus to the list? They've been an ST member for about 3 months or so now. Do we need to know their first name in order to add?
wangat (talk | contribs) 20:06, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Their profile still says Scratcher (regardless of what their "About me" says) and I don't see them listed on the credits page, so I would say no until we can get some sort of official verification they are a Scratch Team member.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 21:04, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Well, seeing as ST members ceebee, SpeakVisually, designerd, pondermake, scmb1, and ericr have all followed this user, it seems like they are apart of the ST. According to Za-Chary, in this post, it takes a few months for that page to update. However, I'll ask Za-Chary.
wangat (talk | contribs) 22:03, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

ceebee has given confirmation that pamimus is a Scratch Team member. (source) Should we add them now, or do we need their first name/last initial?
wangat (talk | contribs) 10:09, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Now that we actually have confirmation, yes we should. However, as a note, we should not add members unless we have some sort of explicit confirmation. Examples of explicit confirmation include being listed on the Scratch Team credits page, having the Scratch Team rank, or a different Scratch Team member giving confirmation such as in this case. Things that do not count as explicit confirmation include being followed by other Scratch Team members, saying they are a Scratch Team member themself, etc.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 15:55, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

I've removed the reference by ceebee, as pamimus now appears on the Credits page.
Wangat (talk | contribs) 20:56, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Remove Last Names of ST

Resolved (since 16:53, 11 June 2021 (UTC))

So, the list of ST members contains their last names Za-Chary told me that that's "not really something we're happy with". (src). Maybe we should consider removing them?
wangat (talk | contribs) 11:26, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

I'll discuss it with him there first.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  16:53, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Separate section for controlled accounts.

Resolved (since an unknown date)

Perhaps the controlled accounts should be in their own section considering they are controlled by the Scratch team and not necessarily the Scratch team. Opinions?
JJBullet ( u • t • c ) 18:37, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Do you mean accounts like ScratchCat that don't belong to an individual person?
jvvg (talk | contribs) 18:38, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi Jvvg, yes, that is what I meant.
JJBullet ( u • t • c ) 13:42, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Hey Jvvg, could you give me an update on your opinion?
JJBullet ( u • t • c ) 20:53, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Techncically, the accounts that are controlled by the ST do have their own little portion at the bottom of the list of Current Members. I don't think it's necessary to give them their own section and explain that "these accounts are controlled by the Scratch Team".
KangaCoder talk • contribs • profile 21:07, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Removing Members

Unresolved (see all...)

The users below are not on the Our Team page (whether under current or previous), and do not have Scratch Team status. My proposal for these users is that we remove them from the page completely.

• Lena (labdalla)
• Nicole (theladynico)
• Marian (mwikali)

___
Below are users that are under previous members on the are team page, but have the Scratch Team status. I have no idea what to do with them.

• Natalie (natalie) (I know that this natalie is natalie rusk because of the wikipedia page).

I also think we should remove mres's "mres" account from the list, and only have mres-admin... other ST members like ceebee have two accounts (ceebee and eebeec) and they're not listed... Even some former members have alt accounts, including Za-Chary (Za-Chary and Za-Chary_test).

I also alphabetized the lists (by first name). Please give your thought on the three things above.
han614698 talk • contribs (2,173) • profile 18:21, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

I think it's oversight on the ST's part that those three are left out. Lena at the very least I remember being part of the ST. You might do well to open an issue or submit a PR against the scratch-www repo to remedy that.

I think if we remove one of mres' accounts, it should be mres-admin. mres is a lot better known.

I'm surprised that Natalie is the only one with ST status in the former members list. I could have sworn that there were more. Our general practice is to mirror the credits page, so if she's in the former members section there then so must she be here.

Alphabetizing is a good idea. I think it only seemed like it wasn't because it used to be alphabetized by last name, rather than first, before we removed last names at their request.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  00:55, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

I don't have a github account sadly so I can't submit a PR. I'm pretty sure Lena is a Scratch Team member, but Nicole and Marian don't really have anything on their side - I think that we should leave them for now.

I'd also like to bring up that Mitch (mres) is under previous members on the Our Team page. That's kind of confusing, considering his admin account has Scratch Team status. In my opinion, if we remove one we should remove mres, considering mres-admin is the account with the Scratch Team status.

I also agree with your point, most people have heard of mres vs. mres-admin. This may be the reason that mres' two accounts are on here and ceebee's and Za-Chary's are not. I'm personally fine adding ceebee's or Za-Chary's alternate accounts here, but I think this article now turns into a article all about some specific Scratchers.

I think that Natalie is a kind of important Scratch Team member, but I agree that she should be under previous now.

I'd also like to bring up that there is a previous Scratch Team member with the Scratch Account ipzy, and ipzy's real name is Natalie. However, there is only one Natalie on the previous members list, and that Natalie is Natalie Rusk. Upon googling Natalie Rusk, I get a person that seems to be natalie* on Scratch.

Another thing I'd like to say is that I moved designerd previous members, due to the fact that they were on the credits page under Previous Members, even though I know for a fact that they designed part of the blm and pride emojis. I wasn't sure what to do with that one.

The last thing I'm going to say is that Amy (amylaser) is still on the credits page, and I don't know what to do with here since I know she's not an ST member, but yet shes in the credits page.

I'd also like to know if we should add full last names to the previous members (since that's public information on the credit's page).

For now, I'm going to keep Lena, Nicole and Marian; but move Natalie to previous.

I apologize for the long post.
han614698 talk • contribs (2,173) • profile 01:24, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

I think mres should be kept as mres. Most people know his mres account better than his mres-admin account.
Vdiu | Talk | Contributions | Scratch Profile 09:40, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Bump. Read by last post above this one; I think this still needs more.
han614698 talk • contribs (2,173) • profile 22:36, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Bump again.
han614698 talk • contribs (2,173) • profile 22:13, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Bump.
han614698 talk • contribs (2,173) • profile 11:41, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Bump one again.
han614698 talk • contribs (2,173) • profile 18:36, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Whats "bump" mean?
SpaghettiAG852097- (talk | contribs) 21:19, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

It's reminding people to check it out, AKA “bump” it up on recent changes.
han614698 talk • contribs (2,173) • profile 22:19, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Thats what i thought it meant. Thats how i got here through the recent changes
SpaghettiAG852097- (talk | contribs) 00:46, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Remove Harakou

Shouldn't Harakou be removed? Their account is no longer a Scratch Team account.
7salad3salad (talk | contribs) 13:04, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Done. I'll add him to the list of previous members once he appears on the Previous Members section of the "Our Team" page on the site, because then I can use his last initial like the other previous members on this article.
Super_Scratch_Bros20 (talk / contribs) 17:50, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Ok. I received confirmation from Cheddargirl incase anyone has doubts.
7salad3salad (talk | contribs) 00:50, 19 May 2023 (UTC)