Test-Scratch-Wiki:News Updating

If you are an administrator or an Experienced Wikian, you can edit the Scratch News displayed on the wiki by editing Scratch Wiki Home/News. However, there is a certain process for adding news items to these pages.

Firstly, you must determine if the news item is notable enough to include. Ask yourself the following questions:


 * 1) Is the news item about a new Curator or Scratch Design Studio?
 * 2) Is the news item mentioned somewhere on the Front Page?
 * 3) Is the news item relevant to the majority of the Scratch community? (i.e. not just the forums)

If the answer to all of these questions is no, than it is not notable enough to be added to the news pages. If the answer to any of the questions is yes, then it is notable enough to be added to the news pages. If you are still not sure whether a news item is notable enough, you can ask on the Community Portal.

Next, you must create the news item's displayed message. If the news item is about a new curator, post it using this format:


 * ;DATE USERNAME as Scratch Curator
 * : USERNAME has been chosen as the ORDINALNUMBER curator on the Front Page . Feel free to congratulate USERNAME on his/her profile!

If the news item is about a new Scratch Design Studio, post it using this format:


 * ;DATE New Scratch Design Studio  TITLE OF SCRATCH DESIGN STUDIO
 * : The Scratch Team has released a new Scratch Design Studio ! Its description states:
 * ::DESCRIPTION 

If the news item is about an update, post it using this format:


 * ;DATE Scratch Update
 * : Scratch has been updated! DESCRIPTION [location_of_announcement_topic Click here to learn more.]

If the news item does not fit into one of the above categories, post it using this format:


 * ;DATE TITLE
 * : DESCRIPTION.

When you have typed up the news item's message, post it at the top of Scratch Wiki Home/News, and remove the last one from the list, keeping it at the 5 most recent news items.

If there are any news items more than one month old, then you can remove them.