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- This article is about the section of the Front Page. For the featured project on a profile page, see Featured Project (profile page).
The Featured Projects section on the Front Page is where projects featured by the Scratch Team are displayed. Featured Projects is the highest slot on the Front Page, and the projects that are featured usually reach great popularity.
Some users have suggested that there be a featured users section as well.[1] However, this is rejected by the Scratch Team.[2]
The "BreakDance" project, shared on March 5, 2007, was the first project to be featured in the Featured Projects section.[3]
Why a Project Gets Featured
Featured projects are not normally chosen for being an advanced project — rather, what is looked for are projects that are unique, have an interesting touch, and can be inspiring to others in the Scratch community.
In rare cases, a featured project is later unfeatured, mostly if the project was featured on accident or turns out to be a blatant copy of another project. The project would also be taken out if it is unshared.
When projects get featured, an alert will be sent to the creator of the featured project.[4]
Recommendations
Users can recommend projects to be featured in a studio created by the Scratch Team and curated by several Scratchers.
As stated in the studio, the Scratch Team is looking for:
- Simple projects
- Complex projects
- Projects that show an innovative use of Scratch
- Projects that promote collaboration and remixing
- Projects by people who haven’t been on the front page a lot already
- Projects that show diversity in the Scratch Community, such as gender, age, culture, country, interests, and so on
- Projects that different kind of people would find enjoyable
- Projects that inspire
There are restrictions as well; one can not submit a project if it:
- Was created by themselves (the most commonly violated condition[5]) or they are a New Scratcher
- Contains violence
- Contains language inappropriate for any age
- Is a copy of a commercial game or story; however, it is okay if it was inspired by it
- Does not work well online
- Breaks the Community Guidelines
- Is labeled "NFE" (Not For Everyone)
Originally, a project was also required to be at least a week old and have under 40 love-its. These restrictions were changed after a user complained about them[6], but the Scratch Team later decided to remove the love-it limit, along with restrictions on proposing projects that were created by family members or already on the front page, altogether.
Featured Studios
- Main article: Featured Studios
A Featured Studio is a studio that has been chosen by one of the Scratch Team members. They are shown in a section on the Front Page that displays the five most recently featured studios.
Unlike other sections on the front page, The Featured Studio section has no time limit.Here are some things Scratch Team look for in studios they feature:
- Provides an interesting prompt that inspires Scratchers to be creative and make projects
- Is focused on a specific project type or topic– for example, mouse trail projects or projects about historical fashion. We find that more specific prompts can be more inspiring!
- Has at least one active manager (two managers is even better), but not tons of managers
- Has fewer than 100 projects
- Has at least 2 projects that serve as good examples of what can go in the studio
- Does not allow anyone to add projects (for safety reasons), but does invite anyone to ask for their project to be added by a curator.
- Does not have an animated gif as its thumbnail (because that slows down the front page)
- Is not an Add Everything studio
- Not required but awesome: Description is in multiple languages and/or invites Scratchers to help translate it
It would be especially helpful if, when proposing a studio, you explained how the studio provides a unique, interesting, and specific prompt for Scratchers.
Similarly to suggesting projects to be featured,[7] studios can be suggested to be featured here.
Featured Clutters
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- Main article: Clutter#Front Page
On the Clutter site, Clutters were featured. These were chosen entirely by an administrator, not suggested by the community.
See Also
- Front Page
- Featured Studios
- Projects Curated by ()
- Featured Project (profile page)
- How can I get my project featured?
- Propose Projects to be Featured
- Featured Project History
References
- ↑ NolanAwesome. (8/5/2014). “Featured users.[title]” topic:38198
- ↑ post:5784390
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070321053236/http://scratch.mit.edu/channel/featured
- ↑ post:7839333
- ↑ Paddle2See. (4/2/2017) "A project CANNOT be submitted if it… 1. was created by you. This means that you CANNOT submit your project." topic:245007
- ↑ Paddle2See. (30/4/2015). “Your suggestion has been accepted. We dropped the 1-week requirement and increased the maximum love count from 40 to 100.” post:981480
- ↑ studios:28715018
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