Talk:Account and User Icon Trends

Should Whirl Cat be added to the list?

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, look here. It's been spread around the forums, but I don't know if we can consider it a "trend" yet.
Pavcato (talk | contribs) 02:05, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

It seems like the other trends were/are much more widespread and existed for larger periods of time, so I'm not sure about that just yet.
ScratchCatHELLO — talk contribs user 02:54, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

 Probably - but we need further approval.
Lovecodeabc Links: talk (new topic) | contribs (815) | directory 14:20, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

How much approval do we need exactly? Also, I think the trend should be here, it's quite popular in my opinion. The topic almost has 30 pages and the studio has a good amount of users as well.
XXRedTheCoderXx (talk | contribs) 17:47, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

 Probably - but not now.

Other trends were spread out more, while the "Whirl Cat" trend has barley reached anybody. If the Whirl Cat studio reaches 100+ members, we can add it. Till then, I think you should just keep the template code in a notepad window and save it for later
Basic88 (talk | contribs) 18:33, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Right now it's only spread out across TFH..
Lovecodeabc Links: talk (new topic) | contribs (815) | directory 14:20, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Yes. I counted up all the whirled people in the studio and there is a total of 24. I think we will need 50-100 members in order to qualify. Also, page and count doesn't matter, most of the pages are just meme creations and meme reviews by the same 20 people.
Basic88 (talk | contribs) 17:29, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Because people are edit warring over this, I have protected the page. Please let me know on my talk page once a consensus is reached (I don't really have an opinion of my own in this, I just wanted to explain the situation).
jvvg (talk | contribs) 17:57, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

I think Whirl Cat is not popular enough for this page yet, because according to Basic88, there are only 24 whirl cat logos, and TRXYE doesn't deserve to be here yet 30 TRXYE projects were made in a time when Scratch had many less users.
Mlcreater (talk | contribs) 20:15, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

I agree that it's not popular enough, and so we should wait on adding it. However, Getting 30 when scratch had a lot less people is in my opinion famous enough. According to the statistics page scratch has 66,644,393 users registered and growing. This data seems to have been updated yesterday, so we can assume that it is fairly accurate. If we round up to 70,000,00 and if even 10,000,000 of those are active, 24 isn't very big.

Dogsmakemehappy (talk | contribs) 20:30, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Can we take the 21,770,980 unique visitors to mean users that were active? Also, that data seems to have been updated sometime last month.
Dogsmakemehappy (talk | contribs) 20:33, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

I just realized how much controversy this trend has caused. It would be unfair to put Whirl Cat because it is simply too small. While some of us are Wiki editors and part of the trend, we shouldn't try to get fame through an informational article. It's just wrong.

Basic88 (talk | contribs) 22:40, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

"Profile picture" vs. "pfp"

Just to weigh in and avoid an edit war, I will cite the Wiki guidelines:

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Use correct Scratch vocabulary and avoid jargon/colloquial language.

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"pfp" is colloquial language, so we should thus avoid it. Also in general more formal language should be used wherever possible.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 02:55, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Yeet The simba

Is it actually considered a trend? The studio only has 7 managers (2 of which aren't using the pfp) and 19 curators (1 of which who isn't using the pfp), so 23 users are part of the trend. Also, Are we being paid to advertise the lion king? Is all the information on the lion king needed?
Dogsmakemehappy (talk | contribs) 13:44, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

I ended up watching the lion king apparently.. 23 users isn't a lot. Maybe we can add this later, maybe not. In the moment I'm removing it.
Lovecodeabc Links: talk (new topic) | contribs (815) | directory 14:03, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

I don't think it should be added, first of all, since it has the same popularity as Whirl Cat, but that wasn't added, and also the section was poorly made and just copied from Wikipedia.
Pavcato (talk | contribs) 21:29, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

It was added, and I was mentioning this as should it be removed. I should've phrased it better.
Dogsmakemehappy (talk | contribs) 21:40, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Remove 'Coloured Coder Accounts'

I think the Coloured Coder accounts section should be removed. The studio only seems to contain 27 (excluding the original user which the accounts were named after) of such, could be borderline promoting a user and might only be common among frequent forum users with lots of posts.
Jammum (💬 Talk - ✍️ Contribs) 14:48, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Ukranian flags

I've noticed a few people changing the backdrops of their PFP to the Ukranian flag because of the Russo-Ukranian war. Not including me, I've seen 5 people today with Ukranian flag backdrops, and I'm certain there's more. Should this be added as a trend or is it not popular enough yet?
ScratchCat1038 (talk | contribs) 21:57, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

 Support. I think it's enough people to be notable. Also, I've seen lots of people change their signatures to include support for Ukraine, so maybe a discussion should be started on it's talk page as well.
Jackson49 (talk | contribs) 23:38, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

I also found a topic on the forums in which all posts except post #7 are made by users with Ukranian flag backdrops. I feel that's a big spike too.
ScratchCat1038 (talk | contribs) 00:16, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

x__0 cite note goes to x_0

In the section discussing x__0 accounts, there's a link to the x__0 profile. However, clicking it takes you to a different user, x_0, with one underscore. I'm not sure if this is some kind of MediaWiki bug or something, because trying to fix it doesn't do anything.

Minikiwigeek2 (talk | contribs) 23:09, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

I see. I might try to fix it tho (even it's not gonna success)
　-iviedwall-　‖　talk　contributions　🐱　  06:30, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

 I fixed it.
　-iviedwall-　‖　talk　contributions　🐱　  06:36, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

About mystery accounts

I have no doubt that my latest addition to this page should be on this page. However, I feel like the current version seems too self-indulgent, although I swear that wasn't intentional. Can anyone think of ways to change that?
Super_Scratch_Bros20 (talk / contribs) 23:07, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

To me, it seems very self-indulgent - that was the first thing I thought of when I saw it - but I honestly can't think of a way to improve it. I don't think Gliffe was the first mystery account, though.
han614698 talk • contribs (2,477) • profile 01:01, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

It wasn't the first, but I unintentionally popularized it, though. You know, I think I might be able to improve it by adding examples of mystery accounts by other users. I'll try that; tell me what you think.
Super_Scratch_Bros20 (talk / contribs) 02:00, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

The way it's written it still seems like it's mainly you bragging. If this is common enough (I don't have enough info to make a judgment call on that one) I think it's a reasonable trend to add, but it should be written in a way that emphasizes the trend and not the individual users.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 18:11, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

I'll try to improve it.
han614698 talk • contribs (2,477) • profile 01:30, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Ok. I’m sorry. This was not done intentionally. I think I can improve it, though.
Super_Scratch_Bros20 (talk / contribs) 01:38, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Personally, I don’t think it seems like you’re bragging, but I'm not sure if it’s notable enough to include in the article. As far as I know, the trend exists almost exclusively in The Forum Helpers.
Jackson49 (talk | contribs) 05:29, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, I was gonna say that. It's all forum helpers.
han614698 talk • contribs (2,477) • profile 11:15, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Okay, first of all, there are some other trends that are pretty much exclusive to forum helpers as well, such as Be Moist or the Butterfly Cult, yet they're still very notable and have inspired a lot of users to make them (and honestly, I wouldn't say either is really comparable to the mystery account trend). Second, I know a number of non-forum helpers who have made some mystery accounts as well. Off the top of my head, I can think of @Mirrable and @SaimAxe. But anyway, this proves that mystery accounts are not exclusive to forum helpers.
Super_Scratch_Bros20 (talk / contribs) 09:50, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Well, this still may be notable; TFH users dominate a large portion of the site (the forums).
han614698 talk • contribs (2,477) • profile 11:29, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Just looked at the article, I see that "Butterfly Cult" isn't on there (I didn't know what is was so I looked).
han614698 talk • contribs (2,477) • profile 11:31, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

I think it might have been removed for not being notable. Even so, I'd still say mystery accounts are far more notable than a lot of the trends on here.
Super_Scratch_Bros20 (talk / contribs) 20:00, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

add gliffe to mystery accounts

It literally started the trend and is as big as silverus imo. I don't think this is being self centered around Super_Scratch_Bros20 either - like what do you expect? They popularised a trend. I didn't think the original article was very brag like, it was honest.

Also about it focusing too much on the individual users there is a whole section about XxRedthecoderxX accounts, so it should be consistent. Either that should be removed or this should stay as its original format. dertermenter
Dertermenter (talk | contribs) 21:14, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

I've read what you said here. I think your point makes sense, but for obvious reasons, I would prefer to hear others' feedback on this.
Super_Scratch_Bros20 (talk / contribs) 03:24, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Help.

Resolved (since 07:43, 6 December 2022 (UTC))

References #16 and #18 are broken, but I can't seem to fix them. Remove the broken template if you can fix the problem. Thanks!
han614698 talk • contribs (2,477) • profile 19:35, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

 Fixed
jvvg (talk | contribs) 21:13, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Yes, you fixed the problem. However, everytime we fix the problem, TemplatesFTW will just undo it as it breaks a style guideline. Not sure what to do.
han614698 talk • contribs (2,477) • profile 18:27, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

You need to contact kenny2scratch about that, as I have no control over TFTW.
jvvg (talk | contribs) 20:30, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

I've pushed a fix and tested it (note x__0 link was not touched). Thanks for reporting.
kenny2scratch  Talk  Contribs  Directory  07:43, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Pusheen trend

Resolved (since 20:57, 30 January 2024 (UTC))

I'm not sure if the trend is long enough to be notable, but there seems to be a huge Pusheen profile picture trend for at least the past few days. The trend seems to be started by users:purple-sparkle (I linked them as they have quite a few studios of the trend) on 11^th January, 2024. Link to the original studio. The trend seems to be linked with this project, with over 650 views and 25 remixes.
Purin2022 | 💬Talk | 📝Contribs | 🐱Scratch 20:53, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Hmm, you have a point. The first Pusheen thing I heard of was a clicker in mid September, so it's been around for a while. The earliest Pusheen project I could find was https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/50982876/ which is dated 2015, anc could have been uploaded earlier. These projects have thousands of likes, and popular scratchers like chipm0nk changed their PF to Pusheen. I'd say it's notable, but maybe give it until february and then see how many Pusheens we end up running into.
Co0lcr34t10ns (talk | contribs) 13:30, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Co0lcr34t10ns — Ahh. I guess there are projects about it before 2024, but I suspect that purple-sparkle started this wave of Pusheen PFPs, as many, MANY user "credited" them for the "trend".
Purin2022 | 💬Talk | 📝Contribs | 🐱Scratch 18:20, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

I found the studio. https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/34479807/curators Okay I think it's worthy of adding them that is a LOT
Co0lcr34t10ns (talk | contribs) 21:05, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Co0lcr34t10ns — In fact, I've gone ahead and added that information again.
Purin2022 | 💬Talk | 📝Contribs | 🐱Scratch 21:31, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Roleplaying Accounts

The Roleplaying Accounts section has a link to an article about roleplaying, but the link redirects to an Roleplaying Games page, which isn't the roleplaying that the section was talking about. Should the link be removed until there's a Roleplaying page?
Ilovestories | User | Talk | Contribs If I asked something, notify me if you respond. 19:17, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

LGBT Icons section removed

I noticed a user removed the LGBT Icons section leading up to June. I am confused as to the point of this. I would like to know the reason behind this. If there is a good reason for this, please respond, and in 3 days or so, without a response, I will revert the edit. This section, although it can be removed, is perfectly fine. I will tag that user: @Chickadee3721
Co0lcr34t10ns (talk | contribs) 23:15, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I already reverted it. They didn’t give any reason so that is grounds to revert a removal (not a regular edit). If they can give a reason they are welcome to discuss and we can revert it back.
han614698 talk • contribs (2,477) • profile 00:39, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, sounds fair. BRD is probably best for this.
Co0lcr34t10ns (talk | contribs) 10:20, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Sorry! I did it accidentally! I apologize for the inconvenience!
Chickadee3721 (talk | contribs) 17:09, 24, May 2024 (UTC)