Crummy Scratchers Wiki

The Crummy Scratchers Wiki (often abbreviated as CSW) was a Reception Wiki found on Miraheze. The wiki's primary purpose was to criticize various Scratchers so that they would be better people. Despite this goal, the wiki itself didn't do that and instead did the direct opposite by spawning flame wars throughout the Scratch community (especially the Object and Alphabet communities). Due to the wiki's overall controversial nature and failure of supporting its main purpose, the wiki's contributors were all blocked on May 29, 2020 due to gossiping which lead to the wiki's closure.

Why The Wiki Was (Ironically) Crummy

 * 1) A main issue with the wiki was that most of the pages found on the wiki aren't really criticizing the users, but rather just simply describing the flaws of or nitpicking various Scratchers.
 * One of the most infamous examples of this issue is the page on Rainbowkid35. Where most of his reasons aren't backed up with evidence.
 * 1) ** Another thing to point out about the Rainbowkid35 page was that it used to have a reason that he liked Qubo despite being too old for the network despite a huge number of the wiki's fanbase comprising of PBS Kids fans (which is a network targeting an audience younger than Qubo).
 * 2) * Another example of this glaring issue is the page on CRRE2003_on_Scratch where much like the page on Rainbowkid35 is just minor nitpicks instead of actual criticism. It also doesn't help that both users mentioned here have one of their reasons being "They are a White Kight of RebeccaSpark". Which is more of a nitpick instead of a reason why they're on the wiki.
 * 3) Another issue with the wiki is that clichés are extremely common on the wiki and most pages will contain either "they are a white knight of Rebecca Spark", "They ruin other people's projects" or they are an SJW which can get very repetitive at times.
 * 4) Much like other Reception Wikis during mid-2020, the wiki was prone to overexaggerating.
 * 5) * By far the most infamous and nitpicky page on the entire wiki is the page on RebeccaSpark (also known as Naturecat1998). This page has the grand majority of her reasons don't have to do with her activity on Scratch and are instead mostly about her behavior on FANDOM, YouTube, and Common Sence Media. Which is unfitting for Scratch and suits more on Atrocious YouTubers Wiki. Another thing to point out is that some of the reasons have nothing to do with her and are instead about her supporters (White Knights). It also doesn't help with the fact that her page has 56 reasons and only a single digit number of reasons have to do with her Scratch account making her page feel more like a nitpicky hate page as opposed to actual criticism.
 * 6) ** RebeccaSpark was actually on the Atrocious YouTubers Wiki once, but it got deleted for it simply being too much of a hate page more than just giving solutions to her flaws. It also doesn't help that quite a few pages on this wiki compared several users (particularly young children) to her.
 * 7) * Another noteworthy page known for being overexaggerated is the page on Newhungrymosquito who albeit, isn't as overly exaggerated as RebeccaSpark's page, it still looks extremely unpolished and feels more like a whiny hate page as opposed to actual criticism.
 * 8) ** Another thing worth noting about Newhungrymosquito's page is that they claim that disabling comments means that they're against criticism. This isn't always the case as some people disable their comments because of spammers.
 * 9) Seveal pages on the wiki are unsourced. Which probably explains why many people considered the wiki to be nothing but gossiping.
 * 10) The concept of a wiki negatively criticizing Scratchers is overall a very poor idea even on paper as the grand majority of its userbase are either very young children or preteens.
 * 11) * The final nail on the coffin for the Crummy Scratchers Wiki is that the Scratch Team states many times that both harassment both on and offline still violate the Community Guidelines no matter what.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) While most of the wiki is very flawed, there were a few okay to decent pages on the wiki prior to shutdown. Such as the page on Kaj.
 * 2) Shortly after the userbase got blocked on Scratch, they closed down the wiki and regretted their wrongdoings. Which is a rarity among the user-based Reception Wikis.
 * 3) While this quality is debatable, the wiki would later lead to the creation of the Bad Scratch Wiki, which in turn caused Miraheze to create their "No Hate Wikis" policy, leading to the closure of The Outcast Network entirely.