>>>> If people are interested in a change to this behavior (always add text
>>>> to *scratch* if initial-scratch-message isn't nil), I'll supply a patch.
>>> 
>>> I think it would be a good thing, so I vote for it: +1.
>
>> I agree that `inhibit-startup-screen' is irrelevant to adding the
>> text from `initial-scratch-message' to the *scratch* buffer.
>
> +1

Hi, the patch for this is attached.  I'm not sure if
`emacs-quick-startup' should affect insertion of the message or not (it
did before) -- this patch will always insert the message if
`initial-scratch-message' is non-nil.

Regards,
Jonathan Rockway