Minecraft Wiki:Projects/Renaming

About
Minecraft Pocket and Console Editions are being joined in a cross-platform "Minecraft". The entire wiki needs to be changed, to make way for the new names. The Minecraft editions will be: The current consensus is to reformat basically the entire wiki to properly state which information belongs to which edition, without prioritizing any edition (up until now the Java edition was considered the main edition and any other editions have been treated as exceptions).
 * Java Edition for the computer (macOS, Windows and Linux)
 * Legacy Console Edition for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Vita, and Wii U
 * Bear in mind that, according to SuperGeniusZeb, the original Xbox One and Nintendo Switch editions will still be updated (just not sold) by 4J Studios, so keep that in mind when updating the pages. The updated FAQ shows that this is no longer the case.
 * Bedrock Edition for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows 10, mobile (iOS, Android, Fire OS), VR, Apple TV and Fire TV.
 * Education Edition for Windows and macOS. Although also utilising the Bedrock Engine, it contains exclusive features for education usage and is considered to be a separate edition by Microsoft.
 * New Nintendo 3DS Edition for the New Nintendo 3DS. Although built off the Bedrock, there are a number of subtle differences.

Please check out the talk page to get more involved! Let us know if you disagree or agree with what we're all saying.

Planning
Let's lay out the scope of work, and put a good amount of thought into it, before starting.


 * What version articles to rename
 * See
 * Identify what templates need to be reconfigured (such as version link), so links don't break
 * Create a plan for renaming them


 * What templates, categories and modules need a rename
 * Templates (also requiring a bot to rename instances where they appear on pages)
 * - moved to Java Edition versions
 * - moved to Bedrock Edition versions
 * - moved to Bedrock Edition
 * - content should be split between Minecraft and Java Edition
 * Categories
 * - moved to
 * , and all the sub categories.
 * , and all the sub categories. - moved to
 * - moved to
 * - moved to
 * - moved to
 * - moved to
 * - moved to
 * - moved to
 * - moved to
 * - moved to


 * What templates, categories and modules need a rename
 * All Bedrock Edition version pages (in )
 * All Java Edition version pages (in ) need the Java Edition prefix


 * What articles need a major reorientation:
 * - move to and encompass all platforms running the Bedrock Engine. See the talk page. Rewrite to better differentiate from
 * - rewrite and encompass the Bedrock Edition once released
 * - existing content probably moved to (with some minor edits).  - Turned into a disambiguation page
 * - a lot of content from should be moved to here.


 * Make a single top-of-page template that identifies editions
 * , replacing desktop, pocket, education and console
 * Change pages in categories, &  from  etc to exclusive


 * Establish a standard order of editions
 * See
 * This affects pages as well as templates like history (see )


 * Create a sub-project system
 * So all pages are worked on, seen and marked complete (like how they did it on the )


 * Verifying edition-specific features
 * Might want a separate sub-project system for managing this (like how they did it on the )
 * Think about how best to organize the work
 * Perhaps categories like, , ?
 * There are some categories show use of the only tag, which would highlight some things to look at, but it would be best to be comprehensive about it, hitting all pages and testing lots of things.
 * , and

Side-projects
While not essential for the implementation of the renaming project, the scope of the project has paved the way for the potential to improve the way the wiki displays information regarding the different editions.


 * Identifying edition-specific features in a more user friendly manner
 * Currently only is used for identifying version specific features, however its implementation could be made better through more significant visual indicator of feature differences. See for more information.


 * Currently control shows only mouse/keyboard controls for the Java Edition.


 * There are instances of key where it shows Java Edition usage, and it could also show other usage alongside. For example,.


 * Improving the history template
 * The version history table could more clearly differentiate between versions. One proposal is through the use of coloured headings. See for more.

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