Talk:Minecraft Wiki/Archive 3

Crafting
Can we please move Crafting back to the "Popular and Useful Pages" Section. Most people who come to this site come here just for that, and it's very hard to find were it is now. The crafting page is especially important for noobs, and if they can find it right away it could frustrate them to the point that they stop playing, honestly it's that important. I don't like it either and so do all my friends who play the game. I can't imagine a topic more deserving of the title "Popular and Useful". When you really think about it crafting is the heart of the game.

Czech translation
I mean that small player of Minecraft need help but they don't speak English very good, so I want to transtlate pages on this wiki to Czech. If it is possible then send me e-mail jacktech24@gmail.com.
 * Simply add your name and go to work! --    20:18, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

EGA 2011
Minecraft is nominated at the EGA 2011 in the categories "Best European Game," "Best Indie Game," "Best Online Game", "Best Game Design" and "Best Browser Game." Should we place a link on the mainpage? -- de.Wiki Admin 02:35, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

I need help regarding the demo
Hi, I'm interested in getting Minecraft so I downloaded the demo.

I play the demo and then it says it's loading but then the loading screen turns white and the whole window disappeared, I wondered at first if that's suppose to happen so I waited...for 20 minutes, nothing happened.

I've searched for an hour on google for topics about problems like this but I could only find people with lag problems, while I can't even get past the loading screen. I saw a youtube video that helps with a loading screen problem but my problem is different, the one in the video's is the actual game so menu looked different and their window didn't disappear when they loaded it.

Please help me with this problem, it's driving me nuts, I've tried updating drivers, graphic cards etc but none of that has changed anything.

(If I need to get a new one then please suggest it) Radeon165 9/7/11 5:30PM (Australia)
 * Please refer to the Minecraft Forums and/or the Minecraft IRC channel. This page is only for discussion about the main page.-- -  MCWiki Administrator  11:41, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

The new netherworld mobs
the two new mobs of the netherworld are the and the -- 15:42, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Sky Dimension
I think the sky dimension is replaced with the End, so should we still have it on the main page? 23:00, 17 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I concur!


 * The End is already out, and the Sky Dimension is cancelled, yet it is still there under the upcoming features. 09:41, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Notch has commented, saying he still has interest in adding the Sky dimension as a world where you go when dreaming. -- 10:38, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Updates
This is a little crazy, but, can some be on here and look at every page, or split it up between your admins, because there is a lot of old info on a lot of pages that have a purpose, but have old info. The page, and a bunch of pages. And if something is confirmed to be an expansion of a block or item, please make a 'Future' Section, like I did with. 22:51, 21 October 2011 (UTC) (I'm sooooooo sorry i forgot soooooo long ago to do this!)

Data Values
I think that the Data Values page should be on the Popular Pages. Even with the addition of Creative mode for ops, some items still have to be given with /give. I constantly visit it.-- 17:13, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

1.0.0 has been released
So, uh, what will happen to the "Current Beta PC Version:" thing? Will the "Beta" go away? 23:20, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Seems like all the editors capable of editing this page are now at minecon :-P . Of course the "Beta" tag should go away, anything else would just make zero sense -- 01:18, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Everything referencing to Minecraft CURRENTLY being in beta must be changed obviously.
 * just like the price of the game should be adjusted it's €20 now (or it should be). -- 10:45, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

1.8.1 is out
So you should update the version in main page. Thanks. -Alex_Aaa789


 * Also update the Beta server version, which is 1.8.1 too. -- 18:34, 15 September 2011 (UTC)


 * From 1.8 minecraft is RPG


 * Make it 1.0... 22:37, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Release Date
The release is going to be during Minecon. 18:45, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Minecraft Pocket Edition
It's already out, you can remove it from Upcoming features. 07:09, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

In Popular Pages
Just one minor edit:

Smelting Recipies -> Smelting Recipes. CosmoConsole 	   18:44, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Foreign Language Versions
I understand that the foreign language pages are valuable. I actually like the idea, but there's a serious flaw with the current organization system in place for these pages: They clog up the auto-generated pages. Especially the "wanted pages" article.

I know many other Wikis (including Wikipedia and most of the sites on Wikia) use a prepending system to handle this. (en.minecraftwiki, es.minecraftwiki, he.minecraftwiki, etc) This would reduce the stress load on the collector functions and allow persons wishing to contribute to "broken pages" an easier time in finding them. Thanks much, 02:24, 3 September 2011 (UTC)


 * The prepending system is also used on Minecraft Wiki (see, , , , , , , , and  versions), but only when translations are sufficiently advanced. There are many people who demand the establishment of a translation project, but that translation is not often done after… –   08:35, 3 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Alright, thank you very much. That makes it really easy to find only the pages for any one language except English. Is there any way to sort only pages that aren't, for instance, subpages or something to aid my contributions? 15:46, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Remove cascading protection
Don't unprotect this page.-- 18:14, 3 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Why? Then we'd have to go and protect each template used on the page. – ( at 23:11, 3 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, to be fair, they should all be individually protected anyways. Cascading protection is meant as a fallback, a failsafe in the event of accidental/unintentional unprotection, and there are known issues with cascading protection not applying when used by itself. 「」· 02:32, 4 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Really? I thought it was just to make things easier. You could go protect the templates manually if you feel it's necessary. – (&#124;) at 08:31, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

1,000 articles.
Maybe a nice title on Main Page about 1k articles? 12:12, 11 September 2011 (UTC)


 * We've already reached 1,000 articles a couple of times now. The translation projects take up a large amount of pages, in reality, we've probably only got something like 400 pages. – (&#124;) at 12:17, 11 September 2011 (UTC)


 * There are some big translation projects. Why not ??.minecraftwiki.net, like in much ones until now? German, French are examples. 18:43, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

About the relase date
shouldnt someone change that countdown on the main page to 73 days? 66+7=73 i mean thats when the full game will be relesed wont it? -- 01:16, 13 September 2011 (UTC) signed wildfire
 * The release date is not November 18, 2011? –  08:20, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Yet the info on the main page says the full game will be relished 7 days after the 11th?im confused --Thatssss a very nice ssssignauture you have there SSSSSSSssssss, Signed Wildfire 22:33, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes and 7 days after the 11th is in 65 days. So what is the problem? –  07:55, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

The "Current Release" info
If I were a noob and saw "Current Beta Version: 1.8pre2" I would spam the forums on why my Client won't update from 1.7.3 to it. We need a new entry stating "Current Public Release developement version: 1.8pre2", while the Current Beta Version tell you the version your client should autoupdate to.

Now obviously my tactic to fill that info is not that good considering how long the wording is: it can be made better. You all are smart guys, I'd really appreciate it if you all could find a way to shorten it. 23:24, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

All i can think of is "Current developement release". 11:32, 29/10/11

1.8.1
Minecraft 1.8.1 IS OUT! -cake

Freezing
Since my vdersion of Minecraft updated automatically today I cannot play the game - it freezes within a couple of minutes.


 * This page is for discussions on wiki content not technical support, i hope you got it working, if not, seek the help of the minecraft forums

Sourcing images
Hey, I'm not sure if this has been discussed. Should all images not created by the user be sourced? Example:, from The Word of Notch (notch.tumblr.com/post/220243988/half-sized-blocks-all-dirt-tiles-so-it-kinda). Pages with information not from the game are at least sourced, and unsourced contents are either discussed or removed, so why not images? And I just realized this is the wrong place but it's kind of late now.-- 02:24, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes they should, using the . Next time please post on -- 03:58, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Upcoming features
Once again, I'm telling, you can delete 'Many new blocks' and 'New features in the terrain generator' from the Upcoming features section. 13:10, 18 September 2011 (UTC)


 * That's what the editcopy page is for. – (&#124;) at 13:15, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

1.9 pre release!
nether brick, nether fences, blaze rod, ghast tear, nether wart, two new nether mobs, nether dungeons

For anyone willing to report this to Notch; I've noticed that armor, (full steel was what I was using) since it's new durability, is invalid to the HUD now since I had a full set on and it was showing that I had about 4 armor shards missing. After about twenty minutes of fighting in the Nether, I noticed that I only had my chest and pants left, when my armor said it was practically full. Just a warning for anyone that hasn't run into this issue yet. K12machinima

Wiki Color Scheme
A lot of the big wikis out there have their own color/design scheme, and maybe this one should have them too. I'm not bringing up the idea for the sole purpose of copying or "being up to par" with other wikis, but the Minecraft Wiki is far too valuable and informative to just have a white background with black text. 12:25, 5 October 2011 (UTC)


 * If you're talking about everything outside the content div, then I agree. However it'd be limited to any modifications you can make with vector.css. You wouldn't be able to make a custom skin as Curse would be extremely unlikely to accept it due it making upgrading the wiki more difficult. Before I found out about that I even started working on a skin based on the minecraft forum skin. I tried to make within the constraints of vector, but it just made it too limited.


 * Although if you're talking about the content div itself, then definitely not. Black text on a white background is statically the easiest to read, plus it'd break a lot of things. All the gif images' transparency is made for a white background, various vector styling and images are made for a white background, they'd all need to be changed. And all it ends up doing is making things harder to read. – (&#124;) at 12:40, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe that the original design intention of Minecraft wiki was to mimic Wikipedia which lead to the decision to stay pretty much with the vector default skin, as well as the Minecraft rendition of a globe for the logo. If enough of the community expressed an interest in redesigning the wiki (say to more closely mimic the Forum) it is something that can be done. It would require the participation of the international wikis as well, since we would prefer they all keep the same basic design. --   05:13, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

1.9 prerelease is out
Could you update the mainpage :) –The preceding unsigned comment was added by   Please sign your posts with
 * "Current Pre-release PC version: 1.9pre2 • Server version: 1.9pre2" what do you want to update? –  18:08, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
 * New one is out :) Look to jeb's twitter for more info -- 15:07, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Brewing recipes
will probably need a link alongside the and. 18:11, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Pocket Edition is no longer Xperia Play only
the text on the main page should be removed as it is now for all Android phones -- 16:53, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Pickaxe remove?
Is it true that you want to remove the pickaxe. that's really unfortunate –The preceding unsigned comment was added by   Please sign your posts with

1.9pre4 Relesed
Yes Jeb_ has relesed 1.9pre4 ! he the download and such! Adds: The End (enderworld), new Air Portal texture and you use Eye Of Ender to activate it, Eye Of Ender now locates Strongholds (kinda glitching in SMP) Fairly Easy to use! Here's The SSP Download: http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre4/minecraft.jar

Picture gallery suggestion
I've added some Minecraft-related pictures on the right side of the. Do You think it would work/look good? |    23:19, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * , it looks good. ( 23:41, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Cool. Think it would be implementable on the main page itself?  |     23:51, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, it looks nice. But makes the page cluttered more than it already is.. -- ''' 01:25, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, maybe someone would work a bit on it, maybe change it so it does not look cluttered? I just thought it would be nice to show puctures of the game itself on the main page, so that people get more curious.  |     13:12, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not too thrilled with the idea. It's bad enough that all the rest of the pages have to have a right sidebar without crowding the mainpage with unnecessary images. --   03:21, 23 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Far too much cramp. There isn't even any reason to have images on the front page, unless they were randomly changed instead of having the same things all the time. – (&#124;) at 06:56, 23 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Ok. It's good to hear the opinions from you two, and I see what you mean. On an iPad (for example), it looks very bad. But almost all pages look pretty bad on the iPad. Is there btw anything we can do about that?  |     07:13, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

More underwater content?
Since the feature freeze is in effect, we can be fairly sure that that won't happen. Can saomeone remove it from the main page?
 * Features will be added after the release, ether as an update or as DLC, no need to remove it.-- 12:36, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Beta 1.9 pre-release 5 iso out
Beta 1.9 pre-release 5 iso out -- 15:25, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

1.9pre5, not pre4
Umm... pre5 of 1.9 is out, but all I see on the page under pre-release is 1.9pre4... can someone fix this? - 22:48, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Update Latest version!
"   Current Pre-release PC version: 1.9pre4 • Server version: 1.9pre4 "

Should be "   Current Pre-release PC version: 1.9pre5 • Server version: 1.9pre5 ".

Source: http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/289-195-pr-is-ready-for-testing/

it's been several hours (just sayin :P )

23:38, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

- Update it again. 1.9 pre6 is out. 18:01, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Remove classic from version listing?
Classic obviously isn't going to be updated again. Alpha isn't shown on there either, and beta will be replaced by the full release version once it comes out, so I don't see the point in leaving classic there. – (&#124;) at 19:35, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
 * If you refer to here we have talked about this some what. Making more of a timeline with each milestone on it to save room on the page. Removing a milestone from the timeline is unnecessary to me. Yes, we could wipe version history and start fresh with 1.0 when it comes out, but there should at least be a new time-line page. -- ''' 15:15, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I think, he talking about . I agree with his point, but we should left link to Classic version elsewhere. — undefined 15:25, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, if on the main page I still think it should be left there. Classic is free and one of the main ways you get people into the game to buy it. They play classic, want more and buy the game. -- ''' 15:35, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I have to disagree. Classic is the only free demo on the main site. Until a proper demo is released, I think it should stay. -- 15:40, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * -- 17:09, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I knew there was a PC Demo of Minecraft beta, but classic is free. How many people still play classic? I see no reason to remove it due to the fact that it allows people to play for free and play the game, when they get tired of it like I did, they will buy beta/1.0 and play the full version of the game. -- ''' 17:13, 10 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes of course I'm talking about the main page, that's why I'm posting this on the main page's talk page...
 * What has removing Classic's version got to do with how many people play it? Them not knowing the version number (which will never be updated again) isn't going to affect that. It just seems a waste of space to have it there. – (&#124;) at 18:46, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Isn't this the Main page talk? :P If not then why is that page there? And it needs to stay there not because of how many play it, but because it will help advertise every part of the game, classic is an entirely different game to me, because beta introduces so much more to the game. Classic is popular and continues to help grow the beta community.. it should stay in my opinion.


 * No that's the edit copy, for users to make changes to the page instead of having to ask us to make them.
 * Again, how does the version number advertise the game any more than the link to play the game does? Isn't that enough? – (&#124;) at 23:27, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Update Current Pre-Release Version to 1.9pre6
The title, it's explaining everything once again! :P

That Sky Dimension thing
It doesn't exist, so should it be removed from the main page?-- ( •  ) 08:23, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
 * No, since is confirmed to be the sky dimension, it should stay up.

13:40, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
 * But then the text and the pictures should at least be changed to The End and not Sky Dimension.-- ( •  ) 15:13, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

I've seen on the page that Notch is still planning to add a revamped Sky Dimension, only now he's calling it the Skylands. -- 15:32, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

i say that he aether mod makes the aether the sky Dimension then the nether is the under world i say the end is like a purgatory (dr.maxis)

Minecraft "Full Version Prerelease" out now.
A prerelease for the Minecraft full version was released sometime late yesterday. A prerelease 2 was also released, they are known as "RC's."

We should change the "Current Version" to RC2. 19:31, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Sounds
Would it be possible to add a .wav file to the page of each item that has a sound? For instance the you could have a small file loaded that you click to hear the sound of a bow and then the sound for it breaking? -- ''' 16:50, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * This page is about the main page only. There is already a discussion about sound files on the appropriate page : . –  18:11, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Typo alert!
"Minecraft's official release date is planned to be on the 18th of November 2011, which is in 0 days."

Nothing major; I'm just a grammar nut, so it bothers me. -- 15:30, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

"Change '0 days' to today'" -- 18:29, 17 November 2011 (EST)

Pocket Edition Link Needs Changing
You need to add a iTunes link below the Android link here it is http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id479516143?mt=8

Days until release: 0???
I did a new draft on Main Page/editpage 18:46, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

How about an Award box
A box only for awards... Hows that? I think like this one Http://shar.es/oHTIj 19:34, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

The full version of Minecraft is out...
...so if someone could edit the front page to mention it, that would be great. Thanks! 22:03, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Tutorials section not noticeable enough
I think the link to the section should be more obvious, so that newcomers don't just create a wiki page in the main article space that's for non-official game content. I already noticed the problem before, but and  just raised the issue. The authors didn't know that there was a Tutorials section. I really think the Tutorials section should be made more obvious/noticeable otherwise these things will just continue to happen, and perfectly fine guide/tutorial pages will get deleted for no reason. - 07:47, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Link redirect
The link to "" is a redirect. Shouldn't it link directly to "" using the pipe or something? - 07:49, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Link name needs changing
It's not buy pc beta it's buy pc edition

Change Classic Link
It's not but now. 01:39, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Addition to the "Popular And Useful Pages"
I would suggest adding "Brewing" to this section.

23:26, 22 November 2011 (UTC)prisma90


 * What's the point of that? It's already in gameplay... – (&#124;) at 00:24, 23 November 2011 (UTC)


 * l also think that both Brewing and Enchanting should be listed there. -- 18:04, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Release of 1.0.1 and 11w47a
Version 1.0.1 was released for servers today, along with Snapshot Pre-release 11w47a. Can an administrator update the "Version history" section on the main page? Thank you. 22:01, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

hm...
We are currently under attack from a. He has vandalized, my user page and talk page, and added various, pages to the wiki. I can't stop him, but someone surely could. -- 04:31, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

PC/Computer
The link where you are able to purchase Minecraft "for the PC", wouldn't the correct term be "for the computer", as the correct term for both Windows, Mac and Linux - I believe - is not PC? Just wondering  |     14:06, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * PC=Personal Computer.
 * I see no reason why mac does not fall under being a PC. -- 14:16, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Well according to the web, a Mac is not a PC   |     14:57, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * PC generally refers to "", what Macintoshs were not until 2006, when Apple adopted the Intel x86 architecture. –  15:48, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * But then Linux still isn't, right?  |     16:27, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Linux is an OS (like Windows or OSX are) and then is software. PC/mac is about hardware. –  17:27, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, but on Apple's website, they use the term "PC" for Windows, and "Mac" for Mac  |     18:34, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Of course they do that. They want to mislead people to think that there is only win and mac, so the people disappointed by windows change to mac. –  19:56, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Twitter Links?
I was wondering if we should add something like:

Twitter Feeds: @MojangTeam @Notch @Jeb_

With links to their feeds in the links section? I check those just as much if not more then I check the dev blog. I also don't really use twitter so I typically just go on twitter to access these feeds!

Current Alpha Pocket version: 0.1.2
Current Alpha Pocket version: 0.1.2 <- on the main page, but if you click on the version number, you can see that theres 0.1.3 out already.

11:46, 7 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Yea. PE ios 0.1.3 is out. Guys, please make a constant which is accesible for everyone, if this is possible. main page goes for this constant and shows it. so anything, with the exception of the constant is only accesible for admins, and the constant for everyone.. 10:38, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Virus
This website is spreading a Trojan type virus. Please look into this. Not a joke. Thank you. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;) 20:45, 8 December 2011. Please sign your posts with
 * Which pages? which virus? –  22:26, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I guess I would need more information. I'm not sure how this site could be spreading a virus, unless you are clicking on an ad (if so we need to know which ad), or a third party link. Please provide us more information. Thanks! --   22:29, 8 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I looked at some ads and mywot.com, and almost all ads are pornos or vires.

Change around those version numbers on Main Page
I already made the change on the editcopy, but just reiterating here. It makes sense to put the Current PC and Server versions on top and more visible than the others. Just a thought to make it easier to read. 23:30, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Awesome texure pack! (Put down a fave texure pack of your )
There is an awesome texure pack called "Dokucraft" every one as been talking about it i got it and it is really sweet. you guys should get it BUT it will also need the HD patcher for it because it is a big pack you will need to get it ion you computer an patch the thing first (it is not a mod) depends it will be different if yyou have a mac or windows but still need the patcher... And if there is anymore cool packs put the link in the replys and yeh ( 11:26, 19 December 2011 (UTC))
 * This is a topic for the forum, not for the wiki. --   11:43, 19 December 2011 (UTC)