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:
 * Minecraft Java edition for the computer
 * Minecraft Console edition for Xbox 360, PlayStation, and Wii U
 * Bear in mind that, according to SuperGeniusZeb, the original Xbox One and Nintendo Switch editions will still be updated by 4J Studios, so keep that in mind when updating the pages.
 * Minecraft Bedrock(?) edition for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows 10, mobile and VR
 * Given that this hasn't been explicitly said to be released on Apple TV, Fire OS and Fire TV, does that mean they may not get the cross play, and hence, won't get the simple "Minecraft" name?

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).

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 Minecraft Wiki talk:Projects/Renaming
 * 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
 * Computer versions
 * Pocket Edition versions
 * Pocket Edition
 * Minecraft
 * Categories
 * Category:Pocket Edition
 * Category:Pocket Edition versions, and all the sub categories.
 * Category:Computer versions, and all the sub categories.
 * Category:Computer edition specific information
 * Category:Pocket edition specific information
 * Category:Pocket Edition upcoming tag
 * Category:Pocket Edition upcoming
 * Category:Computer edition upcoming tag
 * Category:Computer edition upcoming
 * Category:Pocket Edition grid images
 * Category:Grid images


 * What articles need a major reorientation:
 * Pocket Edition
 * Minecraft
 * Console Edition

In the way that desktop, pocket, education and console have been doing
 * Make a single top-of-page template that identifies editions
 * Template:Exclusive
 * Change pages in categories Category:Computer Edition only, Category:Console Edition only & Category:Education Edition only from desktop etc to exclusive


 * Establish a standard order of editions
 * See Minecraft Wiki talk:Projects/Renaming
 * This affects pages as well as templates like history (see Template talk:History)


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


 * Verifying edition-specific features
 * Might want a separate sub-project system for managing this (like how they did it on on the Rewrite for Style project)
 * Think about how best to organize the work
 * Perhaps categories like Category:Correct in Java Edition, Category:Correct in Bedrock Editions, Category:Correct in Console Edition?
 * 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.
 * Category:Computer edition specific information, Category:Pocket edition specific information and Category:Console edition specific information

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---SamGamgee55 (talk) 15:28, 14 June 2017 (UTC)