Help:Official sources

The following is a list of viable official sources of information that can be used in the wiki as citations.

Generally, sources are only required for information that cannot be easily tested in game. This includes information such as intentions of, quotes from, and information about Mojang Studios employees. This also includes any game content that has not appeared in a development or released version.

Mojang Studios sites

 * The Minecraft website
 * The Minecraft Dungeons website
 * The Minecraft Earth website
 * The Education Edition website
 * The Mojang Studios blog
 * The Mojang Studios Support website
 * The Mojang Studios bug tracker
 * The official blog of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * The official Bukkit site, a group working with Mojang Studios
 * The official Caller's Bane site, another game made by Mojang Studios

Note: The following websites contain archival information that was relevant during an earlier stage of Minecraft's development.
 * Pi Edition Blog
 * "The Word of Notch" - The official Tumblr blog of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * "365 Days in Sweden" - A journal style Tumblr blog made by Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters
 * Notch's biography *Outdated*
 * The official website of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The Pigtales sub-site
 * The official 0x10c site, another game made by Mojang Studios

Twitter

 * The official Twitter of Minecraft
 * The official Twitter of Minecraft Dungeons
 * The official Twitter of Minecraft Earth
 * The official Twitter of Education Edition
 * The official Twitter of Realms Plus
 * The official Twitter of Mojang Studios
 * Their previous (now unused) Twitter account
 * The official Mojang Studios support twitter
 * The official Mojang Studios status twitter
 * The official Twitter of Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * The official Twitter of Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen
 * The official Twitter of Mattis 'BombBoy' Grahm
 * The official Twitter of Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters
 * Her previous (now unused) Twitter account
 * The official Twitter of Kristoffer Jelbring
 * The official Twitter of Jon Kågström
 * The official Twitter of Marc Watson
 * The official Twitter of Karin Severinson
 * The official Twitter of Måns Olson
 * The official Twitter of Owen 'Bopogamel' Jones
 * The official Twitter of Vu Bui
 * The official Twitter of Tommaso 'tommo' Checchi
 * The official Twitter of Erik 'Grum' Broes
 * The official Twitter of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * The official Twitter of Tomas Sommar
 * The official Twitter of Michael 'Searge' Stoyke
 * The official Twitter of Aleksandra 'Ola' Zajac
 * The official Twitter of Patrick Geuder
 * The official Twitter of Mathais Anderson
 * The official Twitter of Jonas Mårtensson
 * The official Twitter of Shoghi Cervantes
 * The official Twitter of Daniel Wustenhoff
 * The official Twitter of Tomas Alaeus
 * The official Twitter of Mattias Victorin
 * The official Twitter of David Stuart Dahlgren
 * The official Twitter of Brynjólfur 'Binni' Erlingsson
 * The official Twitter of Thomas 'ProfMobius' Guimbretiere
 * The official Twitter of Ninni Landin
 * The official Twitter of Agnes 'LadyAgnes' Larsson
 * The official Twitter of Maria Lemón
 * The official Twitter of Max 'Keso' Herngren
 * The official Twitter of Georgii 'fry' Gavrichev
 * The official Twitter of Bartosz Bok
 * The official Twitter of Christian Westman
 * The official Twitter of Josh 'rockenroll4life' Letellier
 * The official Twitter of Mikael 'slicedlime' Hedberg
 * The official Twitter of Corey Scheviak
 * The official Twitter of Petr 'peterix' Mrázek
 * The official Twitter of Johan Aronson
 * The official Twitter of Pär Axelsson
 * The official Twitter of Robert Sjodahl
 * The official Twitter of Jifeng Zhang
 * The official Twitter of Karim Walldén
 * The official Twitter of Matthew 'Moesh' Dryden
 * The official Twitter of Adam Martinsson
 * The official Twitter of Jay 'Mega_Spud' Wells
 * The official Twitter of Moria Ingeltun
 * The official Twitter of Matthew 'Deus Ex' Gartzke
 * The official Twitter of Olof Carlson
 * The official Twitter of Alexandre Pretto
 * The official Twitter of Fredrik Telenius
 * The official Twitter of Josefina Axelsson
 * The official Twitter of Adrian Östergård
 * The official Twitter of Lisa Kempe
 * The official Twitter of Siri Hoel Andersson
 * The official Twitter of Nicolette Suraga
 * The official Twitter of Tobias Ahlin
 * The official Twitter of Cim Borg
 * The official Twitter of Anna Lundgren

Note: The following Twitter accounts are Minecraft developers, but not Mojang Studios employees.


 * The official Twitter of Jason Major

Note: The following Twitter accounts are accounts of contract employees for Mojang Studios.


 * The official Twitter of Daniel 'C418' Rosenfeld, composer and sound designer of Minecraft
 * The official Twitter of Kristoffer Zetterstrand, pixel artist for Minecraft
 * The official Twitter of 57Digital Ltd, developers of Minecraft Explorer
 * The official Twitter of 4J Studios, developers of Minecraft: Console Edition
 * The official Twitter of Steve Woodward, QA Bug Tester @ 4J Studios


 * The official Twitter of Nikolaj Nyholm, contracting advisor
 * The official Twitter of Paul Spooner who helped developing the trees in Minecraft
 * The official Twitter of Gary Lucken
 * The official Twitter of Jasper Boerstra

Note: The following Twitter accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.
 * The official Twitter of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The official Twitter of Jakob 'JahKob' Porsér
 * The official Twitter of Tobias Möllstam
 * The official Twitter of Carl Manneh
 * The official Twitter of Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo
 * The official Twitter of Hayden 'Dock' Scott Baron
 * The official Twitter of Andreas 'hideous' Jörgensen
 * The official Twitter of Joe Liu
 * The official Twitter of Nathan 'Tahg' Gilbert
 * The official Twitter of Mike Till
 * The official Twitter of Anton Albiin
 * The official Twitter of Linn Hultman
 * The official Twitter of Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz
 * The official Twitter of Johan Bernhardsson
 * The official Twitter of Amir Moulavi
 * The official Twitter of Marsh Davies
 * The official Twitter of Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan
 * The official Twitter of Leonard 'xlson' Gram
 * The official Twitter of Henrik 'carnalizer' Pettersson
 * The official Twitter of Daniel Frisk
 * The official Twitter of Martin Odhelius
 * The official Twitter of Poi Poi Chen
 * The official Twitter of Torbjorn Allard
 * The official Twitter of Andreas 'Blurpi' Andersson
 * The official Twitter of Jonatan 'eldrone' Pöljö
 * The official Twitter of David 'NeonMaster' Marby
 * The official Twitter of Rikard Herlitz
 * The official Twitter of Bella
 * The official Twitter of Philip 'Zee' Vieira
 * The official Twitter of Mariana 'RazzleberryFox' Graham
 * The official Twitter of Corey 'MonsieurV3rt' Clemans

Note: The following Twitter accounts are not accounts of Mojang Studios staff, but rather people who got/gets in touch with Mojang Studios stuff, and, while not conclusive evidence, can be used for citation if there is no other source.


 * The official Twitter of Ez, Notch's former wife, and an admin at the Minecraft forums
 * The official Twitter of 242_girl, Jeb's fiancée

Facebook
Note: While some Mojang Studios staff members have Facebook pages, they only help this much if you're not in their friend list, thus ruling this out from being an official source that everyone can check and verify.


 * The official Minecraft Facebook page
 * The official Education Edition Facebook page

Instagram

 * The official Instagram of Minecraft
 * The official Instagram of Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * The official Instagram of Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen
 * The official Instagram of Vu Bui
 * The official Instagram of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams

Note: The following Instagram account is an account of a former Mojang Studios employee.
 * The official Instagram of Markus 'Notch' Persson

Minecraft Wiki
Edits made by Mojang Studios employees can be used as sources.

Current employees
The following are current accounts of Mojang employees.


 * Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * Maria Lemón
 * Marc Watson (former account)
 * Helen Zbihlyj

Two current Mojang employees formerly had wiki accounts that got deleted. Former edits may be treated as a valid source, but the accounts will no longer make new edits.


 * Shoghi Cervantes
 * Jon Kågström

Contract employees
The following Wiki accounts are accounts of contract employees for Mojang Studios.


 * Daniel Rosenfeld

Former employees
The following Wiki accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.


 * Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo
 * Nathan 'Tahg' Gilbert
 * David 'NeonMaster' Marby
 * Mariana 'RazzleberryFox' Graham

One former employee formerly had wiki accounts that got deleted. Former edits may be treated as a valid source, but the account will no longer make new edits.


 * Thomas 'ProfMobius' Guimbretiere‎‎

The official Minecraft forums
Users:
 * Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * Michael 'Searge' Stoyke
 * Erik 'Grum' Broes
 * Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters
 * Tommaso 'tommo' Checchi
 * Johan Bernhardsson
 * Mathias Anderson

Note: The following Forums accounts are accounts of contract employees for Mojang Studios.
 * Daniel 'C418' Rosenfeld

Note: The following Forums accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.
 * Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * Tobias Möllstam
 * Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo
 * Nathan 'Tahg' Gilbert
 * Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz
 * Mariana 'RazzleberryFox' Graham

Reddit
Subreddits:
 * /r/Minecraft – The Minecraft Reddit
 * /r/MinecraftSuggestions – The Minecraft suggestions Reddit
 * /r/Realms – The Minecraft Realms Reddit
 * /r/MCPE – The Pocket Edition Reddit
 * /r/MCPi – The Pi Edition Reddit
 * /r/PSMinecraft – The PlayStation Editions Reddit
 * /r/Minecraft360 – The Xbox 360 Edition Reddit
 * /r/MinecraftOne – The Xbox One Edition Reddit

Users:
 * The official Reddit of Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * The official Reddit of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * The official Reddit of Johan Bernhardsson
 * The official Reddit of Tommaso 'tommo' Checchi
 * The official Reddit of Marc 'Midnight' Watson
 * The official Reddit of Erik 'Grum' Broes
 * The official Reddit of Michael 'Searge' Stoyke
 * The official Reddit of Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan
 * The official Reddit of Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen
 * The official Reddit of Måns Olson
 * The official Reddit of Mattis 'BombBoy' Grahm
 * The official Reddit of Henrik 'carnalizer' Petterson
 * The official Reddit of Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters
 * The official Reddit of Jon Kågström
 * The official Reddit of Shoghi Cervantes
 * The official Reddit of Daniel Wustenhoff
 * The official Mojang Studios - Ask me anything Reddit user
 * The official Mojang Studios Bug Collector user

Note: The following Reddit accounts are accounts of contract employees for Mojang Studios.
 * The official Reddit of C418, composer and sound designer of Minecraft
 * The official Reddit of Paul Spooner who helped developing the trees in Minecraft
 * The official Reddit of Steve Woodward - QA Bug Tester @ 4JStudios

Note: The following Reddit accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.
 * The official Reddit of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The official Reddit of Tobias Möllstam
 * The official Reddit of Jakob 'JahKob' Porsér
 * The official Reddit of Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo
 * The official Reddit of Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz
 * The official Reddit of David 'NeonMaster' Marby
 * The official Reddit of Mariana 'RazzleberryFox' Graham

Note: The following Reddit accounts are not accounts of Mojang Studios staff, but rather people who got/gets in touch with Mojang Studios stuff, and, while not conclusive evidence, can be used for citation if there is no other source.
 * The official Reddit of 'eZ'

Video hosting services
Using a video as a source, especially ones longer than five minutes, please use a timestamp in the link so other users can easily view the location of the reference.

YouTube: Note: YouTube has a feature that makes videos unlisted, i.e. that can only be found via a direct link, as such all unlisted videos from Mojang Studios will be shown in this list.


 * The official YouTube channel of Minecraft
 * "Mojang Studios's Public Minecraft Server's Aftermath" (unlisted)
 * The official YouTube channel of Minecraft Livesteam
 * The official YouTube channel of Education Edition
 * The official YouTube channel of Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * The official YouTube channel of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * The official YouTube channel of Michael 'Searge' Stoyke
 * The official YouTube channel of Erik 'Grum' Broes
 * The official YouTube channel of Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters
 * The official YouTube channel of Martin Odhelius
 * The official YouTube channel of Mikael 'slicedlime' Hedberg


 * The BengtAndRon channel, used to upload to pigtales video
 * The Pig Tales video - "Encpinter in the Park" (unlisted)

Note: The following YouTube accounts are accounts of contract employees for Mojang Studios.
 * Official YouTube of 4J Studios - Minecraft: Console Editions Developer
 * The official YouTube of C418, composer and sound designer of Minecraft

Note: The following YouTube accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.
 * The first official YouTube channel of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The second official YouTube channel of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The official YouTube channel of Tobias Möllstam
 * The official YouTube channel of Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz

Note: The following accounts are people independent of Mojang Studios, but work on something Minecraft related and official, thus they are only sources of information regarding their own work.
 * The official YouTube channel of 2PlayerProduction, who produce the film "The story of Mojang Studios"
 * The official YouTube channel of H.A.T Films, who make official Minecraft videos.

Live streams
Twitch:
 * The official Twitch channel of Minecraft
 * The official Twitch channel of Mojang Studios
 * The official Twitch channel of Johan Bernhardsson
 * The official Twitch channel of Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * The official Twitch channel of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * The official Twitch channel of Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan
 * The official Twitch channel of Marc Watson
 * The official Twitch channel of Henrik 'carnalizer' Petterson
 * The official Twitch channel of Michael 'Searge' Stoyke
 * The official Twitch channel of Mikael 'Slicedlime' Hedberg
 * The official Twitch channel of Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters

Note: The following Twitch accounts are accounts of former Mojang Studios employees.
 * The official Twitch channel of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The official Twitch channel of Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz

Mixer:
 * The official Mixer channel of Minecraft

ask.fm

 * The official ask.fm account of Marc Watson

Kickstarter

 * The official "Minecraft: The story of Mojang Studios" movie Kickstarter page

irc.esper.net

 * #minecraft - The official Minecraft IRC channel
 * #mcchatter - The official Minecraft off-topic IRC channel
 * #minecrafthelp - The official Minecraft help IRC channel
 * #minecraftwiki - The official Minecraft Wiki IRC channel
 * #minecraftforums - The official Minecraft Forums IRC channel

Online shops

 * Merchandise
 * The official Minecraft J!NX merchandise page
 * The official Minecraft ThinkGeek merchandise page
 * The official Minecraft Happy Socks page
 * The official LEGO Minecraft page
 * Bedrock Edition
 * Trial:
 * Minecraft Trial for Android
 * Minecraft for Windows 10 Trial
 * Minecraft for PlayStation 4 Demo
 * Base Game:
 * Minecraft for Android
 * Minecraft for iOS
 * Minecraft for Kindle Fire
 * Minecraft for Windows 10
 * Minecraft for Windows 10 Mobile
 * Minecraft for Gear VR
 * Minecraft for Kindle Fire
 * Minecraft for PlayStation 4
 * Minecraft for Nintendo Switch
 * Minecraft for Xbox One
 * Starter Collection:
 * Minecraft for Windows 10 Starter Collection
 * Minecraft for Xbox One
 * Master Collection:
 * Minecraft for Windows 10 Master Collection
 * Minecraft for Xbox One Master Collection

Other sources

 * Interviews with Mojang Studios employees.
 * Videos featuring Mojang Studios employees.
 * Images taken by/of Mojang Studios employees.

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