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:
 * Java Edition for the computer
 * Legacy 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 (just not sold) by 4J Studios, so keep that in mind when updating the pages.
 * Minecraft (Bedrock) for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows 10, mobile (iOS, Android), VR, Apple TV. Although not explicitly stated it is assumed Fire OS and Fire TV will also receive cross play.

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 should talk more about the entire game, instead of focusing on the Java Edition. By naming the unified PE, Win10, etc Minecraft (Bedrock) we can separate between the entire game and the edition. See the talk page.
 * Console Edition should probably be redirected to Minecraft (Bedrock) and its content moved to Legacy Console Edition (with some minor edits). A disambiguous page is also an option.
 * Java Edition, a lot of content from Minecraft should be moved to here.

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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