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 employees. This also includes any game content that has not appeared in a development or released version.

Mojang sites

 * The minecraft website
 * The Mojang blog
 * The Minecon sub-site
 * The Mojang Support website
 * The Mojang bug tracker
 * Mojang YouTube
 * Pi Edition Blog
 * Realms Website
 * The official blog of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * The official Bukkit site, a group working with Mojang
 * The official Scrolls site, another game made by Mojang

Note: The following websites contain archival information that was relevant during an earlier stage of Minecraft's development
 * "The Word of Notch" - The official Tumbler blog of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * "365 Days in Sweden" - A journal style Tumbler 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 * Notch's biography *Outdated*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

Twitter

 * The official Twitter of Mojang
 * The official Mojang support twitter
 * The official Twitter of Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * The official Twitter of Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen
 * The official Twitter of Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan


 * The official Twitter of Daniel Frisk
 * The official Twitter of Mattis 'BombBoy' Grahm
 * The official Twitter of Henrik 'carnalizer' Petterssong
 * The official Twitter of Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters
 * Her previous (now unused) Twitter account
 * The official Twitter of Leonard 'xlson' Axelsson
 * 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 Mathias Andersson
 * The official Twitter of Måns Olson
 * The official Twitter of Owen 'Bopogamel' Hill
 * The official Twitter of Jonatan 'eldrone' Pöljö
 * The official Twitter of Vu Bui
 * The official Twitter of Tommaso Checchi
 * The official Twitter of Erik 'Grum' Broes
 * The official Twitter of Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * The official Twitter of Amir Moulavi
 * The official Twitter of Martin Odhelius
 * 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 Tommaso 'tommo' Checchi
 * The official Twitter of Poi Poi Chen
 * The official Twitter of Jonas Mårtensson
 * The official Twitter of David 'NeonMaster' Marby
 * The official Twitter of Shoghi Cervantes
 * The official Twitter of Daniel Wustenhoff
 * The official Twitter of Tomas Alaeus
 * The official Twitter of Andreas 'Blurpi' Andersson
 * The official Twitter of Mattias Victorin

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


 * 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 Xbox 360 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 Telltale Games, developing Minecraft: Story Mode alongside Mojang
 * The official Twitter of Laura Perusco, CC manager @ Telltale Games
 * The official Twitter of Job J. Stauffer, Head of CC @ Telltale Games
 * The official Twitter of Nathan Ortega, Community / Video manager @ Telltale Games

Note: The following Twitter accounts are accounts of former Mojang 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

Note: The following Twitter accounts are not accounts of Mojang staff, but rather people who got/gets in touch with Mojang 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

Google+

 * The official Google+ of Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * The official Google+ of Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters

Note: The following Google+ accounts are accounts of contract employees for Mojang.


 * The official Google+ of Kristoffer Zetterstrand

Note: The following Google+ accounts are accounts of former Mojang employees.
 * The official Google+ of Markus 'Notch' Persson
 * The official Google+ of Tobias Möllstam
 * The official Google+ of Carl Manneh

Facebook
Note: While some Mojang 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.

Fan pages:
 * The official Minecraft Facebook page

Instagram

 * 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 employee.
 * The official Instagram of Markus 'Notch' Persson

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

Users:
 * Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten
 * Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams
 * Marc Watson
 * David 'NeonMaster' Marby
 * Shoghi Cervantes
 * Jon Kågström

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


 * Daniel Rosenfeld

Note: The following Wiki accounts are accounts of former Mojang employees.
 * Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo
 * Nathan 'Tahg' Gilbert

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.
 * Daniel 'C418' Rosenfeld

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

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 David 'NeonMaster' Marby
 * The official Reddit of Shoghi Cervantes
 * The official Reddit of Daniel Wustenhoff
 * The official Mojang - Ask me anything Reddit user
 * The official Mojang Bug Collector user

Note: The following Reddit accounts are accounts of contract employees for Mojang.
 * 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 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

Note: The following Reddit accounts are not accounts of Mojang staff, but rather people who got/gets in touch with Mojang 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
YouTube: Note: YouTube has a feature that make videos unlisted, i.e. that can only be found via a direct link, as such all unlisted videos from Mojang will be shown in this list.


 * The official YouTube channel of Mojang
 * "Mojang's Public Minecraft Server's Aftermath" (unlisted)
 * 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 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.
 * Official YouTube of 4J Studios - Minecraft XBLA Developer
 * The official YouTube of C418, composer and sound designer of Minecraft

Note: The following YouTube accounts are accounts of former Mojang 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, 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"
 * The official YouTube channel of H.A.T Films, who make official Minecraft videos.

Live streams
Twitch:
 * The official Twitch channel of Mojang
 * 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 Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters

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

ask.fm

 * The official ask.fm account of Marc Watson

Kickstarter

 * The official "Minecraft: The story of Mojang" 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

 * The official Minecraft J!NX merchandise page
 * The official Minecraft ThinkGeek merchandise page
 * The official Minecraft Happy Socks page
 * The official Minecraft Pocket Edition App Store page
 * The official Minecraft Pocket Edition Android Market page
 * The official LEGO Minecraft page

Other sources

 * Interviews with Mojang employees.
 * Videos featuring Mojang employees.
 * Images taken by/of Mojang employees.
 * Videos/images of Minecraft clearly showing the claimed phenomenon.

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