Talk:Testificate

Reopening sub page discussion
I think that it is beneficial to have sub pages. Every update adds new mobs to Minecraft. We can’t keep having a single mob page as pretty soon, there is going to be trouble loading the page due to the amount of information of it. – Unsigned comment added by Drour1234 (talk • contribs) at 03:36, 10 August 2021 (UTC). Sign comments with
 * That's a gross exaggeration. At ~55000 bytes the Mob article is long, but nowhere long enough that it would lead to any technical issues. Blue Banana whotookthisname (talk) 06:28, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * For a pc, maybe it still works, but for my mobile device, it has an extremely long load time. Also, please don’t edit my signature. I saw your message and was going to do it myself. Drour1234 (talk • contribs), 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Works fine for me, probably an issue with your device or internet connection. Your signature is incorrect, I'm pretty sure having it not display your actual username violates some wiki policies, but you should at least check with an admin. Blue Banana whotookthisname (talk) 20:08, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

The term Testificate
The term Testificate is actually an official term. It was the old name for villagers before witches were added. The reason why they changed the name from Testificate to villager was because the term Testificate includes villagers and witches. – Unsigned comment added by Drour1234 (talk • contribs) at 03:36, 10 August 2021 (UTC). Sign comments with
 * You misspelled your username, from now on, please sign your comments with " ~ ". Blue Banana whotookthisname (talk) 06:21, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Do you have sources for that claim? And afaik it wasn't the name of the mob, villagers had "TESTIFICATE" displayed over their heads. Blue Banana whotookthisname (talk) 06:15, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * While I admit that there isn’t enough information, I would say that that is proof enough for a conjecture name. The developers don’t have to directly say everything single thing. Some things are implied. This may or may not apply to the term Testificate. I believe that it can at the very least be used as a conjecture name until someone directly asks the developers on some social media site (which is what I am hoping for). I know that it could be called Villager (species), however, that literally doesn’t work because of the existence of Illagers, witches, and wandering traders. Drour1234 (talk • contribs), 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Unless proven otherwise, "Testificate" was just a name villagers had on their head in one single early pre-release, probably only for testing reasons (maybe villagers were supposed to have nametags with unique names, who knows). It has ***never*** been used after b1.9 pre1, nor it has ever been used for any other villager-like mobs other than villagers themselves. You're reading too much into this alleged villager lore, the developers probably hadn't even thought of witches back when villagers were first added. Again, unless proven otherwise naming "Testificate" all the villager-like mobs is not official, and we should keep unofficial names out of the wiki.--Capopanzo (talk) 09:01, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * This is why we have conjecture names. We should have a page for the species of the villagers. Until we hear from the developers, we need a name for that page. We could call it a random unofficial name or we could call it an unofficial name that was used for the villagers at one point. My point is that it is temporary until someone gets in touch with the developers. The name Testificate should stay for now. Drour1234 (talk • contribs), 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep this page in your userspace (User:Dour1234/Testificate) and start a new proposal in the Community portal if you wish to have a disambiguation page for all villager-like mobs. As you can see, your edit is pretty controversial (especially the usage of the name "Testificate", which has never been used to refer to other mobs) and has been reverted multiple times, so it should be discussed first. As of now there's no need to keep an entire article in a page that's only meant to be a redirect.--Capopanzo (talk) 09:32, 14 August 2021 (UTC)