Minecraft Wiki talk:Projects

Template translation?
I wonder, do templates require translations too? In some templates, translations are deleted with the reason "Do not translate templates", but in other templates it is not deleted. Some templates like Blocks template, IMO, need translation. FunAlways (talk) 13:46, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
 * In my opinion they should be translated too, just translate Template:Blocks t o Template:BlocksLANGUAGE. I don't think it should be placed on TheWombatGuru   t undefinedc  NL Admin  11:36, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Versioning inconsistencies
The versioning information in the majority of pages are wildly inconsistent - there are Classic, Indev, Infdev, Alpha, Beta, Halloween Updates, versions, dates and snapshots... The last two are the most evil and problematic, because you have to look up the complete changelog to know which version it corresponds to.

For the above, I suggest having a template for inline version notations, maybe something like version, where you can input snapshot notations and have the template look up the appropriate version.

Besides that, there are pages that are not written to be period-independent, with too many "As of ". If the editors have even a bit of foresight, they should write it as "From/since " and then the article wouldn't become out of step with the current time that soon. I also notice pages that go in depth in explaining deprecated game mechanics, and only one sentence at the end of the paragraph briefly mentioning the current (if not already deprecated) game mechanics -- with the "As of " wording.

103.1.69.193 19:59, 12 January 2014 (UTC) (Curse doesn't allow me to sign up to a username of my choice)
 * There are also widely-spotted occurrences of only a number notation WITHOUT clearly mentioning the dev phase (e.g. only "1.8", and not "beta/version 1.8"). These may have been written at the time when MC is still in beta, but now that the official release is hitting larger revision numbers it overlaps with these older notions. It's certainly possible to guess whether it's referring to beta or version from the content, but the ambiguity is unnecessary, and mostly be misleading to someone unfamiliar with the development history of Minecraft. 103.1.69.151 19:47, 16 January 2014 (UTC) (same guy again, still without account)


 * You'll have to have someone else look at the first entry (I read it three times and still don't understand.) However, I agree with you on the fact that versioning is inconsistent.  Usually, the number notation has a link that will tell you which version it is (either Beta or Release), but you have to go in and actually look at the linked page to find out which it is.  Sometimes, though, it does specify.


 * If you really want this to be fixed (I do too), we can set up a Project where we simply look all around and ask others to link any pages they find with confusing version notations in that project.  We can then go around and fix them all.  It's a simple idea, but I think it'd be worth it.


 * - Exhelah  &middot; Book and Quill.png Diamond Pickaxe.png &middot; 18:24, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Latvian Language
Hello! I would like to translate the wiki to Latvian. I would like to translate it because.. well.. if you have more languages it is better. And every language needs to be here, because Minecraft is played everywhere. So I would like to help, but is it possible (am I allowed to)?

P.S. I will already start translating pages, let me know if it is needed/wanted to continue. :) DucisLV (talk) 12:36, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Its fine but when the translation is big enaught(liek 1000 translated articles) ask an admin to make a separate dommaain with latvian pages on it. 200.86.231.5 04:00, 25 May 2015 (UTC) (im supercofee but it dosent let me log in)
 * Will you read the timestamps properly next time? —  Grid Command Block.png NickTheRed37 (talk&#124;contributions) 15:58, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Anvil projects?
There is a project for merging stained clay and hardened clay. Why isn't it on this page?Boorider7 (talk) 14:11, 25 July 2015 (UTC)


 * This page is about large projects affecting many articles, while that project is a single user's project affecting two articles. Basically, that is way too small of a project to require a any more than one person (though others may help if wanted) – KnightMiner  · (t) 15:55, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Bulgarian
We need bulgarian translations, I'll be serious: It's similar to russian so it'll be simple. My primary is bulgarian, so that makes it better (i guess) --BloxxingBlocks (talk) 17:54, 30 November 2015 (UTC) Can I start translating on my own (only pages I can translate)? If I can't translate something or did it wrong, it will be because my english isn't perfect and I might not understand some words. BloxxingBlocks (talk) 17:57, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Wanted Pages
Is there any way to clean up the wanted pages list so that pages needed for each of the languages go into their own wanted page? Bill123412 (talk) 10:50, 12 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Not without rewriting the code for the special page (there may be an extension for that, there may not be). The main issue here is that the translation projects are hosted on the English wiki until completed, and MediaWiki was never really designed to use more than one language variant. – KnightMiner  · (t) 15:42, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Item tags
I can't find information:

On /Chunk_format#Items_and_XPOrbs

item -> Item -> Tags common to all items -> tag

Where are these additional information ?

--Futhead interderabilja (talk) 22:18, 17 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Click the "show" button. This topic would also belong on the community portal, not here. – KnightMiner  · (t) 20:24, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Translation rules
I think that there should be a rule saying that the list of allowed languages for the Minecraft wiki should be the languages which Minecraft comes in. Therefore, the Mohawk translation project will have to be shut down. --Numberguy6 (talk) 00:20, 2 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Why? Keep in mind that translation of Minecraft is a community-run affair, so the languages Minecraft is available in are simply those that at least one person has spent time on; it's not like there's some canonical list of languages that Minecraft is allowed to be translated into. 「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 01:01, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The two sets of languages have no natural relationship to one another, what would be the benefit. – Sealbudsman talk/contr 01:33, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

How many articles does it take to complete the project?
Hi, I have a question in our project created 176 articles. I have a request for you. How many articles do you need to complete the project and get your domain (minecraft-uk.gamepedia.com)? I will wait for your reply with impatience. -- The nix18 (talk) 17:51, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * It needs the main page to be translated first, and secondly needs someone (perhaps you, but you haven't done any translation it seems) to be interested in administrating it. -Xbony2 (GRASP) (FTB Wiki Admin) (talk) 22:39, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello again. Translation of the main page in the process =). "(perhaps you, but you haven't done any translation it seems)" - I managed my wiki, then I wanted to go to GamePedia wrote to administrators (they didn't answer) and so I found this article and I saw a project of Ukrainian translation there. But the project Manager last visited 5 years ago. P.S. I translated this article :3 -- The nix18 (talk) 17:53, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Bleah, wikia. You'd probably be a fine admin though. Article looks good. Various (most) folks have contributed to the Ukrainian project besides from the manager so that's fine. -Xbony2 (GRASP) (FTB Wiki Admin) (talk) 20:26, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * One more question... Where can I save the translated on the main page? -- The nix18 (talk) 21:21, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Minecraft Wiki/ua. -Xbony2 (GRASP) (FTB Wiki Admin) (talk) 12:17, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I translated the main page. What else should I do? -- The nix18 (talk) 18:42, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I can't speak for them, but I think the administrators (well, pretty much just Majr) would probably consider you to be better as a potential admin if you translated a few more pages here (it would give you greater trust and whatnot). I would put a message on Majr's talk page and he'll probably give more concrete requirements than me. -Xbony2 (GRASP) (FTB Wiki Admin) (talk) 21:15, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
 * There is no answer from User talk:Majr... -- The nix18 (talk) 20:30, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * He's a bit sporadic, just be patient. -Xbony2 (GRASP) (FTB Wiki Admin) (talk) 22:49, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

13 days have passed... you can contact him? -- The nix18 (talk) 18:25, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Please be patient. He hasn't responded back yet, hopefully because he is busy working for the wiki. He is our Gamepedia contact for our whole wiki after all. I've submitted a ticket a few months ago that he is in charge of, and I haven't heard anything yet either. He might take a while longer than two weeks to get back to you. – [ Jack McKalling ] [ Book.png Book and Quill.png Diamond Pickaxe.png ] 20:09, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * OK -- The nix18 (talk) 22:01, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

"Minecraft Wiki:Projects/Arabic translation"
Hi! I'm NewFriskFan26! This is going to be my first big project on this website! It is to translate this website to the language from where I come from. Arabic, of course! I will make sure to translate every single page of this website just if you allow me! A lot of countries speak arabic! those being: Mauritania, Morocco,Algeria,Tunisia,Libya,Egypt,Sudan,Bahrein,Kuwait,Saudi Arabia,Oman,Qatar,United Arab Emirates,Iraq,Jordan,Lebanon,Palestine,Syria,Yemen,Comoros To do list: -Translate all pages of the wiki. --Newfriskfan26twitch (talk) 21:34, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Adding new pages to existing project
Hello, I don't know how to add new pages to existing projects. On this page is only written how to start new project. I want to create an Illager Outpost page on the Structure Blueprints project. User-26266344 (talk) 11:33, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Hey! Thanks for participating in the project!
 * First, you add your name to the project, so people know you're participating in it. Add a new line to [?action=edit&section=2 this section] of the project's main page, namely:
 * Then, you create a new subpage of the project, named like this:
 * Minecraft Wiki:Projects/Structure Blueprints/name of new structure
 * To do this, you can temporarily add a wiki link to it on some page, click preview, and then click the red link it will produce. This will automatically create the subpage with the name you gave it.
 * Then, you can add content to that subpage, starting with Structure Blueprints, to add the page to the project category and show a message box to indicate the page is part of the project.
 * Then, while you make additional edits to the page before it is fully completed, you add the page to the "In progress" section of the project's main page like this:
 * SomeIcon [ [/name of new structure/]] - |undefined (replacing the bold parts as needed)
 * When your page is completed, you move the line up to the completed section. If your page was previously in the "To do" list, you remove it there after you've started working on it. If you still have any questions, you're welcome to post it on the project's talk page. Good luck! – Jack McKalling [ Book and Quill.png Diamond Pickaxe.png ]
 * When your page is completed, you move the line up to the completed section. If your page was previously in the "To do" list, you remove it there after you've started working on it. If you still have any questions, you're welcome to post it on the project's talk page. Good luck! – Jack McKalling [ Book and Quill.png Diamond Pickaxe.png ]

Add project leaders?
I was thinking, I noticed quite a few projects are "dead", as in lack of activity, or have been cancled. The former I deem a problem. I don't think projects should be left inactive until somebody, years later, decides to close it. So I propose we assign a project leader to each project. The project leader would be responsible for ensuring the project makes it through completion, or pulls the plug when they see it as a dead project. This'd make it so the inactive but unclosed projects get either finallized, or properly shut down. An example of an inactive project would be the redirect clean up one.

Opinions on adding project leaders? Dhranios (talk) 23:14, 3 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I this idea, since inactive projects would be automatically finalized and new projects can be organized. Also Project Leaders would help project members to understand what's exactly what are they doing, and they would help to improve it.Thejoaqui777 (talk) 13:40, 13 November 2020 (UTC)


 * . I can see issues arriving with things such as project leaders becoming inactive, whether on the wiki or in the project. I also don't love giving just one person all that power and responsibility; I'd if projects could (optionally) have multiple leaders, or no leaders. I also worry about the wishes of the project leader having greater weight than any other project member just because of their position. Even if it's stated that the role doesn't give them greater say in a project, the title itself just sort of has the psychological effect. -PancakeIdentity (talk) 02:19, 21 November 2020 (UTC)


 * so long as the project leaders can hand off the reigns to someone else if they feel they won't be as active anymore or are going somewhere to combat the problem brought up in the previous post Oreli (talk) 04:17, 21 November 2020 (UTC)


 * The same concern can be pointed out about admins, but there it also hasn't been a problem at all yet. In discussions, admins' votes are equally valueable as any member's. Multiple project leaders should be fine if you ask me, but when projects have no leaders, those projects are going to suffer from the problem this idea is going to fix, still. I hope that adresses your concerns. Dhranios (talk) 08:15, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Refactoring translation projects
The translation projects for this wiki are fundamentally different from the other projects from this wiki so I propose that part of the Projects page be split into MCW:Translations. I also propose renaming the first level subpage names of the translation project pages to the ISO 639 code (e.g. MCW:Projects/Tagalog translation would be moved to MCW:Translations/tl). Categories and templates would be accounted for by creating them in the form of Template/Category:code/foreign name instead of creating them as subpages of the main project page. Fadyblok240 (talk) 20:16, 13 December 2020 (UTC) updated 20:26, 13 December 2020 (UTC)