Talk:Minecraft Wiki

Thoughts on a potential new introduction text?
The current introduction text is very long and has, in my opinion, quite a bunch of unnecessary facts in it that are not interesting to someone who would like to be introduced into the game. Also, some things are horribly outdated, for instance the Pi Edition as well as the Legacy Console Edition are in focus; both editions aren't actively developed on anymore.

We have changed the introduction text on the German wiki quite a while ago. This is a machine-translated version of the current one: (I couldn't be bothered to translate it myself) "Minecraft is an open-world game created by Markus Persson and developed by the Swedish game company Mojang AB. The whole world – a landscape with mountains, rivers, seas, forests, deserts and other landscape types – consists of blocks which the player can take away or place as he likes. So you can change the world according to your own ideas, create paths, cities and harbours and create fascinating buildings – either alone in single player mode or together in multiplayer mode. There are also different game modes that emphasize different aspects of the game.

Minecraft in the Java Edition for computers with Windows, macOS or Linux operating systems can be played free of charge in demo mode or purchased for 23.95 €. Once the game has been purchased, you can play in multiplayer mode and create as many worlds as you like. There are also other Minecraft editions for various mobile devices and game consoles, all of which must be purchased separately.

The development of Minecraft started on May 10th, 2009. The official completion date of Minecraft 1.0 was November 18th, 2011. Shortly afterwards Markus Persson handed over the development to Jens Bergensten and dedicated himself to other projects. Since then, the game has been constantly developed further. By October 2018, 29 million copies of the Java Edition had been sold, making it the best-selling PC game of all time. By the end of September 2018, all Minecraft editions had sold over 154 million copies. In addition, there are 100 million downloads in China."

- Translated using deepl.com

This is of course only one possible text that of course still could be improved upon (it only mentions Java Edition, and it only mentions the price of Java Edition in Euros). But the main question is, should the introduction text be changed at all? What should it contain? | violine1101(Talk) 23:31, 3 January 2019 (UTC)


 * I agree that there doesn't need to be nearly as much text about the history of different versions, especially the discontinued ones. There's also way too many links in the "about Minecraft" section; for example, stuff like "sandbox" and "Android" probably don't need to be linked to. There could also be a bit more information on what a wiki is and how to contribute to it, though I'm not sure how that should be phrased. There is currently a link to Minecraft Wiki:How to help in the very top section, but I doubt most people will notice it with all of the other links on the main page. – Sonicwave talk  19:34, 8 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Agree with that, the introduction text should be way shorter. Also, with more place on the main page (just under the introduction for instance), we could implement the Trivia idea some people talked about on Discord at least. This section would display random facts about Minecraft (both about the franchise and the gameplay itself). • Yanis48 (talk) 19:52, 8 February 2019 (UTC)


 * The intro text should definitely be shorter, but what would take its place, in order to balance out the columns? – Nixinova Nixinova sig1.png Nixinova sig2.png 05:44, 15 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Depending on how much it gets shortened, perhaps we could move the "Did you know" section into the left column instead of having it be a separate row? – Sonicwave talk  21:22, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I've made a page without the discontinued versions and moved the DYK into the left column. Is this better? – Nixinova Nixinova sig1.png Nixinova sig2.png 03:55, 1 June 2019 (UTC)


 * It seems better than the current version of the page, although I still think it's too long. Maybe the historical information shouldn't be on the main page at all for simplicity's sake; it's already mentioned at Minecraft, which links to individual edition pages. I'm not really sure how to balance the columns if it gets shortened further though. – Sonicwave talk  06:40, 3 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I on the fact that there is no need for historical information as it's useless for newcomers. Take an example, the  What is Minecraft page on Minecraft.net only briefly explains the gameplay and important stuff for newcomers.-- skylord_wars (talk) 07:21, 28 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I made a rough mockup of a new main page at User:Sonicwave32/Main_Page. Basically, the intro sentence is reduced to two short paragraphs (which might be a bit too short), and the "Did you know" is moved to the right of it, with the "Play it" section underneath. I'd welcome people to give feedback or make edits to it. – Sonicwave talk  18:14, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Outdated "Did you know..." fact
The "Did you know..." section of the main page states that "a compass and a clock can be viewed without being crafted by just placing the required items into the crafting table". However, to my knowledge, this bug has been fixed in the 20w19a snapshot. Sagessylu (talk) 12:48, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * It's still in the latest full release, and probably also bedrock; so until it's fully gone, it will stay. FVbico (talk) 12:51, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, you're right, after doing a little bit of research, I found that if was MCPE-36354 on Bedrock Edition, and that it still wasn't fixed. Sorry! Sagessylu (talk) 13:16, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

pre order minecraft dungeons removal.
why has "pre-order Minecraft Dungeons" been removed from the "play it" section? --Minecraft loot (talk) 02:20, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
 * The game is now released --Michael18751 (talk) 20:49, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * when I wrote this it was not released and and Minecraft dungeons is still not on the play it section with earth and the editions.--Minecraft loot (talk) 01:45, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Minecraft Earth purchase links should be download instead
Since the game is free to play, they should read "Download" instead of "Purchase". Dllis (talk) 20:27, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree with this. --Michael18751 (talk) 20:48, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Add some Minecraft Dungeons links
Somebody add Minecraft Dungeons links to the Play It tab and the About Minecraft section. AceAttorneyMaster111 (talk) 02:03, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree with this because Minecraft Earth technically is a spin-off of Minecraft as well and that version is listed in the play tab. --Michael18751 (talk) 20:47, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , it could be placed right next to Minecraft Earth. Furthermore, Pi-Edition could be added to "Other editions" because, while officially discontinued, it is still available on minecraft.net so it should be consistend with 3DS- and Legacy Console-Editions. --Delycache (talk) 12:13, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I actually have a section about this two sections above but since I didn't make it clear, people think I am talking about something else.

Nether update
The nether update (atlease Java)is here and we need to remove the dev versions and change the main numbers to the rresptive versions. Dihydrogen monoxide2 (talk) 13:22, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

"Popular and useful pages" section – Achievements and Advancements
Hello,

In the "Popular and useful pages" section, achievements and advancements are included. However, the link is old, and links to the articles included with an "s." Can someone please fix it and make it like so:

 Achievements / Advancements 

If someone could fix it, that would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks, Purpur4 (talk) 23:47, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

put chromebook in education edition development versions
recently a development version released for education edition adding everything from bedrock 1.13 and 14 as well as Chromebook availability. currently, in education development versions in play it, it shows for windows and ios but not Chromebook. here is a link to the logo; https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:512px-Google_Chrome_icon_(September_2014).svg.png --Minecraft loot (talk) 08:48, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * By the way, you didn't have to upload a new file since there is already one: File:Gchrome.svg (also your file is not a proper svg). We can use the existing one, but I will try to recreate a new one with a chromebook text below it instead, as to prevent confusion with the Google Chrome browser. – ItsPlantseed ⟨₰|₢⟩ 10:32, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Due to the length of the chromebook text, the logo would not visible very well with the ratio to the text. So maybe just by including the logo will do just fine. – ItsPlantseed ⟨₰|₢⟩ 11:19, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and added Chrome OS to Template:OS/switch. If you want to change the image used, feel free to do so. --Dllis (talk) 14:36, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

ok, can someone put it in then? --Minecraft loot (talk) 23:52, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

What on Earth is 1.14.30
Im pretty sure that does not exist and that it should be called 1.14.0 beta, 1.14.0 beta 1, or 1.14.0 build 1. If it does exist, please give a source. Humiebees (talk) 22:56, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

I've got the beta and in the corner it says 1.14.30. --Minecraft loot (talk) 22:13, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

20w29a
plz change it 2 that. The BumblebeeBee.png 17:53, 15 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Done. – Sonicwave talk  17:56, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Minecraft Earth Content
I think it's a bit hard to navigate through Minecraft Earth content within this wiki.
 * Mobs that are available in the regular versions are not listed in the Minecraft Earth nav box
 * Same for blocks: Which blocks are currently in the game? We can only see the exclusive ones there.

There are different ways to change this and these two came to my mind:
 * We could create seperate nav boxes for Minecraft Earth blocks and entities. We could also add all existing blocks and entities into these boxes as soon as they are integrated into the game.
 * On the other hand... I don't think we should seperate MCE so much from the Java & Bedrock editions. It makes sense with Dungeons since it's a completely different game, but not so much with Earth since is technically just another version of regular Minecraft. It's build upon the Bedrock version too.

What do you think? --Mrbleistift (talk) 22:38, 16 July 2020 (UTC)


 * I agree with most of it but MCE is a completly different game, just becausecit runs on the bedrock codebase dosent mean it should me 'closer' to the bedrock edition.

The BumblebeeBee.png 22:44, 16 July 2020 (UTC)


 * The main gameplay on a build plate or during adventures is pretty much the same as regular Minecraft. That's what I wanted to point out. You build blocks, spawn creatures, collect items... It's kinda survival, adventure and creative mode all in one. A lot of ingame features work the same way in MCE and regular Minecraft. Yes, we got AR, the world map, seasons and stuff, but in the core it's still the Minecraft we all know. Compared to that, MCD is completely different in terms of gameplay and style. I did not meant to say "It's the exact same game" but the core is the same. Sorry for being unclear at first. --Mrbleistift (talk) 07:49, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Well yes, gameplay is somewhat similar but there are many big differences such as mobs (theres like 40 of them??? Style, very different and earth is specificly mobile and the feel of the game is more different than even dungeons. so yeah The BumblebeeBee.png 17:53, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Change version numbers
can u change version number for gear vr, win 10 mobile, and fire mobile, for gear vr and win 10 mobile, it got the outdated message, and for fire mobile and win 10 mobile (again) they got the mobile bug fix.

pls. Humiebee 22:42, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Zombie Town is also one of the games Notch made and was inspired by
Zombie Town is where Notch got the steve and possibly the zombie texture from.Yekul10 (talk) 20:33, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

How to comment properly on this wiki?
We haven't used this wiki much when speaking of accounts, but we do want to help people in the 'Talk' pages. So we've tried to commenton someone's post and it turned out as a really horrible-looking reply. Plus we can't get rid of the thing that says "You recently worked on an article. Would you like to save your changes to your friends?". So yeah, we need a bit of assistance. Book and Brook (talk) 13:14, 8 August 2020 (UTC)


 * First, wrong place for this type of question. You should have asked in the community portal, as was stated in the yellow message box when you edited this page.
 * To answer your questions, see the talk page guidelines, which was also linked in that yellow message box shown when editing this page. – KnightMiner  t/c 21:14, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Add New Edu release to recent news
Can someone please add that education edition 1.14.31 was released on recent news?---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 23:25, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
 * also plz add MCE:0.23.0 for minecraft earth.---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 02:17, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
 * You can propose changes to the main page on the /editcopy subpage. – Unavailablehoax (talk) 12:01, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Remove the hyperlink to Minecraft's Mixer channel.
Mixer is currently closed completely, and thus the Minecraft Mixer channel should be gutted from the main page. --DiamondIoanX (talk) 07:30, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I [ proposed it] on the /editcopy subpage. – Unavailablehoax (talk) 12:12, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
 * by Sonicwave---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 19:05, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

This page STILL needs to update it's version
The front page STILL doesn't have a link to Java Edition 1.16.3 Release Candidate 1. I don't know why, but it has been a while since this page has updated. Is there some reason behind why it isn't there, or has it simply not been added yet? Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 02:54, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It's added by FPv, updating now.  Nixinova   T   C   03:14, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Hasn't been updated yet?
The main page still hasn't been updated with the iOS 14 logo, and Java Edition 1.16.3 on the recent updates section, which has been out for a week now. – Unavailablehoax (talk) 07:50, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) If the main page is updated with the iOS14 logo, the file will have cascading protection so a new file would need to be uploaded.
 * ---HumiebeeDiscuss anything with me Look at my edits 19:28, 18 September 2020 (UTC)