Minecraft Wiki talk:Projects/Moving Pages to In-Game Name

Clay Balls
The clay item is not named "Clay Balls". Shouldn't we therefore keep the names "Clay (Block)" and "Clay (Item)"? —kpreid 13:42, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Actually, I just reviewed the original discussion and nobody mentioned "Clay Balls", so I'm going to change the project instructions to reflect the in-game names. —kpreid 13:44, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Definition of "in-game name"?
What exactly is the definition of "in-game name"? Is it the tool tip you can see in the Creative inventory? Or is it some internally coded string? I assumed it was the tool tip, but this project changed Snow (Block) to Snow Block, which wouldn't make sense if that was the case (I think this project was originally created using names revealed by Too Many Items?). --Munin295 07:23, 27 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm using the names in minecraft.jar/lang/en_US.lang, which are used for tool tips in inventory. There are a few issues, such as multiple blocks/items having the same name, but it's the only official set of names. -- Orthotope 05:28, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

General issues

 * 1) Are we going with sentence case or title case for title-case in-game names? (you used title case below) As I've mentioned elsewhere, I prefer that article names about in-game things match the spelling used in-game as closely as possible, so I vote for title case (except for anomalies like "Jack 'o' Lantern"). Sentence case makes in-text linking easier, but title case is precise to the term of art and the natural instinctive way to name articles. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * The current convention is to use title case for articles about in-game things, and sentence case for everything else. Piped links or redirects aren't that hard to use. -- Orthotope 13:08, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree that that is the current convention, in the sense that it is what people are doing. It's just not what the Style Guide says (there's a discussion about not capitalizing in-game names in text, but the only discussion about article titles concludes for sentence case), and I want to make sure we're not unilaterally discarding a previous consensus. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 15:58, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Once this is finished, should we also tackle correcting the position labels for BlockSprite, etc.? &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * We can review the sprite templates, but anything that breaks will be much harder to find. Proposed changes should go on the relevant template talk pages. -- Orthotope 13:08, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Chicken Egg
In-game name is 'Egg'. Egg redirects to Egg (disambiguation); alternatives are dragon, spawn, and monster eggs.


 * I think this is a sufficient number of disambs that we should keep Egg (disambiguation). Just move Chicken Egg to Egg and give it an about template. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Clay Balls / Clay (Block)
In-game name of both is 'Clay'.


 * Where two things share the same name I suggest that the one the player is likely to see named first get preference for being titled with the correct name, and the other get a parenthetical disamb in its title (and they both get about templates to refer to each other or other disambs). So, since the player will see clay items named before seeing clay blocks named, we'd have 'Clay' and 'Clay (block)'. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

End Portal Frame
In-game name is 'End Portal'. End Portal currently describes the entire structure, not just the block that Eyes of Ender are inserted into (the portal itself is at Technical Blocks).


 * 'End portal' and 'End portal (structure)'? &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Glowstone Block
In-game name is 'Glowstone'. Glowstone redirects to Glowstone (disambiguation); only alternative is glowstone dust, so hatnotes could be used instead.


 * Sounds good. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Lapis Lazuli (dye)
In-game name is 'Lapis Lazuli'. Lapis Lazuli redirects to Lapis Lazuli (disambiguation); alternatives are the ore and block. Hatnotes possible.


 * Sounds good. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Map (item)
In-game name is 'Map'. Map redirects to Map (disambiguation); only alternative is a link to The Overworld, not sure this is needed at all.


 * Yep, not needed. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Melon (block) / Melon Slice
In-game name of both is 'Melon'. Melon also redirects to Melon (disambiguation); alternatives are the seeds and glistering melons.


 * The player will see the slice get named first, so that would get preference: 'Melon' and 'Melon (block)'. Four disambs (Melon, Melon (block), Melon Seeds, and Glistering Melon) is enough to justify a separate disambiguation page. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Red Apple
In-game name is 'Apple'. Apple redirects to Apple (disambiguation); only alternative is the golden apple, could use hatnotes instead.


 * Sounds good. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Redstone Dust
In-game name of the item is just 'Redstone'. A very ambiguous term, we probably need to keep this one a disambiguation page.


 * If 'Redstone' is the in-game name for the item (which it is), then there should be an article titled 'Redstone' which discusses the item. Disamb can be done with a 'Redstone (disambiguation)' page. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Redstone Wire
In-game name of the placed block is 'Redstone Dust', which conflicts with the current name of the item.


 * Not a problem if we change 'Redstone Dust' to 'Redstone', as we should. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Snow Block
In-game name of both the natural snowfall accumulation and manufactured block is 'Snow'.


 * Except in creative mode, the player will never see the accumulation block named, so 'Snow' for the solid block and 'Snow (cover)' for the accumulation?

Wheat Seeds
In-game name of the item is 'Seeds', and the name of the growing block is 'Crops'. Both are quite ambiguous, should be disambiguation pages.


 * As with Redstone, 'Seeds' should be an article about the item and 'Crops' should be an article about the block, and they can use about templates to link to 'Seeds (disambiguation)' and 'Crops (disambiguation)' respectively. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 06:35, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Wooden Planks
In-game names are 'Oak Wood Planks', 'Birch Wood Planks', 'Jungle Wood Planks', and 'Spruce Wood Planks'. A page spelled 'Wood planks' currently exists as a redirect to Wooden Planks. &mdash;Munin295 &middot;  &middot; 07:48, 8 December 2012 (UTC)


 * That one used to be correct; before the individual types of tree were named, all four were called 'Wooden Planks'. I'm not opposed to renaming it, though. -- Orthotope 09:53, 8 December 2012 (UTC)


 * If we commit to having articles reflect in-game names, it's possible we'll have to rename articles when in-game names get changed (and they will). As long as we work out a system, it should be okay. &mdash;Munin295 &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 15:58, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Should we request comments on some?
I don't think comments are necessary when the in-game name is obvious (be bold!), but where judgement calls about titles have been made -- primarily, "End Portal (structure)" and "Snow (cover)" -- I think we should post a note at the top of the article that a name change is being considered and start a discussion in the article's talk page, explain why the new name is being considered, and see if anyone has better ideas about what it should be called (I'm actually hoping someone will come up with something better than "Snow (cover)", even though that was my suggestion!). &mdash;Munin295 &middot;  &middot; 08:05, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Name collisions
Another policy for name collisions that might make sense is to simply try to incorporate things into a single article (like the way stairs describes nine different blocks).
 * Clay: Describes both the block and the item.
 * Melon: Describes both the block and the item.
 * Snow: Describes both the solid block and the accumulation block.

Pros

 * no need to think about what order the player might encounter the things (something which might change with new versions anyway)
 * users don't have to remember the name we arbitrarily gave one of the things

Cons

 * might have to describe very different things in the same article

Anything else?

Separate things can be split up in the same article the same way that was done in mushrooms and flowers (multiple Block or Item templates). &mdash;Munin295 &middot;  &middot; 08:22, 16 December 2012 (UTC)