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Spectator Mode

In the narration before the sections below, all game types (survival, creative, adventure) are mentioned but Spectator is not. I know this is a minor mistake but I just wanted to point it out. I am a new user and not confirmed yet, so I could not make the edit. Stella Kulik (talk) 18:06, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

I don't think it's really important for the lead. It's barely two sentences in the gameplay section as is. -- ferret (talk) 18:11, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Need to add version?

simple:Minecraft#Version

There are versions on the Simple English, may we add versions too?

Hans5958 / Hans T.M ║ Lets Talk! ║ Sign my Guestbook! 05:53, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

• Exhaustive version histories should not be included. (see #9 at WP:GAMECRUFT). --The1337gamer (talk) 08:50, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 June 2015

I see many Mistakes in the articles Tacotastic11 (talk) 12:36, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. -- ferret (talk) 12:50, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 July 2015

please add a link to the OFFICIAL minecraft wiki its www.minecraftwiki.net its actually www.minecraft.gamepedia.com but the first link redirects you to the new site. its official wiki,not fanmade. SuperCofee (talk) 15:59, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Not done: Not sure what you mean, minecraft.gamepedia.com is the official wiki and is linked to in the External links section. Minecraft Wiki moved to Gamepedia sometime in September 2013, however it seems Mojang hadn't updated their website (though since the old URL redirects to the new one that should be fine).-Sonicwave ^(talk|c) 18:05, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

The www.minecraftwiki.net URL is sill owned by Curse (Operators of the wiki). So there is no problem. --007a83 ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 11:02, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 August 2015

• Minecraft Realms

Tenlagi1995 (talk) 14:29, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

It's not clear what change you're requesting. If you want this added as an external link, it needs to demonstrate why it meets WP:EL. I can see no way in which it does so. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:31, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 August 2015

Open Dragon in Portal2 (talk) 03:50, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Cannolis (talk) 04:06, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 August 2015

"Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta" is available at the Windows store.
Please add it.
111.193.52.182 (talk) 03:30, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Already done That has already been mentioned in the article, see Minecraft#Personal computer versions. -Sonicwave ^(talk|c) 04:22, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 September 2015

I have found An updated image of the minecraft logo and with to change it Tacotastic11 (talk) 21:12, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Not done: What is the picture that you found? We cannot add the picture if there is no picture to add. -Sonicwave ^(talk|c) 00:10, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

LOL — Preceding unsigned comment added by 42.2.175.26 (talk) 06:19, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 September 2015

minecraft is multiplayer too ChicaFazbear (talk) 13:03, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Not done: The article already says that. -- ferret (talk) 13:30, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 October 2015

The explanation behind the gameplay mechanics of Minecraft carry a great amount of detail but is simple enough to understand. However, I found the other sections to be lacking in detail, as I had more questions than answers after reading about the development of the game, as well as it’s applications. A few pieces of information that could be in the Wikipedia article are the names of other contributors to the development of Minecraft, as well as examples of structures created by the Block by Block project. This lack of information creates an unbalanced article that only focuses on the video game itself. It would be much appreciated to have more information on the development and applications of Minecrat. 9:20, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Here is a source that documents the development process of Minecraft

Minecraft: The Story of Mojang. Dir. Paul Owens. Perf. Markus 'Notch' Persson and Daniel Rosenfeld. 2 Player Productions, 2012. DVD. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoongoon (talk • contribs) 16:31, 9 October 2015‎ (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Edit requests need to include clear and specific changes to make, while this reads more like a suggestion. This article is focused on the video game, but that is because this article is about the game. Other related organizations/projects and such probably don't need heavy detail included here. The article does have a lot of details about various community efforts and organizations though. -- ferret (talk) 16:47, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 October 2015

i want to edit this part, line 1 to 100 Skyaryan (talk) 05:58, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Not done: You are indef blocked. Appeal your block first. -- Sam Sailor ^Talk! 09:01, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 October 2015

i would like my request accepted becasuse there is soe missing infoplz

Boobooo1222 (talk) 20:30, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Mlpearc (open channel) 20:32, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 October 2015

Could someone add a brief explanation of "spawn" and "despawn" to the text? There is a fair amount of jargon in this article, but this one leapt out at me when I read that a player could reclaim their items after dying if the player reached them before they despawned. It sounded like the player despawned, so I had to pause and think about it.

Also, could someone remove the italics from the subheading "Pocket Edition"?

Thanks! NomDeGruyere (talk) 16:52, 26 October 2015 (UTC)NomDeGruyere

Done I have linked the first occurrences of spawn and despawn to the article Spawning (video gaming) for explanation. -- ferret (talk) 01:08, 27 October 2015 (UTC) -- ferret (talk) 01:08, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 October 2015

Please add that Minecraft is now made by Mircosoft 65.175.134.44 (talk) 18:08, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Already done -- ferret (talk) 18:20, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Please java is not a plataforma, remove it

Please java is not a plataform, remove it— Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.36.242.22 (talk) 00:33, 26 September 2015‎ (UTC)

No. Java (software platform) is very much a platform. -- ferret (talk) 13:44, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

If this is the case, then the individual "Windows," "Linux," and "OS X" entries should be removed -- the game runs on Java regardless of the host operating system in that case. "Java applet" is also a silly thing to distinguish. It's still Java.

On a related note, declaring "Windows 10" as a platform is a little bit confusing, especially with generic "Windows" already stated. Is there a way to signify that it's talking about the Metro/Universal port of Pocket Edition? (Not the MCPE reference in the list directly, but to make it clearer it's not a normal Windows app) --Chungy (talk) 13:27, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

I was about to agree about removing "Windows", "Linux", and "OS X", since the game itself is Java and therefore not written for those OS directly... but what about the launchers? The Windows version has a native launcher that is not Java, and even takes care of installing Java for the game to run on. If we don't care about that, than I agree with removing the generic OS listings.

I'm not sure on how to note it, but I also agree that the "Windows 10" edition is a distinctly different thing. It needs to stay, but perhaps renamed... I'm just not up to date on the terminology. -- ferret (talk) 13:53, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

At least on Linux, the launcher is just a jar file that you have to run with Java. You could run Minecraft on FreeBSD, Solaris, or any other system with Java plus the lwjgl native libraries ported (people have, in fact, done this very thing). Not a Windows person myself, but it seems that Microsoft prefers to call them "Universal" apps now (despite only running on Windows 10...), but we should have someone better familiar with that environment and lingo to make the call. --Chungy (talk) 09:25, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

IMO the best way to deal with this would be listing only the officially supported platforms, like so: "Java (Windows, Mac, Linux)", and then listing other platforms after that. I'm not familiar with Windows 10 myself but I think it would count as its own platform since that version is written in C++ instead of Java. --Veikk0.ma 09:20, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Most readers are going to want to see what versions are available (or not) for their particular hardware, with Java, etc being of secondary interest. I humbly suggest organizing in that fashion. NomDeGruyere (talk) 16:44, 26 October 2015 (UTC)NomDeGruyere

Agreed, I'm editing this to hopefully simply the list, and replacing "Windows 10" with "Universal Windows Platform." I'm also removing "Amazon Fire TV" as it is really just an Android device and the only distinguishing feature for Minecraft is being distributed via the Amazon Appstore rather than Google Play, otherwise being exactly the same game and same APK. --Chungy (talk) 22:31, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Minecraft

A new publisher for minecraft on a Nintendo console StarMan98 (talk) 19:13, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 December 2015

'spawn during nighttime or in dark places' there is no space between night and time PenguinBuilding (talk) 20:42, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Not done: Which is fine. This is an accepted spelling. See Night. -- ferret (talk) 20:43, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 December 2015

Please rename Mojang to Microsoft as Microsoft now owns Minecraft 72.200.128.193 (talk) 14:59, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Not done: Just because Microsoft owns Mojang doesn't mean that company has also been renamed to Microsoft. In fact, it would be conflicting and confusing to do so. --TL22 (talk) 15:26, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

In other words, owner and developer are not necessarily the same entity. Many published games are owned by the publisher. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 15:29, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Add the Gamemode "Hardcore" to the article.

After reading this article I noticed that the gamemode "hardcore" was left out. Just a suggestion/notice. Hnsoccerboy (talk) 05:29, 28 December 2015 (UTC)hnsoccerboy

I just did this, but I moved the section from "Survival mode". I did add a sentence telling you what happens when you die in a multiplayer server with game mode set to hardcore. Might need some tweaking. DJ Creeper21 (talk) 18:26, 4 January 2016 (UTC) DJ Creeper21 (talk) 18:26, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 January 2016

this is owner by jerom

62.65.210.205 (talk) 18:54, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. --allthefoxes ^(Talk) 19:01, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Information about the PC Edition/Version

Greetings Wikipedia Editors, As you may know about Minecraft, is that the PC Version was the original and probably the most crucial version of the Minecraft business. In my opinion, the PC Version deserves its own page providing much more detail about its updates and modifications, along with the differences between the PC and PE, XBOX, etc. editions of the game. I know a fair amount about the 1.7 and 1.8 updates, so I would really recommend a PC Version page titled "Minecraft (PC Version)" or something similar, as I could dedicate a lot of information.

Note: If there is already a page for the PC Version, please direct me to that page.

Thanks for reading. KnowledgeIsGoodForYou (talk) 15:43, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

That's simply not how we organize Wikipedia. We do not keep detailed information on updates or versions, and need reliable sources to back up anything we do include. You might want to read over WP:VGSCOPE, which is a project guideline and details some of the things that should not be included on Wikipedia (And are more suitable for Wikia/Gamepedia). -- ferret (talk) 16:03, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

That said, all versions of Minecraft are independently notable with enough sources for WP:GNG and sufficient content for WP:WAF. The article currently provides a rather messy distinction between the versions and calls them all the same game, even when the "ports" are ground-up rewrites that have different features. For example, gameplay talks as if it is applicable to all versions. If anything, I think the non-PC editions should have their own articles to organize the content. For someone unfamiliar with the game, the article does not make it clear about what happens around the time all the version started appearing and how they are different. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 16:42, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 January 2016

I have written a rough draft regarding the recent announcements about Minecraft Education Edition. Feel free to make any changes or edits to use for the final draft of the article.

On January 19, 2016 Minecraft announced a new tool for education, called Minecraft Education planned to be released in 2016. Minecraft is already being used in classrooms around the world to teach everything from STEM subjects to arts and poetry. Minecraft Education will be designed specifically for classroom use. The Education Edition gives teachers the tools they need to use Minecraft on an everyday basis.

There are few differences between Minecraft and MinecraftEDU. The main concept is the same, an open sandbox world. The student’s characters in MinecraftEDU will be able to retain characteristics. Students will also be able to download the game at home, without having to buy their own version of the game. Finally the last large difference is that students can take in game photos. These photos will be stored in an online notebook with the students online notes. These online notebooks will be shareable with other students.

References: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35341528 Retrieved January 19, 2016 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blckhawk1234 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

•  Done with a bit of wordsmithing. --MASEM (t) 20:04, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Suggested changes

-Fix references/contexts from 1-12 not appearing

-Add #Spectator_mode link to "...and a spectator mode where..."

-Talk briefly about hardcore mode in the first part, it is the only mode that has been missed

Gerottinho (talk) 00:19, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Just to comment , on the first point, the lack of reference context clicking (eg clicking the "^" in front of the reference to go to where it is used) is not there unless you expand the release date section of the infobox. Arguably, what should be done is to remove the references in the infobox and make sure each release date is discussed and sourced in the body of the article at that point. --MASEM (t) 00:49, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 March 2016

the game was first made in 2009, but it was officially out of beta in 2011. 75.76.45.111 (talk) 17:43, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Not done: as you have not requested a specific change in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ".
More importantly, you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 17:45, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2016

Add the option to spectate after death in hardcore in 1.9 74.105.133.44 (talk) 11:36, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. clpo13_(talk) 16:16, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Education Edition suggestions

The Education Edition section is wildly inaccurate. Microsoft purchased MinecraftEdu to create their own version, Education Edition. MinecraftEdu has been around since 2011 and is used in around 12,000 schools around the world. MS purchased the software from TeacherGaming LLC. Announcement here: http://education.minecraft.net/announce011916/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.111.75.89 (talk) 10:37, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 April 2016

The Minecraft Story Mode section states that there are five episodes; however, Mojang and Telltale have both announced three more episodes. Could someone update this? 71.244.32.40 (talk) 03:01, 15 April 2016 (UTC) 71.244.32.40 (talk) 03:01, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

 Done --MASEM (t) 03:15, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

add new mods

you should put mods on the xbox 360 and you should ad curtians — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.185.71.193 (talk) 03:26, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

This is a Wikipedia page, not an official page. Also, a talk page should generally be used to talk about the page, not the topic of the page.

89.204.154.231 (talk) 05:34, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Woohoo!!! 1.9!

Yay it is finally out!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.207.21.56 (talk) 02:40, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello,

Even though it is exciting that 1.9 has came out for the computer version, the Talk section on Wikipedia is intended for discussions related to editing the page.

Just trying to help, KnowledgeIsGoodForYou (talk) 12:13, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

P.s 1.9 is not the highest version out. Please note in "new profile" you can find that snapshots of 1.9.3 that you can play.

Thank You = ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.111.71.19 (talk) 00:29, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 May 2016

Under Platforms/Virtual Reality section, there is an error in the writing: "On 287 April 2016" Kittenparry (talk) 17:35, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Done. -- ferret (talk) 17:44, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 May 2016

I would like to add some minor information into this wonderful site that many people such as myself rely on.

Hawkboy45 (talk) 01:20, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. -- ferret (talk) 01:21, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Microsoft HoloLens

I just wanted to point out that we could add something about Microsoft's ambitions for Minecraft in mixed reality through their HoloLens headsets.

Here's a video for you to get the general idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgakdcEzVwg

• I am not trying to promote this product in any way (although I do look forward to it,) as in compliance with Wikipedia's Neurtal Point of View policy.

Your Pal, MooperVeltresleex 20:33, 13 May 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MooperVeltresleex (talk • contribs)