About
Minecraft Pocket and Console Editions are being joined in a cross platform "Minecraft". The entire wiki needs to be changed, to make way for the new names. The Minecraft editions will be:
- Java Edition for the computer (MacOS, Windows and Linux)
- Legacy Console Edition for Xbox 360, PlayStation, and Wii U
Bear in mind that, according to SuperGeniusZeb, the original Xbox One and Nintendo Switch editions will still be updated (just not sold) by 4J Studios, so keep that in mind when updating the pages.The updated FAQ shows that this is no longer the case.
- Bedrock Edition for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows 10, mobile (iOS, Android, Fire OS), VR, Apple TV and Fire TV.
- Education Edition for Windows and MacOS. Although also utilising the Bedrock Engine, it contains exclusive features for education usage and is considered to be a separate edition by Microsoft.
The current consensus is to reformat basically the entire wiki to properly state which information belongs to which edition, without prioritizing any edition (up until now the Java edition was considered the main edition and any other editions have been treated as exceptions).
Please check out the talk page to get more involved! Let us know if you disagree or agree with what we're all saying.
Planning
Let's lay out the scope of work, and put a good amount of thought into it, before starting.
- What version articles to rename
- See Minecraft Wiki talk:Projects/Renaming#Moving pages
- Identify what templates need to be reconfigured (such as
{{version link}}), so links don't break - Create a plan for renaming them
- What templates, categories and modules need a rename
- Templates (also requiring a bot to rename instances where they appear on pages)
{{Computer versions}}{{Java Edition versions}}{{Pocket Edition versions}}{{Pocket Edition}}{{Bedrock Edition}}{{Minecraft}}- content should be split between{{Minecraft}}and{{Java Edition}}
- Categories
Category:Pocket EditionDone - moved to Category:Bedrock Edition- Category:Pocket Edition versions, and all the sub categories.
Category:Computer versions, and all the sub categories.Done - moved to Category:Java Edition versionsCategory:Computer edition specific informationDone - moved to Category:Java Edition specific informationCategory:Pocket Edition specific informationDone - moved to Category:Bedrock Edition specific informationCategory:Console Edition specific informationDone - moved to Category:Legacy Console Edition specific informationCategory:Pocket Edition upcoming tagDone - moved to Category:Bedrock Edition upcoming tagCategory:Pocket Edition upcomingDone - moved to Category:Bedrock Edition upcomingCategory:Computer edition upcoming tagDone - moved to Category:Java Edition upcoming tagCategory:Computer edition upcomingDone - moved to Category:Java Edition upcomingCategory:Pocket Edition grid imagesDone - moved to Category:Bedrock Edition grid images- Category:Grid images
- What articles need a major reorientation
- Pocket Edition - move to Bedrock Edition and encompass all platforms running the Bedrock Engine. See the talk page.
Minecraft - rewrite and encompass the Bedrock Edition once releasedDoneConsole Edition - existing content probably moved to Legacy Console Edition (with some minor edits).Done - Turned into a disambiguation pageJava Edition - a lot of content from Minecraft should be moved to here.Done
- Make a single top-of-page template that identifies editions
Template:Exclusive, replacingDone{{desktop}},{{pocket}},{{education}}and{{console}}Change pages in categories Category:Java Edition only, Category:Console Edition only & Category:Education Edition only fromDone{{desktop}}etc to{{exclusive}}
- Establish a standard order of editions
- See Minecraft Wiki talk:Projects/Renaming#The "standard"
- This affects pages as well as templates like
{{history}}(see Template talk:History#Minecraft mess)
- Create a sub-project system
- So all pages are worked on, seen and marked complete (like how they did it on the Rewrite for Style project)
- Verifying edition-specific features
- Might want a separate sub-project system for managing this (like how they did it on the Rewrite for Style project)
- Think about how best to organize the work
- Perhaps categories like Category:Correct in Java Edition, Category:Correct in Bedrock Editions, Category:Correct in Console Edition?
- There are some categories show use of the
{{only}}tag, which would highlight some things to look at, but it would be best to be comprehensive about it, hitting all pages and testing lots of things.- Category:Java Edition specific information, Category:Pocket Edition specific information and Category:Console Edition specific information
Side-projects
While not essential for the implementation of the renaming project, the scope of the project has paved the way for the potential to improve the way the wiki displays information regarding the different editions.
- Identifying edition-specific features in a more user friendly manner
- Currently
{{only}}is used for identifying version specific features, however its implementation could be made better through more significant visual indicator of feature differences. See the talk page for more information.
- Currently
{{control}}shows only mouse/keyboard controls for the Java Edition.
- There are instances of
{{key}}where it shows Java Edition usage, and it could also show other usage alongside. For example, Third person view.
- Improving the history template
- The version history table could more clearly differentiate between versions. One proposal is through the use of coloured headings. See its talk page for more.
Members
To join the project, add your signature to the bottom of this list using ~~~.
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– SamGamgee55 (talk) 15:28, 14 June 2017 (UTC)