Minecraft Discontinued Features Wiki:News/Archives/2021

Wiki Logo Discussion!
We are going to establish a logo for the wiki which will appear in the top left corner of the screen and as the tab indicator symbol. The plan is to go for a concensus not a poll. If the results are divided then there will be a anonymous ranked voting poll with all available icons. The final decision/poll date will be 6/30/2020. Please comment on your opinion on different icons and if you want add your own picks for icons. Poll is open due to no consensus. Vote here! https://forms.gle/xg9jwhpCNZZrMPtr8 vote will close on 7/3/2020 12:00 am MDT. EDIT: Winner of poll is the Ultra Discontinued Block by Slushy - will be added soon.

Bedrock

 * One of the top wanted discontinued blocks because of its use and fame. This was why it was the first page made of the wiki. A bit dark/grayscale though, I would like some color to the logo --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 02:49, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Barrier

 * A thing that shouldn't be acquired and has a no symbol like we shouldn't be able to acquire these features on the wiki. The actual item currently can't be obtained though, only the block could be misleading. The symbol also might be mistaken as an error symbol. --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 02:49, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Green Shrub

 * Some color and discontinued. Not very exciting or flashy and can not be kept in most recent version though. --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 02:49, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Missing Texture

 * A symbol seen on some of the unaquirable blocks/items that represents it pretty well. The black and purple looks sort of ugly in my opinion though, guess it was only meant for debugging. --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 02:49, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Command Block

 * Don't really like this option, makes it seem like we're cheating/using commands. Command block icon would suit a command wiki better in my opinion. --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 02:49, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Illusioner

 * An unused mob in Minecraft. Is planned to be used in the future however which will probably require us to change it then. The symbol is also very busy/detailed making it difficult to discern in the small tab icon. --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 02:49, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Spawner

 * Another highly desired item due to the ability to create spawners anywhere. The spawner is kind of dark/lacking color though. --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 02:49, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Creeper Spawn Egg

 * Nice color, spawn egg is another useful and wanted discontinued feature. The icon could also be confused for cheating creative mode though plus the method to get this item is quite controversial as it requires creative mode glitch which some thing is cheating. --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 02:49, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Missing Texture with Yellow Barrier

 * Custom designed by PuffingFishHQ for the wiki: "red (barrier) had blended in too much" --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 03:19, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Ultra Discontinued Block

 * Custom designed by Slushy for the wiki: combo of a green shrub, end portal frame, missing texture block, spawner, command block, and bedrock --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 02:36, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Wiki Day Extravaganza 1
Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the 1st Wiki Day Extravaganza 9/12/2020 (going far into 9/13/2020). It was a huge success! We plan to do more in the future :D.

Stats

 * Lasted 17 hours 54 minutes
 * Approximately 276 Edits
 * 35 New Pages
 * 5 New Users

Wiki Discord?
This discussion is for discussing whether there should be a dedicated wiki discord or if we should remain on PuffingFishHQ's server for now. Just edit this section to add your opinion and you can comment on others' opinions.
 * I feel like the wiki is gaining traction some what so I feel like the wiki at some point might need it's own space for discussion if that's now or not I don't really know --Bayugoon (talk) 22:10, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Having a separate discord would mean more order. It will be depressing at first because it's just a few people but who knows, someday glitch hunting might become a more popular subject. Don't underestimate the "catch em all" allure and when that clicks people will want a dedicated place to discuss it. --Freedom (talk) 08:02 14 September 2020 (GMT+2)
 * Offical StrawPoll: https://www.strawpoll.me/21007850/r --Bayugoon (talk) 02:11, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Should probably mention here that there is now a discord for the wiki https://discord.gg/n7v7pgE --Bayugoon (talk) 19:30, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Exploits
While most of the wiki is about getting different items, blocks and entities I feel like having an exploit section could be helpful to get discontinued features. Duping can help gain items to do the negative item method in 1.8, breaking end portal frames can allow you to create a 6*6 end portal (https://youtu.be/2dqU9ZxDo4E), generating dungeons above ground prior to 1.13 and many other things. --Bayugoon (talk) 15:04, 27 September 2020 (UTC)


 * For exploits it should be: if it can make something discontinued it's allowed, otherwise not. So the Chunk Resetting is definitely allowed, Update Suppression is allowed, and even Item Duplication should be allowed because it allows a discontinued amount of nonrenewable resources in worlds. But an exploit like 8x Nether Portal & Ender Pearl Exploit wouldn't be allowed because there is nothing discontinued about it even though reaching the world border is cool. Maybe a category could be made to group all of the exploits/methods from the discontinued features too. --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 22:52, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Needs Testing Category
I added the Need Testing Category for pages that need testing for version ranges or has information that hasn't been tested, if you find a page that needs testing but doesn't have this category please add it so we can make sure are information is as accurate as possible. I will try my best to find as many pages that need testing as possible and add the category as well! --Bayugoon (talk) 21:01, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you!T he Category:Needs Testing is very useful! Also, thanks to Favorito who's spent a lot of time adding pages into the category. --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 06:38, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Wiki Discord Bot Dashboard
Now that my bot can connect to multiple discords I need to make a dashboard for it but I no good at front end so if you are or know someone who might be interested let me know on my talk page or ping me in the wiki discord my ign is Bayugoon#9592 https://discord.gg/n7v7pgE --Bayugoon (talk) 21:29, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

What about Orphaned Pages?
So, now that the wiki is expanding, Is there any way to find "orphaned" pages, as in, pages without links linking to them?

-FavoritoHJS (talk) 19:13, 10 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Good question, check out this special page:. Right now the answer is not really mostly because of the main page linking to every page. --Bluecrab2MC (talk) 19:59, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Wiki Day Extravaganza 2
Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the 2nd Wiki Day Extravaganza 10/10/2020 (going far into 10/11/2020). We got lots done! Here are the stats :D

Stats

 * Lasted 18 hours 30 minutes
 * Approximately 339 Edits
 * 25 New Pages
 * 5 New Users
 * 91 New Photos/GIFs

Changed Infobox
we changed the infobox template to be dynamic so we no longer need 8 infobox templates XD the new way to use the template is like this:

pretty similar but a bit different, if the image field isn't valid it will display the missing texture texture --Bayugoon (talk) 19:17, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Wiki Day Extravaganza 3
Thank you everyone for the tremendous participation in the 3rd Wiki Day Extravaganza 11/14/2020 (going far into 11/15/2020). We created more pages than any WMEDA before! Also, the week before WMEDA saw a ton of editing in preparation as well. Here are the stats :D

Stats

 * Lasted 21 hours 50 minutes (Record!)
 * Approximately 276 Edits
 * 38 New Pages (Record!)
 * 4 New Users
 * 32 New Photos/GIFs

Wiki Day Extravaganza 4
Thank you everyone once again for participating in the 4th Wiki Day Extravaganza 12/12/2020 (going far into 12/13/2020)! We got lots done and also excitingly discovered protection conversion on all enchanted items! Looking forward to the 5th event bringing us into 2021! Here are the stats:

Stats

 * Lasted 18 hours 14 minutes
 * Approximately 204 Edits
 * 24 New Pages
 * 1 New User
 * 18 New Photos/GIFs

Wiki Day Extravaganza 5
Thanks to the outstanding participation in the 5th Wiki Day Extravaganza 9/1/2021 (going near the end of 10/1/2021)! This WMEDA lasted the longest we've ever seen going over 24 hours for the first time! (can we even call it a day marathon anymore?) Plus getting a record 563 edits. A great day to bring WMEDA into the new year!

Stats

 * Lasted 37 hours 30 minutes (with a break) (Record!)
 * Approximately 563 Edits (Record!)
 * 11 New Articles
 * 21 New Other Pages
 * 1 New User
 * 14 New Photos/GIFs
 * 4 Discoveries

Wiki Day Extravaganza 6
Thanks for joining the 6th Wiki Day Extravaganza 20/1/2021 (going into 21/1/2021)! WMEDA has now been a tradition that has lasted for half a year which is incredible. This is also the WMEDA in partner with the Bedrock Wiki, which have been added to the statistics. I think we were a little worn out from the last WMEDA that lasted nearly 2 day event so no new records but we still managed to organize all the version lists by end version and work on the timeline spreadsheet!

Stats

 * Lasted 18 hours
 * Approximately 79 Edits
 * 4 New Articles
 * 0 New Other Pages
 * 3 New User
 * 0 New Photos/GiFs
 * 0 Discoveries

Visual Editor
Can we add Visual Editor? It don't remove the other editor and this one is much better to use when trying to do small or quick changes and is also easer for most people to use. --Gtbot2007 (talk) 23:37, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: Okay I wanted to make a pros vs cons for this:
 * Pros:
 * Easier for newcomers
 * Table editing much easier
 * Just added feature not removing any functionality
 * Cons:
 * Formatting underneath from visual edits can be off
 * Adds extra links after each section
 * Accidentally clicking the visual edit when I want edit source always is annoying and it takes a while for it to load
 * Personal conclusion: I would be okay with adding visual editing but if possible I'd like the edit buttons for sections to remain just for edit source and at the top I think it'd be better if edit source was left of visual edit instead of right like the default.--Bluecrab2MC (talk) 01:10, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Personal conclusion: I would be okay with adding visual editing but if possible I'd like the edit buttons for sections to remain just for edit source and at the top I think it'd be better if edit source was left of visual edit instead of right like the default.--Bluecrab2MC (talk) 01:10, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Day Extravaganza 7
Thanks for joining the 7th Wiki Day Extravaganza 13 March, 2021 (going into 14 March, 2021, pi day!)! We created many new pages and started work on the incredibly difficult not tracked statistic page!

Stats

 * Lasted 16 hours 40 minutes
 * Approximately 123 Edits
 * 8 New Articles
 * 6 New Other Pages
 * 3 New User
 * 7 New Photos/GiFs
 * Many Discoveries (Especially Not Tracked Statistics)

Wiki Day Extravaganza 8
Thanks for joining the 8th Wiki Day Extravaganza 17 April, 2021 (going into 18 April, 2021)! We begun the process of tracking a newly created category, Map Discontinued Features.

Stats

 * Lasted 16 hours 45 minutes
 * Approximately 80 Edits
 * 5 New Articles
 * 0 New Other Pages
 * 0 New User
 * 24 New Photos/GiFs