Talk:Minecraft resource gathering

Some goals:

 * 1) Get all the sub-pages to deci-stage 3.

Are these goals realistic? T. Gregtregretgtr (discuss • contribs) 21:37, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , Ping only works in signed edits. The first definitely is realistic but the second isn’t something you can really control. Using socks is against the policy of Wb so don’t do that. Also I don’t see what’s the point in trying to receive a certain amount of authors. Some great books have just 1 or 2. - 📜 GIFNK 📖 DLM💻MMXX🏰 (TALK🎙 | CONTRIBS) 07:13, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Book renamed
Minecraft Mobs was renamed to Minecraft (due to me wanting to change the content included). If a mob link leads to Minecraft Mobs/ , please change it to Minecraft/ . L10nM4st3r / Roar at me 08:03, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * And is there some way I could make the book without making this one obsolete? I really like both of them. Thanks. Note: this book focuses on all versions, mine is for the most recent version, bedrock and java. L10nM4st3r / Roar at me 11:41, 20 July 2022 (UTC)


 * , sorry for the late reply. I think you have addressed your own concern here. Though there is a partial overlap in the scope of the books, this book focuses on all versions. - 🇺🇦 Слава🇺🇦Україні 🇺🇦 Героям🇺🇦Слава🇺🇦 (talk)🇺🇦 16:32, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. 17:01, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Future:
Do you think we would be adding more items? Jerryy147 (discuss • contribs) 01:33, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes unless Minecraft is announced to be discontinued next week. Which seems extremely unlikely. 21:45, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Should we capitalise names of in-game features (in-game names)?
When in-game features (e.g. blocks, items or structures) are mentioned in Minecraft itself, they are always capitalised (source). I happened to stick to this rule when writing sections of this book, but perhaps it would be more suitable to keep them in sentence case.

An example sentence that capitalises in-game names: "Sneak near a Sculk Sensor or Warden to prevent it from detecting you."

How has this been handled previously?

 * In-game names are currently inconsistently capitalised in this book (e.g. Coal) but seem to mostly be uncapitalised. Apple was heavily edited by me and fully capitalises in-game names, unlike most pages.
 * For the two other Minecraft books
 * Minecraft Speedrunning inconsistently capitalises structures and dimensions, and doesn't capitalise any other names
 * Minecraft has a style guide that states that in-game names shouldn't be capitalised (apart from dimensions).
 * The old "Minecraft Wiki" on Gamepedia (a mature project with a large community) only capitalises enchantments, status effects, and game modes (style guide original discussion from 2012)
 * The The Legend of Zelda book capitalises item names to avoid ambiguity: "If you have the Ladder, you can collect the Heart Container that is positioned on the far dock."
 * StrategyWiki's Minecraft section appears to capitalise in-game names, e.g. "With Coblestone [sic] you can make Stone Tools and Furnaces."

Possible advantages of capitalisation

 * Makes it clear that a specific game feature is being mentioned, avoiding ambiguity e.g. "higher Fortune levels increase the chance of this drop" or "avoid getting Bad Omen".
 * This is likely more important for status effects and enchantments and structures than it is for blocks and items
 * Italics, quote marks, links, or rephrasing the sentence could help with ambiguity
 * Players are potentially already used to seeing feature names capitalised in advancement descriptions and other parts of the game
 * Consistency with the capitalisation of page titles, e.g. Minecraft resource gathering/Nether Quartz (maybe this should be changed too?)

Possible advantages of sentence case

 * Sentences can be nicer to read when they aren't filled with "randomly" capitalised words
 * The long-form nature of Wikibooks textbooks means that lots of capitalisation quickly gets cumbersome for readers
 * It matches most other Minecraft guides and publications online
 * It's probably more natural to write in-game names in sentence case

Discussion
Feel free to add any thoughts, opinions or ideas below. There's no requirement to have contributed to the book or done extensive research - each perspective is valuable! BEANS X2 (discuss • contribs) 09:37, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I chose sentence casing since it seemed more natural. I think capitalizing in-game names is fine, as long as youre not reading lots and lots of words. So it probably wont suit this book. 15:52, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * That makes sense, and it's pretty much the same conclusion that I came to while researching this. Inheriting the old Minecraft Wiki's guidelines seems like the most sensible option for this book. --BEANS X2 (discuss • contribs) 20:37, 5 April 2023 (UTC)