Minecraft Discontinued Features Wiki:History

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This page is to discuss the development and history of the discontinued feature community. Our community traces its roots to PuffingFishHQ's Unobtained series and so while people certainly did collect discontinued features beforehand we consider those times "Pre-History" and are found on a separate page.

History

Beginning of Discontinued Features (until May 2020)

On June 2, 2019, a user by the name of SpawnChunks created a page on the Technical Minecraft Wiki called "List of Discontinued Features".[1][2], who also shared it on the Prototech Discord server [3]. This is the first known use of the term "discontinued feature". When later asked, SpawnChunks said he had heard discontinued blocks/items/mobs/block formations from RaysWorks and on the Official Minecraft Wiki and so simplified it to Discontinued Features when creating the wiki title.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

On November 5, 2019, a YouTuber by the name of PuffingFishHQ released a video titled Getting a Spawner & End Portal Frame in vanilla Minecraft Survival!!! | Unobtained Episode 1, which introduced the idea of collecting discontinued items (referred to as unobtainable in the video). The idea was to update a world through specific versions which have specific circumstances making the collection of "unobtainable" items possible. The idea stemmed from seeing old gameplay and wanting to have that nostalgia but to make it interesting enough to entertain a modern audience. Due to that, the idea for the series sat dormant for quite some time until Puff got the idea to collect discontinued items from End Portal Frame page on the Minecraft Wiki. The series continued for 13 episodes (videos) until the series had ended. Thanks to the shoutout to the series by a YouTuber by the name of RaysWorks, the 13 episodes blew up and resulted in season 2, which had much more research.

A post made on PuffingFishHQ's Channel called many users who would later become a pivotal role in the search for more bugs and discontinued features. Many Minecraft players joined the hunt and the first major document was created on google docs. However, maintaining organization on google Docs proved to be difficult. A discord user and YouTuber by the name of Bluecrab2 had an idea to create a wiki for the unobtainable[14] Bayugoon first supported the idea 10 seconds after the initial posting.[15].Bixy[16], llyr[17], and PuffingFishHQ[18] also joined in discussion about the optimal organization of this proposed wiki soon after, arriving at the compromise to organize by feature type and version.[19][20] After the discussion, bluecrab2 sent a Miraheze request to create the wiki that was promptly approved at 17:16 UTC that day.[21] and so the Minecraft Discontinued Features Wiki was founded on May 5, 2020.

Early development (May 2020 - September 2020)

The wiki started as a Java-oriented wiki, and so the first wiki's page is a main page for the Java Edition discontinued features. This was followed by Java Edition:Bedrock (Item), Java Edition:Green Shrub, Java Edition:Silk Touch Shears, Java Edition:Barrier (Block) and Java Edition:Infinity and Mending Book/Bow.[22][23][24][25][26]. These pages were created by some of the first users to join the wiki, such as Bluecrab2MC and Bayugoon[27]

nasko222 joined PuffingFishHQ's server approximately around May 28, 2020. He introduced the concept of using a new type of version, the April Fools' version. This was initially controversial, as these versions were only meant as jokes and not to be exploited. However, they are Mojang versions and so were generally accepted. This set in an explosion of discoveries that progressed from the earliest to the most recent. Starting at 2.0, the Battle Sign, Mob Wearing Wool, and Fools' Coal were found. It was discovered that 15w14a could be updated by naming the world "AF15 Existence". In 1.RV-Pre1, Powered Black Glazed Terracotta was found. In 3D Shareware v1.34, Potion of Luck, Multishot 2-12, Uncraftable Potion, Uncraftable Tipped Arrow, Open Barrel, and God Horse were found after upgrading was found possible with the name "shareware". The largest number of discoveries were found in 20w14∞, the April Fools' snapshot that came out earlier that year, after Sl1mJ1m discovered the worlds could be updated by changing level.dat to special_level.dat. All these discoveries took place in a matter of a few days around May 30 - June 2, creating lots of excitement about all the new possibilities within the community. PuffingFishHQ decided not to use any of the new April Fools' versions, especially considering his series had already passed several of the April Fools' versions by that point. PuffingFishHQ did post a video about nasko222's world during the craze though.[28] Less obvious discontinued features, such as, phantom tipped arrows and Wild Llama Wearing Carpet would trickle in the following days.

On June 22, 2020, a discussion created was on the main page's talk page to choose an icon for the wiki.[29] The poll was meant to be a wiki-style consensus rather than a poll but upon receiving no comments by the due date of June 30, 2020, a poll was created to decide the winner.[30] Bluecrab2 had submitted 8 options for logos that were just vanilla textures. PuffingFishHQ submitted a missing texture with a yellow barrier on top of it. Finally, SlushFiend submitted the "Ultra Discontinued Block" on June 23, 2020. The original submitted icon: Wiki Icon Candidate 2.png. Slushfiend's design won overwhelmingly and continues to be the wiki's icon with some minor corrections.[31]

Sl1mJ1m came up with the idea for a voice chat call to edit the wiki together on September 9, 2020. Sl1mJ1m named this event "WMEDA" for Wiki Marathon Extravaganza Day of Awesomeness. The first WMEDA was held on September 12, 2020 and was a huge success: 276 Edits and 35 New Pages.[32] The first two WMEDAs were held on PuffingFishHQ's server and it has since become a monthly event on the MCDF Discord. For more information on WMEDA history see Project:WMEDA/Archives.

Separation from PuffingFishHQ and new wiki direction (September - November 2020)

Up until this point, all discontinued feature discussions had happened on PuffingFishHQ's server. Bayugoon had pushed for a separate Discontinued Feature Wiki Discord for some time to be split from the PuffingFishHQ Discord. On September 26, 2020, he posted a StrawPoll to the #unobtained-wiki channel to ask the question: "Should the discontinued wiki move to its own discord?".[33] bluecrab2 delayed the end of the poll till September 28, 2020, and voted against the poll but stated he would create the server if the vote won.[34] The vote won 11 - 2 (85% - 15%) and bluecrab2 did make the separate Discord for the wiki on September 30, 2020.[35]

On September 30, the MEE6 bot was added to the Discord.[36] The next day, on October 1, the Discord invite link was added to the wiki's main page.[37] Although, bluecrab2 had not expected anyone to find it there. Freedom_MC was the first to find the link there.[38] Next Bayugoon and then Sl1mJ1m found it on the same day.[39][40] After that, Freedom_MC posted the invite link onto PuffingFishHQ's Discord server on October 2, leading to LivingComputer, John119, scam.net, mate_amargo, FavoritoHJS, WyvernElement, Marpace, and Wax Axes joining that day.[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]

Originally, bluecrab2 was the only administrator on the Minecraft Discontinued Features Wiki Discord server and had no role for this position. On 17 October 2020 user Kream pinged everyone in the #non-minecraft channel because permissions had been improperly set up.[49] Seven minutes after this message was sent, bluecrab2 created the mod role and private #mods channel.[50] Bayugoon and Sl1mJ1m became the first two mods and bluecrab2 also gave himself the same mod role.

The original name of our Discord was "MC Discontinued Features Wiki". Since the Discord was exclusively wiki focused, the #announcements channel often was filled with minor changes to the wiki (for example, including every time Template:Present was updated).[51][52][53][54] However, within a month it became clear members were joining who were interested in discontinued features but not in editing the wiki. For this reason, a poll was held on November 7, 2020 to change the Discord name to just "MC Discontinued Features".[55] The poll was supportive of the name change (14 - 1) and so the name was officially changed on November 10, 2020.[56][57] The Discord retains a large section dedicated to the wiki but the broadened scope has helped the Discord become the spot for coordinating all things discontinued features related.

On 8 September 2021 PuffingFish deleted most channels on his Discord, only leaving the announcements, history, and wiki channels.[58] This removed a substantial number of messages relating to discontinued features and without any backup, lots of history was lost. PuffingFish later apologized for the deletion. The wiki channel on PuffingFishHQ's Discord Server and all the channels in the Discontinued Feature Discord server was backed up soon after this to prevent any further loss of history.[59][60]

Bedrock Merge (October 2021)

Originally, this MCDF wiki only covered the Java Edition of the game. On 19 January 2021, GTBOT created Minecraft Bedrock (+Forks) and Console Edition Discontinued Features Wiki at the domain https://mcbdiscontinued.miraheze.org (adding a 'b' for "Bedrock" to the then domain https://mcdiscontinued.miraheze.org).[61][62] On the same day, a discussion channel was made on the Discord server to discuss Bedrock Edition discontinued features in the Unobtained section called "bedrock-discussion" (now "bedrock-discussion-old") in addition to the "unobtained-discussion" which was for Java Edition.[63]

This started the first exploration of discontinued features in editions beyond Java Edition, but it was very limited.[64] Bedrock players were disappointed by the lack of research and annoyed by the hostility from Java Edition players who spammed the message "ew bugrock" in the #bedrock-discussion channel.[65][66][67][68] On 28 January 2021, the "unobtainable item" Discord was created by dust exclusively for Bedrock Edition and it became the primary location for Bedrock Edition discontinued feature discussion.[69] This Discord recorded the discontinued features it discovered in discovery channels on the Discord rather than by creating wiki articles about them.[70] By March 2021, the traffic on the #bedrock-discussion channel in the main MC Discontinued Features Discord had mostly moved to the new Discord server. A poll was held on 31 March 2021 to decide whether to keep the channel with a minimum of 1/3 votes required to keep the channel open.[71] The poll resulted in a vote for archival 11 - 3 and the channel was archived on 4 April 2021.[72] Afterwards, discussion about any edition was allowed in #unobtained-discussion but this was primarily full of Java Edition discussion.

The Minecraft Bedrock Discontinued Features wiki remained incredibly small and incomplete with a peak of around 25 articles and only 10 had useful content.[73][74] Nearly all these pages were riddled with work in progress and needs testing templates as a result of less interest in other editions and the lack of editors on the new server.

After lots of discussion, it was decided to add namespaces to the MCDF wiki to cover different editions. The Java and Bedrock namespaces were created on 9 October 2021.[75] Bayugoon (now LPT4) began working on the technical details to get multiple namespaces working such as removing the namespace from the page title and allowing the reader to search on the current namespace by default. On 16 October 2021, Porktuga (before becoming mod) suggested that since the wiki was adding Bedrock Edition, the Bedrock "unobtainable items" Discord should merge into the main MC Discontinued Features Discord.[76] Sl1mJ1m created the "Java and Bedrock Discord Merge Discussion" group chat between all the mods of the two Discord servers 10 minutes after the suggestion message. The Bedrock Discord mods agreed to the merge idea under the condition they would become mods on the joint MC Discontinued Features Discord server. A poll was announced on the MC Discontinued Features Discord later that day to decide whether to move forward with the merge.[77] The poll finished 43-13 in favor of merging and the merge was completed on 18 October 2021. dust, PRGRMR, and R2 were added as mod making 3/7 of the Discord mods from Bedrock Edition.[78] The #unobtained-discussion channel was moved to #je-discussion (later #java-discussion). Equivalent channels for all Java channels were made for Bedrock and Console in separate sections.[79] Over time, these Bedrock Discord mods became inactive and left the mod team: PRGRMR left on 24 February 2022, dust left on 22 October 2022, and R2 left on 28 March 2024.[80][81][82]

Bayugoon (now LPT4) completed the addition of the Bedrock Edition namespace on 24 October 2021. All existing discontinued feature pages were moved from the Main namespace to the Java Edition namespace. The separate Minecraft Bedrock Discontinued Features Wiki was closed and edited to point towards the now joint Java, Bedrock, and Console Edition discontinued features wiki. The Bedrock Edition namespace has since been built up especially thanks to FireX420 and CaptainRex1236 and the MC Discontinued Features Discord continues discussions in all editions of Minecraft.

Wiki Move (June - July 2023)

For many years, there have been various proposals to move the wiki to self-host. This was mainly due to problems wiki's host, Miraheze, was running into every so often, such as the notorious failure of the database cluster "db141", which resulted in a 2 month-long attempt to recover the disc's data.

In June 2023, many of the prominent Miraheze technical and community volunteers left the site, citing an unjustified action by the Trust & Safety team. This left 2 people in charge of the entire technical infrastructure, with discs being "on the verge of failure" and as no solution was in sight, on June 15, 2023, Miraheze released a statement stating they were going to shutdown it's services[83].

Not soon after the MCDF wiki admins released their own statement stating they were planning on moving to a new host to combat this issue[84]. And while the new Miraheze management reversed the decision to shutdown, [85] the wiki admins of MCDF decided to continue on their plan to move hosts[86]. Thanks to TreeIsLife having a direct contact to one of the wiki.gg staff, the wiki.gg approved the wiki on June 17, 2023 and created it on June 20, 2023.

A poll about our future subdomain was created on the Discord server on June 18, 2023, with the result being changing it from "mcdiscontinued" to just "mcdf". After some time dedicated to customizing the new wiki, the wiki.gg wiki was officially launched on July 4, 2023.

References

  1. List of Discontinued Features on Technical Minecraft Wikia
  2. First Edit to the List of Discontinued Feature Page on the Technical Minecraft Wikia by SpawnChunks
  3. Message of SpawnChunks Sharing the List of Discontinued Feature Page on the Technical Minecraft Wikia to the Prototech Discord Server. The contents of the message were: "Hello everybody! I've made a list of discontinued items on the Technical Minecraft Wikia. If anybody knows of any such items, blocks, or mobs, please make sure to add them to the list! @RaysWorks You could probably improve this a lot! https://technical-minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Discontinued_Features". This message was pinned by RaysWorks to the #public-chat later that day. It remains the first pinned message in #public-chat to this day. Bluecrab2 found this wiki page because it was pinned to the channel.
  4. "Hey SpawnChunks! I noticed you created the page https://technical-minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Discontinued_Features about 2 years ago, I was curious: where did you get the term Discontinued Feature from?" Message from bluecrab2 to SpawnChunks at 4:33 p.m. UTC on 13 May 2021."
  5. "Hi. I just heard that most people refer to them as "discontinued features". Like MC YouTubers and the official Minecraft Wiki. Why are you asking?" Message from SpawnChunks to bluecrab2 at 4:29 p.m. UTC on 15, May 2021.
  6. "If you came up with a better term for it, feel free to edit the page. 🙂" Message from SpawnChunks to bluecrab2 at 4:32 p.m. UTC on 15, May 2021."
  7. "No I really like the term! :D" Message from bluecrab2 to SpawnChunks at 5:47 p.m. UTC on 15 May 2021.
  8. "I was trying to discover the etymology of it because the term is used a lot now" Message from bluecrab2 to SpawnChunks at 5:48 p.m. UTC on 15 May 2021.
  9. "That was the earliest I’ve found yet (wiki started June 2019)" Message from bluecrab2 to SpawnChunks at 5:50 p.m. UTC on 15 May 2021.
  10. "I've heard Rayswork say things at Prototech are “discontinued” every once in a while but you’re the first to make it discontinued features as far as I know" Message from bluecrab2 to SpawnChunks at 5:51 p.m. UTC on 15 May 2021.
  11. "Rays usually called them “rares”" Message from bluecrab2 to SpawnChunks at 5:51 p.m. UTC on 15 May 2021.
  12. "I think he just referred to them as "discontinued blocks/items/mobs/block formations" but that would have been a weird title for a Wiki page so I might have just typed "discontinued features" because yeah, blocks, items, mobs, block formations, they are features." Message from SpawnChunks to bluecrab2 at 6:20 p.m. UTC on 15, May 2021
  13. "The reason why I've made that page is ever since the mushroom block obtainable with Silk Touch changed in 1.8 from an all-inside to an all-outside data value, I wanted to collect such rare blocks, same with Silk Touch shears and Mending&Infinity bows, however back then I didn't know that there were so many. Later I saw that on ProtoTech they had a lot more collected that I didn't know existed, so I started researching a bit (Minecraft Wiki, Ray's videos, etc.) and put everything I found to that list on the Wiki page. I don't really follow Ray anymore, but I think he does have a community-edited excel document that probably contains a lot more discontinued features than my old page, check that out if you're interested in discontinued features." Message from SpawnChunks to bluecrab2 at 6:30 p.m. UTC on 15, May 2021.
  14. "We could make a discontinued features wiki" - bluecrab2 on PuffingFish Headquarters Discord #unobtained-submissions at 2020-05-05 16:47:22.572 UTC (Discord Link)
  15. "that would be cool" - Bayugoon on PuffingFish Headquarters Discord #unobtained-submissions at 2020-05-05 16:47:32.965 UTC (Discord Link)
  16. "Version / Def" - Bixy on PuffingFish Headquarters Discord #unobtained-submissions at 2020-05-05 16:50:01.735 UTC (Discord Link)
  17. "no dude / version" - llyr on PuffingFish Headquarters Discord #unobtained-submissions at 2020-05-05 16:50:43.459 UTC (Discord Link)
  18. "I'd have to agree with version" - PuffingFishHQ on PuffingFish Headquarters Discord #unobtained-submissions at 2020-05-05 16:51:17.846 UTC (Discord Link)
  19. "or we could organize it both ways" - llyry on PuffingFish Headquarters Discord #unobtained-submissions at 2020-05-05 16:50:55.199 UTC (Discord Link)
  20. "yeah compromise :)." - bluecrab2 on PuffingFish Headquarters Discord #unobtained-submissions at 2020-05-05 16:51:02.066 UTC (Discord Link)
  21. Miraheze Wiki Request
  22. First Revision of Bedrock Page (original revision ID was 5)
  23. First Revision of Green Shrub Page (original revision ID was 62)
  24. https://mcdf.wiki.gg/wiki/Java_Edition:Silk_Touch_Shears?oldid=32969 First Revision of Silk Touch Shears Page] (original revision ID was 154)
  25. https://mcdf.wiki.gg/wiki/Java_Edition:Barrier_(Block)?oldid=5582 First Revision of Barrier (Block) Page] (original revision ID was 221)
  26. First Revision of Infinity and Mending Bow/Book Page (original revision ID was 244)
  27. First User Creations
  28. How a Multiplayer Unobtained Could Be!!! (S3?) | Nasko's Server Tour | Minecraft (PuffingFishHQ Video)
  29. Originally posted on Talk:Main Page but now moved to Minecraft Discontinued Features:News/Archives/2020
  30. The Original Google Forums Poll
  31. The poll received 11 votes by the due time on July 3rd. Each voter ranked each icon from 1 to 10 and the total score results were as follows:
    • Bedrock = 70
    • Barrier = 67
    • Green Shrub = 77
    • Missing Texture = 87
    • Command Block = 54
    • Illusioner = 50
    • Spawner = 57
    • Creeper Spawn Egg = 46
    • Missing Texture with Yellow Barrier = 68.5
    • Ultra Combo Discontinued Block = 106.5
  32. First WMEDA Results
  33. Image of the Straw Poll results
  34. " If there's the majority who want the new Discord I'll make it! Let's give the poll a bit longer we just started it today lol, maybe let's make it end on Monday" (edited) - bluecrab2 on 27 September 2020 at 13:14 UTC
  35. More precisely created at 23:08:15.016 UTC on 30 September, 2020 (Unix timestamp: 1601507295016). Exact time confirmed by inserting the Discord's ID (761001494514237490) into Discord ID Creation Time Checker
  36. MEE6 Bot Welcome Message
  37. Own Discord Link! Edit to Main Page
  38. Freedom_MC Welcome Message
  39. Bayugoon Welcome Message
  40. Sl1mJ1m Welcome Message
  41. LivingComputer Welcome Message
  42. John119 Welcome Message
  43. scam.net Welcome Message
  44. mate_amargo Welcome Message
  45. FavoritoHJS Welcome Message
  46. WyvernElement Welcome Message
  47. Marpace Welcome Message
  48. Wax Axes Welcome Message
  49. Kream Everyone Message "@everyone anybody wanna call?" - Kream#9062 at 23:26 UTC 2020-10-17
  50. First #mods Message (Private) "@Bayugoon#9592 @Sl1mJ1m#2492 I have given you both the mod role so you have more permissions on the Discord"
  51. Discord Announcement "Template:Present updated from 1.16.3 to 1.16.4 Pre-release 1, no future discontinued features fixed" - bluecrab2 October 15, 2020 in #announcements
  52. Discord Announcement "Template:Present updated from 1.16.4 Pre-release 1 to 1.16.4 Pre-release 2, no future discontinued features fixed" - bluecrab2 October 22, 2020 in #announcements
  53. Discord Announcement "Template:Present updated from 1.16.4 Pre-release 2 to 1.16.4 Release Candidate 1, no future discontinued features fixed" (edited) - bluecrab2 October 27, 2020 in #announcements
  54. Discord Announcement "Template:Present updated from 1.16.4 Release Candidate 1 to 1.16.4, no future discontinued features fixed" (edited) - bluecrab2 November 2, 2020 in #announcements
  55. Discord Announcement "Poll: Should we rename Discord Server from 'MC Discontinued Features Wiki' to 'MC Discontinued Features' Reason: While wiki is still a huge part of what we do here, we also do all sorts of unobtained things (Poll Ends 11/10/2020)" - bluecrab2 November 7, 2020 in #announcements
  56. Poll results read from poll message on October 23, 2022 but bluecrab2 seems to remember these counts being the original result as well even though people could react or remove reacts later technically. The users' votes are shown below. In support: Against:
  57. Discord Announcement "Server renamed MC Discontinued Features due to poll results!" - bluecrab2 November 10, 2020 in #announcements
  58. "Hello guys this is the discord reset message of 9/8/21 (8/9/21 for not America). Rules and roles will be coming soon!" - PuffingFishHQ #general (Discord Link)
  59. PuffingFishHQ #wiki Back Up. All other channels are lost as of September 8, 2021.
  60. Public MC Discontinued Features Discord Channel Backups
  61. "IT WAS MADE!!!!" - GTBOT on 19 January 2021 in #wiki (Discord Link)
  62. "Check out our new twin wiki for Bedrock (+Forks) & Legacy Console Edition at https://mcbdiscontinued.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page. Thanks @GTBOT for organizing its creation! @Notifications" - bluecrab2 on 19 January 2021 in #announcements (Discord Link)
  63. #bedrock-discussion-old on the MC Discontinued Features Discord
  64. Before the #bedrock-discussion channel was made, only nasko222 had looked at Bedrock Edition. nasko222 had compiled a short list of known Bedrock discontinued features which he was able to test by playing old pocket edition versions:
    • 0.4.0 - door dupe, block with torch, torches fences, infinibonemeal, furnace dupe?
    • 0.5.0 - torches underwater, OP melon
    • 0.6.0 - top alpha slabs, infini bows
    • 0.7.0-0.7.3 - infinibow again, furnace dupe again?, free obsidian glitch, alpha slabs
  65. "Ew bugrock" - scam.net on 19 January 2021, first message in #bedrock-discussion (Discord Link)
  66. "yes indeed" - superfly935 on 19 January 2021, responding to scam.net's first message in #bedrock-discussion (Discord Link)
  67. "ew bugrock" - molten cheese on 20 January 2021 in #bedrock-discussion (Discord Link)
  68. "eww bugrock / 🤮" - Bayugoon on 23 January 2021 in #bedrock-discussion (Discord Link)
  69. Created at 04:41:04.623 UTC on 18 January, 2021 (Unix timestamp: 1611808864623). Exact time confirmed by inserting the Discord's ID (804209409122893894) into Discord ID Creation Time Checker
  70. "unobtained item archive" Discord invite link
  71. "Poll: Should this ⁠#bedrock-discussion channel be archived? If ≥1/3 people want to keep the channel, it won't be archived. Please only vote if you play the bedrock edition. ✅ = Archive this channel. The bedrock specific discord removes the need of this channel. Discussion about bedrock will still be allowed on this server under ⁠#unobtained-discussion as well. ❎ = Keep the channel. This channel specific to the bedrock is useful and helps separate java and bedrock discussion. I would like to continue to use this channel." - bluecrab2 on 31 March 2021 in #bedrock-discussion
  72. "The poll resulted in the decision to archive, bedrock discussion can still take place in ⁠java-discussion or at the bedrock unobtained discord (check pinned messages) " - bluecrab2 on 4 April 2021 in #bedrock-discussion (Discord Link)]
  73. "actually more like 25 only counting df pages" - Bayugoon on 23 July 2021 in #wiki-editors (Discord Link)
  74. "All I know is that there are 10 pages that use that actual wiki page format" - GTBOT on 23 July 2021 in #wiki-editors (Discord Link)
  75. "I just created 'Java' and 'Bedrock'" - bluecrab2 on 9 October 2021 in #wiki (Discord Link)
  76. "If we are merging wikis, lets go ahead and do that with discord servers too. - Easier communication - Easier development of the BE and LCE parts of the wiki - "Bedrock and Console" channel section can be separated" - Porktuga on 16 October 2021 in #suggestions (Discord Link)
  77. We've been working with the Bedrock Edition Unobtainable Discord Server and are excited to announce an important decision. We would like to merge the two Discord servers to bring the communities together and promote better cohesiveness. We are holding this poll to determine whether to move forward with this merge! @Notifications 🟩 Yes! Merge the Discords 🟥 No! Keep Separate - bluecrab2 on 16 October 2021 in #announcements (Discord Link)
  78. The Discord mods at the time were bluecrab2, Sl1mJ1m, Bayugoon, dust, PRGRMR, and R2.
  79. The poll has resulted in a yes (43-13)! We will be moving around many channels shortly. Also please welcome the three new mods from the Bedrock Discord Server: @dust (dust), @PRGRMR (PRGRMR), and @R2 to the mod team! 🎉 @Notifications - bluecrab2 on 18 October 2021 in #announcements (Discord Link)
  80. "@lot4, @molneya, and @PRGRMR have all moved off the mod team recently in good terms. Thank you all for your service to the Discord server! We will be inviting in new mods soon as well. @Notifications" - bluecrab2 on 24 February 2022 in #announcements (Discord Link)
  81. "@dust has now retired to a @Former Mod, thank you so much for your service as moderator for the past year! ❤️ @Notifications" - bluecrab2 on 22 October 2022 in #announcements (Discord Message)
  82. "@R2 has stepped down from the mod team due to lots of work from university taking their time. Thank you for your work as a moderator over the last two years! 💻 @Notifications" - bluecrab2 on 28 March 2024 in #announcements
  83. Miraheze's Statement on Shutting Down
  84. MCDF News Statement Informing Users on Miraheze's inital Statement
  85. Miraheze's later Statement Stating they Won't Shut Down
  86. MCDF News Statement Updating Users on the Plan to Continue the Move