Talk:Minecraft Education Edition

Article Should Not Be Merged With Minecraft

I’ve created this article because Education Edition is treated as a separate entity to the main game, has different updates, platforms, mechanics and history, has many notable sources referencing it and is considered and sold as a separate game. Squid45 (talk) 20:20, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

As do Bedrock Edition/Java Edition/Console Edition/etc. Education is just Bedrock Edition with a couple new features and doesn't need a separate page. Instead, the content should be added to an "Education Edition" section under Minecraft#Release.  Nixinova   T   C   21:51, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

But them confusion would be generated between versions. Shouldn’t there should be one page focused on Minecraft (the original game, the page we have now) then separate pages for Java, Bedrock, and Education? They are different after all; not only in mechanics, but history, purpose, influence, availability and price. The Official Minecraft Wiki has all three as separate pages, demonstrating that there is enough distinction between the versions to warrant a page.

An example of where a similar problem has been encountered is with Tetris and its many versions. “Tetris” has a main page for the game describing the overall gameplay and history. Then it has separate pages for Tetris (Atari), Tetris (NES), Tetris (Electronic Arts), and Tetris (Game Boy) all of which don’t stray too far from the core formula but have minor differences (sort of like Java/Bedrock). Then you have all the Tetris variants of which there are around 20 which add new features and tweak the formula.

The way Tetris has handled the variants in the above example makes it easier for readers to distinguish between the many versions. Surely Minecraft should do the same? Squid45 (talk) 08:13, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

This should be done as a discussion started on the talk page of Talk:Minecraft instead of just a partial unilaterial split by you. I'm going to reestablish this redirect and you can start a split discussion on Talk:Minecraft if you want the page to be split.  Nixinova   T   C   08:35, 22 August 2020 (UTC)