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The Minecraft Wiki (formerly known as Minepedia[b]) is an online encyclopedia dedicated to the Minecraft franchise written and maintained by a community of volunteers, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Founded by Citricsquid on June 17, 2009, the Minecraft Wiki has been hosted since 2013 by Gamepedia, a wiki hosting platform dedicated to video games.
| Submission declined on 12 February 2026 by ScalarFactor (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:
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| Submission declined on 1 February 2026 by Hurricane Wind and Fire (talk). This draft is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Wikipedia's verifiability policy requires that all content be supported by reliable sources.
This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for web content. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:
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Comment: References 1 and 2 do not significantly cover the subject and I do not think they verify the claims they are cited to, Reference 3 looks unreliable because it is a user-generated blog post, and References 4 and 5 are not independent of the subject.The "Launch and rapid growth" section is entirely unsourced, citations to reliable sources must be present no later than the end of the paragraph in the information is stated in. 🌀Hurricane Wind and Fire (talk) (contribs)🔥 15:19, 1 February 2026 (UTC)
 The logo of the Minecraft Wiki, a globe. | |
Type of site | Online encyclopedia |
|---|---|
| Available in | 17 languages |
List of languages English Czech | |
| Headquarters | London, England. |
| Country of origin | England |
| Owner | Curse LLC (since 2010) |
| Created by | Citricsquid |
| URL | minecraft |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional[a] |
| Current status | Active |
Content license | CC Attribution / Non-Commercial / Share-Alike 3.0 |
| Written in | LAMP platform[1] |
History
Launch and rapid growth
The Minecraft Wiki was launched on June 17, 2009 as a single English language website under the name Minepedia and the domain name minecraftwiki.net. The name originated from a blend of the words minecraft and encyclopedia. On August 3, 2009, the website went offline due to a lack of financial support for hosting, but was able to backup its content. With financial support provided by aera, a prominent community member, the website was able to go back online on August 28, 2009.
In 2010, the Minecraft Wiki experienced an period of exponential growth that rapidly increased the costs of hosting. On August 19, 2010, a backup failure caused edits since August 3, 2010 to be lost. Even with additional hosting support provided by WebTM, the website had stability problems due to a rapid rise in traffic. The website started asking for donations and introduced adverts as a result.
Redstone Wire Ltd and Curse
Redstone Wire Ltd was formed and incorporated on September 30, 2010 as a way to manage revenue. On November 15, 2010, Curse acquired the website, Redstone Wire and hired citricsquid, aera and WebTM. Redstone Wire Ltd was later dissolved on June 9, 2011.[2][3]
Migration to Gamepedia
The Minecraft Wiki migrated to Gamepedia on September 19, 2013, as part of a process to unify software between Curse wikis. This migration introduced the Hydra wiki engine, which introducuced an unified MediaWiki core and version, facilitating MediaWiki updates. It also moved from minecraftwiki.net to minecraft.gamepedia.com.[4]
App
The mobile app for the Minecraft Wiki was released in January 2016, to over 100,000 installs and generally positive reviews, scoring over three and a half of a possible five in a poll of approximately 2,000 users downloading from Google.[5]
- Reliable sources include: reputable newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and books from respected publishers.
- Unacceptable sources include: personal blogs, social media, predatory publishers, most tabloids, and websites where anyone can contribute.
Replace any unreliable sources with high-quality sources. If you cannot find a reliable source for the material, it should be removed.