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Seems like something rather minor, and no reliable source appears to have talked about this either. I'll keep my eyes peeled but the is nothing to include right now.IceWelder [✉]21:46, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm unable to edit this article due to my account's age, so I'll complain here. The article incorrectly states that Mojang Specifications was founded in 2009 for Minecraft. This is false information. The company existed at least since 2004 with Wayback Machine captures going as far back as 2003 (source). These citations in the article refer toMinecraft NOTMojang:
Mojang Studios was founded by [[Markus Persson]], a Swedish independent [[video game designer]] and [[Video game programmer|programmer]], in 2009.<ref name="TechRadar: History" /><ref name="Wired UK: Origins" />
This is straight up incorrect because Mojang worked onWurm Online which released in 2006:
Mojang Studios was founded by the independent video game designer Markus Persson in 2009 as Mojang Specifications for Minecraft's development.
That's a great point, I'm glad you mentioned that. I did consider that and those sources are still invalid and the year is still incorrect for Mojang Specifications. Thanks!Dell en (talk)22:17, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The year is correct. As I mentioned here, and as the article states merely two sentences after the bit you quoted, there were two separate companies named Mojang Specifications: one incorporated in 2007 and today called Code Club, one incorporated in 2009 and today called Mojang Studios. They are legally and functionally distinct companies, despite having had the same name at some point. The longevity of the domain name is irrelevant.IceWelder [✉]04:52, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As per above, the references do not cite the information they are pertaining to. The infobox is incorrect as "Formerly Mojang Specifications (2009–2010)" refers to the same Mojang Specifications which existed since 2003. Please fix this.Dell en (talk)09:08, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure whether my wording was unclear or you haven't actually read my response. Allow me to elaborate:
This company, now called Mojang Studios, was founded in 2009 as Mojang Specifications, specifically on18 June 2009, and was converted into Mojang AB on17 September 2010 (and since adopted the "Mojang Studios" trade name). TheTechRadar article also outlines this information clearly, even if more informally: "Minecraft's Alpha sales began on June 13th 2009. Less than a month later it had sold over 1,000 copies and gained over 20,000 registered players, enough for Persson to scale back the hours spent on his day job and dedicate more time to Minecraft's development under the Mojang Specifications banner."The former Mojang.com website states: "Mojang AB is a games studio based in Stockholm, Sweden. We were founded in 2009 by Markus “Notch” Persson."
The company that developedWurm Online isCode Club AB. It was incorporated on14 May 2007 with the name Mojang Specifications AB, renamed Onetoofree AB in 2007 and Code Club AB in 2011. Asthe company's website denotes: "Founded by Rolf Jansson and Markus Persson back in 2007 we started out as Mojang Specifications. When Markus left he wanted to keep using the name Mojang since he had made that cool logo, and the company went under the name of OneTooFree for a while. In 2011 we decided to change name once again to Code Club." Prior to this incorporation, "Mojang Specifications" was an informal partnership between Persson and Jansson, whereas 2009's Mojang began as Persson's solo project.
To make this clear: There are two separate companies, both live today, that were at one point called "Mojang Specifications". The Mojang Specifications that madeWurm Online is not the same Mojang Specifications that madeMinecraft. Neither the prior incorporation of Code Club AB (Mojang Specifications AB), nor the prior existence of the name "Mojang Specifications", nor the prior existence of the website "mojang.com" in any way means that the company that madeMinecraft existed before 2009, and neither company claims this to be the case. Multiple companies have the same name over time is not even a rare occurence. TheAtari name, which originated in the United States in 1972, is currently in use bya French company founded in 1983. The company adopted the name in a subsidiary in 2003 and for itself in 2009.Telltale Games is a company founded in 2018 that (in 2019) bought the name and IPs ofTelltale Games, which had been founded in 2004 and closed in 2018. Despite having the same name (and even making the same games), the newer company was founded in 2018, not 2004, and it does not claim that.
The year 2009 for the company that madeMinecraft is correct and well documented, plus a brief history of the name is already outlined in the article. There is nothing to fix.IceWelder [✉]11:29, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"I'm not sure whether my wording was unclear or you haven't actually read my response." ditto. I'm not reading this though. Someone fromWP:Simple can understand my previous reply and make the changes please.Dell en (talk)13:30, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I understood your reply perfectly. You believe that, because there wasa Mojang Specifications around in 2003, it mustthis Mojang Specifications. This is incorrect, as I described in detail above. Persson and Jansson came up with a name in 2003, made it a company in 2007, Persson left in 2007 and created a new company with the same name in 2009. This article is about the company created in 2009, not the "Mojang Specifications" name in general, although the history is briefly discussed here. The 2009 founding year is captured not only by reliable secondary sources but also Mojang itself, as I noted above. There is nothing to fix here.IceWelder [✉]13:52, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For the sake of addressing your sourcing worries, I replaced the previous two sources on the opening sentence with ones that state, verbatim:
"Mojang Specifications has come a long way since itfirst officially opened its doors in 2009"[1]
"Mojang -- the Sweden-based studio Perssonset up in 2009 to take charge of Minecraft development"[2]
Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able toedit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details.Aaron Liu (talk)07:28, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Done — HELLKNOWZ ∣ TALK14:56, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
