Talk:Markus Persson

Seeing as Notch has left Mojang, anything saying that Notch works there should be edited. ISmile02 (talk) 01:10, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

I love notch’s game!! (Minecraft) -anonymous minecraft player| 174.218.13.202 02:28, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

I quote: 'Markus Alexej Persson, more commonly known as Notch, is the creator of Minecraft and the owner of Mojang AB.' shouldn't it be 'the former owner of Mojang AB.' Danski454 (talk) 08:42, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

There is the word "He" unnecessarily placed at the end of the 3rd paragraph in the Biography section. 108.11.187.154 22:03, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

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• In paragraph 4, I might link where it says "...go back to doing Ludum Dares ..."
• Also this talk page might benefit from some archiving. – Sealbudsman (Aaron) 👁 Image
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 Archived, though the edit has to be made by someone else.

To an admin: when making the other edit, can you move /Crapversion archive to /Archive 1 to be named a little more consistently? The title can still be displayed here. The {{archive}} header should also be added. –KnightMiner ^t/_c 16:01, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

I've gotta say, I don't understand the practice of giving permanent top-level protection to an article like this - on a community wiki - and then refusing to keep it up to date, for many months after the opening sentence became factually incorrect. 173.217.158.22 00:28, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Special:Diff/244664 71.212.10.80 00:52, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Absolutely right! 83.77.237.164 21:32, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

the page on notch really needs updating. he no longer owns mojang or works there.

‡Selene011‡ (talk) 19:29, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

The main text is up to date, as he still is a game developer (working on smaller projects), and the biography mentions his departure. Really the only parts that need updating are the infobox (where it has the two issues you mentioned). –KnightMiner ^t/_c 02:37, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Can someone add this picture to the gallery? – LR Guanzon • 👁 Talk
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"Persson has his own part of the Mojang website that can be found at http://www.mojang.com/notch" - Not anymore he doesn't. This needs to be removed. It's the second paragraph of biography. – Unsigned comment added by 109.201.154.145 (talk) at 20:54, 23 May 2016 (UTC). Please sign comments with ~~~~

agreed – Unsigned comment added by Christ stark10 (talk • contribs) at 02:27, 7 November 2017 (UTC). Please sign comments with ~~~~

"assets" spelt wrongly as asseSts in the part about mojang being sold to microsoft.

also, the links to all his games no longer work (they return an error 404) Randomystick (talk) 12:21, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

Should be removed. 71.8.148.148 22:45, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Belongs under the infobox, per style guide. The Blobs^{👁 Image}
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Why does it say Notch drops an apple? 98.225.253.160 21:32, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Can an admin or someone add the interwiki to tr:Markus Persson? Thanks! -Xbony2 (talk) 00:55, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Don't hurry, page Markus Persson on the Chinese wiki was created in July 2012 and is also not included on this page.a20001017^Talk 13:53, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

So, any admin who can add Chinese interwiki (zh:Markus Persson)?-- Ff98sha (talk) 14:21, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Czech as well please, thanks! | violine1101^(Talk) 14:41, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

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 Done. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 19:30, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

This page doesn't seem to have one, although Herobrine and the main page do. Can someone create one? - MinecraftPhotos4U (talk) 13:36, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

MCT:Community portal/Archive 16#Markus Persson/editcopy? –LauraFi - talk 14:54, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

This isn't true in the more recent versions of the game as far as I know. There are videos of Notch getting killed on YouTube, and he never drops an apple in the most recent versions. ―HalfOfAKebab ^{(talk, contribs)} 02:39, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Solved. ―HalfOfAKebab ^{(talk, contribs)} 18:23, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Please change the picture link in the gallery from File:Notchy.png to 👁 Image
Skylord wars (talk) 10:44, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

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Madminecrafter12^{T • C} 03:21, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

At the end of the article, it states that Kristoffer is his brother in law, shouldn't it say Ex-Brother in law, since Kristoffer's sister divorced Notch.–Preceding unsigned comment was added by Maxthecyborgforums (talk • contribs) at March 1, 2018 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

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Madminecrafter12^{T • C} 13:14, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Is there really any need for this page to be admins-only protected? Checking the history of the page shows that it was protected after a wave of vandalism by almost exclusively IP users, and restricting it only to admins is unfair on autoconfirmed users. There's also outdated information on the page I can't fix up because of this. - MinecraftPhotos4U (talk) 18:59, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

I would support this. Honestly, however, based on how users previously made many edit requests that never got replies, it's probable that an admin won't see this post. I definitely think that there should be an editcopy of this article if this page doesn't become unprotected; I mentioned this on the community portal talk page, but it only got one reply from a non-admin. I would support either lowering protection or creating an edit copy, but I think notifying an admin directly would probably be the best option. (Unless a admin sees this post, which would be great!)--👁 Image
Madminecrafter12^{T • C} 19:59, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Someone change "assests" to "assets", please. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.168.243.250 (talk) at 21:00, 05 October 2018 (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

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 Done, thanks for pointing it out. –Sonicwave ^talk 22:04, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

The 19w13a Snapshot removed all use of his name due to outrage over his transphobic comments and even attacks which he made through his social media. If this is enough to warrant official action than it's enough to warrant at least some mention here.

At the absolute least it's important to establish the current Minecraft staff have called out his behavior and that his beliefs do not represent those of the current Minecraft developers. 173.212.88.161 22:44, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

At least do you have any sources to back up these claims? -BDJP ^(t|c) 22:54, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

The removal of those splashes is in no way any proof that they acted on his (recent) behaviour. Notch is simply not the/a developer of the game anymore and removing direct references of his name might just be a coincidence in relation to social media. Otherwise this is just speculation which has no place on the wiki. – Jack McKalling [ 👁 Image
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There are at least a few cases in which former employees of Mojang still have easter eggs referencing them. The splash text "Ryan also has amazing hair!" in reference to Ryan Holtz, and typing "excitedze" into the recipe book search bar changing the language to Pirate Speak being a reference to Maria Lemón, are just two references that are still in despite them leaving. So if it was simply a matter of him having left, either references to Notch would have been removed closer to 2014 or 2015, since he left in September 2014, or not been removed in line with other Mojangsta references.

It's pretty clear why those splashes were removed, and those who wrote the 19w13a page agree. Milo359 (talk) 06:08, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Notch's political leanings or beliefs have absolutely no baring on this article. It seems ridiculous to consider including it for any reason, as he had left the project for years before talking about any such topics. His relevance to Minecraft is limited entirely to his history as a programmer and developer, and including any details relating to controversy or politics only opens the door to including the same for every other developer. It makes the most sense to me to maintain an absolute separation in this case. If someone wants to know about it, I'm sure it's detailed on his Wikipedia page. 66.102.84.93

If you're excluding his recent behavior, then why is the fact that his twitter is gone included in the biography section? That's not relevant to Minecraft at all. 76.99.5.163 19:20, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

This argument is self-defeating. If you have any personal details about Persson - his marriage, his activities at age 7 - then it is critical to include what is probably the most important fact about this man other than the fact that he created Minecraft. His use of his worldwide popularity and platform to distribute bigoted and far-right messages is 100% relevant to ANY discussion of his life or work. And the removal of the splashes was mentioned by every reporting organization in conjunction with his behavior; while Microsoft has not issued a formal statement, it's equally ludicrous to claim that there is "no proof" these things are related, or it was a coincidence. Microsoft also took the extraordinary step of uninviting Persson to the 10th anniversary Minecraft celebration, and these are all widely reported together and happened at nearly the same time. It is hardly speculation to repeat it. However, I will say that the fact that his twitter is gone is actually relevant, since the top of the page instructs you to contact him via twitter. It's probably best to adjust that banner as well. 70.237.120.187 12:02, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

First i read "he lived in denmark before moving to swede lol" (spelling mistake was there) and then it seems someone changed it to "he went to school in denmark before moving to sweden with his parents. I can not find any source of any of these. Korver1 (talk) 17:43, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Indeed, I've looked around and I can't find any evidence of him ever living in Denmark. I think you were correct in removing it, so thanks! Cheers, --Madminecrafter12 ^{(Talk to me | View what I've done)} 17:56, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Shouldn't Minicraft have a page like Minecraft 4k (or more then one like minecraft earth and dungeons) --Gtbot2007 (talk) 22:17, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Um, this is talking for talking about Markus Persson (mainly the page) not Minecraft. Gameking1happy (talk) 22:23, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Oh I see now. Gameking1happy (talk) 22:24, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

No no, he's talking about Minicraft, not Minecraft. I've thought about making a Minicraft page myself since it's technically an official Minecraft spinoff game, but I'm not really sure where to begin with it. AlienAgent124 (talk) 05:29, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

• I think you should include the line "It's not about the money. It's about my sanity", because it would help readers understand why he left Mojang. It's very important because it sums up why he left in just two short, very easily understood sentences.
• Maybe you should mention that he wasn't invited to the 10th anniversary celebration, to give more context to that statement by the Microsoft spokesperson.
• Add at least a mention of his Tumblr blog, The Word of Notch, and link to the page on this wiki about it. Use the last post on that blog, "So that's what I'm going to do", as a source of information about what his plans were after he cancelled 0x10c.
• Change "soundcloud" to "SoundCloud".
• Change the "M" in "Mojang.com/notch" to lowercase, since it's a URL.
• Change "Creating Minecraft, founder of Mojang Studios" to "Creating Minecraft, founding Mojang Studios".

73.139.156.87 00:29, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

I think that "Games and other work" section should also list "Levers and Chests", Notch's dungeon crawler currently in development. 2405:8100:8000:5CA1:0:0:97:C3EA 19:14, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't think this is something that the wiki should cover until the game actually releases. Before then, it's essentially just rumors/speculation. | violine1101 ^(talk) 22:21, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

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 Done - i also added a short sentence about him no longer being involved to the lead. | violine1101 ^(talk) 22:20, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

He is not known as Notch significantly more than he is known as Markus Persson. The current title is where it will stay.  Nixinova   T   C   07:32, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

I disagree. Most people know him as Notch more so than Markus Persson.Drour1234 (talk) 08:15, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

The rule of thumb for a page title is how this person would be referred to in print. Would a news article write about Notch or would it write about Markus Persson? Clearly the latter.  Nixinova   T   C   08:36, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

Adding to the reply above, since we are using WP:COMMONNAME of Wikipedia, we should use Markus Persson because that's what Wikipedia uses. 👁 Image
QwertyLilley [ talk ] 11:08, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

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 Support -Drour1234 (talk) 08:15, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

there should be a mention (maybe in the trivia section) that since notch doesn't have a migration cape, his account never migrated and thus likely forever unusable Alberting (talk) 07:14, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

he also acknowledged someone warning him ahead of time, if that matters Alberting (talk) 07:18, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

? Alberting (talk) 20:38, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

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 Added, I don't see any reason not to. - RedX (talk) 20:57, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

How do we know he doesn’t have one? He might simply prefer to show off another cape. After all, he did claim to approve of migration.Drour1234 (talk) 22:22, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

you're right, i incorrectly assumed namemc is able to see all capes. he might have one, pls undo Alberting (talk) 04:51, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Unclear feedback. --Capopanzo (talk | contribs) 14:17, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

"Takns,", not "Takens," ~2026-ParrotGoatMeadow5516 (talk) 14:14, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Not a typo, it's called like that. Capopanzo (talk | contribs) 14:16, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

It doesn't seem particularly notable, Notch has done plenty of interviews, and one among many being canceled for whatever reason doesn't really stand out. --Capopanzo (talk | contribs) 16:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

I've removed this entry. --Capopanzo (talk | contribs) 16:02, 11 March 2026 (UTC)