Minecraft:The Uncensored Library

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The Uncensored Library is an unofficial server released by Template:Wikipedia, intended as a tool against suppression of the press. The server is built in the image of a large library, with several areas containing banned journalism from many countries.

Summary

Players spawn inside of a gorge on a quartz boardwalk, with a single Minecraft:book in the inventory, meant to answer frequently asked questions. In front of the player is a teleporter to the library itself, and behind that is a metal sign telling players the server is meant to be in Minecraft:creative; if they can't Minecraft:fly, they must reconnect. Up a flight of stairs lead up to a statue of a hand gripping a pen, surrounded by off road forests and a small garden.

The player can reach the library proper by heading north, though to the sides are two outside exhibits, surrounded by gardens lined with Minecraft:birch trees, pools, hedges, and northward fountains. To the right is Template:Wikipedia, with a construct of a gavel threatening to crush a readable book, explaining it's meant to symbolize rising efforts to suppress the press with lawsuits. To the left is Template:Wikipedia, with a build of a TV made of Minecraft:observers in a ring of Minecraft:fire.

Entering the main building, the player passes by several large pillars into a ginormous dome area. At the front is a book explaining Template:Wikipedia's extreme repression of the press, with a full exhibit devoted to Iran below. In front of that are several teleporters to individual areas of the server, including one that can only be reached through the warp; Template:Wikipedia, the country ranked last in the 2020 Template:Wikipedia. The area is designed to evoke a jail, with a build in the center made of polished blackstone walls and chains, representing journalists being arrested for their integrity.

The main area of the library is a dome, with a large map of the world with each country ranked by their freedom of press, a lectern holding the World Freedom Press Index. Hanging above are each of the 180 countries' respective flags, with statues of books in the corners below. To the east, west, and north of the entrance are halls with exhibits dedicated to several countries. To the east are Template:Wikipedia and Template:Wikipedia, Mexico paying tribute to 12 journalists who were killed by the government, and Egypt with a build of a tipped scale. The west wing consists of Template:Wikipedia and Template:Wikipedia, with a build of a large octopusTemplate:More info and a "labyrinth of truth" representing Vietnam's increasing anti-press operations. The final path contains a cage symbolic of Template:Wikipedia jailing reporters, as well as an area not themed after a country. Instead, the player is instructed to stand behind a lectern in the back, past several seemingly randomly placed Minecraft:yellow concrete blocks. From the right angle, they form the word truth.

In the Minecraft franchise

Template:Expand section In 2023, the server received a dedicated article on Minecraft:Minecraft.net. Published without a credited author, the article details the meaning and foundation of the server.<ref name=":pride">Template:Mcnet</ref>

In 2024, the server received coverage within the Minecraft:15th anniversary book Minecraft:The World of Minecraft.

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Trivia

The flag used to represent Afghanistan in the dome is still occasionally used to represent the country, even though it is the flag of a defunct government (the Template:W). It also seemingly features a smiley emoticon in place of the emblem (though this could just be an unintentional Template:Wikipedia).