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Paper and Spigot plugin.yml errors

"Restricted name, cannot use ... as a plugin name"

Server log
org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidDescriptionException: Restricted name, cannot use minecraft as a plugin name.

What it means

A few plugin names are reserved by the server and the plugin is not loaded.

What causes it

The plugin is named bukkit, minecraft, mojang, spigot or paper. Upper or lower case does not matter.

How to fix it

Before

name: Paper

After

name: PaperTweaks

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