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To skip ahead in this thread to the end result of the discussion, see https://linen.miraheze.org.
Since the semi-official WIKI seems to have gone belly-up, I was daydreaming about what a nice WIKI would look like, specifically the part with one page per aeroplane:
- Aircraft Section (Eventually there could be other top sections, e.g. pilots)
- 1903-1922 section, 1923-1953 section, 1954+ section
- Entente Section and Central Powers Section (for 1903-1922)
Each aircraft page would have:
- Aircraft Name
- Alternate Names
- A link to the Wikipedia page (for historical data, specifications, etc.). No need to repeat everything here. I think we can feel free to add to wikipedia pages if we find the current ones inadequate.
- A paragraph or two of description.
- A free-to-use historical picture, if available.
- A small stats box:
- Primary User Countries
- Number Built
- Date of Introduction
- "Tailing Off Date" (approx.)
- Crew
- Engine
- Top Speed
- Armament
- Gaming Section
- Wings of Glory
- Official or Unofficial Stats (deck, damage type, damage pts, alt, climb)
- Plane cards
- Tips for pilots
- Other games could be added here, e.g. In Clouds of Glory, Blue Max, ...?
- Miniatures Sources
- 1:144
- Ares/Nexus Versions (can we post pictures?)
- Plastic and metal kits
- Shapeways links
- Other scales (1:285, 1:350, ...)
- Gallery?
Where would it be hosted? We'd want a place with minimal advertising and no yearly fees. (Eventually someone will grow tired of paying them and the site will disappear... it happens all the time.) We'd want a handful of trusted people to have "administrator privileges" so that it's not orphaned if one person disappears. One I've looked at is Miraheze (www.miraheze.org).
Rules: everything posted needs to have no copyright problems...it can still be licensed but needs to be under Creative Commons or similar license. That means no posting of "official" game materials (pictures or text) unless we get permission, no posting of random pictures found on the internet of dubious provenance.
Comments? Concerns? Additions?
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