Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Waffle on October 15, 2004, 02:38:00 PM
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I know alot of folks who play this game are passionate about aircraft. Some work on them, some fly them. Some might have had a family member who flew, and some just like the ww2 warbirds.
But of the folks that play this game, I am sure there is an incredible amount of information that is possessed that could be shared by players.
It would be like our own player based Aces High Library.
A place where no arguments would occur - the only posting would be of pictures, articles, color profiles, data , technical drawings, ect...
Make a sticky of a plane (or a plane series) - If you come across something or have something to share - Post it in the thread. Soon, whenever you need some plane information or a good read - you could just pull up the old "research" forum and check out a thread.
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nevermind - forgot its friday...
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A wiki would probably work pretty good as a library.
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiWeb
Just need some webspace for it.
Indy007
ShiznotZ!
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about the only thing I don't like about the wikis is that people can change information.
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Waffle,
this would be an excellent idea if the powers to be would implement it, and as you said if it is on the message boards have a sticky for each plane that we could openly add data to
or make a webpage with upload feature to make a "Library of WW2 info" as you have put it
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_used_in_World_War_II
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A lot of what you may want may be possible with just a good forum system which allows attachments since I assume you'll have some dedicated librarians to manage the content.
There is also a lot to be said for a CMS which lets you keep image galleries, links databases, etc. all neatly organized. Some forum systems these days also have portal-like add-ons which may also be worth looking at.
If you can be more precise about what features you want I can look around what's out there in open-source.
-DoK
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Originally posted by Furball
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ROFL I love this picture!!!!
:rofl :rofl :rofl
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If there is enough interest, I'd be happy to set up a site with:
uploadable galleries w/ thumbnails
file uploading
a forum
private messenging
browser-based email addresses
A dormant squad site (which will no longer be used) is currently hosted, but you can see a sample of some of the features.
Domain is: http://flightsims.info
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Originally posted by Rolex
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Domain is: http://flightsims.info
LDU roolz!
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I was thinking of someplace that you could post scans from manuals / technical documents as well as articles / flight test reports...pictures, video - anything under the sun that pertains to an aircraft in a historical/technical way.
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Wasn't thinking so much as historical stories, unless it was dealing with flight charateristics, but more along the lines of the mechanical side of the aircraft. 3-views / cutaways, tech docs/manuals...ect...
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Originally posted by Furball
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Wow Furball im impressed!:eek:
Ok skinners get to work!!:aok
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I keep the picture hanger full with all the photos I post on the forums here.
I keep having to delete photos to add more :)
Needless to say there are lots of folks who are doing this and contributing information.
Dan/Slack
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The code that powers Wikopedia is open-source. So we could install that someplace and have a pretty powerful system too. Either way.
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I did a test install of MediaWiki (what powers Wikopedia) on my dedicated server - man, is it slow. I've rarely seen a php script spend so much time rendering a page. Thumbs down.