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== Original Research ==
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Holy original research Batman! <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/72.38.176.141|72.38.176.141]] ([[User talk:72.38.176.141|talk]]) 14:45, 15 June 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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:/agreed! [[User:Icemotoboy|Icemotoboy]] ([[User talk:Icemotoboy|talk]]) 22:24, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
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== Remarks ==
== Advert template ==


For discussion of the {{template|advert}} template and its possible correction and removal.
It is said that X-Plane is also running on Linux PPC. This is not true, at least today.


{{reply to|Roost}} I removed a false statement claiming that this is the only flight simulator for Windows and Mac. Does this solve the issue of the article looking like an ad, or are there other issues? —[[User:Cousteau|Cousteau]] ([[User talk:Cousteau|talk]]) 15:34, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
About Universal Binary executables to run on PPC as well as Intel Mac, this is true only from version 8.40. As in Europe the boxed version is 8.21, if you don't know this detail you will be disappointed.


== Moved from article ==
== Latest version ==


Okay so the latest version was X-Plane 12.06 which is released on September 15, 2023. I have no idea how to edit infobox, so can anyone edit it? Here's the link: [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2014780/view/5368909498004432223] [[User:Emery Cool21|Emery Cool21]] ([[User talk:Emery Cool21|talk]]) 03:59, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
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Also included in X-Plane is full photographic scenery for North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. This scenery, which is 80% of the Earth, is topographic. Although airports are only shown as their runways and ramps, scenery packages are available on X-Plane's forum.
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X-Plane is also known for being a true simulator, not a game. Not even the sky is the limit; You can fly in outer space and on Mars.
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X-Plane offers four other applications:
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1.Airfoil-Maker: Allows you to fully customize wings, such as on flyable designs of animals
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2.Briefer: Allows you to plan a Flight before-hand
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3.Plane-Maker: Allows you to create your own aircraft, change someone else's, or update aircrafts from older versions
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4.World Maker: allows you to create your own scenery for one place, or create a whole world altogether
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Other applications for X-Plane can be found on the forum. A very popular application is a converter that takes scenery packages from Microsoft Flight Simulator and changes them to X-Plane format.
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X-Plane also has plug-ins, such as XPushBack X, which "draws" a forklift or other truck that pushes you backwards to get onto a ramp. A big one is XSquawkBox, which allows you to fly online with others, where you can practice formations, have a dogfight, or just observe other planes trafficking as in real life. To help make the experience more real, X-Plane will keep track of the real date and time, and will constantly check the internet for weather results, thus real-time weather. There are plenty of servers, ones where you listen to an ATC and have a true experience with real pilots, and other where you fly to have fun.
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X-Plane also comes with a built-in Screenshot command, as well as a video-recorder, however videos do not record the sound, something that has been an issue for awhile, but is bound to be fixed.
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Yet another one of the big things X-Plane is known for is the 3D cockpits. Although not all aircraft have these, it has become a big deal and ''almost'' every new plane does.


:Recently updated the article (I didn't have an account back then) to reflect version 12.07. Also removed stuff about X-Plane 11 Early Access/Beta and updated the release history to show XP11 as end-of-life (though I think that table's very clunky... we might be better off without it).
--[[User:68.55.235.179|68.55.235.179]] 06:46, 7 January 2007 (UTC) D.J. Flores
:I'm curious, would there be an issue with using primary sources for things like versioning or price changes? And in what areas would said primary sources be discouraged? [[User:Iy4vet|Iy4vet]] ([[User talk:Iy4vet|talk]]) 06:06, 5 November 2023 (UTC)


== Removal of most of article content ==
I added some of this info again. Don't see why it was removed [[User:Marminnetje|Marminnetje]] 20:13, 22 April 2007 (UTC)


After the removal of most of the article content by {{Ping|Woodroar}}, this article has effectively been rendered a stub. As such, I've added a <nowiki>{{Videogame-software-stub}}</nowiki> stub template to the end of the article source.
== User:72.10.96.132 ==


Also, I've removed the advertisement template as it only applied to the article before most of its contents were removed. The article, such as it is, still relies too much on primary sources so that template was kept, but, since it's the only issue template attached to the article, I removed the multiple-issues template. [[User:Jdbtwo|Jdbtwo]] ([[User talk:Jdbtwo|talk]]) 15:02, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&user=&page=User:72.10.96.132


:I just downgraded this article’s assessment rating to “Stub class” so it’s consistent with the stub template. [[User:Jdbtwo|Jdbtwo]] ([[User talk:Jdbtwo|talk]]) 01:42, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
Blocked due to repeated stupid edits - i.e. adding release notes
::My hope is that someone rewrites the article completely based on the suggested secondary sources at the top of the page. I'd be happy to do it myself, if I ever get the time. [[User:Woodroar|Woodroar]] ([[User talk:Woodroar|talk]]) 16:22, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks to [[User:Kingboyk]]

[[User:Reedy Boy|Reedy Boy]] 21:45, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

This article is getting muddled again. [[User:65.74.13.226|65.74.13.226]] 19:27, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

This whole article needs a serious rethink or speedy removal. Austin is a terrible self-publicist and his band of dedicated simmers are probably even worse.

== Evenblade image ==

I've replaced the Evenblade image in the article; it was removed by [[User:TomXP411|TomXP411]] temporarily, and, without trying to second-guess anyone's reasons, not replaced. I feel it's an important image, since creating fictional aircraft is something that can be done only in X-Plane, and this is also why I've displaced the Beluga down: the Evenblade is in the section that discusses the flight model's advantages. Nonetheless, if anyone feels this is a [[WP:COI|conflict of interest]] (I created and uploaded the screenshot) feel free to revert. --[[User:Scott Wilson|Scott Wilson]] 16:51, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
: I had no problem with the image itself, but the page was getting way too cluttered with screenshots, and it was messing the formatting of the sections. I spent a lot of time re-formatting the article because of those kinds of problesm, and I just couldn't find a spot to re-insert the image where it didn't mess something up. I was also a little concerned about the article becoming a photo gallery and advertisiment for third party XP developers, but that hasn't happened, and the picture DOES look good where you put it. :) -- [[User:TomXP411|TomXP411]]<sup>[[User talk:TomXP411|[Talk]]]</sup> 01:30, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

==Image copyright problem with Image:X-Plane NoJoeC208B AngraDosReis.jpg==
The image [[:Image:X-Plane NoJoeC208B AngraDosReis.jpg]] is used in this article under a claim of [[WP:NFC|fair use]], but it does not have an adequate explanation for why it meets the [[WP:NFCC|requirements for such images]] when used here. In particular, for each page the image is used on, it must have an [[Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|explanation]] linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Please check

:* That there is a [[Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|non-free use rationale]] on the image's description page for the use in this article.
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== Moved External Links list here ==
I've moved all the external links here, except for the official one. The external links section is not a place for community links, its the place for official links. It's okay to put some community ones there, but it soon gets excessive. Rather than argue over which links should be there and which shouldn't - its much better just to have the official ones.
* [http://www.x-plane.org/ X-Plane.org] Community resource for downloads and forums
* [http://www.xsquawkbox.net/xpsdk/phpwiki/ Plugin SDK Home Page] Software Development Kit to make plug-ins
* [http://www.xplanegateway.net/ X-Plane Gateway] Comprehensive Links of X-Plane Community
* [http://www.x-plane.es/ X-Plane.es] Spanish language X-Plane portal offering news, downloads, links, and forums.
* [http://www.x-plane.it/ X-Plane.it] Italian language X-Plane portal offering news, downloads, links, and forums.
* [http://www.x-plane.hu/ x-plane :: hu] Hungarian language X-Plane portal offering news, downloads, links, and forums.
* [http://www.xplanefreeware.net/ X-Plane Freeware Project] Community resource for forums, downloads and professional commercial airliners.
Please feel free to discuss. [[User:Icemotoboy|Icemotoboy]] ([[User talk:Icemotoboy|talk]]) 03:21, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

== Release date ==
Where in the article should we mention the expected release date of X-Plane 10 (2011)?

In the interview with Austin Meyer:
[http://techhaze.com/2010/03/interview-with-x-plane-creator-austin-meyer/]
"Regarding X-Plane 10: unsure, but shooting for the top of next year!"

== [[X-Plane_(simulator)#Community|Community]] ==

I see that a user has added a new '[[X-Plane_(simulator)#Community|Community]]' section<br>
Personally I think that this section is not really needed for a couple of reasons, first it does not add much to the article itself, it has no references, What does it really tell the reader, that there is a forum or two dedicated to X-plane?<br>
Secondly the links themselves, X-Plane.org is probably the best known forum whereas x-pilot.com is far, far smaller, even the x-plan forum of flightsim.com is bigger, shall we not list that forum rather/as well?<br>
I was wondering what others though, shall we remove the section altogether?, remove the external links? add other forums? or leave it as it is? [[User:FFMG|FFMG]] ([[User talk:FFMG|talk]]) 14:09, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

== [[X-Plane_(simulator)#Version_10|Version_10]] ==

Is this section really needed? While there is no doubt there will be a future version all the details given in the [[X-Plane_(simulator)#Version_10|section]] are fairly vague.<br>
''Version 10 of the X-Plane series is set to go on sale around the first quarter of 2011. It will be one of, if not, the most realistic flight simulator for public use. It should not cost more than a normal video game, $35-$80.''<br>
Those are prety vague, (and maybe even [[WP:PEA|peacock]] terms), terms. I mean what price range is $35-$80 anyway?<br>
This looks like [[WP:OR]] taken from forum posts, (not sure where the price and take was guessed from), I propose we remove it until we have some more concrete, _referenced_, information. [[User:FFMG|FFMG]] ([[User talk:FFMG|talk]]) 06:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 16:22, 14 July 2024

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For discussion of the {{advert}} template and its possible correction and removal.

@Roost: I removed a false statement claiming that this is the only flight simulator for Windows and Mac. Does this solve the issue of the article looking like an ad, or are there other issues? —Cousteau (talk) 15:34, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Latest version

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Okay so the latest version was X-Plane 12.06 which is released on September 15, 2023. I have no idea how to edit infobox, so can anyone edit it? Here's the link: [1] Emery Cool21 (talk) 03:59, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Recently updated the article (I didn't have an account back then) to reflect version 12.07. Also removed stuff about X-Plane 11 Early Access/Beta and updated the release history to show XP11 as end-of-life (though I think that table's very clunky... we might be better off without it).
I'm curious, would there be an issue with using primary sources for things like versioning or price changes? And in what areas would said primary sources be discouraged? Iy4vet (talk) 06:06, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of most of article content

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After the removal of most of the article content by @Woodroar:, this article has effectively been rendered a stub. As such, I've added a {{Videogame-software-stub}} stub template to the end of the article source.

Also, I've removed the advertisement template as it only applied to the article before most of its contents were removed. The article, such as it is, still relies too much on primary sources so that template was kept, but, since it's the only issue template attached to the article, I removed the multiple-issues template. Jdbtwo (talk) 15:02, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just downgraded this article’s assessment rating to “Stub class” so it’s consistent with the stub template. Jdbtwo (talk) 01:42, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My hope is that someone rewrites the article completely based on the suggested secondary sources at the top of the page. I'd be happy to do it myself, if I ever get the time. Woodroar (talk) 16:22, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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