Talk:PlaneShift (video game)

Posting links to cheat or other development material

Recently the page has been edited by adding links to a personal developer page where he is tried to create some hacks for PlaneShift. Basically a modified version of the client, which is not official, not tested.

This are the points against posting such info: - if you post that page, then you should also post all other similar pages, there are a million out there, and this will clutter incredibly the PS wiki page, making it too hard to read - the link you posted also have an exe in it, which is not verified and can harm the computers of the people who try to download it. We do not know if it contains viruses or spyware or other harmful code. - the fact this developer says he discovered a breach is just his own idea, it's not supported by other info, and I think it should not be considered true info to be posted on a wikipedia page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.8.204.208 (talk) 16:07, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Let's follow your points: - As far as I know, The page doesn't belong to a developer. - There is no 'official' version of the client. You can't make 'official' builds of GPL code. The only thing distributed there is covered by GPL, which allows for free modification of existing GPL code as long as the source is released and the license is kept. - I can claim the same for Planeshift. This page links to a downloads of Planeshift - Which is an unverified exe that can harm computers of people who try to use it. - The proof of concept was confirmed by several people. That's why the source code is included in proof of concept - So you can verify it yourself.

Archiving

I have archived this page because it was getting huge, and SpigotMap and I decided it was time to do so. Old conversations that need to be brought up again should be refactored here to make them easier for other editors to read. Tuxide 23:48, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

mmhell.com

There's no way that mmhell.com is a reliable source - I've removed it from the article. Miremare 01:22, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Stub

This article has been practically reduced to a stub, boiled down to merely a brief synopsis of the game's website. I had to go to the archived talk page to find out half of the information about this game, everything in the article itself is spartan to the point of being almost completely uninformative in the endless and banal pursuit of absolute neutrality in every statement, as opposed to an overall tone of neutrality in the article that could be achieved by providing opposing viewpoints. I found the game's website randomly and came here to learn more about it, it's a pity that the polarized factions in the community have managed to all but destroy the article from the point of view of someone completely uninformed, seeking information about the game in the context of culture. I hope that the community serving this article will at some point unite and make this article actually informative again; in the meantime the article page and even this talk page is a WoT (waste o' time)- only the archived talk page is any good. I hope you guys get this straightened out. Twitch3z (talk) 12:43, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

suggestions of information that you feel should be added would be welcome.Steuben.viscosa (talk) 16:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Keep in mind, the reason this article almost mirrors the primary source is because that is virtually all it has to work from. If you have secondary reliable sourced information, feel free to add it in. The POV from a normal player of the game can not be added however, they must be from a reliable source. SpigotMap 23:44, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

As I said, I know nothing about this game and came here to learn about it, and found nothing. If I did know anything I'd be scared to add it because it seems like a few deletionists seem to have made this article their own personal whipping boy. It's a shame I can't find anything out about this article here, is all. Twitch3z (talk) 00:03, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

So find sourced information, go to the games website, or stop complaining. This article was cut down due to lack of sourced information, what do you want us to do about it? SpigotMap 00:04, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

What more, exactly, are you looking for from this article? I just read over it and it gives a pretty decent overview of what the game is. That is the intent of this article, to give a good idea of the game, any more then that is is a guide, which this is not. SpigotMap 00:06, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:PlaneShift screenshot 4.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 00:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Planeshift development status

The website states it's a tech demo. wikipedia states it's a pre-alpha. Sourceforge states it's an alpha. Various claims by the people who develop it state it's a beta. According to the definition of 'beta' on wikipedia, 'beta' is "A beta version is the first version released outside the organization or community that develops the software, for the purpose of evaluation or real-world black/grey-box testing.". Which seems right for this case. Why isn't it a beta? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixie (talk • contribs) 14:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

the dev team has said that it is pre-alpha/alpha. other then the misstatement at the cs conference where else is beta mentioned? Steuben.viscosa (talk) 15:19, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

"Happy new year! Today, in less than a week since release, we reached the number of 10.000 unique accounts in our Open Beta server." Quite a while ago on planeshift's main page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixie (talk • contribs) 16:13, 27 May 2008 (UTC)