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Welcome to the Elite Wiki experiment! Over the coming days I will be adding a substantial amount of material from alioth.net to this site to begin the kernel of content that will be needed to get the ball rolling. However - don't be shy about adding your own content!
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<center>'''Important Note'''</center>
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Our old BB, https://aegidian.org/bb/ has gone. :(<br><br>
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But! Our new BB, https://bb.oolite.space, is up and running! Yay! :) <br><br>
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And well done to timer for all the effort in bringing it back. Please remember to update your bookmarks.
  
We need content in the following categories (please see the Mediawiki help at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category for how to assign an article to a particular category) :
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Most links on the wiki have been repointed to the new BB. We'll clean up the rest over time.
  
- Classic ('Classic Elite' - i.e. Elite 1 - BBC Micro, Spectrum, Elite+, ArcElite etc., including things like Elite: TNK)
 
  
- FE2 (Frontier Elite: 2)
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At time of writing we also have forum presence at Discord, [https://www.reddit.com/r/Oolite/ Reddit] & [https://spacesimcentral.com/community/oolite/ spacesimcentral.com]
  
- FFE (Frontier First Encounters)
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(''Cholmondeley 02:32, 25 February 2024 (UTC)'')
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- Oolite
 
  
- Elite4 (we hope!)
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<font size="4">'''Welcome to the Elite Wiki'''</font>
  
- Fiction
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Welcome to the [[Elite]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki], a user-edited guide to the world of Elite.  Feel free to edit or add any pages you feel are necessary, but please read the [[EliteWiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] first...
  
Note that articles can be in more than one category (for example, both Fiction and FFE). Please
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'''Important note''' - Due to the increasing number of spam accounts, new account creation has been disabled. If you want an account, please send a PM via the [http://bb.oolite.space Oolite Bulletin Board] to 'maik', [http://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39898 Cholmondely] or [http://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=43129 Old Murgh].
  
And indeed any new categories (please edit this page and list the category here if you add one; the front page will remain open until there is sufficient articles on this site to justify a more static index page).
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<font size="3">'''[[:Category:Classic|Classic Elite]]'''</font>
  
If you're new to editing articles with Mediawiki, please look at the Mediawiki help page - this should get you going: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help
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'Classic Elite' - i.e. Elite 1 - BBC Micro, Spectrum, Elite+, ArcElite etc., including things like Elite: TNK
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<font size="3">'''[[:Category:FE2|Frontier Elite: 2]]'''</font>
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Information regarding the first sequel to Elite.
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<font size="3">'''[[:Category:FFE|Frontier First Encounters]]'''</font>
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Information regarding the third instalment of Elite.
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<font size="3">'''[[Oolite Main Page|Oolite]]'''</font>
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Information regarding the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL GNU GPL] recreation of Elite.
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<font size="3">'''[[Elite 4|Elite: Dangerous]]'''</font>
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Information regarding the fourth instalment of the Elite series.
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<font size="4">'''Other Stuff'''</font>
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<font size="3">'''Helping with the Wiki'''</font>
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Feel free to start editing as soon as you feel you can, but please read the Manual of Style before editing, and make any testing of the wiki system in the Sandbox.  Visit the village pump to make any discussions you wish about better organizing the wiki, or adding major new additions to the wiki, or start right in on requests posted in the article requests.
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[[EliteWiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]], [[EliteWiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]], [[EliteWiki:Village Pump|Village Pump]], [[EliteWiki:Requested Articles|Article Requests]], [[EliteWiki:Requests for Deletion|Requests for Deletion]]
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<font size="3">'''[[:Category:Fiction|Fiction]]'''</font>
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Fiction based in the world of Elite.
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<center>'''Important Note'''</center>
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Oolite.org is currently down. Try http://oolite.space/ instead.  
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To rejig your in-game [[Expansions Manager]] to the new address, see [http://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=288785#p288785 here] and a_c's following post.
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Or use Hiran's [[Oolite Starter]] instead
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(''Cholmondeley 13:36, 29 March 2023 (BST)'')
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Latest revision as of 06:33, 29 February 2024

Important Note

Our old BB, https://aegidian.org/bb/ has gone. :(

But! Our new BB, https://bb.oolite.space, is up and running! Yay! :)

And well done to timer for all the effort in bringing it back. Please remember to update your bookmarks.

Most links on the wiki have been repointed to the new BB. We'll clean up the rest over time.


At time of writing we also have forum presence at Discord, Reddit & spacesimcentral.com

(Cholmondeley 02:32, 25 February 2024 (UTC))


Welcome to the Elite Wiki

Welcome to the Elite Wiki, a user-edited guide to the world of Elite. Feel free to edit or add any pages you feel are necessary, but please read the Manual of Style first...

Important note - Due to the increasing number of spam accounts, new account creation has been disabled. If you want an account, please send a PM via the Oolite Bulletin Board to 'maik', Cholmondely or Old Murgh.

Classic Elite

'Classic Elite' - i.e. Elite 1 - BBC Micro, Spectrum, Elite+, ArcElite etc., including things like Elite: TNK

Frontier Elite: 2

Information regarding the first sequel to Elite.

Frontier First Encounters

Information regarding the third instalment of Elite.

Oolite

Information regarding the GNU GPL recreation of Elite.

Elite: Dangerous

Information regarding the fourth instalment of the Elite series.


Other Stuff

Helping with the Wiki

Feel free to start editing as soon as you feel you can, but please read the Manual of Style before editing, and make any testing of the wiki system in the Sandbox. Visit the village pump to make any discussions you wish about better organizing the wiki, or adding major new additions to the wiki, or start right in on requests posted in the article requests.

Manual of Style, Sandbox, Village Pump, Article Requests, Requests for Deletion

Fiction

Fiction based in the world of Elite.


Important Note

Oolite.org is currently down. Try http://oolite.space/ instead.


To rejig your in-game Expansions Manager to the new address, see here and a_c's following post.

Or use Hiran's Oolite Starter instead

(Cholmondeley 13:36, 29 March 2023 (BST))