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 The points are the most important things, someone can go through and reword the language later. Just click edit and type using plain text. Wikimarkup knowledge isn't needed :).
+Screenshots: feel free to upload to the wiki, or just add the imgur link for now.
+* [[:Category:Screenshots at high settings|This]] is a collection of existing /vaguely/ high settings screenshots made since 2017 already available on the wiki.
+* There may be some suitable screenshots added recent SOTM
 '''Update 1''': [http://wiki.flightgear.org/2020_LTS_airport_announcement_and_Iceland_intro_draft The part focusing on the LTS, default airport, and Iceland improvements has been split off into a tour post here].
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 ==A preview of new features in the 2020.3 LTS "Keflavik"==
-[http://www.science-and-fiction.org/FG/pics/iceland04.jpg This screenshot by Thorsten is probably a good headline image]
+[http://wiki.flightgear.org/File:Iceland_in_FlightGear_2020_01_Volcanic_plume_and_snow_(Aerospatiale_Alouette_III).jpg Volcanic plume and Alouette III screenshot by Thorsten]
 ===Current release philosophy===
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 # Development preview releases
-There will be ''point releases'' containing bugfixes and minor updates for both release types. For example, 2018.3.6 is the 6th bugfix point release for the 2018.3 LTS - it was released on 10/08/2020.
+There will be ''point releases'' containing bugfixes and minor updates for both release types. For example, 2018.3.6 was the 6th bugfix point release for the 2018.3 LTS - it was released in August 2020.
-LTS releases will have bugfixes ported and the build maintained for longer. Development preview builds will be less stable, receive less testing, and are more of a construction site where large structural changes are made. Some aircraft may not work on development releases. Power users can run multiple installs of Flightgear [http://wiki.flightgear.org/$FG_HOME#Power_Users in parallel].
+LTS releases will have bugfixes ported and the build maintained for longer. Development preview builds will be less stable, receive less testing, and are a bit more of a construction site where large structural changes are made to lay the foundations for the future. Some aircraft may not work on development releases. Power users can run multiple installs of Flightgear [http://wiki.flightgear.org/$FG_HOME#Power_Users in parallel].
-There are minor improvements planned to the launcher UI in 2020.3 point releases. Development preview releases after 2020.3 LTS may be less stable, as there are a lot of big changes planned and already underway after 2020.3 LTS.
+There are minor improvements planned to the launcher UI in 2020.3 point releases. There are a lot of big changes already underway and planned after 2020.3 LTS, so if you are curious keep an eye on future development previews leading to the next LTS.
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 * mention the person who normally does the updates got busy and a lot of progress missed receiving updates?
 * <s>project status with areas of ongoing core work?</s> Maybe more appropriate in another post later
-[This turned into a intro for announcing LTS/Keflavik/Iceland, and also a piece on settings to enjoy Iceland which is also something that should be written. It's possible to focus just on these two things, and leave the features for a followup article after release.]
 ===Welcome to Keflavik and Iceland===