Talk:Aircraft rating system

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TODO

• discuss user ratings/polls
• discuss overall ratings
• discuss base package inclusion candidates and how to come up with a set of conventions/requirements in order to determine what a/c to include

Alternative: Feature-based status tracking

Use the discussed technique to track aircraft development status based on the availability of certain features, i.e. import various PropertyList XML files from top-level "status.xml", detailing status information-like:

• status/fdm.xml
• status/3dModel.xml
• status/panel.xml
• status/systems.xml

In each corresponding XML file, keep track of implemented features:

status/3dModel.xml:

<PropertyList>
 <details bugs="mod-bugs.txt" fixme="mod-fixme.txt" todo="mod-todo.txt"/>
 <landing-gear>
   <is-implemented type="bool" value="true"/>
   <is-animated    type="bool" value="true/>
 </landing-gear>  
</PropertyList>

status/systems.xml:

<PropertyList>
 <electrical>
   <autoflight>
     <is-implemented type="bool" value="true"/>
   </autoflight>
 </electrical>
</PropertyList>

Adding a template for the aircraft status

I've seen the aircraft status added to some aircraft pages as sections and subsections (A310).

I understand that this is to keep track of the development of that particular aircraft, but I wonder if the status could be put on each and every aircraft page as a template or as part of the airplane info-box.

My biggest worry is that it might be a bit controversial to some of the developers, and might lead to edit wars, though I think that that risk is small. Johan G 06:39, 3 July 2011 (EDT)