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[[Elite~~: Dangerous~~]] ~~is the latest installment of the seminal open-world~~, ~~go-anywhere~~, ~~do anything space game which, since~~ the ~~first game launched in 1984 has spawned and inspired a long tradition of open world and space games~~.~~<br><br>~~

In 1984 a video game named [[Elite]], written by David Braben and Ian Bell, was released to the public. It quickly became one of the most successful and influential space simulator games of all time and allowed David to establish [[Frontier Developments]]. In October of 1993 [[Frontier Developments]] released [[Frontier: Elite II]], a sequel to the original Elite game, and in April 1995 released [[Frontier: First Encounters]], also known as "Elite III". The Frontier titles are famous for their 1:1 scale, dynamic star systems, realistic physics and seamless freeform landings. After a period of developing other games, Frontier announced their plans to create another sequel to Elite and in 2012 they began a crowdfunding project for [[Elite: Dangerous]]. After a period of Alpha and Beta testing which was open to backers Elite: Dangerous was released on December 16, 2014.</div>

~~But it started with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_%28video_game%29 Elite] by Ian Bell and David Braben -~~ one of the most successful games of all ~~times~~. In ~~the 1990s, David Braben created the sequels~~ [~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Frontier~~:_Elite_II~~ Frontier: Elite II] and [~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier:_First_Encounters~~ Frontier: First Encounters (Elite III~~)], which were~~ famous for ~~introducing realistic~~ 1:1 scale, dynamic star systems and seamless freeform landings on ~~1:1 scale planets~~.</div>

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<div style="background: #180B09; border: 1px solid black; padding: 5px; margin: 3px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 120%;">About this wiki</div>

~~This~~ wiki was created to allow collection of game documentation, how-to articles, theory and game data ~~about~~ [[~~Elite~~: ~~Dangerous~~]]~~, the latest project by~~ [[~~Frontier Developments~~]].</div>

The Elite: Dangerous wiki was created to allow a collection of game documentation, how-to articles, theory and game data that pertains to the game Elite: Dangerous.

Any one can assist in keeping this wiki up to date.

* [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Signup Creating an account] is a great way to join the community

* Pages that need expansion can be found [[:Category:Article_stubs|here]]

* Pages that need updating can be found [[:Category:UpdateMe|here]]</div>

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-[[Elite: Dangerous]] is the latest installment of the seminal open-world, go-anywhere, do anything space game which, since the first game launched in 1984 has spawned and inspired a long tradition of open world and space games.<br><br>
+In 1984 a video game named [[Elite]], written by David Braben and Ian Bell, was released to the public.  It quickly became one of the most successful and influential space simulator games of all time and allowed David to establish [[Frontier Developments]].  In October of 1993 [[Frontier Developments]] released [[Frontier: Elite II]], a sequel to the original Elite game, and in April 1995 released [[Frontier: First Encounters]], also known as "Elite III".  The Frontier titles are famous for their 1:1 scale, dynamic star systems, realistic physics and seamless freeform landings.  After a period of developing other games, Frontier announced their plans to create another sequel to Elite and in 2012 they began a crowdfunding project for [[Elite: Dangerous]].  After a period of Alpha and Beta testing which was open to backers Elite: Dangerous was released on December 16, 2014.</div>
-But it started with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_%28video_game%29 Elite] by Ian Bell and David Braben - one of the most successful games of all times. In the 1990s, David Braben created the sequels [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier:_Elite_II Frontier: Elite II] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier:_First_Encounters Frontier: First Encounters (Elite III)], which were famous for introducing realistic 1:1 scale, dynamic star systems and seamless freeform landings on 1:1 scale planets.</div>
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-This wiki was created to allow collection of game documentation, how-to articles, theory and game data about [[Elite: Dangerous]], the latest project by [[Frontier Developments]].</div>
+The Elite: Dangerous wiki was created to allow a collection of game documentation, how-to articles, theory and game data that pertains to the game Elite: Dangerous.
+Any one can assist in keeping this wiki up to date.
+* [http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Signup Creating an account] is a great way to join the community
+* Pages that need expansion can be found [[:Category:Article_stubs|here]]
+* Pages that need updating can be found [[:Category:UpdateMe|here]]</div>
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