I think you misunderstood me. The Rogue One Visual Dictionary had a throwaway mention that the X-Wings used in that movie were a different type than the ones in ANH, but didn't say what the difference is, and, as an in-universe book, certainly didn't say whose idea it was say it was a different type. But it wasn't the fandom's idea.
I just linked to a model-making blog because I thought the picture was an easier explanation for why I think Pablo Hidalgo et al. said it was a canon in-universe variant me going on a long digression about how one is, like, subtly pointier than the other, but in a blocky way, and I don't think all the greebles match, and the cockpit looked roomier.
In any case, my point was that Wookiepedia is actually less tech-focused than, say, Memory Alpha, and is largely useless for cataloging things like variations in props or ships, unless it's been identified as such in an official release. MA has long, informative behind-the-scenes articles about the design and history of most ship models used in Star Trek. Wookiepedia... doesn't. They may not even get around to mentioning the discrepancy at all. I actually find it frustrating how much harder it is to find good production design photos and research on line for Wars, considering its popularity.
And Stinson Lenz's camera-matching project looks like a five-year-old making an X-Wing out of pencil nubs and paperclips compared to the kind of deep dives World War II or Age of Sail scale modelers do. Tracing over a couple photos in the computer really isn't the crystal meth of hobbies.
