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Line 1: Many people will want to start by using the search-bar to the left, or browsing [[:Category:Manufacturer\|The Manufacturer Category page]]. ~~<big>'''MediaWiki has been successfully installed.'''</big>~~ == Thanks to == ~~Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.~~ This wiki wouldn't exist without the kind efforts of [http://www.garagejournal.com GarageJournal.com], [http://www.practicalmachinist.com PracticalMachinist.com], [http://vintagemachinery.org/ VintageMachinery.org], [http://www.jalopyjournal.com JalopyJournal.com], nor [http://alloy-artifacts.org/ Alloy Artifacts]. --[[User:Dayid\|Dayid]] 15:47, 6 March 2012 (UTC) ~~== Getting started ==~~ * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list] == Like-minded sites for web-travelers == * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ] If you like this type of information, you may also enjoy: * [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list] * [http://www.datamp.org/index.php DATAMP.org] * [http://theclampguy.info/site.htm TheClampGuy.info] == Site History == When I began this site sometime in ~2008 I did all the reading and research myself just to pass the time. As my work grew busier and my family grew I found less time to keep things up to date with updates from the many forums I frequented. In February of 2017 I was notified of defaced pages to the wiki that had occurred only shortly after I had made it possible for people to create accounts and perform edits. While I had concerns about people not keeping the data as organized as I'd intended I did not foresee the amount of utter spam that was posted. Shortly after, I took the site down and saved the backups of the data I had originally. I had many people reach out to me from forums and e-mail asking how they could help - and frankly I just didn't know how. On 12/17/2018 this site was kindly retrieved from backups created on 02/11/2017. This was done by the kind folks at Miraheze.org who are now hosting this site. I know since it was last online some other sites have sprung up with new information. I hope that both myself and the community will be able to protect and grow this site now in its new location. I am still re-uploading some of the > 500 images. --[[User:Dayid\|Dayid]] 20:25, 17 December 2018 (UTC) All original content is fully restored.