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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]]. ~~Welcome to [[my]] mess of knowledge.~~ == Thanks to == There are many things that are too tedious for [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] to be concerned with tracking - mostly "[[:Category:How-To\|How-To]]" style articles. That's exactly what [[I]]'m looking to keep here. 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://~~home.comcast.net/~~~alloy-artifacts.org/ Alloy Artifacts].▼ --[[User:Dayid\|Dayid]] 0215:0547, 46 March 2012 (UTC)▼ ▲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://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/ Alloy Artifacts]. == Like-minded sites for web-travelers == If you're familiar with the wiki formatting and have something to add, please feel free to. If you're not comfortable with it, you can private message me (or e-mail me dayid@dayid.org) and I will add it myself. Please don't be offended if things you do are modified, this is a lot of information and it's important to keep it all organized just right! If you like this type of information, you may also enjoy: * [http://www.datamp.org/index.php DATAMP.org] * [http://theclampguy.info/site.htm TheClampGuy.info] Files that aren't linked to articles will be removed fairly swiftly. Also, if you add information, link to a source (examples are in almost every page/article here). If you're uploading an old chart/data page - add the information to the page! Having an old catalog page is fine, but if the information from it isn't added to the ID Chart, etc - then we may as well not have it at all. If you don't feel like adding it in that manner, then send it to me and I'll do it for you. == Site History == Keep filenames reasonable and categorize your files/pages also. Again, I'm not trying to be a hassle, but if that's too hard, then please just send the data to me and I'll do it so that I'm not having to chase around and play clean-up. 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. ~~[[File:doitright.gif]]~~ 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. ▲--[[User:Dayid\|Dayid]] 02:05, 4 March 2012 (UTC) 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.