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The wiki has moved to this new address. It is also now using MediaWiki, the same Wiki software that runs Wikipedia, so it's good stuff. But now some stuff needs to be done. First, all pages should be categorized. Click the special pages link over on the left and then click uncatagorized pages to find pages that need categorizing. Once that's done we should unorphan the orphaned pages.

MediaWiki gives each page a special talk page. Click the "discussion" link to discuss the content of the page, instead of using the page itself, like what we had to do with the old wiki.

= We need help! =

The purpose of this wiki and the documentary has two purposes. The first purpose is to teach people a little bit about the history of Hattiesburg. The second part is to archive the Hattiesburg of today so that in the future people will have something to look back on and remember how it was, or to see for the first time where Hattiesburg came. Taking pictures and video from around the city is an important part of fulfilling both these goals, but the city is growing and changing faster than we can capture it.

We need help. We can only do so much. Take pictures of where you went to school, your neighborhood, your favorite restaurant, where you buy your groceries. Get out with your camcorder and take pictures of those old country roads in the surrounding area. Write down your memories of that old theater, or that old pizza place. And most importantly, save everything.

At some point we might be able to coordinate some sort of archival effort to accept and store the media you create (you'll have the choice of donating the media with rights, declaring the media public domain, or possibly agreeing to some sort of Creative Commons license).

Even if you have no intention of donating your media to us, or even if you don't live in Hattiesburg, just do what you can to preserve your little piece of history.

= SAVE OUR HISTORY =

The old Hattiesburg High School building and the Beverly Drive-In took a lot of damage from Hurricane Katrina are in danger of going away if something isn't done NOW.

See this page for info about the old high school building: http://www.albertassociates.com/slideshow-2.html The Beverly doesn't have a website that I can find.

You can still view the OldHomePage