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-<strong>MediaWiki has been installed.</strong>
+Welcome to OpenPreseration.xyz!
-Consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
+This website serves as a clearinghouse for information on historic preservation and open data. It originated as a web-based companion to the report ''Modernizing the National Register of Historic Places: Towards an Open Data Framework'', written by the site’s founder and editor during his graduate studies in Historic Preservation at the University of Oregon in Portland.
-== Getting started ==
+You can read more about ''Modernizing the National Register'' and access supplemental documents like presentations [[Modernizing the National Register|here]].
-* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
-* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
+Got questions? Check out the FAQs on the [[OpenPreservation.xyz:About|About page]].
-* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki release mailing list]
-* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]
+Curious who's behind OpenPreservation.xyz? Meet the founder [[User:Matt|here]].
-* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki]
+As new content is added to OpenPreservation.xyz, it will be linked from this main landing page.
+====== Data analysis projects: ======
+[[National Register and Wikidata]]
+[[National Register and the National Archives]]
+Have an idea for a historic preservation data project? Reach out to hello@openpreservation.xyz.