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A lot of people have sent
e-mails to me since this site began in 1996. The majority of
them have been messages of support and appreciation (thank
you), or people trying to get a question about early WDW
answered. Some e-mails come from people asking if I will
send them something. Those requests
generally fall into one of two categories:
1. People who really miss something specific
and whose lives would be radically improved if they could just find
this one song or a picture of this one thing. These people I
genuinely tried to help as often as possible.
2.
People who can't bring themselves to use the
word "please" and whose sense of reality is a bit
strained i.e., "can you send me copies of all your
videos?" I couldn't usually figure out how
to reply to those
inquiries.
Lately I make so little time for WYW that even many of the nicer e-mails didn't
get replies. Worse, most of the messages received
prior to October 2010 are lost due to hard drive failures.
And since I started gathering WDW-related stuff in 1977, I've had half
a lifetime to misplace all of it. Given that and the
number of pages that I still want to complete for
the site, the chances of satisfying more than a handful of personal
requests are slim.
If you're seeking one specific thing,
it never hurts to ask. If it's not something I can get to
quickly, however, then it will probably just go on the list of new
page requests and will hopefully make it to the site at
some point. If I've replied to you with a link to this
page, it's because your request is not something I could get
to quickly and thought you might enjoy this explanation or at least seeing
a couple pictures that are only on this page.
As for sharing videos, the reason I
started posting footage on
YouTube in the first place was to share them. It
might be preferable to have some of the better shots in a higher-res
format, but none of them were THAT good to begin with. Plus, once I
captured them to a digital format I threw the original tapes
away. So in most cases what's on YouTube is actually as
good as it gets. If you're looking for a way to save the
YouTube files to your computer, there are sites (such as keepvid.com) that
will help you with that.
I have not
forgotten the kindness of others with their photos and videos back when I was
still collecting things, so I want to honor that spirit of
community. "Finishing" the site is the most practical
way to do that, since it's the avenue that will ultimately make the
most stuff available to the greatest number of people for the
longest period of time.
On occasion I get messages about placing banners on
WYW, other types of advertising, cross-promotional
opportunities or notices about upcoming publications / online features
that the senders would like to see mentioned on
WYW. I'll mention things sometimes if they seem pertinent to the range of
topics this site covers, but at present I am accepting no
advertising and limit promotion of third-party material to things I've
actually read or can say I've used, like a napkin from
the Columbia Harbour House.
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