Editing MacCentral (section)

==MacCentral Forum chronology==
* November 9, 1996 Maccentral in the past <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19961109210124/http://www.maccentral.com/ Archive Wayback Machine] 1998-11-09 
Retrieved October 6, 2012</ref>
* January 31, 1998 MacCentral Reader Forum opened.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19980201030632/http://maccentral.com/ Internet Archive Wayback Machine] 1998-1-31, Retrieved April 20, 2008</ref>
* March 26, 2002 Beginning of what becomes the Forum 2002 Mosaic Project. This community project culminates with posters and signed canvases being sold at Macworld Expo. MacCentral Forum members elect to give the proceeds to [[United Cerebral Palsy]].<ref>[http://www.macobserver.com/article/2002/07/10.6.shtml Chaffin, Bryan. "The Mac Observer." "MacCentral Mosaic Project and more."] 2002-7-10, retrieved April 19, 2008]</ref><ref>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/35+Mac+Users+From+Around+the+World+Make+Art+to+Make+a+Difference+at...-a088090464 Editors, "BNET", "35 Mac Users From Around the World Make Art to Make a Difference at Macworld Conference & Expo; Stunning Mosaic Created by Shared Pixels, Imagination and Mac Software"], 2002-7-1, retrieved April 19, 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.macworld.com/article/5669/2002/07/mosaic.html/news Dalrymple, Jim. "MacCentral Mosaic auction coming to Macworld Expo."] 2002-7-1, retrieved April 19, 2008</ref>
* January 16, 2003 Beginning of the thread to create MacCentral Forum Mosaic 2003.<ref>[http://workwithpete.com/?p=40 Mrsich, Pete, "Work With Pete", MacCentral Mosaic] 2007-10-29, Retrieved April 19, 2008</ref>
* August 8, 2003 Beginning of the thread to create MacCentral Forum 2004 Mosaic.
* December 14, 2007 Forums integrated into the Macworld website as MacCentral Alumni.
* January 3, 2008 Forums changed to read only.
* March 3, 2008 Forum database made inaccessible by Macworld.
* November, 2008 Stan's Lounge is moved to MacTech servers and quickly becomes a haven for lost MacCentral and [[MacMinute]] Forum members.
* December 10, 2008 James Dalrymple announces that the old MacCentral Forums are now in read/write format at www.maccenralforums.com
* April 14, 2009 The anniversary of Stan Flack's death finds the MacCentral/MacMinute forum operating within the MacTech website. Stan's Lounge is still averaging over 300 posts per day.
* October 28, 2010 Polymerase is banned.{{clarify|date=February 2020}}