Is anyone else having trouble with Bust Half maibockaddict attribution website?

jacrispies · July 30, 2025 12:00PM

http://maibockaddict.com
Is it just me or is the website having some trouble? I hope this website stays up, it is a useful reference and I use it all the time. In the meantime, I'm dusting off my third edition Overton.

Kliao · July 30, 2025 4:55PM

It not working for me on my end either.

Bikergeek · July 30, 2025 5:55PM

The Wayback Machine has you covered: https://web.archive.org/web/20250708042829/http://maibockaddict.com/

Bikergeek · July 31, 2025 9:31AM

@jacrispies did you see my post yesterday? Forgot to tag you.

jacrispies · July 31, 2025 9:38AM

@Bikergeek said:
The Wayback Machine has you covered: https://web.archive.org/web/20250708042829/http://maibockaddict.com/

That's crazy! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. How does that even work?

lilolme · July 31, 2025 11:57AM

@jacrispies said:

@Bikergeek said:
The Wayback Machine has you covered: https://web.archive.org/web/20250708042829/http://maibockaddict.com/

That's crazy! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. How does that even work?

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First on the website - at the bottom of this post are a couple of screenshots from the whois and indicates that the domain expired July 29, 2025. From what I have read an owner typically has a grace period to renew the domain. After that it becomes available. Reading it states sometimes owners don't know a domain has expired. Maybe it can still come back or not.

The Arcive.org - has a Help which will best answer questions on 'how does that even work'. The help page:
https://help.archive.org

There are two primary sections the Archive and WayBackMachine which deals with the websites. The WayBackMachine page:
https://help.archive.org/help/category/the-wayback-machine/

At top are the Save Pages and Archive whole websites. The Save Pages has some detail information while the whole websites references a 'system'.

I will note that sometimes, on some saved websites, that information (pages, images...) are missing. The Archived earlydollars .org has missing images. Not sure why but the information gives some potential reasons.

Now on the WayBackMachine page I notice a 'Can I rebuild my website using the Wayback Machine?'
If the website does not comeback, then perhaps you and/or Bust Half Nut Club would want to check into this.
I know nothing about ownership rights or cost of it or Domain.

Bikergeek · July 31, 2025 1:41PM

@jacrispies , well, I was just gonna say "magnets," but @lilolme has done a pretty good explanation of how it works too.

CascadeChris · July 31, 2025 4:29PM

@lilolme said:

@jacrispies said:

@Bikergeek said:
The Wayback Machine has you covered: https://web.archive.org/web/20250708042829/http://maibockaddict.com/

That's crazy! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. How does that even work?

.

First on the website - at the bottom of this post are a couple of screenshots from the whois and indicates that the domain expired July 29, 2025. From what I have read an owner typically has a grace period to renew the domain. After that it becomes available. Reading it states sometimes owners don't know a domain has expired. Maybe it can still come back or not.

The Arcive.org - has a Help which will best answer questions on 'how does that even work'. The help page:
https://help.archive.org

There are two primary sections the Archive and WayBackMachine which deals with the websites. The WayBackMachine page:
https://help.archive.org/help/category/the-wayback-machine/

At top are the Save Pages and Archive whole websites. The Save Pages has some detail information while the whole websites references a 'system'.

I will note that sometimes, on some saved websites, that information (pages, images...) are missing. The Archived earlydollars .org has missing images. Not sure why but the information gives some potential reasons.

Now on the WayBackMachine page I notice a 'Can I rebuild my website using the Wayback Machine?'
If the website does not comeback, then perhaps you and/or Bust Half Nut Club would want to check into this.
I know nothing about ownership rights or cost of it or Domain.

Happened with the EarlyDollars.org attribution site about a year ago, too, and it looks like that one is still inactive, sadly.

yosclimber · July 31, 2025 5:46PM

@CascadeChris said:
Happened with the EarlyDollars.org attribution site about a year ago, too, and it looks like that one is still inactive, sadly.

Yes, that was a good one.
It will not be reactivated by the person who created it (Martin Logies), since he passed away.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1112026/rip-cardinal
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/155205/early-dollar-website/p2
Somebody else might be able to make a version of it, though.

messydesk · July 31, 2025 6:42PM

@yosclimber said:

@CascadeChris said:
Happened with the EarlyDollars.org attribution site about a year ago, too, and it looks like that one is still inactive, sadly.

Yes, that was a good one.
It will not be reactivated by the person who created it (Martin Logies), since he passed away.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1112026/rip-cardinal
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/155205/early-dollar-website/p2
Somebody else might be able to make a version of it, though.

It's not out of the question that VAMWorld could host it. I know there were two components to it -- a flowchart and a page for each variety. This could be implemented in the MediaWiki platform VAMWorld uses. Not a quick project, but I could help someone get started if you have all the pictures and other info.

lilolme · August 25, 2025 1:05AM

Don't know if this was updated elsewhere but the website is working for me now.

http://maibockaddict.com/capped-bust-half-dollars.shtml

seatedlib3991 · August 25, 2025 4:58AM

YES! It is there again. Thanks for letting me know. James

Is anyone else having trouble with Bust Half maibockaddict attribution website?

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