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Nicolas17: /* Why is it CC0? */ Fix missing closing parenthesis

2025-01-03T02:30:07Z

‎Why is it CC0?: Fix missing closing parenthesis

Matthias: Undo revision 49255 by MihaiPopa7 (talk)

2024-11-30T19:25:37Z

Undo revision 49255 by MihaiPopa7 (talk)

MihaiPopa7: /* Write wiki@textfiles.com to ask for an account. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU??????? */

2024-08-29T04:41:20Z

‎Write wiki@textfiles.com to ask for an account. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU???????

Parchivist at 03:55, 29 August 2024

2024-08-29T03:55:48Z

Parchivist at 13:11, 28 August 2024

2024-08-28T13:11:25Z

Parchivist at 13:05, 28 August 2024

2024-08-28T13:05:28Z

Ljcool2006 at 21:43, 25 August 2024

2024-08-25T21:43:39Z

MihaiPopa7: /* Why are there so many darned file formats anyway? */

2024-08-22T11:17:11Z

‎Why are there so many darned file formats anyway?

Dan Tobias: /* What IS a file format, anyway? */

2017-12-26T02:48:22Z

‎What IS a file format, anyway?

Jsummers: Category:Meta

2017-06-10T17:22:49Z

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 Making the information here CC0 provides the most flexibility for institutions and individuals who want to benefit from the project down the line. With no restrictive license for the main site, the efforts can be re-absorbed into a mass of other projects without needless negotiations over "licenses" and "rights" and provenance.
-As a result, please refrain from copy-pasting prose and paragraphs from other sources that are not public domain or CC0. (For example, Wikipedia. Sketch out a differently-written summary of the information, and then link to the original information you're interested in having included. People who find compatibility with rewriting extant material can therefore take these links and create a new work for the Just Solve wiki. Duplicating lists and names of formats is OK - make use of the work of others to track down lists of obscure file types to include in this wiki.
+As a result, please refrain from copy-pasting prose and paragraphs from other sources that are not public domain or CC0 (for example, Wikipedia). Sketch out a differently-written summary of the information, and then link to the original information you're interested in having included. People who find compatibility with rewriting extant material can therefore take these links and create a new work for the Just Solve wiki. Duplicating lists and names of formats is OK - make use of the work of others to track down lists of obscure file types to include in this wiki.
 ==Wasn't it "Public Domain" initially?==

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	If you don't get a response, try using a different account at a different service provider (like gmail), your email is likely getting blocked for some reason.		If you don't get a response, try using a different account at a different service provider (like gmail), your email is likely getting blocked for some reason.
−	~~:I don't have a email address, and I don't want to put one. [[User:MihaiPopa7\|MihaiPopa7]] ([[User talk:MihaiPopa7\|talk]]) 04:41, 29 August 2024 (UTC)~~

	==What is the purpose of this Wiki and this project?==		==What is the purpose of this Wiki and this project?==

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	If you don't get a response, try using a different account at a different service provider (like gmail), your email is likely getting blocked for some reason.		If you don't get a response, try using a different account at a different service provider (like gmail), your email is likely getting blocked for some reason.
		+	:I don't have a email address, and I don't want to put one. [[User:MihaiPopa7\|MihaiPopa7]] ([[User talk:MihaiPopa7\|talk]]) 04:41, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

	==What is the purpose of this Wiki and this project?==		==What is the purpose of this Wiki and this project?==

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 We know about this and there is nothing that we can do about it until someone who has control over this wiki fixes it.
-'''To bypass the captcha issue, use the HTTPS template''' (http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Template:HTTPS)
+If you don't get a response, try using a different account at a different service provider (like gmail), your email is likely getting blocked for some reason.
-−
-* Edit the https template to break it (so links won't be recognized on the page you're editing)
-* Add links to the page using the format <nowiki>{{HTTPS|:|/|/|archive.org/details/nibbleexpress0000unse/page/4/mode/2up|How To Use Key Perfect 4.0}}</nowiki>
-* If you're adding wayback machine links, remove any internal <nowiki>http://</nowiki> from the links
-* Save your page
-* Fix the https template
 ==What is the purpose of this Wiki and this project?==

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 Here are some answers to either frequently asked questions or to important aspects of this project; the ground rules.
 ==What is the purpose of this Wiki and this project?==
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 Here's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjYq8GL2Oig a webinar] giving some of the reasons behind file format multiplicity.
 [[Category:Meta]]

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	We know about this and there is nothing that we can do about it until someone who has control over this wiki fixes it.		We know about this and there is nothing that we can do about it until someone who has control over this wiki fixes it.
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		+	'''To bypass the captcha issue, use the HTTPS template''' (http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Template:HTTPS)
		+
		+	* Edit the https template to break it (so links won't be recognized on the page you're editing)
		+	* Add links to the page using the format <nowiki>{{HTTPS\|:\|/\|/\|archive.org/details/nibbleexpress0000unse/page/4/mode/2up\|How To Use Key Perfect 4.0}}</nowiki>
		+	* If you're adding wayback machine links, remove any internal <nowiki>http://</nowiki> from the links
		+	* Save your page
		+	* Fix the https template

	[[Category:Meta]]		[[Category:Meta]]

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 ==Write wiki@textfiles.com to ask for an account. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU???????==
-THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
+We know about this and there is nothing that we can do about it until someone who has control over this wiki fixes it.
 [[Category:Meta]]

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	Here's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjYq8GL2Oig a webinar] giving some of the reasons behind file format multiplicity.		Here's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjYq8GL2Oig a webinar] giving some of the reasons behind file format multiplicity.
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		+	==Write wiki@textfiles.com to ask for an account. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU???????==
		+
		+	THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

	[[Category:Meta]]		[[Category:Meta]]

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	The nature of such a wide description is that some entries will skirt the edge of reason, or a file format will not be clear as to where it should be filed. This is understandable and will be dealt with, but the most important priority is to declare the file format exists, and then link it from the locations it should be at.		The nature of such a wide description is that some entries will skirt the edge of reason, or a file format will not be clear as to where it should be filed. This is understandable and will be dealt with, but the most important priority is to declare the file format exists, and then link it from the locations it should be at.
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		+	:Wisdom is actually just a file format. Contains less raw data than experience logs, less structure than code. It's basically lazy learnings.
		+	:-- [https://twitter.com/vgr/status/891380000770805760 Venkatesh Rao]

	==Some of these classifications (Organic, for example) are strange. Who'd want that?==		==Some of these classifications (Organic, for example) are strange. Who'd want that?==

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	Here's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjYq8GL2Oig a webinar] giving some of the reasons behind file format multiplicity.		Here's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjYq8GL2Oig a webinar] giving some of the reasons behind file format multiplicity.
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		+	[[Category:Meta]]