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Jason Scott: Taking a whack at making the front page more sensical.

2024-06-06T17:37:34Z

Taking a whack at making the front page more sensical.

Dan Tobias: While it'll never be "complete", it's more complete than before and a bit less "under construction".

2019-05-22T13:27:40Z

While it'll never be "complete", it's more complete than before and a bit less "under construction".

Dan Tobias at 12:38, 6 May 2014

2014-05-06T12:38:15Z

Dan Tobias at 12:37, 6 May 2014

2014-05-06T12:37:57Z

Dan Tobias at 15:05, 8 March 2014

2014-03-08T15:05:56Z

Dan Tobias at 15:05, 8 March 2014

2014-03-08T15:05:33Z

Dan Tobias at 15:05, 8 March 2014

2014-03-08T15:05:20Z

Dan Tobias: Undo revision 12455 by Dan Tobias (talk)

2013-07-12T02:34:19Z

Undo revision 12455 by Dan Tobias (talk)

Dan Tobias at 02:30, 12 July 2013

2013-07-12T02:30:45Z

Jason Scott at 06:41, 1 April 2013

2013-04-01T06:41:57Z

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-<SPAN style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-size:20pt">'''This Site's URL is permanently http://fileformats.archiveteam.org!'''</SPAN>
+<center>
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 <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bolder;">
 [[Special:Userlogin|Log In]] &bull; [[Special:Search|Search]] &bull; [[Special:Allpages|All Articles]] &bull; [[Statement of Project]] &bull; [[FAQ]] &bull; [[Just_Solve_the_File_Format_Problem:Community_portal|Message Base]]
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 [[FAQ:Roles|Roles]] &bull; [[Editing]] &bull; [[Sources]] &bull; [[File Formats]] &bull; [[Software]] &bull; [[JustSolve:To Do|To Do]] &bull; [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Articles]] &bull; [[Special:WantedCategories|Wanted Categories]]
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-<center>[[Floppy disk]] or [[Bar codes|bar code]], [[ZIP]] or [[GIF]] or [[DBase III|DBF]] or [[DOC]], [[Windows Registry]] or [[Commodore BASIC tokenized file|Commodore BASIC]]... if it holds data, it's probably documented here.</center>
+{{CenterGreyBox|How Do You Find Information on File Formats Here?<br>(Hint: [[File_Formats|Start Here]])|
+As with all living websites, this one is perpetually under construction, so a lot of the focus has been on editors wishing to participate; but if you're coming here as an end-user looking for information on some files, disks, tapes, or other data you've stumbled upon, there may be information of use. You can try navigating the hierarchy of data types at '''[[File Formats]]''' (which, despite the name, includes a bunch of other things like physical media formats). Or, if you found a file and don't know what it is, but at least it's got a file extension (those letters at the end of the filename after a dot), you might try browsing the '''[[:Category:File formats by extension|file formats by extension]]''' category. Good luck!
-<center>See the [https://twitter.com/JustSolvedFmts live Twitter feed] of formats being solved!</center>
+|}}
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-{{CenterGreyBox|Or are you just looking for file format information?|
+<center>See the [https://twitter.com/JustSolvedFmts live Twitter feed] of formats being solved!</center>
-As with all living websites, this one is perpetually under construction, so a lot of the focus has been on editors wishing to participate; but if you're coming here as an end-user looking for information on some files, disks, tapes, or other data you've stumbled upon, there may be information of use. You can try navigating the hierarchy of data types at '''[[File Formats]]''' (which, despite the name, includes a bunch of other things like physical media formats). Or, if you found a file and don't know what it is, but at least it's got a file extension (those letters at the end of the filename after a dot), you might try browsing the '''[[:Category:File formats by extension|file formats by extension]]''' category. Good luck!
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 {{CenterGreyBox|Or are you just looking for file format information?|
-This project is still in a development phase, so it is mostly focused on editors at this point, but if you're coming here as an end-user looking for information on some files, disks, tapes, or other data you've stumbled upon, there may be information of use. You can try navigating the hierarchy of data types at '''[[File Formats]]''' (which, despite the name, includes a bunch of other things like physical media formats). Or, if you found a file and don't know what it is, but at least it's got a file extension (those letters at the end of the filename after a dot), you might try browsing the '''[[:Category:File formats by extension|file formats by extension]]''' category. Good luck!
+As with all living websites, this one is perpetually under construction, so a lot of the focus has been on editors wishing to participate; but if you're coming here as an end-user looking for information on some files, disks, tapes, or other data you've stumbled upon, there may be information of use. You can try navigating the hierarchy of data types at '''[[File Formats]]''' (which, despite the name, includes a bunch of other things like physical media formats). Or, if you found a file and don't know what it is, but at least it's got a file extension (those letters at the end of the filename after a dot), you might try browsing the '''[[:Category:File formats by extension|file formats by extension]]''' category. Good luck!
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 <center>[[Floppy disk]] or [[Bar codes|bar code]], [[ZIP]] or [[GIF]] or [[DBase III|DBF]] or [[DOC]], [[Windows Registry]] or [[Commodore BASIC tokenized file|Commodore BASIC]]... if it holds data, it's probably documented here.</center>
-See the [https://twitter.com/JustSolvedFmts live Twitter feed] of formats being solved!
+<center>See the [https://twitter.com/JustSolvedFmts live Twitter feed] of formats being solved!</center>
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	<center>[[Floppy disk]] or [[Bar codes\|bar code]], [[ZIP]] or [[GIF]] or [[DBase III\|DBF]] or [[DOC]], [[Windows Registry]] or [[Commodore BASIC tokenized file\|Commodore BASIC]]... if it holds data, it's probably documented here.</center>		<center>[[Floppy disk]] or [[Bar codes\|bar code]], [[ZIP]] or [[GIF]] or [[DBase III\|DBF]] or [[DOC]], [[Windows Registry]] or [[Commodore BASIC tokenized file\|Commodore BASIC]]... if it holds data, it's probably documented here.</center>
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		+	See the [https://twitter.com/JustSolvedFmts live Twitter feed] of formats being solved!

	{{CenterGreyBox\|First Time Visiting This Wiki?\|		{{CenterGreyBox\|First Time Visiting This Wiki?\|

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-:[[Floppy disk]] or [[Bar codes|bar code]], [[ZIP]] or [[GIF]] or [[DBase III|DBF]] or [[DOC]], [[Windows Registry]] or [[Commodore BASIC tokenized file|Commodore BASIC]]... if it holds data, it's probably documented here.
+<center>[[Floppy disk]] or [[Bar codes|bar code]], [[ZIP]] or [[GIF]] or [[DBase III|DBF]] or [[DOC]], [[Windows Registry]] or [[Commodore BASIC tokenized file|Commodore BASIC]]... if it holds data, it's probably documented here.</center>
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 {{CenterGreyBox|Ready to Edit?|
-You should be able to create a new account right away!<BR/> Come on IRC ([http://chat.efnet.org:9090/?nick=&channels=%23justsolve&Login=Login #justsolve] @ EFNet) if you want to chat about stuff.<BR/> Browse the '''[[File Formats]]''' list to get ideas.<BR/> We've been collecting '''[[Sources]]''' to pull from. (Or be a source yourself!) <BR/> Read the '''[[JustSolve:To Do|To Do]]''' List, or the '''[[Special:Wantedpages|Most Needed Articles]]'''. <BR /> There's lots of '''[[FAQ:Roles|Roles]]''' to play on here.
+You should be able to create a new account right away!<BR/> Come on IRC (#justsolve @ EFNet) if you want to chat about stuff.<BR/> Browse the '''[[File Formats]]''' list to get ideas.<BR/> We've been collecting '''[[Sources]]''' to pull from. (Or be a source yourself!) <BR/> Read the '''[[JustSolve:To Do|To Do]]''' List, or the '''[[Special:Wantedpages|Most Needed Articles]]'''. <BR /> There's lots of '''[[FAQ:Roles|Roles]]''' to play on here.
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