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Docstoc was an electronic document repository and online store, aimed at providing professional, financial and legal documents for the business community. Users can upload, share and sell their own documents, or purchase professional documents written in-house by professionals and lawyers. Intuit, maker of financial products like Quickbooks and TurboTax, announced its planned acquisition of Docstoc in 2011. Intuit decided in 2015 to reduce its activity, and to shut down Docstoc by the end of the year. DocStoc announced in September 2015 that it was no longer taking new registrations on their home page, prior to closure. Unfortunately, to download a form one must register, but registrations are not accepted, so one effectively cannot download forms anymore unless one is already a registered user. (paragraph based on https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Docstoc&oldid=689874485)
Docstoc was an electronic document repository and online store, aimed at providing professional, financial and legal documents for the business community. Users can upload, share and sell their own documents, or purchase professional documents written in-house by professionals and lawyers. Intuit, maker of financial products like Quickbooks and TurboTax, announced its planned acquisition of Docstoc in 2011. Intuit decided in 2015 to reduce its activity, and to shut down Docstoc by the end of the year. DocStoc announced in September 2015 that it was no longer taking new registrations on their home page, prior to closure. Unfortunately, to download a form one must register, but registrations are not accepted, so one effectively cannot download forms anymore unless one is already a registered user. (paragraph based on https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Docstoc&oldid=689874485)


== How can I help? ==
== Announcements ==
=== Shutdown notice ===
Notice on Web site:
<blockquote>
<p>Docstoc will be closing down effective December 1, 2015.</p>
<p>Please download all of your public and private documents before November 30. If you have any questions, please contact us at support@docstoc.com. </p>
</blockquote>


=== Running a Warrior ===
Pre-shutdown email #1 from messages@docstoc.com — subject "Docstoc Will Be Closing Down", 3 Sept. 2015 (username is the username of the user)
<blockquote>
Docstoc : Service Discontinuation Notice
Hi username,
Thank you for being a valued Docstoc.com free account user. We regret to inform you that Docstoc will be closing down effective December 1, 2015. At that time, we will automatically be closing all accounts.
If applicable to your account, please make sure to visit the site no later than November 30th, 2015 to retrieve copies of any documents you previously uploaded to your account.
If you have any questions between now and November 30th, please email us at support@docstoc.com.
The Docstoc Team
(DLUL)
Docstoc®, Inc. 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste 2A Santa Monica, CA 90401
We send this email to members of docstoc.com to update you on your friends' messages and our updates. If you wish to unsubscribe, we provide a settings link at the bottom of this page, or send us an email letting us know. If you have any questions you can e-mail or call us anytime by using our Contact Us page. Docstoc® is not responsible for 3rd party products, services, sites, etc. Our use of 3rd party trademarks does not signify or suggest the endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship, of or by us of those trademark owners or their products or services, or they of us. Privacy Policy: For full information please read our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from this mailing: Unsubscribe. *Disclaimer: Legal information is not legal advice. Read More.
</blockquote>


You can start up a [[Warrior]] and there select ''Docstoc''. (If you don't really care what you are archiving, select ''ArchiveTeam's Choice'' instead, as at some points ArchiveTeam may priorize another project.)
Pre-shutdown email #2 from messages@docstoc.com — subject "Docstoc Will Be Closing Down", 5 Oct. 2015 (username is the username of the user)
<blockquote>
Docstoc : Service Discontinuation Notice
Hi username,
This is a reminder that Docstoc will be closing down effective December 1, 2015. At that time, we will automatically be closing all accounts.
If applicable to your account, please make sure to visit the site no later than November 30th, 2015 to retrieve copies of any documents you previously uploaded to your account.
If you have any questions between now and November 30th, please email us at support@docstoc.com.
The Docstoc Team.
Docstoc®, Inc. 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste 2A Santa Monica, CA 90401
We send this email to members of docstoc.com to update you on your friends' messages and our updates. If you wish to unsubscribe, we provide a settings link at the bottom of this page, or send us an email letting us know. If you have any questions you can e-mail or call us anytime by using our Contact Us page. Docstoc® is not responsible for 3rd party products, services, sites, etc. Our use of 3rd party trademarks does not signify or suggest the endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship, of or by us of those trademark owners or their products or services, or they of us. Privacy Policy: For full information please read our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from this mailing: Unsubscribe. *Disclaimer: Legal information is not legal advice. Read More.
</blockquote>


=== Running the script manually ===
Pre-shutdown email #3 from messages@docstoc.com — subject "FINAL NOTICE: Docstoc Will Be Closing Down", 2 Nov. 2015 (username is the username of the user)
 
<blockquote>
If you use Linux and you're a bit familiar with it, you can try running the script directly.
Final Notice! Docstoc : Service Discontinuation Notice
 
Hi username,
The instructions can be found at [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/docstoc-grab github.com/ArchiveTeam/docstoc-grab].
This is a reminder that Docstoc will be closing down effective December 1, 2015. At that time, we will automatically be closing all accounts.
 
If applicable to your account, please make sure to visit the site no later than November 30th, 2015 to retrieve copies of any documents you previously uploaded to your account.
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If you have any questions between now and November 30th, please email us at support@docstoc.com.
! Some additional information
The Docstoc Team.
|-
Docstoc®, Inc. 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste 2A Santa Monica, CA 90401
| Don't forget to replace YOURNICKHERE with your nickname.
We send this email to members of docstoc.com to update you on your friends' messages and our updates. If you wish to unsubscribe, we provide a settings link at the bottom of this page, or send us an email letting us know. If you have any questions you can e-mail or call us anytime by using our Contact Us page. Docstoc® is not responsible for 3rd party products, services, sites, etc. Our use of 3rd party trademarks does not signify or suggest the endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship, of or by us of those trademark owners or their products or services, or they of us. Privacy Policy: For full information please read our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from this mailing: Unsubscribe. *Disclaimer: Legal information is not legal advice. Read More.
 
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The number after <code>--concurrent</code> determines how many threads run at the same time. You can increase this number if your resources (RAM, CPU, bandwidth) are sufficient. However, if you constantly see messages about rate limiting, there is no need to increase the concurrency.
 
If you want to stop the script, please do it gracefully if possible. To do so, create an empty file named '''STOP''' in the folder of the script (terminal command: <code>touch STOP</code>). The script finishes the current item(s) and stops only after that. (If you kill the script immediately, the items get broken, and they will need to be reassigned to another user.) – Before starting the script again, don't forget to remove the STOP file.
 
If you see "Project code is out of date", kill the script, go to its folder (<code>cd docstoc-grab</code>) and issue <code><nowiki>git pull https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/</nowiki>docstoc-grab</code>. After the updating has finished, re-launch the script.
|}
 
=== Donating to the Internet Archive ===


Content downloaded by the ArchiveTeam will be uploaded to the [[Internet Archive]], where it will be stored and be available – hopefully – forever. However, storing it costs thousands of dollars in the long run. So, if you can afford, please consider donating to the Internet Archive, so that this piece of history can be kept for us all. http://archive.org/donate
Post-shutdown email from messages@docstoc.com — subject "Docstoc Is Now Closed", 1 Dec. 2015 (username is the username of the user)
 
=== Do you like our cause? ===
 
If you want to help in other projects, want to learn more about ArchiveTeam, or even help in development in general, navigate to the [[Main Page]] of this wiki, from there you can reach a lot of information. The Team consists of volunteers working on the projects in their free time, so helping hands (and resources) are always welcome.
 
== Announcements ==
=== Shutdown notice ===
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>Docstoc will be closing down effective December 1, 2015.</p>
Hi username,
<p>Please download all of your public and private documents before November 30. If you have any questions, please contact us at support@docstoc.com. </p>
Thank you for being a valued Docstoc member. Today, December 1, 2015, we have closed the Docstoc site. Your account is now closed.
If you have any questions, please email us at support@docstoc.com.
We've been honored to be a part of your journey. Thank you for choosing us.
The Docstoc Team.
(uldl)
Docstoc®, Inc. 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste 2A Santa Monica, CA 90401
We send this email to members of docstoc.com to update you on your friends' messages and our updates. If you wish to unsubscribe, we provide a settings link at the bottom of this page, or send us an email letting us know. If you have any questions you can e-mail or call us anytime by using our Contact Us page. Docstoc® is not responsible for 3rd party products, services, sites, etc. Our use of 3rd party trademarks does not signify or suggest the endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship, of or by us of those trademark owners or their products or services, or they of us. Privacy Policy: For full information please read our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from this mailing: Unsubscribe. *Disclaimer: Legal information is not legal advice. Read More.
</blockquote>
</blockquote>



Revision as of 01:25, 2 December 2015

Docstoc
Docstoc logo
Docstoc 28112015231800.png
URL http://www.docstoc.com/
Status Offline
Archiving status In progress...
Archiving type Unknown
Project source docstoc-grab
Project tracker docstoc
IRC channel and docstop #archiveteam and docstop (on hackint)

Docstoc was an electronic document repository and online store, aimed at providing professional, financial and legal documents for the business community. Users can upload, share and sell their own documents, or purchase professional documents written in-house by professionals and lawyers. Intuit, maker of financial products like Quickbooks and TurboTax, announced its planned acquisition of Docstoc in 2011. Intuit decided in 2015 to reduce its activity, and to shut down Docstoc by the end of the year. DocStoc announced in September 2015 that it was no longer taking new registrations on their home page, prior to closure. Unfortunately, to download a form one must register, but registrations are not accepted, so one effectively cannot download forms anymore unless one is already a registered user. (paragraph based on https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Docstoc&oldid=689874485)

Announcements

Shutdown notice

Notice on Web site:

Docstoc will be closing down effective December 1, 2015.

Please download all of your public and private documents before November 30. If you have any questions, please contact us at support@docstoc.com.

Pre-shutdown email #1 from messages@docstoc.com — subject "Docstoc Will Be Closing Down", 3 Sept. 2015 (username is the username of the user)

Docstoc : Service Discontinuation Notice Hi username, Thank you for being a valued Docstoc.com free account user. We regret to inform you that Docstoc will be closing down effective December 1, 2015. At that time, we will automatically be closing all accounts. If applicable to your account, please make sure to visit the site no later than November 30th, 2015 to retrieve copies of any documents you previously uploaded to your account. If you have any questions between now and November 30th, please email us at support@docstoc.com. The Docstoc Team (DLUL) Docstoc®, Inc. 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste 2A Santa Monica, CA 90401 We send this email to members of docstoc.com to update you on your friends' messages and our updates. If you wish to unsubscribe, we provide a settings link at the bottom of this page, or send us an email letting us know. If you have any questions you can e-mail or call us anytime by using our Contact Us page. Docstoc® is not responsible for 3rd party products, services, sites, etc. Our use of 3rd party trademarks does not signify or suggest the endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship, of or by us of those trademark owners or their products or services, or they of us. Privacy Policy: For full information please read our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from this mailing: Unsubscribe. *Disclaimer: Legal information is not legal advice. Read More.

Pre-shutdown email #2 from messages@docstoc.com — subject "Docstoc Will Be Closing Down", 5 Oct. 2015 (username is the username of the user)

Docstoc : Service Discontinuation Notice Hi username, This is a reminder that Docstoc will be closing down effective December 1, 2015. At that time, we will automatically be closing all accounts. If applicable to your account, please make sure to visit the site no later than November 30th, 2015 to retrieve copies of any documents you previously uploaded to your account. If you have any questions between now and November 30th, please email us at support@docstoc.com. The Docstoc Team. Docstoc®, Inc. 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste 2A Santa Monica, CA 90401 We send this email to members of docstoc.com to update you on your friends' messages and our updates. If you wish to unsubscribe, we provide a settings link at the bottom of this page, or send us an email letting us know. If you have any questions you can e-mail or call us anytime by using our Contact Us page. Docstoc® is not responsible for 3rd party products, services, sites, etc. Our use of 3rd party trademarks does not signify or suggest the endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship, of or by us of those trademark owners or their products or services, or they of us. Privacy Policy: For full information please read our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from this mailing: Unsubscribe. *Disclaimer: Legal information is not legal advice. Read More.

Pre-shutdown email #3 from messages@docstoc.com — subject "FINAL NOTICE: Docstoc Will Be Closing Down", 2 Nov. 2015 (username is the username of the user)

Final Notice! Docstoc : Service Discontinuation Notice Hi username, This is a reminder that Docstoc will be closing down effective December 1, 2015. At that time, we will automatically be closing all accounts. If applicable to your account, please make sure to visit the site no later than November 30th, 2015 to retrieve copies of any documents you previously uploaded to your account. If you have any questions between now and November 30th, please email us at support@docstoc.com. The Docstoc Team. Docstoc®, Inc. 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste 2A Santa Monica, CA 90401 We send this email to members of docstoc.com to update you on your friends' messages and our updates. If you wish to unsubscribe, we provide a settings link at the bottom of this page, or send us an email letting us know. If you have any questions you can e-mail or call us anytime by using our Contact Us page. Docstoc® is not responsible for 3rd party products, services, sites, etc. Our use of 3rd party trademarks does not signify or suggest the endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship, of or by us of those trademark owners or their products or services, or they of us. Privacy Policy: For full information please read our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from this mailing: Unsubscribe. *Disclaimer: Legal information is not legal advice. Read More.

Post-shutdown email from messages@docstoc.com — subject "Docstoc Is Now Closed", 1 Dec. 2015 (username is the username of the user)

Hi username, Thank you for being a valued Docstoc member. Today, December 1, 2015, we have closed the Docstoc site. Your account is now closed. If you have any questions, please email us at support@docstoc.com. We've been honored to be a part of your journey. Thank you for choosing us. The Docstoc Team. (uldl) Docstoc®, Inc. 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste 2A Santa Monica, CA 90401 We send this email to members of docstoc.com to update you on your friends' messages and our updates. If you wish to unsubscribe, we provide a settings link at the bottom of this page, or send us an email letting us know. If you have any questions you can e-mail or call us anytime by using our Contact Us page. Docstoc® is not responsible for 3rd party products, services, sites, etc. Our use of 3rd party trademarks does not signify or suggest the endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship, of or by us of those trademark owners or their products or services, or they of us. Privacy Policy: For full information please read our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from this mailing: Unsubscribe. *Disclaimer: Legal information is not legal advice. Read More.

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