Docstoc

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Docstoc
URL http://www.docstoc.com/
Status Closing
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)

How can I help?

Running a Warrior

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.)

Running the script manually

If you use Linux and you're a bit familiar with it, you can try running the script directly.

The instructions can be found at github.com/ArchiveTeam/docstoc-grab.

Some additional information
Don't forget to replace YOURNICKHERE with your nickname.

The number after --concurrent 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: touch STOP). 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If you see "Project code is out of date", kill the script, go to its folder (cd docstoc-grab) and issue git pull https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/docstoc-grab. 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

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

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.

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