Sources & Methodology

This page explains the approach behind our content and our folder structure generator, so readers can judge how much weight to put on a given claim.

General organizing guidance

Most of what we publish is general organizing methodology — folder structures, naming patterns, and routines — rather than factual claims that require external sourcing. This kind of guidance reflects common, widely used organizing practices rather than a single authoritative study, and we present it accordingly, as a reasonable approach rather than the only correct one.

Backup and security topics

For guides in our Backup & Security category, where general factual grounding matters more, we reference established public organizations rather than specific products or invented statistics. Where relevant, we point to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at cisa.gov and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at nist.gov as general, authoritative references for readers who want to go deeper than an organizing guide reasonably should. We do not attribute specific quotes or numbers to these organizations unless we are linking directly to their own published material.

What we do not do

We do not invent survey results, cite studies that do not exist, or create fictional named experts to add false authority to a claim. We do not provide legal, tax, or financial guidance, and we do not state specific legal retention periods as settled fact, since these vary by document type, jurisdiction, and situation.

How the folder structure generator works

Our folder structure generator is a client-side JavaScript tool. It takes the profile, file types, and preferences you select and assembles a folder tree, naming convention, and routine from a fixed set of organizing templates built into the page. It does not send your selections anywhere, and does not access any files on your device — everything happens in your browser, and anything you choose to save is stored only in that browser's local storage, as described in our privacy policy.

Corrections

If you believe something on this site is inaccurate, please see our corrections page for how to report it and how we handle verified errors.