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Explain API values to options you might see in the UI 

See https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-public-archive/pull/262#discussion_r1219139064
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@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ messages from any given date and day-by-day navigation.
Only public Matrix rooms with `shared` or `world_readable` [history Only public Matrix rooms with `shared` or `world_readable` [history
visibility](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.7/client-server-api/#room-history-visibility) are visibility](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.7/client-server-api/#room-history-visibility) are
accessible in the Matrix Public Archive. accessible in the Matrix Public Archive. In some clients like Element, the `shared`
option equates to "Members only (since the point in time of selecting this option)" and
`world_readable` to "Anyone" under the **room settings** -> **Security & Privacy** ->
**Who can read history?**.
But the archive bot (`@archive:matrix.org`) will join any public room because it doesn't But the archive bot (`@archive:matrix.org`) will join any public room because it doesn't
know the history visibility without first joining. Any room without `world_readable` or know the history visibility without first joining. Any room without `world_readable` or