Help:Archiving (plain and simple)

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To add an archives and search box to any talk page, copy the code in the box below (from this page right here, not by going into edit mode) and insert it (as is with no changes) after the talk page headers (all the other stuff with curly brackets at the top of the edit box). Copy the entire thing, including the two opening brackets and the two final brackets.

Example archive search box

Archives

Archive 1	Archive 2	Archive 3
Archive 4	Archive 5

This page has archives. Sections older than 90 days may be automatically archived by ClueBot III when more than 4 sections are present.

This generates a searchable box with a list of archives similar to the one on the right.

Code to be copied and pasted:

{{subst:Setup cluebot archiving|archives=yes}}

After that, a bot will be along in a couple of days to start archiving. This should work even if there has already been a previous manual archive.

{{Archives}} (very configurable side box or banner for main talk page)
{{Archive}} (banner placed on archive pages with navigation)
{{Talk header}} (banner with talk page guidelines and archives)
{{Archive top}} / {{Atop}} (archives/closes discussion)
lowercase sigmabot III (MiszaBot) (most popular auto archiving bot)
Wikipedia:One click archiving (archiver scripts)

Side box

{{Archives}}

Headers

With navigation	{{Annual archive}} {{Archived annually}} {{Archive}} (does not need parameter) {{Archives by months}} {{Month-year archive nav}} {{Monthly archived talk}} {{UserTalkArchive}} {{Warning archive notice}}
Without navigation	{{Archive index}} {{Archiving}}
With search	{{Talk header}} (contains an automatically appearing archive search box and nav)

Content
formatting

Lists

{{Archive list}} (numbered archives usually the default)
{{Archive list alpha}}
{{Monthly archive list}}
{{Yearly archive list}}

Discussion

Automatic
archiving
systems

ClueBot III
- {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}
HBC Archive Indexerbot (Legobot)
lowercase sigmabot III (MiszaBot)
OneClickArchiver
{{Archive basics}}
{{Archive now}}
{{subst:Bump}}
{{subst:Do not archive until}}
{{subst:Install one click archiver}}
{{subst:Pin section}}
{{subst:Setup auto archiving}}

Category:Archival templates

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