Template:Archive/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Archive.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 154,000 pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Usage

This template is used on archived talk and non-talk pages.

The template has multiple optional parameters:

|1= (first unnamed parameter) – the name of the current talk page if it is not automatically detected properly by the template or is from a different base name. Note that |currentpage= is an alternate name for this parameter.
|period= – adds the editorial time period the archive represents
|diff= – adds a link to the PermaLink of the original page at the archival time
|histOffset= – adds a link to the history of the page, offset with the given timestamp

Examples

With no parameters:

This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

Example with (almost) all parameters: Talk:Generation X was manually archived to Talk:Generation X/Archive 1 before itself being moved to Talk:Generation X/Archive 2 as an archive, so the content of /Archive 1 was technically copied from /Archive 2. Placing {{archive|diff=29421877|histOffset=20051127232500|Talk:Generation X/Archive 2}} at /Archive 1 gives:

This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

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