STOWiki:Archival

When a talk page is growing too large, and there's plenty of old discussions that are no longer active, it's a good idea to archive some of them. This page explains how to do so. Never archive ongoing discussions!

Archiving a talk page
If there is nothing previously archived:


 * Step One


 * Add  (five tildes) to the top of the talk page.
 * Cut out the pieces that you would like to archive (pasting them into a notepad is a good idea so you don't lose them!)
 * Save the talk page.

The top of the talk page will now look something like this:


 * Step Two


 * Follow the red link to create the archive.
 * Add Archive to the top of the new blank page.
 * Paste the contents you cut earlier.
 * Save.

You're done!

Adding another archive
If there's already an Archives(n) tag in a page, you basically follow the above procedure, but instead you modify the existing tag, e.g.:
 * becomes