STOWiki:Archival

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When a talk page is growing too large, and there's plenty of old discussions that are no longer active, it's a good idea to archive some of them.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 {{Archives1|~~~~~}} (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:

Template:Archives1

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.:

• {{Archives1|03:22, 3 June 2006 (EDT)}} becomes

{{Archives2|03:22, 3 June 2006 (EDT)|~~~~~}}