Places an archive box flush right (default) or a wide archive banner containing links to archive pages and a search box to search them. A summary of the archive bot config appears below the search box.
{{Archives}}{{Archives|banner=yes}}{{Archives|nobot=yes}}
You may use this template to generate a boxed Archive list and search box when there is no Talk page header box at the top of the page, or when the Talk page header does not emit an archive box as part of the Talk header.
Another reason to use template {{Archive box}} is for an article having archives with both standard as well as non-standard names for the archives. This sometimes occurs for older articles that were created before the archiving system became standardized, and have both ad hoc archive names as well as standard ones,[a] or having both standard archives as well as topically-named archives out of the main numerical sequence.[b] In cases like these, you can include both the {{Talk header}} box with no params at the top of the page to pick up all the standard archive names, as well as {{Archives}} with the |list= parameter to pick up all the non-standard names.
Another reason might be to link standard archive names with other display text,[c] or to add annotations next to the linked archive name, even if they are linked using the standard names.[d]
When you add this template to a talk page with the {{Talk header}} template, by default each one will display the same archive list and search box. In order to avoid such duplication, either don't use the {{Archives}} template, or turn off archive search box display in the {{Talk header}} template. It is possible to search for Talk pages that have both templates, in order to search for anomalies that may need attention.[e]
Place the template last among the header material at the top of a talk page, and before the first section heading.
There is one positional parameter, and 27 named parameters; all are optional. With no parameters, the template displays a rectangular box entitled "Archives" flush-right on the page, with links to every archive page that exists (as long as they have the standard naming scheme), an input box to enter search terms, a search button to search the archives, and a bot notice at the bottom summarizing the configuration parameters for the archive bot.
Descriptions of the parameters below are grouped into five functional areas (see § Descriptions ).
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{{Archives| 1 = <!-- unnamed param 1: like param 'list' but may be combined with 'auto' -->| banner = <!-- "yes" switches from small, flush-right box to wide centered banner; alias: 'large' -->| collapsed = <!-- "yes" or omit -->| collapsible = <!-- "yes" or omit -->| box-width = <!-- deprecated, use 'style' -->| style = | search = <!-- "no" hides the search box; default: "yes" -->| age = | target = | image = | alt = | link = | image-size = | title = <!-- box top caption; default: "Archives" -->| list = <!-- for nonstandard archive names, list them manually; disables param 'auto' -->| auto = <!-- set auto=short or auto=no; default: "long" -->| index = <!-- Index subpage name, e.g. "Archive index" or "none" if not wanted -->| archivelist = <!-- /archivelist -->| root = | prefix = | start = <!-- Archive number to start from; default: 1 -->| search-break = <!-- default: "no" -->| search-width = <!-- default: "22" -->| search-button-label = <!-- text on button; default: "Search archives"; alias: 'button-label'. -->| units = <!-- bot archiving interval units; default is "day" or "days"; deprecated. (automatic) -->| bot = <!-- name of archiving bot; deprecated (determined automatically) -->| minthreadsleft = <!-- bot archiving config param; deprecated. (determined automatically) -->| editbox = <!-- "yes" or "no" -->}}{{Archives |1= |banner= |collapsed= |collapsible= |box-width= |style= |search= |age= |target= |image= |alt= |link= |image-size= |title= |list= |auto= |index= |archivelist= |root= |prefix= |start= |search-break= |search-width= |search-button-label= |units= |bot= |minthreadsleft= | editbox= }}
{{Archives |1= |age= |alt= |archivelist= |auto= |banner= |bot= |box-width= |collapsed= |collapsible= |editbox= |image= |image-size= |index= |link= |list= |minthreadsleft= |prefix= |root= |search= |search-break= |search-button-label= |search-width= |start= |style= |target= |title= |units= }}
Parameters described below are grouped into functional areas:
No parameters are necessary for detection of numbered archive pages in the standard format Archive_1, Archive_2, and so on. These are detected automatically. Talk page archives having non-standard naming schemes can also be listed, but you have to specify them.
(1st unnamed parameter) or 1=
auto=long or auto=short, making the template display both manual and automatic archives. This is usually done when other related archives are linked, such as when using centralized talk pages or adding links to archives of alternative accounts.[f]list
|list= instead of |1= makes the template ignore the |auto= parameter's secondary function of forcing auto-detection.auto= <short|long|no>
{{PAGENAME}}/Archive # format they will not be displayed automatically. Auto-detection is also disabled if a manual list is supplied. However, if this list is supplied by the 1st unnamed parameter rather than the list parameter, auto-detection can be re-enabled by overriding the default by using auto=long or auto=short.index
|index=Page Index. |index=none disables this feature.archivelist
|archivelist=Wikipedia:Media copyright questions/Archivelist. As you can see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions/Archivelist is set up to be used by the Archives box on its respective page.image
Replacement filing cabinet.svg". May also use image-size. none results in no image.alt
link, alt should be nonempty too, and should indicate what will happen if the user clicks on the image.link
alt is nonempty, it defaults to the image's file page.The link and alt parameters only take effect if the image is changed from the default.
search
root
{{FULLPAGENAME}}/. Useful for when this template is located on a different page than the page being archived. Use prefix, if the addition of a trailing slash is not desired. The archive wikilinks generated are of the form root + / + Archive #.prefix
search-break
search-width
search-button-label
Automated archiving settings are defined by {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveThis} if using User:ClueBot III or {{User:MiszaBot/config}} if using User:Lowercase sigmabot III. {{Archives}} will automatically extract these settings and display them at the bottom of the archive box (or banner) unless suppressed with |nobot=. The parameters formerly used to state settings for the bot notice (before automatic extraction was introduced) are deprecated and grayed out below.
nobot
|nobot=yes to suppress the bot notice normally displayed below the search box.target
bot (deprecated)
age (deprecated)
units (deprecated)
minthreadsleft (deprecated)
banner
large
collapsible
collapsed
style
title
editbox
The {{Archives}} template may be used to add a box containing page links to archived discussions. It will automatically detect archived pages by default, if they follow the format {{PAGENAME}}/Archive #, eliminating the need to manually update the box each time a new archive page is created. However, if a list of archives is given manually through the first unnamed parameter, then it does not check for archives automatically. Instead, auto=long or auto=short has to be added, if both manual and automatic lists are used.
This page is intended to explain the details of template usage. For a general guide to archiving, see: Help:Archiving a talk page, which includes more information on using this template and others.
With no explicit parameters, the archive list presented in the box is determined automatically. If a subpage called "{{PAGENAME}}/archivelist" exists, it will be used as the central content of the box.
If no archive list subpage is detected, numbered archive subpages will be listed in long format. Such pages must be named as "/Archive #" in order to be automatically detected. No other naming styles will be auto-detected. The "long" auto format (the default) indicates "Archive 1", "Archive 2", and so on. The "short" auto format indicates only the archive number.
An additional list of archives can be passed in the first unnamed parameter, avoiding the need to set up an archivelist subpage.
Using "auto=no" will disable archive auto-detection. Manually specified archives will still be shown. [The archive box will also contain an "Edit" link, targeted at the archive list subpage, which can then be used to begin manually populating the list, if desired. This seems broken.] This may be desirable, if the archive list is given in the title parameter.
The "auto" and "archivelist" parameters are not intended to be used together. (Doing so does not use the specified archive list page.)
The auto-generated archive list requires subpages to use the common naming convention. That is, "{{PAGENAME}}/Archive 1", "{{PAGENAME}}/Archive 2", and so on. The letter "A" must be capitalized, there must be a single space between the word "Archive" and the number, and there must be no leading zeros. If archive subpages do not conform to this convention, they can be renamed to conform, or a manual list can be maintained.
Default
{{archives}}Short, index, collapsible
{{archives |auto=short |index=/Archive index |collapsible=yes}}TemplateData for Archives
Box to list archived discussions on talk pages