Wikipedia:How to archive Current Events: Difference between revisions

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'''This does not apply to the [[Portal:Current events|current events portal]], but it may apply to some of the other current events pages. For archiving the current events portal, see [[WikipediaPortal:Current events/How to archive Portal:Currentthe eventsportal]].'''

At the beginning of every month, it is customary to archive the [[Current events]] and [[Current sports events]] pages by moving them to a suitably named month (for example, [[June 2004]] or [[June 2004 in sports]]). This makes the original pages redirects, which can then be edited to record the new month's events. Moving the original pages ensures the [[Wikipedia:page history|page history]] is saved with the month, and provides a fresh history each month. It also keeps the log of older versions manageably small.

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# Edit last month's article, [[June 2004]] or [[June 2004 in sports]], to reflect the fact that it's no longer current. This means replacing the time/date with a list of the months in the year, linking to the appropriate events/sports events articles in each case. Also, change category references to '''<nowiki>[[Category:</nowiki>2004|*2004-06]]''' or '''<nowiki>[[Category:</nowiki>2004 in sports|*2004-06]]''' as appropriate. (See the [[Wikipedia:Categorization#Category sorting|policy on category sorting]].)

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