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The '''standard archival system''' (consisting of a naming convention and two templates) is a method of organizing discussion archives for easy navigation, creation, and bot parsing.

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==Quick instructions==

# Create an archive page at "<nowiki>[[Page name/Archives]]</nowiki>" (for example, [[Meta:Requests for deletion/Archives]]) with the following code:<div style="padding:1em; border:1px dashed #2f6fab; text-align:left; color:#000; background-color:#f9f9f9;"><nowiki>{{archive-index}}</nowiki><br /><br />==Archives==<br />* </div>

# Add a link to the archive pages under "Archives". Archive pages should be named "&lt;''current talk page''&gt;/Archives/&lt;''date''&gt;". The date format should be yyyy-mm-dd (one of: {{#time:Y}}, {{#time:Y-m}}, or {{#time:Y-m-d}}). For example:<div style="padding:1em; border:1px dashed #2f6fab; text-align:left; color:#000; background-color:#f9f9f9;">* <nowiki>[[</nowiki>/{{#time:Y-m}}|{{#time:F Y}}]]</div>

# Save, and click the link to create the page. Copy and paste "<code><nowiki>{{archive header}}</nowiki></code>" to the top of the page.

# Save; the archive is now created. To add entries, simply cut and paste them from the main page to the archive.

# ''Optionally'', list the discussions on the archive index ([[userUser talk:Pathoschild/Archives|example]]). This can be quickly done by copy and pasting the table of contents to this page, and then copy and pasting <code><nowiki>'' | ''</nowiki></code> between each heading name.

==See also==

* Templates

* templates

** {{links-small|template|archive-index}}

** {{links-small|template|archive header}}