#move talk page to page like User:a/b (history is now in this archive)
#move page contents to such a page (history is still in the regular talk page)
#just delete content (it is still in the history, but one can less easily search in that text) -- [[User:Patrick|Patrick]] 14:32, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
#Use a link to an earlier version of the page in its history. It does not require creating "sub pages" for archives. You can see an example at [[wikibooks:Talk:Wikijunior_Solar_System/Solar_System|wikibooks:Talk:Wikijunior_Solar_System/Solar_System]].
#*Click on the history tab
#**Click on the first version listed there
#**Copy the URL from the address bar. Let's say it is <tt><nowiki>http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?User_talk:a&oldid=12345</nowiki></tt>
#*Edit your talk page.
#**Delete all the stuff you want to remove from the current version of your talk page.
#**Link to the archive version as <tt><nowiki>[http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?User_talk:a&oldid=12345 Sept 2005 archive]</nowiki></tt>
#**Save the new version of your page.
===Q: Can I put preformatted text inside a numbered list?===
