Template:Archive basics

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One click archiving scripts add buttons beside discussions on talk pages and noticeboards. When clicked, the button will archive that discussion onto the page specified. Most pages are archived by lowercase sigmabot III, and the script will use the values in that bot's config. On pages archived by another bot or not archived by any bot, this template will provide the archive name and counter number used by the archiving script. This template and the OneClickArchiver scripts work with archives that end with a number. They do not work with monthly archives or idiosyncratic archive naming schemes.

Examples

Copy & paste the code below for numbered archives:

Simple

{{Archive basics
|archive = {{SAFESUBST:#titleparts:{{SAFESUBST:FULLPAGENAME}}}}/Archive %(counter)d
|counter = 1
}}

All parameters

All parameters with default values:

{{Archive basics
|archive = {{SAFESUBST:#titleparts:{{SAFESUBST:FULLPAGENAME}}}}/Archive %(counter)d
|counter = 1
|headerlevel = 2
|maxarchivesize = 
|archiveheader = {{archive}}
}}

Specify archives ___location

To manually choose the archive page ___location, replace "User talk:Username/Archive" and increment the |counter= as needed in the example below:

{{Archive basics
|archive = User talk:Username/Archive %(counter)d
|counter = 1
}}

Specify archive names

The counter is not used for nonstandard archive names:

{{Archive basics
|archive = User talk:Username/Archive template notices
}}

Date-based archives

For annual archives copy and paste the example below. The text %(year)d will be interpreted by the script as the current year.

{{Archive basics
|archive = {{SAFESUBST:#titleparts:{{SAFESUBST:FULLPAGENAME}}}}/Archive %(year)d
}}

For monthly archives:

{{Archive basics
|archive = {{SAFESUBST:#titleparts:{{SAFESUBST:FULLPAGENAME}}}}/Archives/%(year)d/%(monthname)s
}}

Shortcut

There is a shortcut setup template to make it easier to apply defaults for one-click archiving. Archives typically begin at "Archive 1". If archives already exist, you can specify the number of the current highest archive. To move discussions to "Archive X", change the number "1" below to whatever number you want for a counter number:

{{subst:oca|1}}

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Config for OneClickArchiving scripts

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Archive	`archive`	WikiPath to where you want the archives stored.	String	required
Counter	`counter`	This is what numbered archive the OneClickArchiver will archive to. If you are archiving at User talk:Example/Archive 1, for example, this parameter must be set at 1. Otherwise, the OneClickArchiver will archive to the wrong page.	Number	required
Maximum Size	`maxsize` `maxarchivesize`	Size at which a "nag" notice will show up on page letting users know that the size of the current archive (defined by archive and counter parameters) is above and to suggest that the archive be incremented. Default 153600	Number	optional
Header Level	`headerlevel`	HTML heading level to create buttons for Default 2	String	optional
Archive Header	`archiveheader`	Header banner to add at the top of archived pages. Default {{archive}}	Unknown	optional