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WarningThis template is used on approximately 4,400 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Function

Creates a bulleted list of links to all pages under some root directory using the naming scheme "year/month". Month can be in long name format, short name format, single or double digit numerical, or left off for yearly archives.

Usage

{{MonthlyLinks
 |monthformat=
 |root=
 |year=
 |num=
}}
  • monthformat – Format used in naming scheme. Set to:
    • m – numerical, single digits for 1 to 9
    • mm – numerical, double digits for 01 to 09
    • mmm or shortname – short names (Jan, Feb, etc)
    • mmmm or longname or name – long names (January, February, etc)
    • If omitted or set to anything else, the default is to check for numerical (either single or double digits) and long names. This involves around three times as many expensive parser functions, and should be avoided if possible
  • root - Location to look for links. Defaults to current page
  • year - Year to use in path for search. Defaults to {{CURRENTYEAR}}
  • num - If equal to "yes" uses a numbered list instead of a bulleted list

Related Templates

  • Template:MonthlyArchive
  • v
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Templates for archiving
  • Archiving (simple)
  • Archiving (technical)
  • Choosing the right bot
Recommended
  • {{Archives}} (very configurable side box or banner for main talk page)
  • {{Archive}} (banner placed on archive pages with navigation)
  • {{Talk header}} (banner with talk page guidelines and archives)
  • {{Archive top}} / {{Atop}} (archives/closes discussion)
  • lowercase sigmabot III (MiszaBot) (most popular auto archiving bot) {{subst:Setup auto archiving}} (quick setup script)
  • Wikipedia:One click archiving (archiver scripts)
Headers
With
navigation
  • {{Annual archive}}
  • {{Archived annually}}
  • {{Archive}} (does not need parameter)
  • {{Archives by months}}
  • {{Month-year archive nav}}
  • {{Monthly archived talk}}
Without
navigation
  • {{Archiving}}
With
search
  • {{Talk header}} (contains an automatically appearing archive search box and nav)
Content
formatting
  • {{Archive top}} / {{atop}}
  • {{Archive top green}} / {{atopg}}
  • {{Archive top red}} / {{atopr}}
  • {{Archive top yellow}} / {{atopy}}
  • {{Archive bottom}} / {{abot}}
  • {{Closed rfc top}}
  • {{Collapse}}
  • {{Collapse top}} / {{cot}}
  • {{Collapse bottom}} / {{cob}}
  • {{Collapse AI top}} / {{cait}}
  • {{Hidden archive top}} / {{hat}}
  • {{Hidden archive bottom}} / {{hab}}
  • {{Poll top}}
  • {{Poll bottom}}
Lists
  • {{Archive list}} (numbered archives usually the default)
  • {{Archive list alpha}}
  • {{Monthly archive list}}
  • {{Yearly archive list}}
Discussion
  • {{Archive request}}
  • {{Please archive}}
  • {{uw-archive}}
Automatic
archiving
systems
lowercase
sigmabot III

(MiszaBot)
  • {{subst:Setup auto archiving}}
  • {{User:MiszaBot/config}}
ClueBot III
  • {{subst:Setup cluebot archiving}}
  • {{subst:Archive now}}
  • {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveThis}}
other
  • HBC Archive Indexerbot (Legobot)
general
  • {{Archive basics}}
  • {{subst:Bump}}
  • {{subst:Do not archive until}}
  • {{subst:Pin section}}
  •  Category:Archival templates
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Monthly links/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) pages.
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Last edited on 6 April 2025, at 05:11

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