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A template to easily set up archiving with lowercase sigmabot III, the most commonly used archiving bot on the English Wikipedia.
Follow the help page on deciding which bot is best used for setting up archiving on a talk page.
For the other commonly used Cluebot III, see {{Setup cluebot archiving}} for quick setup
Usage
editBasic usage: {{subst:Setup auto archiving}}
Optional Parameters are:
|age=- How many days old a thread should be before archiving. Default: 90
|size=- How many bytes an archive should be before a new one is created. Default: 100K
|minthreadsleft=- The minimum number of threads that the bot will leave on a page. Default: 2
|minthreadstoarchive=- The minimum number of threads to archive at one time, which is used to lower edit frequency. Default: 1
|header=- Any templates that should go on top of an archive: Default:
{{Archive}} |talk=- Optional value which will make it display
{{Talk header}}(with an built-in archiving notice if notice is disabled). Default: disabled |talk_search=: See Template:Talk header. Default: yes|talk_arpol=: See Template:Talk header. Default: no|talk_wp=: See Template:Talk header. Default: no|talk_disclaimer=: See Template:Talk header. Default: no|talk_bottom=: See Template:Talk header. Default: no|talk_force=: See Template:Talk header. Default: true|shortcut1=: See Template:Talk header. Default: null|shortcut2=: See Template:Talk header. Default: null|shortcut3=: See Template:Talk header. Default: null|shortcut4=: See Template:Talk header. Default: null|shortcut5=: See Template:Talk header. Default: null|archives=- Optional value which will make it display
{{Archives}}if talk option is disabled. Default: disabled
See also
edit- Help for choosing a bot to help decide which bot is best used for a particular talk page
- Cluebot III, another archiving bot, see {{Setup cluebot archiving}} for instructions
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