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The '''Archive''' template is used on archived talk and non-talk pages.
=== Usage ===
=== Usage ===
It is customary to periodically '''archive old discussions on a talk page''' when that page becomes too large. Bulky [[Wikipedia: Help:Talk pages|talk pages]] may be hard to navigate, contain obsolete discussion, or become a burden for users with slow Internet connections or computers. Notices are placed at the beginning of the talk page to inform editors of an archive.
It is customary to periodically '''archive old discussions on a talk page''' when that page becomes too large. Bulky {{w|talk pages|s=help}} may be hard to navigate, contain obsolete discussion, or become a burden for users with slow Internet connections or computers. Notices are placed at the beginning of the talk page to inform editors of an archive.


There are multiple ways to organize archive pages, but the simplest way is to number them starting from 1. Archive pages should be created as subpages of regular pages, such that a page "Foo" would have its first archive page in "Foo/Archive 1".
There are multiple ways to organize archive pages, but the simplest way is to number them starting from 1. Archive pages should be created as subpages of regular pages, such that a page "Foo" would have its first archive page in "Foo/Archive 1".


=== See also ===
=== See also ===
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* [[Template:Deprecated]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Help:Archiving a talk page]]
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Latest revision as of 17:16, 22 May 2025

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The Archive template is used on archived talk and non-talk pages.

Usage

It is customary to periodically archive old discussions on a talk page when that page becomes too large. Bulky talk pages may be hard to navigate, contain obsolete discussion, or become a burden for users with slow Internet connections or computers. Notices are placed at the beginning of the talk page to inform editors of an archive.

There are multiple ways to organize archive pages, but the simplest way is to number them starting from 1. Archive pages should be created as subpages of regular pages, such that a page "Foo" would have its first archive page in "Foo/Archive 1".

See also