Help:Talk archiving

This help page outlines how to archive talk page topics.

The following is a step-by-step guide on archiving talk pages. "Talk:Page Name" is used as an example, that title should be replaced with the title of whichever talk page you are archiving.

1. Create the talk page's archive nav at Talk:Page Name/Archive nav. This page should contain nothing but the {{Archive box}} template which itself should contain a list of all archives and the main talk page. Below is what the archive nav should look like upon its creation. The dates listed, in this case "Jan 2020 – Dec 2021", should reflect the earliest topic's date and the latest topic's date. The names of months should be shortened.

Example

{{Archive box|
# [[Talk:Page Name/Archive 1|Jan 2020 – Dec 2021]]
# [[Talk:Page Name|Current]]
}}

Produces

2. Create the archive page at Talk:Page Name/Archive 1. This page should contain the {{Archive topper}} template at the top and the selected archived topics below it. To move topics into the archive simply copy and paste them from the main talk page into the archive. The archive topper transcludes the archive nav, so directly transcluding the nav is not necessary.

3. Add {{/Archive nav}} to the top of the main talk page (Talk:Page Name) and remove the archived topics by copy and cutting. With this step, the archiving is complete.

1. Repeat the second step of "A talk page's first archive" while changing the archive number in the page's title to reflect the amount of archives.

2. Add the new archive to the talk page's archive nav (Talk:Page Name/Archive nav). New archives should be placed below the most recent one but above the "Current" talk page. Below is what the archive nav should look like after a second archive has been added. With this step, creating the further archive is complete.

Example

{{Archive box|
# [[Talk:Page Name/Archive 1|Jan 2020 – Dec 2021]]
# [[Talk:Page Name/Archive 2|Jan 2022 – Dec 2023]]
# [[Talk:Page Name|Current]]
}}

Produces

There is a way to automate archiving talk pages by using one click archive user scripts. These user scripts automate the process of selecting specific sections for archiving and moving them to the right archive talk subpages.

Do note while tool-assisted edits may be allowed in this wiki, you are responsible for all actions you do with the tools, and must follow in accordance the wiki's guidelines and policies. If you have made a mistake or if the tool malfunctions, you should revert the edits or fix them manually.

One click archiving mainly derive from Wikipedia's own user scripts (see WP:OCA). There are two notable versions of one click archiver user scripts:

• w:User:Andrybak/Scripts/Archiver, which is used for multi-section archiving. It can be manually activated in the "More" top menu bar beside "View history". Note that it's only shown on talk page namespaces.

• w:User:Elli/OneClickArchiver, which is used for 1-click archiving. It requires Template:Archive config to be inserted in the talk page to active and configure the user script.

// One click archiver ([[MCW:OCA]])
mw.loader.load('https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=<USERSCRIPT_PATH>&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');

// One click archiver ([[MCW:OCA]])
// Minecraft Wiki mirror
mw.loader.load('https://minecraft.wiki/wiki/index.php?title=<USERSCRIPT_PATH>&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');