Template:Archives

Template documentation

You can use this template to give a sign at a discussion page or any other one that old sections are archived.

How to

Copy to the top of your page: {{Archives}}

See also

• {{Archiving}}

Translations

• Translation of the documentation page is made at Template:Archives/doc/text.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

Archives

Display a search and navigation box for archived subpages

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
List of manual archives	list 1	Inline list of manually maintained archives Example [[/Archive 1]], [[/Archive 2]]	Content	optional
Demospace	demospace	Demospace parameter for {{Talk other}} Suggested values other talk Default talk Example other	Line	optional
Collapsible?	collapsible	Whether or not the list should be collapsible Default no Example yes	Boolean	optional
Collapsed?	collapsed	Whether or not the list is pre-collapsed; if set to yes, will also force the list to be collapsible regardless of the value of the collapsible parameter. Default no Example yes	Boolean	optional
Box width	box-width	no description	Line	deprecated
Extra CSS styles	style	Arbitrary custom CSS styling	Line	optional
Target	target	no description	Unknown	optional
Icon image	image	The image to be used for the icon, without the 'File:' namespace prefix; set to 'none' to remove the icon. Default Replacement filing cabinet.svg Example none	File	optional
Icon alt text	alt	Icon alt text, for accessibility	String	deprecated
Icon link	link	Page that the icon links to when clicked	Page name	deprecated
Icon size	image-size	Size of the icon Default 40px Example x60px	Line	optional
Title	title	An alternative title Default Archives	Line	optional
Automatic detection	auto	Whether to spell out archive names (long), only list numbers (short), or disable automatic detection entirely Suggested values long no short Default long Example short	Line	optional
Archive index page	index	Links the 'Archives' title to a specified subpage that should be the subject index page for all archived discussions; set to 'none' to disable. Example none	Page name	optional
Archive list page	archivelist	With this parameter you are able to create a whole page where you can customize your archive list, whose name should be the value for the parameter; should be a subpage that contains the archive list. Example Wikidata:Media copyright questions/Archivelist	Page name	optional
Archive page root	root	What should be prepended to the archive name (trailing slash automatically added) Default {{FULLPAGENAME}}	Page name	optional
Archive page prefix	prefix	What should be prepended to the archive name (trailing slash not automatically added) Default {{FULLPAGENAME}}/	Line	optional
Search bar?	search	Set to 'no' to disable the search bar Default yes Example no	Boolean	optional
Search button under input?	search-break	Inserts a newline between the search input field and search button, preventing them from being on the same line; defaults to 'no' if in banner format, otherwise 'yes'.	Boolean	optional
Search field width	search-width	Width of the search input box, in CSS em units Default 22 Example 30	Number	optional
Search button label	search-button-label	Label for the search button Default Search archives Example Search	Line	optional
Archiving interval	age	If specified, this will be displayed as the archiving delay.	Number	deprecated
Archiving interval unit	units	If specified, this will add units for the archiving delay, defaults to 'days' Suggested values days weeks months Default days Example months	Line	deprecated
Name of auto-archiving bot	bot	If specified, a note about automatic archiving will be shown	User	deprecated
Min. # of threads archiving bot will leave on page	minthreadszero	If specified, this will display a note explaining that the page won't be emptied out	Number	deprecated
botnotesmall	botnotesmall	no description	Unknown	optional
editbox	editbox	no description	Unknown	optional

See also