This template is used on approximately 155,000 pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.
|1= (first unnamed parameter) – the name of the current talk page if it is not automatically detected properly by the template or is from a different base name. Note that |currentpage= is an alternate name for this parameter.
|period= – adds the editorial time period the archive represents
|diff= – adds a link to the PermaLink of the original page at the archival time
|histOffset= – adds a link to the history of the page, offset with the given timestamp
Examples
With no parameters:
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
Example with (almost) all parameters: Talk:Generation X was manually archived to Talk:Generation X/Archive 1 before itself being moved to Talk:Generation X/Archive 2 as an archive, so the content of /Archive 1 was technically copied from /Archive 2. Placing ((archive|diff=29421877|histOffset=20051127232500|Talk:Generation X/Archive 2)) at /Archive 1 gives:
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
