Template:Auto archiving
This template is used by User:ArchiverBot, which runs approximately once per day, to archive old discussion pages.
IMPORTANT: Make sure to establish consensus before using this template on any page other than your user talk page. Note that in some cases archiving is better handled manually than with a bot, so a discussion is required prior to enabling automatic archiving.
Usage
[edit]See mw:Manual:Pywikibot/archivebot.py/setup for complete details on how this template can be used. Parameters that will most often be used on Wikivoyage include:
- archive - The pattern corresponding to where threads will be archived. For simple cases this might simply be a page name: "
Wikivoyage:User ban nominations/Archives". In more complex cases the pattern might be based on the date: "Wikivoyage:Tourist Office/Archives/%(year)d/%(monthname)s". - algo - The maximum age of a thread before it can be archived. Note that this parameter corresponds to the last time a comment was added to a thread, not how long it has been since the thread was created. A value such as "
old(28d)" would indicate that threads must have been inactive for 28 days before they will be archived. - minthreadsleft - The minimum number of threads to leave on a page.
- minthreadstoarchive - The minimum number of threads to archive at once.
- archiveheader - When new archive pages are created, this content will be placed at the top of the new page.
Example
[edit]The following is an example showing usage of this template to archive old threads on the Wikivoyage:Tourist Office page:
{{auto archiving
|archive = Wikivoyage:Tourist Office/Archives/%(year)d/%(monthname)s
|algo = old(14d)
|minthreadsleft = 2
|minthreadstoarchive = 1
|archiveheader = {{talk archive}}
}}