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Difference between revisions of "Help:Archiving"

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Talk pages should never be blanked, nor have any comments removed (this includes the welcome), by the user whose page it is, nor by anyone else.
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Talk pages should not have the comments removed or be blanked. Instead, they should be '''archived'''. This is moving the current page to a new location, normally '''Talk:Y/Archive X''' or for user talk pages '''User talk:Y/Archive X''' Where Y is the article/user name and X is the archive number.
  
Instead of deleting any and all information on talk pages, they should be archived by an administrator (or in the case of a user talk page, the user) where they can be accessed by anyone. When archiving, the entire page must be archived by moving the page as to keep the edit history intact.
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== Archiving a page ==
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#Click on the move button.
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#Rename the page ''Talk:Y/Archive X''' or for user talk pages '''User talk:Y/Archive X''' Where Y is the article/user name and X is the archive number.
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#Remake the old page, adding in the [[Template:Talkheader|Talkheader]] and any other talk page templates.
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#Link to the archive in some way.
  
An ideal location to move your talk page to is '''User:Username/Archive Number'''. So, if '''User:Example''' wanted to make his first archive, he would move his talk page to '''User talk:Example/Archive 1'''. His second archive would be at '''User talk:Example/Archive 2''', and so on. Other variations on this somewhat bland naming style are allowed, for example: '''User talk:Example/First archive''', or '''User talk:Example/Archive 2008-2009.'''
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== See also ==
 
 
== See Also ==
 
 
*[[Wikisimpsons:Talk page|Talk page]]
 
*[[Wikisimpsons:Talk page|Talk page]]
 
 
 
  
 
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Revision as of 08:45, July 26, 2011

Talk pages should not have the comments removed or be blanked. Instead, they should be archived. This is moving the current page to a new location, normally Talk:Y/Archive X or for user talk pages User talk:Y/Archive X Where Y is the article/user name and X is the archive number.

Archiving a page

  1. Click on the move button.
  2. Rename the page Talk:Y/Archive X' or for user talk pages User talk:Y/Archive X Where Y is the article/user name and X is the archive number.
  3. Remake the old page, adding in the Talkheader and any other talk page templates.
  4. Link to the archive in some way.

See also