Help:Archiving (plain and simple)

To add an archives and search box to any talk page, copy the code in the box below (from this page right here, not by going into edit mode) and insert it (as is with no changes) after the talk page headers (all the other stuff with curly brackets at the top of the edit box). Copy the entire thing, including the two opening brackets and the two final brackets.

This gives the bot instructions and generates a box with a list of archives similar to the one on the right.

{{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveThis
| age=2160
| archiveprefix={{SUBST:FULLPAGENAME}}/Archive
| numberstart=1
| maxarchsize=75000
| header={{Automatic archive navigator}}
| minkeepthreads=5
| format= %%i
}}
{{Archives|age=90|bot=ClueBot III}}

See also

• Help:Archiving, a more complete understanding of archiving and instructions for multiple options
• Help:Using talk pages
• Wikipedia:Refactoring talk pages