Editing Template:Archive

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{{Template}}
An "archive" flag used to mark obsolete pages.

== Usage ==

This template should be added at the beginning of articles being considered for archiving. If possible, consider marking it with [[Template:Redirect]] instead. Ensure to cite specific concerns with the first argument and possibly also on the flagged article's discussion page:

 <nowiki>{{Archive|reason}}</nowiki>

You can override the default discussion page with a second optional argument:

 <nowiki>{{Archive|reason|Talk:Alternative Page}}</nowiki>

Alternatively you can point to a specific section in the default talk page with the named {{ic|section}} parameter:

 <nowiki>{{Archive|reason|section=Section name}}</nowiki>

Flagged pages can be found in [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Archive]] or in [[:Category:Pages flagged with Template:Archive]]. Usually there is a one-week period between flagging and archiving a page, during which users can raise arguments against deletion by starting a [[Help:Discussion|discussion]] on the associated talk page or expand/correct offending material to prevent the page from being removed entirely. 

{{Note|The talk page is linked through an external link: this is to avoid polluting [[Special:WantedPages]] when the talk page does not exist.}}

== Example ==

 <nowiki>{{Archive|This is just a demonstration template.}}</nowiki>

{{Archive|This is just a demonstration template.}}
</noinclude><includeonly>{{META Message
|signal          = [[File:Add-files-to-archive2.svg]]
|heading         = This article is being considered for archiving.
|message         = '''Reason:''' {{{reason|{{{1|{{META Unexplained Status Template}}}}}}}} (Discuss in {{#if:{{{talk|{{{2|}}}}}}{{{section|}}}|[[{{{talk|{{{2|{{TALKPAGENAME}}#{{{section|}}}}}}}}}]]|[{{fullurl:{{TALKPAGENAME}}}} {{TALKPAGENAME}}]}})}}[[Category:Pages flagged with Template:Archive]]</includeonly>