Editing Help:Archiving a talk page (section)

=== Bot and config details ===
The configuration template for lowercase sigmabot III is still named {{tlu|User:MiszaBot/config}} even though the original bots, [[User:MiszaBot I|MiszaBot I]], [[User:MiszaBot II|MiszaBot II]], and [[User:MiszaBot III|MiszaBot III]], are no longer active.

The best age for threads to be archived will vary, depending on talk page activity. The purpose of archiving article talk pages should be to remove stale discussions, not to stifle discussion. Article talk page threads should not typically be archived in less than 30 days except for very busy talk pages.

The <code>maxarchivesize</code>/<code>maxarchsize</code> parameter determines how large each archive is allowed to grow before a new archive is started. Keeping this value larger than a typical talk page allows the archives to be browsed more easily, but increases page load times. Each individual archive should not be larger than 512kB, because this may cause accessibility problems for some devices. Because a large batch of threads can "overshoot" the <code>maxarch[ive]size</code> parameter, the parameter should always be set lower than the maximum acceptable archive size.