Editing Help:Archiving a talk page (section)

== Archive searching ==
If there are several archives, it is easy to [[wp:search|search]] them all at once using the optional search parameter ''prefix''. For example, suppose we want to begin a discussion about adding a security section to the Linux article. Before bringing up the topic we can do the following search: <code>{{Search link|security prefix:Talk:Linux/}}</code>. This will look in all the subpages of the Linux article in its ''Talk'' namespace.

The templates {{Tl|Archives}}, {{Tl|Archive box}}, and {{Tl|Talk header}} have a parameter <code>search=yes</code> which provides a helpful search box on the talk page to automate searching, as do independent search templates such as {{Tl|search archives}}. It is recommended that when a page is archived, such a template be put on the surviving talk page to simplify access to past discussions.