Editing Help:Archiving a talk page (section)

== Manual archiving ==
===Cut and paste procedure===
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The most basic way to [[/Manual archiving|manually archive]] a page is to [[Cut and paste|cut the material]] from the talk page and [[Cut and paste|paste it]] into an archive. If no archive exists, you will need to create a new subpage. Create the archive subpage at <code>Talk:Example page/Archive N</code> where "N" is either "1" or the next positive [[integer]]. Alternatively, you may occasionally wish to create a topical archive, and use an appropriate name for a topic-specific archive (for example <code>Talk:Example page/Place of birth debate</code>). When an archive subpage becomes too large, new archives can be created as needed.

When manually creating an archive, add {{tlx|Archive}} to the top of each archive page. If an archive box doesn't already exist on the main talk page, add the line {{Tlx|Archives}} below the WikiProject tags. For the full list of archiving templates, see [[:Category:Archival templates]]. For step-by-step instructions, see [[/Manual archiving]].

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One click archiving allows you to archive any section of a talk page by clicking a button next to the section. To use this method, you'll need to install a [[Wikipedia:User scripts|user script]]. After installing one of the scripts listed below, you will see links next to talk page headers allowing you to archive a section immediately:

* [[User:Elli/OneClickArchiver]] – archives one section at a time<!--Maintained as of 2024-->
* [[User:FlightTime/OneClickArchiver]] - archives one section at a time<!--Maintained as of 2024-->
* [[User:Andrybak/Scripts/Archiver]] – archives multiple sections at once<!--Maintained as of 2024-->

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[[Help:Archiving_a_talk_page/Details#Other_procedures|Other manual procedures]]—like [[Wikipedia:Moving a page|moving]] talk pages to archive subpages—are discouraged. See the discussion at [[Help talk:Archiving a talk page/Archive 1#Archive standards]] for rationale.
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