Template:Archive box/doc

Usage

Include the archive box in the article by adding

{{Archive box non-auto|[[/Archive]]}}

to where you want the archive box to appear. Make sure to add the forward slash '/' to the archive name to make it a subpage of the page where the archive box is placed. How you present a list of archive pages is up to you. You can separate them with commas, pipes (vertical lines: '|') or as lists. See #Examples below.

Placement

The box uses a style that makes it float to the right. This means that where it appears in the page it will be aligned to the right edge of the page (more accurately: the containing box, but that is an unnecessary detail) and all following content will flow around it.

Automatic links

If all the archives of a talk page are numbered (like /Archive 1 or /Archive 2) or dated (like /2023 or /2024), you can use Template:Tim to display links to them all automatically. The list will update itself when new archives are added.

 {{archive box auto}}
 -or-
 {{archive box auto|auto=dated}}

If there are also named archives, you can add links to these as well:

 {{archive box auto|auto=dated|
* [[/Some archive/]]}}

When using numbered archives with less than 20 archive pages, you can generate a larger two-column output with auto=long.

Box width and image

The box and image widths can be set by passing their widths as parameters:

{{Archive box non-auto|box-width=13em|image-width=35px|[[/Archive]]}}

The image can also be changed from the default, File:Vista-file-manager.png, for example:

{{Archive box non-auto|image=Crystal Clear app file-manager.png}}

Examples

For actual examples of the use of these template, use the "what links here" links Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Archive box non-auto and Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Archive box in the toolbox on the sidebar, near the top on the left side of this page (unless you are using an unconventional skin … in which case you probably know what you are doing).

Wikitext	Appearance
{{archive box auto|auto=dated}}

No description.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	1	no description	Unknown	optional
translated	translated	no description	Unbalanced wikitext	optional
uselang	uselang	no description	Unknown	optional
auto	auto	no description	Unknown	optional
box-width	box-width	no description	Unknown	optional
image	image	no description	Unknown	optional
image-width	image-width	no description	Unknown	optional
base	base	no description	Unknown	optional
title	title	Changing the title of box. Default Archives	Unbalanced wikitext	optional

Other icons

If you wish to use something other than the default icon, here is a gallery of available icons:

• 
  Vista-file-manager.png
• 
  Crystal Clear app file-manager.png
• 
  system-file-manager.svg
• 
  Icon file cabinet.png
• 
  File-manager.svg
• 
  Filing cabinet icon.svg
• 
  golden file cabinet.png
• 
  Replacement filing cabinet.svg