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This is the {{ hidden archive bottom}} template.

This template is used with {{ hidden archive top}} (shortcut {{ hat}}), and can be used to close a discussion and discourage further editing without removing it completely from the page.

This template is a generic version of the template used to archive Wikipedia:Deletion review discussions.

The entire active content of this template is actually just '|}', the table-end marker. As such, it only works as intended when placed at the very start of a line; if used part-way through a line, it displays those two characters literally and does not terminate the archive box.