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Is there a way to make this appear next to the table of contents rather than below it for pages that are wide enough to display both side-by-side? Specifically, I'm wondering about my talk page. BigNate37 (T) 21:10, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
__TOC__
" or put it below the infobox. The infobox is
floated with "float: right
". --
Swift
18:47, 10 August 2006 (UTC)I suggest that Template:Archivebox be merged with this template. The former currently contains an archive link example which makes it necessary to substitute the template. It, furthermore, presupposes that the archive is made according to date &mdash not topic. Finally, by forcing a substitution, changes to the template will not affect old template boxes and if consistancy is to be maintained, updates must be made by hand.
I neither see the need nor great benefit for the added functionality that Archivebox has over Archive_box and suggest that we deprecate the former in favour of the latter. -- Swift 01:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
:Seems wise. It's rather convenient that Archivebox must be substituted, so there are no inclusions to be fixed before merging. Will do. --
Visviva 05:07, 28 November 2006 (UTC) Actually I see the other version
has some defenders, although I'm durned if I can figure out why. No harm in having both, I guess. --
Visviva
05:11, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Can we start a discussion on which icon works best? The contenders so far are:
Or we could move away from the filing cabinet concept (yes, I know, file-manager.svg is more like a safe). -- Random832( t c) 21:55, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Archives are usually kept in boxes rather than filing cabinets aren't they? See here for an example of what I am talking about. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 19:43, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Do we have any icons of one of those? That would be ideal IMO. As it is, all of Vista-file-manager, Crystal Clear app file-manager, and Icon file cabinet are in active use in various templates. Note I have expanded the scope of this discussion to all of these.-- Random832( t c) 17:57, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I'd rather have Vista-file-manager.png, however as of today another image has appeared that I don't see here and that doesn't look clear. And I also wouldn't like an icon with lots of boxes, even if it was clear. The drawer thing is quite established for what it symbolizes. For myself, instead of reverting here, I will replace the template with its code containing the 1st icon in my talk page. Hoverfish Talk 08:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
From what I see, it is under GNU General Public License with no mention of any restrictions... Hoverfish Talk 13:55, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I changed it back - GPL is a free license, and the picture that was there before doesn't work that small. -- Transfinite 18:44, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Hope you enjoy it! ~~ Eugene 2x Sign here ☺ ~~ 19:27, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Image:File-manager.svg is used to illustrate archives in many contexts. Shinier, cleaner and less dull than the current image, I propose that it is more appropriate for an online encyclopaedia, and fits better with Wikipedia's iconography. Check it out:
the skomorokh 20:44, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} Please update the template with the newer image, if you please. the skomorokh 14:17, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Is there a way to get this onto another language Wikipedia? Uncle Montezuma 21:04, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey can someone look at User talk:Searchme? It shows the archives as valid links, but they are not clickable. I tried using this a long time ago, with the same results, which is why I didn't use it then. Thanks. Joe I 05:29, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
<br clear="all" />
after the archive list template. —{
admin}
Pathoschild 06:06:47, 21 May 2007 (UTC)Is there an easy way to make the archive box collapsible? I played around with {{ hidden}} and it looked somewhat ok, but I'm really just experimenting with syntax, I have no clue what I'm doing... Or does someone know how I could use navframe or some other template to do this? Wouldn't it be nice to have an archive box which is collapsed when the page is loaded? — AldeBaer 22:17, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I have a preliminary result
in my sandbox. The last issue is how to make the box load as collapsed. class="toccolours collapsible collapsed"
won't work - or I'm constantly messing up the syntax (which is quite possible). Does anyone have an idea how to achieve that? —
AldeBaer 14:18, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Here's my collapsible archive box. The colors and width etc can of course be changed to your liking. See the code below. I have it on a subpage of my userspace which I transclude to each new archive page.
<div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:1; padding:0; width:200px; float:right;"><div class="NavHead" style="background-color:#e6e6fa;">'''Archive'''</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:left;"> {| class="plainlinks" width="100%" style="background: #f8fcff;" |- align="top" align="left" | *[[User talk:YOURUSERNAME/Archive 1|Archive 1]] *[[User talk:YOURUSERNAME/Archive 2|Archive 2]] *[[User talk:YOURUSERNAME/Archive 3|Archive 3]] |}</div></div>
— AldeBaer 15:43, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Alternatively, here's a version with all the transclusions from the original template. Should work, but haven't tested.
<div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:1; padding:0; width:200px; float:right;"><div class="NavHead" style="background-color:#e6e6fa;">'''Archive'''</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:left;"> {| class="plainlinks" width="100%" style="background: #f8fcff;" |- align="top" align="left" | {{#if:{{{auto|}}}|{{#ifeq:{{{auto}}}|long|{{Archive list long}}|<div style="text-align: center">{{archive list}}</div>}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|<br/>}}}}{{{1|}}} |}</div></div>
— AldeBaer 16:40, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
See template:archive banner for a collapsible, banner-style archive box. It has advantages over this template:
Timneu22 ( talk) 14:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, on the dutch wiki I made a template pretty similar to this one. One difference though is that on the dutch version I added the option to have a link to the next (or first) non-existant archive page, so if you already have /Archive 1 the link will be /Archive 2. After adding content to that page, the link will be /Archive 3, and so on. Would it be a good Idea to add this option here also? Freestyle 15:26, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
It shocked me today when this edit happened, because I thought this template would be considered high risk for sure, and would be semi-protected. I'm going to go and apply for semi-protection now. -- Reaper X 20:28, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
On Talk:Polar bear, clicking the archive links takes the reader to an edit window view of the archive. Why? This does not seem like proper behaviour since archives should no longer be edited. I think this template used to work right, but then the Talk page was moved, the archives had to be moved seperately, and now I have this problem.-- Yannick 02:11, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
This template currently does not work in Talk:Solar energy. The links to existent archives are shown as red links. Shawnc 12:25, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed a few bots running around subst'ing this template (e.g. User:SoxBot) but the template documentation doesn't say anything about the appropriateness of this. Is there a particular benefit to subst'ing? Axem Titanium ( talk) 15:05, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
The operator has been notified and has indicated he understands the problem. About 95% of his edits have been reverted by me. -- Reaper X 17:06, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
Presently {{ Archive list}} and {{ Archive list long}} are together making 165 calls to #ifexist. Per Werdna, that is putting too great a load on the servers, and all pages that (including cascades) that make more that 100 calls will break.
The list of articles crossing the limit are listed here, and very many are talk pages that simply include {{ Archive box}}.
Please remove {{ Archive list}} and {{ Archive list long}} calls from {{ Archive box}} until some other solution can be worked out. Thanks. -- Fullstop ( talk) 00:26, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
(ec)
What is the relation between {{ archive box}} and {{ archives}}? Which should be used? Should one be depreciated and merged into the other? Why or why not? TheHYPO ( talk) 05:27, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
I have designed a new archive box that incorporates everything from {{ archives}}, {{ archive box}}, and {{ archive box collapsible}}, and then some. I propose that this be the new code for {{ archive box}}, and that {{ archives}} and {{ archive box collapsible}} translude it. Would people please test it out and see if there are any glitches or problems. I think I have tried every possible combination, but there might have been something that I missed. Comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. MrKIA11 ( talk) 23:45, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Why is it being removed? Lara ❤ Love 19:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Wow, that's a lot of discussion to wade through just to find out what the point is in removing the width field. I happen to like the use of the field and don't see the point in removing it. The Village Pump would be a good place to alert the community to a discussion. Currently, as I'm opposed, that puts consensus as 66%. I think recent events have established that the community as a whole does not agree with 66% being an actionable consensus. Lara ❤ Love 00:26, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
width
should stay. This was what I originally thought, but the admin that I was
discussing it with seemed to have valid points that I did not know. For anyone that cares, I have reincorporated it into my
new archive box proposal.
MrKIA11 (
talk)
00:37, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
For (mostly) aesthetic (but also functional) purposes I went through the template and converted the image code so that now users may set a link for the image. Also, this enables users to set their own image size for changed images, while they couldn't before. They can also set optional 'title' text that pops up when you hover over the image. Just notifying everyone of my changes. Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 18:52, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Currently, Mediawiki.css has infoboxes always float to the right. I'd like to add a parameter that allows left floating, which I think will help eliminate some whitespace issues on various pages. The code would read something like:
<!-- Template:Archive box begins -->{| class="infobox plainlinks" style="width:{{{box-width|238px}}};float:{{{position|right}}}" | style="padding-top:4px; text-align:center;"| {{{image|[[Image:Replacement filing cabinet.svg|{{{image-width|40px}}}|Archive]]}}}'''<br />[[Help:Archiving a talk page|Archives]]''' ---- |- |{{#switch:{{{auto|}}}|yes={{archive list}}|long={{Archive list long}}}}{{{1|}}} |}<!-- -->{{voidd|{{Template:Archive box/box-width/{{#if: {{{box-width|}}}||un}}defined}}}}<!-- -->{{voidd|{{Template:Archive box/image/{{#if: {{{image|}}}||un}}defined}}}}<!-- -->{{voidd|{{Template:Archive box/image-width/{{#if: {{{image-width|}}}||un}}defined}}}}<!-- -->{{voidd|{{Template:Archive box/auto/{{#if: {{{auto|}}}||un}}defined}}}}<!-- -->{{voidd|{{Template:Archive box/1/{{#if: {{{1|}}}||un}}defined}}}}<!-- --><!-- Template:Archive box ends -->
Before I would make the change, I'd like some feedback or comments from the regulars here. Thanks. -- Avi ( talk) 02:36, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
float
.
MrKIA11 (
talk)
02:39, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Any other comments? -- Avi ( talk) 05:17, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to add a parenthetical link to the specific revision that an archive represents, as shown in the following example:
The current template does not allow me to specify anything past the closing "]]" brackets of the archive link; if anything is present, the archive list appears empty. Enclosing the link within the brackets does not work either. Is there a way to do this? — Loadmaster ( talk) 19:19, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
When auto=yes, the optional root, links, and nobr parameters now pass on to {{ archive list}}. When auto=long, the optional root parameter now passes on to {{ archive list long}}. The documentation has also been updated. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 03:31, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
root
gets passed to another template when auto
is enabled. To have multiple roots, you would have to call the other template multiple times.{{Archive box| {{archive list|root=FIRST}} {{archive list|root=SECOND}} {{archive list|root=THIRD}} }}
I added code to use the
our talk page color scheme when the template is transcluded on talk pages (but not non-talk pages). Rjd0060 reverted with the edit summary "sorry; this looks horrible. perhaps a discussion should be necessary before changing".
So I'm initiating the requested discussion. I disagree with Rjd0060's opinion that our talk page color scheme "looks horrible," and I believe that the style guideline should be followed. —
David Levy
04:36, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Ugh, I just noticed this on WT:VG and it does look horrible. Is there a parameter to go back to the old blank white colour that will actually work for this kind of talk page? Not to mention this... -- .: Alex :. 10:48, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Why was this removed? Is there any explanation? Tasc0 It's a zero! 02:24, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
{{ edit protected}} Instead of listing random icons, the Other icons section could link or template-include commons:Category:Archive icons. -- Damiens.rf 16:23, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Can anyone explain why the first bullet point in the archivebox at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (flags) isn't working right? — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ cont] ‹(-¿-)› 15:37, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Can this template be modified to link to "/Archive Index" when auto=yes and "/Archive Index" exists? I.e. if the archives are Archive 1, Archive 2, ... and there is a Archive Index article (as created by HBC Archive Indexerbot ( talk · contribs)), the link to the Index will be displayed as well. I do not think that would be such a big change but very handy and I'd appreciate if someone with the skills for it could make such change. Regards So Why 08:11, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
People interested in this template might want to get involved with a discussion I'm trying to start at Template_talk:Talkheader#Archive_option. GDallimore ( Talk) 12:51, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
I tried to add a link to the Spanish version of the template ( es:Plantilla:Caja archivos) but I couldn't do it because it is blocked, does the template really need that much protection? I mean how are we supposed to add links to the other languages if it is blocked. Supaman89 ( talk) 01:14, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Please replace the template's first line with the following code:
<!-- Template:Archive box begins -->{| class="{{#ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}|{{TALKSPACE}}|tmbox tmbox-notice tmbox-small|ombox ombox-notice ombox-small}} plainlinks" style="{{#if:{{{box-width|}}}|width:{{{box-width}}};}} {{{style|}}}"
Thanks. — Ms2ger ( talk) 16:03, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
{{
edit protected}}
template.
Stifle (
talk)
10:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
What happened? I just went to my talk page and suddenly my archive box is this horrible brown color. How do I change it back to white? لenna vecia 03:29, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
This code will add a search box that will search the subpages of the page where it is included:
<inputbox> type=fulltext prefix={{FULLPAGENAME}}/ searchbuttonlabel=Search archives </inputbox>
--—— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 14:46, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
I put up an experimental version of this at User talk:Jomasecu/Sand/ArchiveTest. The version I wrote does not alter current boxes. The search feature would only be added if the search=yes parameter were added. Jomasecu talk contribs 21:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} I'd like to put my example at User talk:Jomasecu/Sand/ArchiveTest into use. As can be seen on that link, it would not change current usage of the template at all, but would allow the addition of a search=yes parameter. Please add the following after the line "}}{{{1|}}}".
{{#ifeq:{{{search}}}|yes| <inputbox> bgcolor=transparent type=fulltext prefix={{#if:{{{root|}}}|{{{root}}}|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}} break={{#if:{{{search-break|}}}|{{{search-break}}}|no}} width={{#if:{{{search-width|}}}|{{{search-width}}}|22}} searchbuttonlabel={{#if:{{{button-label|}}}|{{{button-label}}}|Search}} </inputbox>}}
If this is done, I can add the appropriate parameter info to Template:Archive box/doc. Jomasecu talk contribs 20:27, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
I've fiddled a bit more, and still can't find any parameters that don't work as expected. I believe Ms2ger's comment was caused by the misunderstanding as explained above, so I'm restoring the editprotect request. Jomasecu talk contribs 23:32, 16 February 2009 (UTC) User:Jomasecu/Sand/Archive box
{{User:Jomasecu/Sand/Archive box|button-label=PASS|search=yes}}
) should have a button saying "PASS", shouldn't it? For me, it says "Search". I suspect you'll have to use
{{#tag:}}. —
Ms2ger (
talk)
15:44, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
{{#ifeq:{{{search}}}|yes| {{#tag:inputbox| bgcolor=transparent type=fulltext prefix={{#if:{{{root|}}}|{{{root}}}|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}} break={{#if:{{{search-break|}}}|{{{search-break}}}|no}} width={{#if:{{{search-width|}}}|{{{search-width}}}|22}} searchbuttonlabel={{#if:{{{button-label|}}}|{{{button-label}}}|Search}} }}}}
{{
editprotected}}
Can this be made collapsible, with hide / show "button" like navboxes have? 76.66.193.90 ( talk) 12:34, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}}
I don't think there's any reason for these templates to coexist any more. They're functionally equivalent, except that {{ archives}} detects archives by default and this one requires an attribute to be specified. Any thoughts? Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 08:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Okay, this should be good to go. Have a look in the sandbox and see if you can find any issues - I've tested it across as many weird user talk configurations as I've been able to find. If there are no objections I'll raise an editprotected. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
{{
Archives}}
should be protected first. —
Ms2ger (
talk)
19:33, 14 March 2009 (UTC){{editprotected}}
Requesting editprotected to carry out the above merge as there has been no opposition. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 11:37, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
*
(see for example the box at
User talk:MSGJ). I seem to have fixed it in {{
Archive box/sandbox}} by adding a space. Could the template be updated? —
Ms2ger (
talk)
19:18, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
User:Xeno has decided he doesn't like our efforts to consolidate these redundant templates, and has created a fork at {{ Archivebox}} (previously a redirect) for his own talk page. I suggest that this be undone asap; if User:Xeno wants a personalized box, he can create one in his user space. — Ms2ger ( talk) 11:49, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Rather than forking the whole template, how about just reducing the default padding on {{
archives}}? This is pretty obviously the right solution in the long run. Here's the current sandboxed version of {{
archives}}; I've removed a few class="mbox-text"
attributes which were adding padding.
2008 /02 /03 /04 /05 /06 /07 /08 /09 /10 /11 /12 2009 /01 /02 (current) /Archive Index |
Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:23, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Can someone do a |archive-index-auto=yes parameter, to do a transclusion of the index into the archivebox with an "edit" button?
76.66.196.218 ( talk) 07:09, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
I could use some help. I tried to add the archive search function to Talk:List of scientists opposing the mainstream scientific assessment of global warming. I manually moved all the archives from
to
and configured the index. However, the search function does not work unless I set
Am I missing something? Or should I move the archives back where they where? Q Science ( talk) 03:46, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
This template is merging into {{ s/wnote}}. (See my talk page for details.) Is it a problem with this template or {{ s/wnote}}? — M C 10| Sign here! 00:25, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 |
Is there a way to make this appear next to the table of contents rather than below it for pages that are wide enough to display both side-by-side? Specifically, I'm wondering about my talk page. BigNate37 (T) 21:10, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
__TOC__
" or put it below the infobox. The infobox is
floated with "float: right
". --
Swift
18:47, 10 August 2006 (UTC)I suggest that Template:Archivebox be merged with this template. The former currently contains an archive link example which makes it necessary to substitute the template. It, furthermore, presupposes that the archive is made according to date &mdash not topic. Finally, by forcing a substitution, changes to the template will not affect old template boxes and if consistancy is to be maintained, updates must be made by hand.
I neither see the need nor great benefit for the added functionality that Archivebox has over Archive_box and suggest that we deprecate the former in favour of the latter. -- Swift 01:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
:Seems wise. It's rather convenient that Archivebox must be substituted, so there are no inclusions to be fixed before merging. Will do. --
Visviva 05:07, 28 November 2006 (UTC) Actually I see the other version
has some defenders, although I'm durned if I can figure out why. No harm in having both, I guess. --
Visviva
05:11, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Can we start a discussion on which icon works best? The contenders so far are:
Or we could move away from the filing cabinet concept (yes, I know, file-manager.svg is more like a safe). -- Random832( t c) 21:55, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Archives are usually kept in boxes rather than filing cabinets aren't they? See here for an example of what I am talking about. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 19:43, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Do we have any icons of one of those? That would be ideal IMO. As it is, all of Vista-file-manager, Crystal Clear app file-manager, and Icon file cabinet are in active use in various templates. Note I have expanded the scope of this discussion to all of these.-- Random832( t c) 17:57, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I'd rather have Vista-file-manager.png, however as of today another image has appeared that I don't see here and that doesn't look clear. And I also wouldn't like an icon with lots of boxes, even if it was clear. The drawer thing is quite established for what it symbolizes. For myself, instead of reverting here, I will replace the template with its code containing the 1st icon in my talk page. Hoverfish Talk 08:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
From what I see, it is under GNU General Public License with no mention of any restrictions... Hoverfish Talk 13:55, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I changed it back - GPL is a free license, and the picture that was there before doesn't work that small. -- Transfinite 18:44, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Hope you enjoy it! ~~ Eugene 2x Sign here ☺ ~~ 19:27, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Image:File-manager.svg is used to illustrate archives in many contexts. Shinier, cleaner and less dull than the current image, I propose that it is more appropriate for an online encyclopaedia, and fits better with Wikipedia's iconography. Check it out:
the skomorokh 20:44, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} Please update the template with the newer image, if you please. the skomorokh 14:17, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Is there a way to get this onto another language Wikipedia? Uncle Montezuma 21:04, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey can someone look at User talk:Searchme? It shows the archives as valid links, but they are not clickable. I tried using this a long time ago, with the same results, which is why I didn't use it then. Thanks. Joe I 05:29, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
<br clear="all" />
after the archive list template. —{
admin}
Pathoschild 06:06:47, 21 May 2007 (UTC)Is there an easy way to make the archive box collapsible? I played around with {{ hidden}} and it looked somewhat ok, but I'm really just experimenting with syntax, I have no clue what I'm doing... Or does someone know how I could use navframe or some other template to do this? Wouldn't it be nice to have an archive box which is collapsed when the page is loaded? — AldeBaer 22:17, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I have a preliminary result
in my sandbox. The last issue is how to make the box load as collapsed. class="toccolours collapsible collapsed"
won't work - or I'm constantly messing up the syntax (which is quite possible). Does anyone have an idea how to achieve that? —
AldeBaer 14:18, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Here's my collapsible archive box. The colors and width etc can of course be changed to your liking. See the code below. I have it on a subpage of my userspace which I transclude to each new archive page.
<div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:1; padding:0; width:200px; float:right;"><div class="NavHead" style="background-color:#e6e6fa;">'''Archive'''</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:left;"> {| class="plainlinks" width="100%" style="background: #f8fcff;" |- align="top" align="left" | *[[User talk:YOURUSERNAME/Archive 1|Archive 1]] *[[User talk:YOURUSERNAME/Archive 2|Archive 2]] *[[User talk:YOURUSERNAME/Archive 3|Archive 3]] |}</div></div>
— AldeBaer 15:43, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Alternatively, here's a version with all the transclusions from the original template. Should work, but haven't tested.
<div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:1; padding:0; width:200px; float:right;"><div class="NavHead" style="background-color:#e6e6fa;">'''Archive'''</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:left;"> {| class="plainlinks" width="100%" style="background: #f8fcff;" |- align="top" align="left" | {{#if:{{{auto|}}}|{{#ifeq:{{{auto}}}|long|{{Archive list long}}|<div style="text-align: center">{{archive list}}</div>}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|<br/>}}}}{{{1|}}} |}</div></div>
— AldeBaer 16:40, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
See template:archive banner for a collapsible, banner-style archive box. It has advantages over this template:
Timneu22 ( talk) 14:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, on the dutch wiki I made a template pretty similar to this one. One difference though is that on the dutch version I added the option to have a link to the next (or first) non-existant archive page, so if you already have /Archive 1 the link will be /Archive 2. After adding content to that page, the link will be /Archive 3, and so on. Would it be a good Idea to add this option here also? Freestyle 15:26, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
It shocked me today when this edit happened, because I thought this template would be considered high risk for sure, and would be semi-protected. I'm going to go and apply for semi-protection now. -- Reaper X 20:28, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
On Talk:Polar bear, clicking the archive links takes the reader to an edit window view of the archive. Why? This does not seem like proper behaviour since archives should no longer be edited. I think this template used to work right, but then the Talk page was moved, the archives had to be moved seperately, and now I have this problem.-- Yannick 02:11, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
This template currently does not work in Talk:Solar energy. The links to existent archives are shown as red links. Shawnc 12:25, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed a few bots running around subst'ing this template (e.g. User:SoxBot) but the template documentation doesn't say anything about the appropriateness of this. Is there a particular benefit to subst'ing? Axem Titanium ( talk) 15:05, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
The operator has been notified and has indicated he understands the problem. About 95% of his edits have been reverted by me. -- Reaper X 17:06, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
Presently {{ Archive list}} and {{ Archive list long}} are together making 165 calls to #ifexist. Per Werdna, that is putting too great a load on the servers, and all pages that (including cascades) that make more that 100 calls will break.
The list of articles crossing the limit are listed here, and very many are talk pages that simply include {{ Archive box}}.
Please remove {{ Archive list}} and {{ Archive list long}} calls from {{ Archive box}} until some other solution can be worked out. Thanks. -- Fullstop ( talk) 00:26, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
(ec)
What is the relation between {{ archive box}} and {{ archives}}? Which should be used? Should one be depreciated and merged into the other? Why or why not? TheHYPO ( talk) 05:27, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
I have designed a new archive box that incorporates everything from {{ archives}}, {{ archive box}}, and {{ archive box collapsible}}, and then some. I propose that this be the new code for {{ archive box}}, and that {{ archives}} and {{ archive box collapsible}} translude it. Would people please test it out and see if there are any glitches or problems. I think I have tried every possible combination, but there might have been something that I missed. Comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. MrKIA11 ( talk) 23:45, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Why is it being removed? Lara ❤ Love 19:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Wow, that's a lot of discussion to wade through just to find out what the point is in removing the width field. I happen to like the use of the field and don't see the point in removing it. The Village Pump would be a good place to alert the community to a discussion. Currently, as I'm opposed, that puts consensus as 66%. I think recent events have established that the community as a whole does not agree with 66% being an actionable consensus. Lara ❤ Love 00:26, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
width
should stay. This was what I originally thought, but the admin that I was
discussing it with seemed to have valid points that I did not know. For anyone that cares, I have reincorporated it into my
new archive box proposal.
MrKIA11 (
talk)
00:37, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
For (mostly) aesthetic (but also functional) purposes I went through the template and converted the image code so that now users may set a link for the image. Also, this enables users to set their own image size for changed images, while they couldn't before. They can also set optional 'title' text that pops up when you hover over the image. Just notifying everyone of my changes. Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 18:52, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Currently, Mediawiki.css has infoboxes always float to the right. I'd like to add a parameter that allows left floating, which I think will help eliminate some whitespace issues on various pages. The code would read something like:
<!-- Template:Archive box begins -->{| class="infobox plainlinks" style="width:{{{box-width|238px}}};float:{{{position|right}}}" | style="padding-top:4px; text-align:center;"| {{{image|[[Image:Replacement filing cabinet.svg|{{{image-width|40px}}}|Archive]]}}}'''<br />[[Help:Archiving a talk page|Archives]]''' ---- |- |{{#switch:{{{auto|}}}|yes={{archive list}}|long={{Archive list long}}}}{{{1|}}} |}<!-- -->{{voidd|{{Template:Archive box/box-width/{{#if: {{{box-width|}}}||un}}defined}}}}<!-- -->{{voidd|{{Template:Archive box/image/{{#if: {{{image|}}}||un}}defined}}}}<!-- -->{{voidd|{{Template:Archive box/image-width/{{#if: {{{image-width|}}}||un}}defined}}}}<!-- -->{{voidd|{{Template:Archive box/auto/{{#if: {{{auto|}}}||un}}defined}}}}<!-- -->{{voidd|{{Template:Archive box/1/{{#if: {{{1|}}}||un}}defined}}}}<!-- --><!-- Template:Archive box ends -->
Before I would make the change, I'd like some feedback or comments from the regulars here. Thanks. -- Avi ( talk) 02:36, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
float
.
MrKIA11 (
talk)
02:39, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Any other comments? -- Avi ( talk) 05:17, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to add a parenthetical link to the specific revision that an archive represents, as shown in the following example:
The current template does not allow me to specify anything past the closing "]]" brackets of the archive link; if anything is present, the archive list appears empty. Enclosing the link within the brackets does not work either. Is there a way to do this? — Loadmaster ( talk) 19:19, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
When auto=yes, the optional root, links, and nobr parameters now pass on to {{ archive list}}. When auto=long, the optional root parameter now passes on to {{ archive list long}}. The documentation has also been updated. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 03:31, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
root
gets passed to another template when auto
is enabled. To have multiple roots, you would have to call the other template multiple times.{{Archive box| {{archive list|root=FIRST}} {{archive list|root=SECOND}} {{archive list|root=THIRD}} }}
I added code to use the
our talk page color scheme when the template is transcluded on talk pages (but not non-talk pages). Rjd0060 reverted with the edit summary "sorry; this looks horrible. perhaps a discussion should be necessary before changing".
So I'm initiating the requested discussion. I disagree with Rjd0060's opinion that our talk page color scheme "looks horrible," and I believe that the style guideline should be followed. —
David Levy
04:36, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Ugh, I just noticed this on WT:VG and it does look horrible. Is there a parameter to go back to the old blank white colour that will actually work for this kind of talk page? Not to mention this... -- .: Alex :. 10:48, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Why was this removed? Is there any explanation? Tasc0 It's a zero! 02:24, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
{{ edit protected}} Instead of listing random icons, the Other icons section could link or template-include commons:Category:Archive icons. -- Damiens.rf 16:23, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Can anyone explain why the first bullet point in the archivebox at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (flags) isn't working right? — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ cont] ‹(-¿-)› 15:37, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Can this template be modified to link to "/Archive Index" when auto=yes and "/Archive Index" exists? I.e. if the archives are Archive 1, Archive 2, ... and there is a Archive Index article (as created by HBC Archive Indexerbot ( talk · contribs)), the link to the Index will be displayed as well. I do not think that would be such a big change but very handy and I'd appreciate if someone with the skills for it could make such change. Regards So Why 08:11, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
People interested in this template might want to get involved with a discussion I'm trying to start at Template_talk:Talkheader#Archive_option. GDallimore ( Talk) 12:51, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
I tried to add a link to the Spanish version of the template ( es:Plantilla:Caja archivos) but I couldn't do it because it is blocked, does the template really need that much protection? I mean how are we supposed to add links to the other languages if it is blocked. Supaman89 ( talk) 01:14, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
Please replace the template's first line with the following code:
<!-- Template:Archive box begins -->{| class="{{#ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}|{{TALKSPACE}}|tmbox tmbox-notice tmbox-small|ombox ombox-notice ombox-small}} plainlinks" style="{{#if:{{{box-width|}}}|width:{{{box-width}}};}} {{{style|}}}"
Thanks. — Ms2ger ( talk) 16:03, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
{{
edit protected}}
template.
Stifle (
talk)
10:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
What happened? I just went to my talk page and suddenly my archive box is this horrible brown color. How do I change it back to white? لenna vecia 03:29, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
This code will add a search box that will search the subpages of the page where it is included:
<inputbox> type=fulltext prefix={{FULLPAGENAME}}/ searchbuttonlabel=Search archives </inputbox>
--—— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 14:46, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
I put up an experimental version of this at User talk:Jomasecu/Sand/ArchiveTest. The version I wrote does not alter current boxes. The search feature would only be added if the search=yes parameter were added. Jomasecu talk contribs 21:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} I'd like to put my example at User talk:Jomasecu/Sand/ArchiveTest into use. As can be seen on that link, it would not change current usage of the template at all, but would allow the addition of a search=yes parameter. Please add the following after the line "}}{{{1|}}}".
{{#ifeq:{{{search}}}|yes| <inputbox> bgcolor=transparent type=fulltext prefix={{#if:{{{root|}}}|{{{root}}}|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}} break={{#if:{{{search-break|}}}|{{{search-break}}}|no}} width={{#if:{{{search-width|}}}|{{{search-width}}}|22}} searchbuttonlabel={{#if:{{{button-label|}}}|{{{button-label}}}|Search}} </inputbox>}}
If this is done, I can add the appropriate parameter info to Template:Archive box/doc. Jomasecu talk contribs 20:27, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
I've fiddled a bit more, and still can't find any parameters that don't work as expected. I believe Ms2ger's comment was caused by the misunderstanding as explained above, so I'm restoring the editprotect request. Jomasecu talk contribs 23:32, 16 February 2009 (UTC) User:Jomasecu/Sand/Archive box
{{User:Jomasecu/Sand/Archive box|button-label=PASS|search=yes}}
) should have a button saying "PASS", shouldn't it? For me, it says "Search". I suspect you'll have to use
{{#tag:}}. —
Ms2ger (
talk)
15:44, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
{{#ifeq:{{{search}}}|yes| {{#tag:inputbox| bgcolor=transparent type=fulltext prefix={{#if:{{{root|}}}|{{{root}}}|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}} break={{#if:{{{search-break|}}}|{{{search-break}}}|no}} width={{#if:{{{search-width|}}}|{{{search-width}}}|22}} searchbuttonlabel={{#if:{{{button-label|}}}|{{{button-label}}}|Search}} }}}}
{{
editprotected}}
Can this be made collapsible, with hide / show "button" like navboxes have? 76.66.193.90 ( talk) 12:34, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}}
I don't think there's any reason for these templates to coexist any more. They're functionally equivalent, except that {{ archives}} detects archives by default and this one requires an attribute to be specified. Any thoughts? Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 08:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Okay, this should be good to go. Have a look in the sandbox and see if you can find any issues - I've tested it across as many weird user talk configurations as I've been able to find. If there are no objections I'll raise an editprotected. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
{{
Archives}}
should be protected first. —
Ms2ger (
talk)
19:33, 14 March 2009 (UTC){{editprotected}}
Requesting editprotected to carry out the above merge as there has been no opposition. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 11:37, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
*
(see for example the box at
User talk:MSGJ). I seem to have fixed it in {{
Archive box/sandbox}} by adding a space. Could the template be updated? —
Ms2ger (
talk)
19:18, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
User:Xeno has decided he doesn't like our efforts to consolidate these redundant templates, and has created a fork at {{ Archivebox}} (previously a redirect) for his own talk page. I suggest that this be undone asap; if User:Xeno wants a personalized box, he can create one in his user space. — Ms2ger ( talk) 11:49, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Rather than forking the whole template, how about just reducing the default padding on {{
archives}}? This is pretty obviously the right solution in the long run. Here's the current sandboxed version of {{
archives}}; I've removed a few class="mbox-text"
attributes which were adding padding.
2008 /02 /03 /04 /05 /06 /07 /08 /09 /10 /11 /12 2009 /01 /02 (current) /Archive Index |
Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:23, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Can someone do a |archive-index-auto=yes parameter, to do a transclusion of the index into the archivebox with an "edit" button?
76.66.196.218 ( talk) 07:09, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
I could use some help. I tried to add the archive search function to Talk:List of scientists opposing the mainstream scientific assessment of global warming. I manually moved all the archives from
to
and configured the index. However, the search function does not work unless I set
Am I missing something? Or should I move the archives back where they where? Q Science ( talk) 03:46, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
This template is merging into {{ s/wnote}}. (See my talk page for details.) Is it a problem with this template or {{ s/wnote}}? — M C 10| Sign here! 00:25, 14 June 2009 (UTC)