WoWWiki:Policies/Archival

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This policy has been rejected. A record of the voting and discussion can be found on this policy's discussion page.

It was voted to make this a Guideline rather than a policy. Please see WoWWiki:Archive for the guideline!

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Wanna put something here bout how to archive... following the template:

{{Archives1|Datetimesig}}

For instance, the first time they archived a page,

1. They would edit the page and add this somewhere near the top:

• {{Archives1|~~~~~}}

2. Save the page

3. When it loads, you should see the following, or something similar (minus the black bounding box):

4. Edit the page again (yes, two separate edits are necessary)

5. Select all the content that is old or that you want to archive

6. Cut that section (Ctrl + X on a windows box, Cmd+X on a Macintosh)

7. Save the page, again.

8. Click the red link that ends with "Archive01"

9. Type, at the top of the blank box:

{{Archive|Thenameofthepreviouspage}}
__NOTOC__

For instance:

{{Archive|WoWWiki:Policies/Archival}}
__NOTOC__

Should look something like this:

10. Paste the content you copied earlier below those two lines.

11. Save the archive page

After all this mess, they should end up with an archived page! rofl somebody clean this up? Pretty pretty please with schugar on top? *puppydogeyes* --  _ℑilver§^ℑide 17:10, 31 Dec 2005 (EST)