Template:Archive list/doc

This template can be applied to any talk page or discussion archive, and will return links to all the numbered archives of that page or its parent page. By default the template uses the naming convention specified at WP:ARCHIVE, Talk:PAGENAME/Archive 1, with a capital A, a space before the number, and no leading zeros. This template should not usually be substituted – that way, the list of links will update itself whenever a new numbered archive is added.

This template is used by {{archives}} to produce a box of numbered archive links without entering them all manually if a list isn't defined manually.

Usage

{{archive list
| root                = 
| links               = 
| nobr                = 
| prefix              = 
| prefixspace         = 
| linkprefix          = 
| linkprefixspace     = 
| sep                 = 
| linesep             = 
| start               = 
| max                 = 
| auto                =
| leavefirstcellblank =
}}

Parameters

Valid parameters are:

• root = <root> - use this to specify a root other than that of the page from which the template is transcluded.
• links = # - the number of links to display per line. The default is 10.
• nobr = yes - set this to yes to remove all line breaks. This parameter cannot be used in conjunction with |links=.
• prefix = <prefix> - a custom prefix for the archives, without the number. The default is "Archive ".
• prefixspace = yes - adds a space between the prefix and the archive number for prefixes specified with |prefix=.
• linkprefix = <linkprefix> - a custom prefix for the display links, without the number. The default is blank. If auto=long, use 'none' to have it blank.
• linkprefixspace = yes - adds a space between the link prefix and the archive number for prefixes specified with |linkprefix=.
• sep = <sep> - the separator for archive links. The default value is the comma separator for the language set in your preferences: ", ". If this is set to either dot ( · ), pipe ( | ), comma (, ), or tpt-languages (⧼tpt-languages-separator⧽), then it uses that separator as specified for your default language. If it is any other value, that value is used as it is. Whitespace is stripped from the values, but this can be worked around by using   (for spaces) and <br /> (for new lines). It is also possible to work around the whitespace limitation by calling Module:Archive list directly from another Lua module.
• linesep = <linesep> - the separator for lines of archive links. The possible input values are the same as for the |sep= parameter, and the default separator text is <br />. How often the value is displayed depends on the value of |links=.
• start = # - the archive number to start listing archives from. This must be smaller than the largest archive number, or |max= if it is specified.
• max = # - the largest archive number to list. This overrides the automatic detection of archive page numbers.
• auto = long - outputs as a table. Changes default value of links to 3 and linkprefix to 'Archive '.
• leavefirstcellblank = yes - leave the first cell of the first row empty, so that each row starts on a multiple of the number of links per line. In other words, this aligns the first column to contain round numbers (multiples of the links param). This can make long archive lists easier to read. This option is off by default for compatibility.

Limitations

This template has been updated to use Module:Archive list. The old template was limited to detecting 200 archives, but now there is no such limitation. However, at very high numbers of archives the template might reach the expensive function call limit. On a page with no other templates that call expensive functions, this template should be able to output 400,000+ archive links. On pages with other templates that make expensive function calls, it may fail sooner.

See also

• Module:Archive list - the Lua module this template is based on.