Template talk:Archive

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I'm currently using [[talk:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]] which should work on all spaces perfectly but I'm interested in knowing if this will work everywhere and if this is the most efficent way to link to an archive page's talk page since this would require pulling up the link every time a user loaded the page. Jtkiefer ^{T | @ | C} ----- 09:00, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

This is a sister template to Template:Talkarchive. This specific template is designed for use on page archives, the major difference between this and the talk archive tag is that this jas a talk page link and it is phrased slightly differently. Jtkiefer ^{T | @ | C} ----- 04:57, August 1, 2005 (UTC)

Fixed Talk page.

Talk page was [[Talk:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]] I changed it to [[{{NAMESPACE}}_Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]] And I tested it and on the template page it takes me here. --Actown 06:47, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Category.Archived ?

I think this template as well as Template:Talkarchive should be placed into a category such as Archive, Archived, or Archives, thereby allowing a quick check using Recentchangeslinked of any clueless edits or vandalism done to any archived pages (barring template removal/blanking). Example: Uncyclopedia:Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:Archives Splarka (rant) 05:07, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, there we go. Check out the newly created subcategories in Category:Wikipedia history. They're organized by {{ARTICLESPACE}} (for {{Archive}}) or {{TALKNAMESPACE}} (for {{Talkarchive}}). ~MDD4696 04:29, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Very groovy. Splarka (rant) 07:06, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Colour

Could we use a better colour?

--Meno25 08:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Such as...? – Gurch 15:15, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Subpages

When the template is used on a subpage, the talk page is attached to the {{BASEPAGENAME}}. Should {{TALKPAGENAME}} not be used instead? --Caorongjin (talk) 21:35, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Merge direction

Izno the consensus was to merge to {{Archive}}, right? And it says to {{Talkarchive}} because that was the way I put it in the nom before the discussion made it clear {{Archive}} should be the final title? --Trialpears (talk) 21:53, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Trialpears I can see how you are reading that {{archive}} would be the better title. I have no concern over making the final page name {{archive}}. --Izno (talk) 22:35, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Following up on this, perhaps this template should be redirected to {{Automatic archive navigator}}, a similar template which additional supports a navigation bar for previous and later archive pages, so that many archives take advantage of this. --Matthiaspaul (talk) 18:39, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Matthiaspaul, That proposal was closed as no consensus a few weeks ago at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 August 24#Template:Automatic archive navigator. It is one of those TfDs I may try again on in a year or so with some extra preparations with regards to the implementation so I wouldn't consider it completly dead. --Trialpears (talk) 19:02, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer, I missed that discussion. Technically, it is possible, and the benefit would be huge for the majority of archive pages, so it should be done eventually.

--Matthiaspaul (talk) 19:11, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Text changes

The merged template currently has the following texts:

• For talk spaces: This page 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.
• For talk spaces: This page is an archive. Do not edit the contents of this page. Please direct any additional comments to the current talk page.

I would propose changing this to

• For talk spaces: This page 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.
• For talk spaces: This page 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 discussion page.

The only difference between the namespaces are then that we don't refer to talk pages at all when it's not on a talk page. and that instead of linking to the talk page it links to the parent page (non-subpage or whatever you would call it). This also adds a period parameter for non-talk archives. --Trialpears (talk) 22:10, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

• {{{1|{{#titleparts:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|1}}}}} and {{{1|{{TALKSPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}} don't lead to the same target. Is that on purpose? --Gonnym (talk) 07:16, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

  It is on purpose. If you are at say Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 1 you should not be directed to Wikipedia talk:Village pump (technical) but Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). --Trialpears (talk) 10:09, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 5 September 2020

It would be good to be able to go directly to the article page from an archived talk page. I suggest adding the link to the article next to the link to the main talk page, on the top left, just below "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". See for example Talk:Black_hole/Archive_14. We could change it from:

"< Talk:Black hole"

to:

"Talk:Black hole - Article:Black hole"

I have removed the leadign "<" sign, but we could keep it if that is the preferred option. Vpab15 (talk) 11:17, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit template-protected}} template. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:35, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

To editor Vpab15: this sounds like something the devs would have to handle. You might want to consider opening a feature request at the Wikimedia Phabricator. P.I. Ellsworth  ed. ^put'r there 02:35, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks To editor Paine Ellsworth: , I have created task [[1]]. Vpab15 (talk) 10:07, 11 September 2020 (UTC)