Hypixel SkyBlock Wiki:Archives

It is customary to periodically archive old discussions on a talk page when that page becomes too large. Bulky talk pages may be hard to navigate, contain obsolete discussion, or become a burden for users with slow Internet connections or computers. Notices are placed at the beginning of the talk page to inform all editors of an archive.

The general guideline is to archive when the talk page exceeds 75 KB (or 75,000 bytes), or has multiple resolved or stale discussions. However, when to archive, and what may be the optimal length for a talk page, are subjective decisions that should be adapted to each case. For example, ongoing discussions and nearby sections they reference should generally be kept intact.

For Archive Pages
Use Archived talk page at the top of the archived page.

In order for the Lua search function to work, the Archive pages should be sequentially indexed. The page names should be /Archive where is the appropriate indexes starting from 1.

For Main Talk Page
On the main talk page, put Archives to link to all the archived pages. It will automatically display all the existing archived pages, even when new ones are created.

Continuing Discussions
If a thread has been archived prematurely, such as when it is still relevant to current work or was not concluded, unarchive it by copying it back to the talk page from the archive, and deleting it from the archive. Do not unarchive a thread that was effectively closed; instead, start a new discussion and link to the archived prior discussion.

Example Pages
Here are actual discussion pages on the wiki where you can study the code to see how archive pages were created.
 * Project talk:Request to be staff
 * Project:Administrator Noticeboard