Template:Archive/doc

Usage
This template is used on archived talk and non-talk pages.

The template has multiple optional parameters:
 * 1 (first unnamed parameter) –  the name of the current talk page if it is not automatically detected properly by the template or is from a different base name. Note that currentpage is an alternate name for this parameter.
 * period –  adds the editorial time period the archive represents
 * diff –  adds a link to the PermaLink of the original page at the archival time
 * histOffset –  adds a link to the history of the page, offset with the given timestamp

Examples
With no parameters:

Example with (almost) all parameters: Talk:Generation X was manually archived to Talk:Generation X/Archive 1 before itself being moved to Talk:Generation X/Archive 2 as an archive, so the content of /Archive 1 was technically copied from /Archive 2. Placing at /Archive 1 gives: