Template:Old IP warnings bottom
Template documentation
This template can be used to archive old warnings on IP user talk pages. By default it collapses the sections until a matching {{Old IP warnings bottom}} template with the message "This shared IP address has received multiple warnings for inappropriate edits. Since different users may be using this IP address, many of these warnings may be stale. Click [show] at far right to see all previous warnings and/or blocks."
Usage
Surround old warnings on a user IP page (especially shared IPs) by
{{Old IP warnings top}}
and
{{Old IP warnings bottom}}
The template can also be subst'ed.
Parameters
It takes two parameters, both optional.
|reason= This replaces the two first sentences of the default message. The third sentence cannot be changed.
| If an unnamed parameter is given, the text is added on a new row, below the standard message.
Examples
Example 1
Expand This shared IP address has received multiple warnings for inappropriate edits. Since different users may be using this IP address, many of these warnings may be stale. Click [show] at far right to see all previous warnings and/or blocks.
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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to 
Welcome, and thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Some Editor yesterday (UTC)
Example 2
{{Old IP warnings top|reason=Old warning archive}}
| Expand Old warning archive Click [show] at far right to see all previous warnings and/or blocks.
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Example 3
{{Old IP warnings top|Warning dates: April 2008 through October 2010}}
| Expand This shared IP address has received multiple warnings for inappropriate edits. Since different users may be using this IP address, many of these warnings may be stale. Click [show] at far right to see all previous warnings and/or blocks. Warning dates: April 2008 through October 2010 |
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See also
- {{Warning archive notice}}
- {{OW}} (when archive history may include materials other than warnings)