User blog:Slayingthehalcyon/Archiving Talk Pages

Okay so hey, this is to show you users how to archive your talk page. Reasons why you might archive your talk page: Because it's too long...

Here are some helpful instructions:


 * Go to your talk page.
 * Click the down arrow, and go to the option that says edit.
 * After the page loads, highlight all of the messages that are on your talk page.
 * Hit control C (PC USERS) or command C (APPLE USERS). Or right click...
 * Open an archive page: User talk:/archive_1.
 * Click add topic, and then paste the copied messages into the editing pane.
 * To paste hit control V (PC USERS) or command V (APPLE USERS). Or right click...
 * Save the archive page.
 * Take the link to the archive page, User talk: /archive_1 paste it onto your talk page in a place that is noticeable.
 * I.E. In a template that has example rules or just a box that is for your archive links.


 * ~Hope this helped!