Template:Talk archive/doc

{{Talkarchive}}

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Talk archive.
It contains usage information, categories, and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template displays a tooltip on an archive. For discussions we will refer to the top-level talk page.

The template automatically sets the following categories: In the archive of the category namespace, sorted by the name of the main page (e. g. Category:Template talk archives).

Usage

{{Talkarchive |1=  |period=  |style= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
`1`	main talk page	Target of the main talk page	root page name	optional
`period`	period	The period from which archived discussions are.	empty	optional
`style`	CSS-style	User-specific settings of the template referred CSS standard.	empty	optional
`category`	category	With this parameter, you can change category manually. If no value specified, there is no categorization. If the parameter is not specified, is the categorization as above.	[[Category:{{TALKSPACE}} archives\|{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]	optional
`edit_section`	edit section link	Any value will allow section editing which is suppressed by default by this template.	empty	optional

Template data

Parameter text is empty

TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.

Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

This template displays a tooltip on an archive. For discussions we will refer to the top-level talk page.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
main talk page	`1`	Target of the main talk page Default root page name	Page name	optional
category	`category`	With this parameter, you can change category manually. If no value specified, there is no categorization. If the parameter is not specified, is the categorization as above. Default [[Category:{{TALKSPACE}} archives\|{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]	String	optional
edit section link	`edit_section`	Any value will allow section editing which is suppressed by default by this template.	Unknown	optional
period	`period`	The period from which archived discussions are.	String	optional
CSS-style	`style`	User-specific settings of the template referred CSS standard.	String	optional