Template:Wikipedia historical archive item/sandbox
![]() | Wikipedia historical archive
This page is inactive and preserved for reference in the English Wikipedia's historical archive. As an archive item, its contents don't necessarily represent current information or consensus on project matters. ![]() |
![]() | This is the template sandbox page for Template:Wikipedia historical archive item (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
This template is used on pages which are preserved in the Wikipedia:Historical archive. For preserved pages elsewhere, use {{historical}}.
Parameters
editAll parameters are optional.
|type=
: What type the page is. Options are discussion, guideline, policy, proposal, report (for database reports), or misc|active-period=
: The time range when the page was active, for example January 2001, January-July 2001, 2001-5, etc|last-active=
: The month and year when the page last had a substantial update, for example January 2001|description=
: A description of the page
TemplateData
editThis template produces a banner explaining that the page is an item being preserved in the Wikipedia historical archive.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
type | type | The type of page that this is
| Line | suggested |
active-period | active-period | The time period during which the page was active
| Line | suggested |
last-updated | last-updated | The month and year when this page was last substantially updated
| String | suggested |
description | description | A description of what this page is | Content | suggested |