This is a list of most frequently asked questions regarding my archiving bots.
There are several possible reasons:
The bot will ignore threads that have no valid timestamps in them. If the thread you want to persist contains one, there are three possible solutions:
{{subst:DNAU}}
to retain a thread indefinitely, or {{subst:DNAU|<integer>}}
to retain a thread for <integer> days. See the template documentation for details about its use and function.If you want to prevent the bot from archiving any threads on a certain page, remove all MiszaN templates from that page, or if you prefer, comment them out.
No, but:
This can be achieved in one of two ways:
The bot will archive threads based on the latest timestamp and the configuration used. Note however, that if multiple timestamps appear on a single line, only the first one is read. If you are quoting an earlier comment complete with its timestamp, you should either delete the "(UTC)" from the quoted portion, or wrap it with the "text" template - {{text|(UTC)}} - to fool the bot into ignoring it, and reading the proper, newer timestamp. Note also that timestamps of a non-standard form are not recognized by the bot.
It is a side effect of how the algorithm was constructed - each affected page (both talk pages and their archives) are broken down into logical objects. Page = header + N threads (header is everything before first thread). Thread = title + content (title does not include the equals marks, as those are part of the wiki markup). Threads are then moved to archive as necessary and page text is reconstructed from those objects in a standardized manner, i.e.:
Please note: