Template:Bump/doc
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Purpose
"Bumping" a discussion thread - avoiding its automatic archival for (default) 30 days.
Effect
This is a wrapper for the invisible template {{do not archive until}} that is used to prevent bots archiving a discussion thread, changing the default number of days until auto-archival to 30. It produces a visible message that the thread has been bumped. It will auto-sign the notification.
After 30 days (or however many days were specified) the thread (including the bump message) will auto-archive.
Usage
Parameters
The template takes two optional parameters.
The first integer parameter specifies the minimum number of days before archiving. Supplying this parameter does two things:
- it overrides the default of 30 days (not 3560 days, the default of the underlying {{do not archive until}} template)
- it specifies the number of days in the message (if the parameter is omitted, the template will not output a number of days)
The second text parameter allows for extra text to be output as a second sentence, after the main text. As an example perhaps an explanation for why the bump occurs. You can set it independently of the first parameter with |2= or |note=.
Examples
Basic usage:
Changing number of days:
{{subst:Bump|7}}→
Bumping threadTemplate:Spacefor 7 days. Example (talk) 09:45, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
Specifying default number of days to force template to spell it out:
{{subst:Bump|30}}→
Bumping threadTemplate:Spacefor 30 days. Example (talk) 09:45, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
Supplying a second sentence:
{{subst:Bump|2=Operator is making changes.}}→
Bumping thread. Operator is making changes. Example (talk) 09:45, 19 December 2012 (UTC) User:ClueBot III/DoNotArchiveUntil
Using both parameters:
{{subst:Bump|7|Operator is making changes.}}→
Bumping threadTemplate:Spacefor 7 days. Operator is making changes. Example (talk) 09:45, 19 December 2012 (UTC) User:ClueBot III/DoNotArchiveUntil
See also
- Template:Pin section another wrapper for {{do not archive until}}