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How to Archive Rules

Chloe Lin [SSW] edited this page Feb 16, 2026 · 8 revisions

Rules that are no longer relevant or have been superseded by different rule(s) are archived, rather than being deleted.

By archiving them, any existing links to these rules still work.

To archive a rule

  1. Edit the rule
  2. Explain why the rule is being archived, using the field is at the very bottom of the rule editor:
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Figure: Entering a reason for the rule being archived in the rule editor

Note: YAML does support multiline strings, but you need to use a special syntax

  1. Save the updated rule
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Figure: An example of an archived rule

Note: Archived rules should still be under a category, so the "Archived" index is well organized.

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