https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60603
Web browser: --- Bug ID: 60603 Summary: archivebot.py does not handle some cases of param archive= in template Product: Pywikibot Version: unspecified Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: Unprioritized Component: General Assignee: Pywikipedia-bugs@lists.wikimedia.org Reporter: mpaa.wiki@gmail.com Classification: Unclassified Mobile Platform: ---
Cases like this are not supported, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:15th_%28Imperial_Service%29_Cavalry_Briga...
{{User:MiszaBot/config |algo=old(7d) |archive={{subst:15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade}}/Archive %(counter)d |counter=1 |maxarchivesize=70K |archiveheader={{talk archive navigation}} |minthreadstoarchive=1 |minthreadsleft=0 }}
Another case is when page has been moved and archive= is the old name (i.e. a redirect to the new name.