Archiving an NPC preserves all the original data, like recordings and comments, but unlinks the NPC from the publically visible quest, so it can no longer be accessed by clicking a link anywhere on the website (currently). It can only be accessed by entering a direct URL.
Recordings from individual quests and NPCs can also be archived individually (like the batch of the recordings of an NPC in one quest). These recordings will also be hidden, but the NPC will remain the same.
Read phpDoc for more information, JavaScript alerts are quite explainatory themselves.
Archiving an NPC preserves all the original data, like recordings and comments, but unlinks the NPC from the publically visible quest, so it can no longer be accessed by clicking a link anywhere on the website (currently). It can only be accessed by entering a direct URL.
Recordings from individual quests and NPCs can also be archived individually (like the batch of the recordings of an NPC in one quest). These recordings will also be hidden, but the NPC will remain the same.
Read phpDoc for more information, JavaScript alerts are quite explainatory themselves.