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WP:AALERTS

Article alerts is a subscription-based automatic article-monitoring system used to give "status reports" to subscribing WikiProjects. The reports are created and delivered by AAlertBot, operated by both Hellknowz (who also is the sole coder of the bot) and Headbomb.

For notification about cleanup tags, such as {{no footnotes}} and {{disputed}}, see cleanup listings.

For notification about recently created articles that could be of interest to your project, see InceptionBot.

Article Alerts was introduced in The Signpost in an article from 23 February 2009. See also a follow up article from 17 July 2023.

Search Article Alerts for specific topics that interest you. If you find one, add it to your watchlist! You can also browse the subscription list.

Article Alerts is an automated subscription-based news delivery system designed to notify WikiProjects and Taskforces when articles tagged by their banners or placed in their categories enter various formal workflows (such as Articles for Deletion, Requests for Comments, Peer Review, and many more).

First AAlertBot browses all the workflows in its scope, then checks for WikiProject templates/categories on these pages. If a subscribing WikiProject/Taskforce is found, AAlertBot will update a customized report called Article Alerts for that particular WikiProject or Taskforce. (An example of such a report can be found here.) Reports are updated on a daily basis, and provide brief summaries of what is happening, with relevant links to discussion or results when possible. So it is a good idea to request for a bot to place your WikiProject/Taskforce's banner on articles from relevant categories, so AAlertBot covers more articles. (See also Tips and Tricks.)

Originally, the Article Alerts relied on ArticleAlertbot (coded and updated by B. Wolterding, operated by Legoktm) from September 2008 to April 2010 (see bot approval). Following several months of downtime, a new bot AAlertBot was developed (coded, maintained, and operated by Hellknowz, and co-operated by Headbomb) from December 2010 onwards (see bot approval).

Report issues and problems with the Article Alerts reports on the bug reports page. Requests for new features should be made at the feature requests page.

Workflows covered[edit]

– implemented (may not be fully formatted/data populated)

– not for now (not in priority list)

– implementing (taking a while or need to do something else to get this working)

– under consideration (haven't examined the issues/process to say if currently plausible/worthwhile)

AfD – Articles for deletion
TfD – Templates for discussion
RfD – Redirects for discussion
CfD – Categories for discussion
FfD – Files for discussion
FfD (COM) – Deletion requests (on Commons)
MfD – Miscellany for deletion
PROD – Proposed deletion
FAC – Featured article candidates
FAR – Featured article review
FLC – Featured list candidates
FLRC – Featured list removal candidates
FP – Featured pictures
FTC – Featured topic candidates
FTRC – Featured topic removal candidates
ACR – A-Class review (project-specific)
GAN – Good article nominations
GAR – Good article reassessment
GTC – Good topic candidates
PR – Peer review
RfC – Requests for comment
RM – Requested moves
TFA – Today's featured articles
TFAR – Today's featured article requests
DYK – Did you know nominations (approved)
MRG – Articles for Merging
SPL – Articles for Splitting
AFC – Articles for Creation
ITN – In the news
OTD – Selected anniversaries
CP – Copyright problems
ON – Article alerts/News

Sample[edit]

The table below shows an example of WikiProject Video games article alerts report.

Article alerts

Today's featured articles

30 Jun 2024 – OneShot (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
24 Jun 2024 – Etika (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Did you know

16 Jun 2024 – Banana (2024 video game) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Generalissima (t · c); see discussion
16 Jun 2024 – Mindustry (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by JPxG (t · c); see discussion
12 Jun 2024 – Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Axem Titanium (t · c); see discussion
09 Jun 2024 – Barry Burton (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Boneless Pizza! (t · c); see discussion
24 May 2024 – South by South Lawn (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TheSandDoctor (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2024 – DarkZero Esports (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Soulbust (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

20 Jun 2024 – FreshGames (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
20 Jun 2024 – Giant Squid (company) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
20 Jun 2024 – Giant Sparrow (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
20 Jun 2024 – Ivy Road (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
19 Jun 2024 – JungleTac (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
19 Jun 2024 – The Wizard Sniffer (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
18 Jun 2024 – Variable State (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by IgelRM (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
18 Jun 2024 – Mario Party (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Loytra (t · c); see discussion (9 participants)
18 Jun 2024 – Melon Dezign (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Toweli (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
18 Jun 2024 – Flying Tiger Development (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Psiĥedelisto (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)

(18 more...)

Proposed deletions

20 Jun 2024 – Second Intention (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Teratix (t · c): Fails the notability guideline for companies. Creator likely has (had? 2006 is a long time ago!) conflict of interest. Don't know why A7 was declined before: there's nothing mergeable here.
14 Jun 2024 – The Wizard Sniffer (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Boneless Pizza! (t · c) was deproded by Bensin (t · c) (author) on 16 Jun 2024
11 Jun 2024 – Clayton Kauzlaric (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by MimirIsSmart (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

21 Jun 2024 – Category:Worms (series) games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
20 Jun 2024 – Category:Permadeath games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
15 Jun 2024 – Category:Doki Doki Literature Club! (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster (t · c); see discussion
12 Jun 2024 – Category:Character songs (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
11 Jun 2024 – Category:Cute 'em ups by series (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
10 Jun 2024 – Category:Fan translation of video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
09 Jun 2024 – Category:Spanish-language-only video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c); see discussion
09 Jun 2024 – Category:Czech-language-only video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c); see discussion
09 Jun 2024 – Category:Portuguese-language-only video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c); see discussion
09 Jun 2024 – Category:Arabic-language-only video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c); see discussion

(23 more...)

Templates for discussion

14 Jun 2024 – Template:Europa engine games (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Soetermans (t · c); see discussion
14 Jun 2024 – Template:PCGamingWiki (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Soetermans (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

19 Jun 2024 – EarthBound 3 (talk · edit · hist) →Mother 3 was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
18 Jun 2024 – Leaf forest (talk · edit · hist) →Sonic Advance 2 was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
18 Jun 2024 – Marine the Raccoon(character) (talk · edit · hist) →Sonic Rush Adventure was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
18 Jun 2024 – Sonic E3 (talk · edit · hist) →Sonic Rush was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
18 Jun 2024 – Something Forgotten Wished by the World (talk · edit · hist) →Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
18 Jun 2024 – 風のクロノア (talk · edit · hist) →Klonoa: Door to Phantomile was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
18 Jun 2024 – List of Klonoa vilians (talk · edit · hist) →Klonoa: Door to Phantomile was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
18 Jun 2024 – List of Klonoa villains (talk · edit · hist) →Klonoa: Door to Phantomile was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
13 Jun 2024 – Ruby and sapphire (talk · edit · hist) →Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
13 Jun 2024 – Ruby / Sapphire (talk · edit · hist) →Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion

(3 more...)

Files for discussion

11 Jun 2024 – File:Mother boxart.png (talk · edit · hist) (onMother (video game)) was FfDed by (Oinkers42) (t · c); see discussion
10 Jun 2024 – File:MegalovaniaShort.ogg (talk · edit · hist) (on1, 2) FfDed by JohnCWiesenthal (t · c) was closed; see discussion
09 Jun 2024 – File:Oldrobotnik.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (onDoctor Eggman) FfDed by Pokelego999 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Subscribing[edit]

All subscriptions are done by placing the {{ArticleAlertSubscription}} template on the /Subscription list. See the /Subscribing page for details/guidance.

News request[edit]

Note: the news requests are not currently implemented.

If something is happening that you think WikiProjects should know about, then let us know and we'll include it in the articles.

Bug reports[edit]

Please report bugs, missed articles, and any other mishaps on the bug report page. Don't think someone else will do it, because that someone else might think you'll do it, and then neither of you will have reported the bug. It is also possible that the error is specific to your project, so you might be the only one to have seen this error.

Feature requests[edit]

Have an idea that you think would improve the reports? Share it with us, and we'll see what we can do about it.

Feedback and questions[edit]

Having troubles setting up Article alerts? Leave a message on our talk page, and we'll try to help as best we can.
Think Article Alerts is the greatest thing since sliced bread? Think it sucks because it doesn't actually cover Featured deletions? Let us know.

Tips and tricks[edit]

Remember to watch your project's Article Alerts pages.
Did you know that you can monitor your project's Article Alerts using RSS and Atom feeds? Go on your project's /Article alerts history page, and there should be a " RSS Atom" in your toolbox located on the left of the page.
You can incorporate Article Alerts in navboxes for the users of your WikiProjects (see {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Member Navbox}} for example).
If a related WikiProject is also subscribed to Article Alerts, you can transclude their report on your Project's homepage, and monitor their articles too.
Request a bot to place your WikiProject's banner on the articles located in categories relevant to your WikiProject. You will probably end up with some unrelated pages, but at least you've extended Article Alerts to cover many articles you might have missed.
InceptionBot (previously AlexNewArtBot) is a bot which produces a list of recently created articles that could be in your project's scope. Going through the list to do some tagging will ensure that ArticleAlertbot picks up these articles as well.
Consider subscribing to cleanup listings to see articles that need cleanup (covers cleanup tags, such as {{expert needed}}, {{POV}}, {{page numbers needed}}, etc.)