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Article Alerts was introduced in The Signpost in an article from 23 February 2009. See also a follow up article from 17 July 2023. |
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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
editThe table below shows an example of WikiProject Video games article alerts report.
Today's featured articles
- 08 Oct 2024 – Tony Hawk's Underground (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
Today's featured article requests
- 18 Nov 2024 – Donkey Kong Country (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by TheJoebro64 (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Nov 2024 – Mario Party DS (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by The Green Star Collector (t · c); see discussion
Did you know
- 19 Sep 2024 – Brian David Gilbert (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – Chesmac (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by JIP (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Sep 2024 – Smash Hit (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Vacant0 (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Sep 2024 – JerAx (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jeraxmoira (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Aug 2024 – Psycho Mantis (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Aug 2024 – Atsuko Tanaka (voice actress) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Miraclepine (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Aug 2024 – UnMetal (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by AdoTang (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Aug 2024 – The Crimson Diamond (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Nomader (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Aug 2024 – Umehara ga kimeta (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by 狄の用務員 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 24 Sep 2024 – Flash Element TD (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 24 Sep 2024 – Skycoach (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by A412 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 22 Sep 2024 – List of Tiger handhelds (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TheTechnician27 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 21 Sep 2024 – List of Pokémon special episodes (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)
- 21 Sep 2024 – Dokibird (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sparkl (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 20 Sep 2024 – Butterfree (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
- 20 Sep 2024 – Bidoof (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
- 20 Sep 2024 – Neo Geo (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TarkusAB (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 18 Sep 2024 – Minecraft@Home (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 17 Sep 2024 – SuperBot Entertainment (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by IgelRM (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- (11 more...)
Proposed deletions
- 21 Sep 2024 – The Monopoly Game 2 (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by MimirIsSmart (t · c) was deproded by Cyclopia (t · c) on 21 Sep 2024
- 16 Sep 2024 – D1 Cup (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Dclemens1971 (t · c) was deleted
- 14 Sep 2024 – Micronics (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by MimirIsSmart (t · c) was deleted
Categories for discussion
- 23 Sep 2024 – Category:Aviation video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Category:Nijisanji (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Partofthemachine (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Sep 2024 – Category:De Blob (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Sep 2024 – Category:Video games with alternative versions (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Sep 2024 – Category:Video games in Hong Kong (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – Category:Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic characters (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – Category:Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – Category:Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic novels (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – Category:Game jam video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Sep 2024 – Category:Emergent gameplay (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
- (12 more...)
Templates for discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Template:IGDB person (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Retro (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 21 Sep 2024 – Street Gangs (talk · edit · hist) →River City Ransom was RfDed by Roastedbeanz1 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – BlockParty (game portal) (talk · edit · hist) →Nexon was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – Bill Kilday (talk · edit · hist) →Niantic, Inc. was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – Big Blag (talk · edit · hist) →Battletoads was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – Banapassport (talk · edit · hist) →Bandai Namco Entertainment was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Sep 2024 – Bulbagarden (talk · edit · hist) →Pokémon#Bulbagarden was RfDed by 50.29.218.72 (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Sep 2024 – List of Kingdom Hearts franchice characters (talk · edit · hist) →Characters of Kingdom Hearts was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Sep 2024 – List of Kingdom Hearts origanal game characters (talk · edit · hist) →Characters of Kingdom Hearts was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Sep 2024 – Blonde Haired Kid (talk · edit · hist) →Characters of Kingdom Hearts#Roxas was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Sep 2024 – Kingdom hearts kari (talk · edit · hist) →Characters of Kingdom Hearts#Kairi was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- (75 more...)
Files for discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – File:Love Live! promotional image.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Love Live! School Idol Project) was FfDed by JohnCWiesenthal (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Sep 2024 – File:Raiden Shogun Cooking Meme.png (talk · edit · hist) FfDed by Di (they-them) (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Miscellany for deletion
- 20 Sep 2024 – Draft:Thrtinyperson (talk · edit · hist) was MfDed by Paradoctor (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Sep 2024 – Draft:The Angry Birds Movie 3 (talk · edit · hist) MfDed by William Graham (t · c) was closed by HouseBlaster (t · c) on 17 Sep 2024; see discussion
- 13 Sep 2024 – Draft:Reanimal (talk · edit · hist) MfDed by Zachapertio (t · c) was closed as keep by Alalch E. (t · c) on 20 Sep 2024; see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 18 Sep 2024 – Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Fathoms Below (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Sep 2024 – Smash Hit (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Vacant0 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Sep 2024 – The Sims 4 (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Theknine2 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Sep 2024 – Ada Wong (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Boneless Pizza! (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Aug 2024 – Mario Party: The Top 100 (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by The Green Star Collector (t · c); see discussion
Featured list candidates
- 15 Aug 2024 – List of generation IX Pokémon (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 24 Sep 2024 – Mario Party: Island Tour (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by The Green Star Collector (t · c); start discussion
- 20 Sep 2024 – Visions of Mana (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ProtoDrake (t · c); start discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – Pikachu (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pokelego999 (t · c); start discussion
- 16 Sep 2024 – The Great Giana Sisters (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Andrzejbanas (t · c); start discussion
- 16 Sep 2024 – River Raid (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Andrzejbanas (t · c); start discussion
- 15 Sep 2024 – Iron Soldier 2 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by KGRAMR (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Sep 2024 – The Outer Worlds (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by OceanHok (t · c); start discussion
- 11 Sep 2024 – Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Vacant0 (t · c); start discussion
- 10 Sep 2024 – Fan-made Pokémon games (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pokelego999 (t · c); start discussion
- 03 Sep 2024 – Hotline Miami (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by NegativeMP1 (t · c); start discussion
- (21 more...)
Featured article reviews
- 03 Sep 2024 – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by NegativeMP1 (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Feb 2024 – Pokémon Channel (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Vrxces (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Aug 2023 – The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by NegativeMP1 (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 17 Sep 2024 – Lock's Quest (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by GraziePrego (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Sep 2024 – Tetris (NES video game) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by LunaEclipse (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Sep 2024 – A Space for the Unbound (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by RFNirmala (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 20 Sep 2024 – Rally Cross (video game) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Rally Cross by Sceeegt (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Sep 2024 – Lego Racers (video game) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Lego Racers by Sceeegt (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Sep 2024 – Fan-made Pokémon games (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Pokémon fan games by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Sep 2024 – Master Takahashi's Adventure Island IV (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima IV by GiAnMMV (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – N-Gage (device) (talk · edit · hist) move request to N-Gage by Sceeegt (t · c) was moved to N-Gage (talk · edit · hist) by Amakuru (t · c) on 23 Sep 2024; see discussion
- 18 Sep 2024 – Video game adaptation in film and television (talk · edit · hist) move request to Video game adaptation by GeniusTaker (t · c) was not moved to Adaptations of video games into media (talk · edit · hist) by GeniusTaker (t · c) on 22 Sep 2024; see discussion
- 16 Sep 2024 – Atari VCS (2021 console) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Atari VCS by Sceeegt (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
- 10 Sep 2024 – List of 3DO Interactive Multiplayer games (talk · edit · hist) move request to List of 3DO games by Sceeegt (t · c) was moved to List of 3DO games (talk · edit · hist) by Keith D (t · c) on 17 Sep 2024; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 10 Sep 2024 – Screen Rant (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Valnet by BD2412 (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Sep 2024 – Pokémon Emerald (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jun 2024 – Minecraft – Volume Beta (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Music of Minecraft by NegativeMP1 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 20 Sep 2024 – List of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Anomalocaris (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – Cy Girls (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Ominae (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – TurboGrafx-16 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Memphis1525 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jul 2024 – Hello Neighbor (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 216.244.74.202 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Jul 2024 – Kantai Collection (TV series) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by EditorGirlAL07 (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Jul 2024 – Empire (1977 video game) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Jun 2024 – Games of the Future (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Ahri.boy (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Sable (video game) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by QuietHere (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Feb 2024 – Angry Birds POP! (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Tigfugop (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Dec 2023 – Double Dragon II: The Revenge (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 110.93.87.179 (t · c); see discussion
- (15 more...)
Articles for creation
- 24 Sep 2024 – Draft:GOSU Online Corporation (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Huong.wk (t · c)
- 20 Sep 2024 – Draft:Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by The boss 1904 (t · c)
- 20 Sep 2024 – Draft:Vince Zampella (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Imfarting (t · c)
- 18 Sep 2024 – Draft:Medieval Dynasty (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Megihej (t · c)
- 18 Sep 2024 – Draft:Gamezop (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Morekiranwiki (t · c)
- 11 Sep 2024 – Draft:Jeff Watson (designer) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 22 Sep 2024 – Draft:Beyond Shadowgate (PC Game) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Stoneman519 (t · c) was declined by Zxcvbnm (t · c) on 23 Sep 2024
- 19 Sep 2024 – Draft:Incursion Red River (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Wynnsantiy (t · c) was deleted
- 18 Sep 2024 – Draft:Ogu and the Secret Forest (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Jungyu0508 (t · c) was declined by Zxcvbnm (t · c) on 20 Sep 2024
- 16 Sep 2024 – Draft:PUBG Mobile World Cup 2024 (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by TechnoSquirrel69 (t · c) was moved to PUBG Mobile World Cup 2024 (talk · edit · hist) by Shakib69SH (t · c) (author) on 21 Sep 2024
- (2 more...)
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Subscribing
editAll subscriptions are done by placing the {{ArticleAlertSubscription}} template on the /Subscription list. See the /Subscribing page for details/guidance.
News request
edit- 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
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Feedback and questions
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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.)
See also
edit- zh:User:Alertlivebot - a similar bot on ZH Wikipedia
- CleanupWorklistBot
- InceptionBot
- This page as it looked for old bot