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Shortcut 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.

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 coveredEdit

– 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
BPROD – Proposed deletion (books)
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

SamplesEdit

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

Article alerts

Did you know

24 Jan 2021 – Five Nights at Freddy's (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by GenericWikiUser1 (t · c); see discussion
21 Jan 2021 – King of Crabs (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by DocFreeman24 (t · c); see discussion
21 Jan 2021 – Wild Woody (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cat's Tuxedo (t · c); see discussion
15 Jan 2021 – Sucker Punch Productions (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by OceanHok (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

24 Jan 2021 – StaudSoft's Synthetic World (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Whisperjanes (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
23 Jan 2021 – Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club!) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by ThisIsSparta2007 (t · c); see discussion (9 participants)
21 Jan 2021 – Michael Carter (entrepreneur) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Damiens.rf (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
21 Jan 2021 – Waterflame (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LightningComplexFire (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
21 Jan 2021 – Pauline (Nintendo character) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (13 participants)
19 Jan 2021 – Scott Tsumura (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Falcon Kirtaran (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
18 Jan 2021 – One Angry Gamer (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Czar (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
18 Jan 2021 – Anter Planter (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Waxworker (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
18 Jan 2021 – Freddy Fazbear (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Barkeep49 (t · c); see discussion (10 participants)
18 Jan 2021 – Runes of Mystery (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Daiyusha (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)

(19 more...)

Proposed deletions

22 Jan 2021 – Josh Mosqueira (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Piotrus (t · c): The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (biographies) requirement. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any signifi ...
11 Jan 2021 – Anter Planter (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Waxworker (t · c) was deproded by Geschichte (t · c) on 18 Jan 2021

Categories for discussion

16 Jan 2021 – Category:Platform games by decade (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
16 Jan 2021 – Category:Fighting games by decade (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
16 Jan 2021 – Category:Superhero video games by decade (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
15 Jan 2021 – Category:Rolan's Curse series (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
10 Jan 2021 – Category:Touhou Project Main Series (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Goszei (t · c); see discussion
03 Jan 2021 – Category:Unity (game engine) games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Sandstein (t · c); see discussion
29 Dec 2020 – Category:Taito SJ System games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Namcokid47 (t · c); see discussion
29 Dec 2020 – Category:Taito Z System games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Namcokid47 (t · c); see discussion
29 Dec 2020 – Category:Taito L System games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Namcokid47 (t · c); see discussion
29 Dec 2020 – Category:Taito B System games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Namcokid47 (t · c); see discussion

(5 more...)

Templates for discussion

24 Jan 2021 – Template:Sapari Game (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by TarkusAB (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

23 Jan 2021 – Wikipedia:BW (talk · edit · hist) →Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games was RfDed by Cortex128 (t · c); see discussion
23 Jan 2021 – BiFME II (talk · edit · hist) →The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II was RfDed by 86.23.109.101 (t · c); see discussion
23 Jan 2021 – BiFME (talk · edit · hist) →The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth was RfDed by 86.23.109.101 (t · c); see discussion
23 Jan 2021 – Devastator (Ratchet and Clank) (talk · edit · hist) →Ratchet & Clank was RfDed by Sonic678 (t · c); see discussion
23 Jan 2021 – Devastator(Ratchet and Clank) (talk · edit · hist) →Ratchet & Clank was RfDed by Sonic678 (t · c); see discussion
20 Jan 2021 – Weapons from the Ratchet and Clank Series (talk · edit · hist) →Ratchet & Clank was RfDed by Sonic678 (t · c); see discussion
20 Jan 2021 – Rip Ya a New One (talk · edit · hist) →Ratchet & Clank was RfDed by Dominicmgm (t · c); see discussion
20 Jan 2021 – Ratchet and Clank planet list (talk · edit · hist) →Ratchet & Clank was RfDed by Dominicmgm (t · c); see discussion
20 Jan 2021 – ラチェット＆クランク (talk · edit · hist) →Ratchet & Clank was RfDed by Dominicmgm (t · c); see discussion
20 Jan 2021 – List of weapons and gadgets from the Ratchet & Clank series (talk · edit · hist) →Ratchet & Clank was RfDed by Dominicmgm (t · c); see discussion

(6 more...)

Files for discussion

15 Jan 2021 – File:SM Entertainment Group Logo.png (talk · edit · hist) (on 86 pages) was FfDed by Magog the Ogre (t · c); see discussion
03 Oct 2020 – File:Overwatch loot box.gif (talk · edit · hist) (on Loot box) was FfDed by Wcam (t · c); see discussion

SubscribingEdit

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

News requestEdit

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 reportsEdit

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 requestsEdit

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 questionsEdit

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 tricksEdit

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.)