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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.

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

– 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

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

Article alerts

Did you know

12 May 2025 – Feel Her Love (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rhain (t · c); see discussion
05 May 2025 – Day One (The Last of Us) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rhain (t · c); see discussion
05 May 2025 – Ducks Ahoy! (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Guyinblack25 (t · c); see discussion
28 Apr 2025 – The Path (The Last of Us) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rhain (t · c); see discussion
23 Apr 2025 – Any Austin (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Based5290 (t · c); see discussion
22 Apr 2025 – Wanderstop (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by BarntToust (t · c); see discussion
21 Apr 2025 – Steve's Lava Chicken (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Launchballer (t · c); see discussion
14 Apr 2025 – Future Days (The Last of Us) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rhain (t · c); see discussion
08 Apr 2025 – 3D mousepad (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Morgan695 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

12 May 2025 – Elsie Lovelock (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Clarityfiend (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
11 May 2025 – Walid Sultan Midani (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Tacyarg (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
11 May 2025 – Federal Disaster Response Agency (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Rhain (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
09 May 2025 – Platinum Arts Sandbox (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Clenpr (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
08 May 2025 – Roobet (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by A412 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
08 May 2025 – Allin Kempthorne (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by FOARP (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
05 May 2025 – Fuzz Academy (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zanahary (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
03 May 2025 – Spring Engine (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
29 Apr 2025 – Toon Blast (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
28 Apr 2025 – Rise of Kingdoms (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by A412 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

(11 more...)

Proposed deletions

02 May 2025 – Age of bhaarat (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Dan arndt (t · c) was deleted
01 May 2025 – New in Town (video game) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Zxcvbnm (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

28 Apr 2025 – Category:Video games set in antiquity (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
28 Apr 2025 – Category:PlayStation 4-only games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Jursha (t · c); see discussion
28 Apr 2025 – Category:Angel games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gonnym (t · c); see discussion

Templates for discussion

12 May 2025 – Template:Sonic the Hedgehog chronology (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by SilviaASH (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

11 May 2025 – Shelly (character) (talk · edit · hist) →Brawl Stars was RfDed by Mia Mahey (t · c); see discussion
03 May 2025 – Robo Rampage (talk · edit · hist) →Miniclip was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
03 May 2025 – Dancing Bush (talk · edit · hist) →Miniclip was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
29 Apr 2025 – Mega Man II (talk · edit · hist) →Mega Man II (1991 video game) was RfDed by Rotideypoc41352 (t · c); see discussion
15 Apr 2025 – Waluigi Pinball (talk · edit · hist) →Mario Kart DS was RfDed by QuicoleJR (t · c); see discussion
03 May 2025 – Canyon Shooter 2 (talk · edit · hist) →Miniclip RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
03 May 2025 – Scribble (the game) (talk · edit · hist) →Miniclip RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
03 May 2025 – Spineworld (talk · edit · hist) →Miniclip RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Files for discussion

09 May 2025 – File:God-of-War-Ascension-Collectors-Edition-Kratos-Statue-002.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Kratos (God of War)) was FfDed by Wcam (t · c); see discussion
09 May 2025 – File:Alentejo Tinto's Law screenshot.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Alentejo: Tinto's Law) was FfDed by ChrisiPK (t · c); see discussion

Subscribing

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

News request

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

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

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

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

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.)