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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 {{wikify}} and {{disputed}}, see cleanup listings.

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

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)
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 alert report.

Article alerts

Did you know

21 Apr 2019 – Project Sakura Wars (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Sjones23 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

18 May 2019 – Pokémon Tetris (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Buckaroo bob 91 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
18 May 2019 – MMA Pro Fighter (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Jovanmilic97 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
30 Apr 2019 – Richard Ludlow (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Duffbeerforme (t · c); see discussion (17 participants; relisted)
10 May 2019 – The Wild Rings (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Jovanmilic97 (t · c) was closed as delete by Vanamonde93 (t · c) on 17 May 2019; see discussion (8 participants)
07 May 2019 – R&P Electronic Media (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Narky Blert (t · c) was closed as delete by Jo-Jo Eumerus (t · c) on 14 May 2019; see discussion (4 participants)

Proposed deletions

20 May 2019 – James Bond 007: Goldfinger (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by TheSLEEVEmonkey (t · c): Only one source has been cited however there are no in-line citations to justify the article. It appears to include mostly original research and is narrative in nature. The article is not noteworthy

Categories for discussion

20 May 2019 – Category:Vietcong (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
20 May 2019 – Category:Tap Tap (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
20 May 2019 – Category:Prototype (series) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
19 May 2019 – Category:Red Dead Redemption (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
19 May 2019 – Category:L.A. Noire (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
19 May 2019 – Category:Video games based on Bone (comics) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
10 Apr 2019 – Category:Samsung Gear games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Martin Kraus (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

11 May 2019 – P:N (talk · edit · hist) →Portal:Nintendo RfDed by UnitedStatesian (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Files for discussion

18 May 2019 – File:Dance Dance Revolution logo 2009.png (talk · edit · hist) was FfDed by LABcrabs (t · c); see discussion

Miscellany for deletion

20 May 2019 – Portal:Role-playing games (talk · edit · hist) was MfDed by BrownHairedGirl (t · c); see discussion
22 Apr 2019 – Portal:Sony (talk · edit · hist) was MfDed by MJL (t · c); see discussion
22 Apr 2019 – Portal:Nintendo (talk · edit · hist) was MfDed by MJL (t · c); see discussion
22 Apr 2019 – Portal:Sega (talk · edit · hist) was MfDed by MJL (t · c); see discussion
13 May 2019 – Portal:Xbox (talk · edit · hist) MfDed by UnitedStatesian (t · c) was closed as delete by JJMC89 (t · c) on 21 May 2019; see discussion
13 May 2019 – Portal:Sony PlayStation (talk · edit · hist) MfDed by UnitedStatesian (t · c) was closed as delete by JJMC89 (t · c) on 21 May 2019; see discussion
11 May 2019 – Portal:Massively multiplayer online games (talk · edit · hist) MfDed by BrownHairedGirl (t · c) was closed as delete by Jo-Jo Eumerus (t · c) on 18 May 2019; 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 {{Physics Member Navbox}} for example).
If a related WikiProjects 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}}, {{neutrality}}, {{reference}}, etc.).