Wikipedia:Article alerts
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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[edit]
The table below shows an example of WikiProject Video games article alerts report.
Today's featured article requests
- 07 Jul 2024 – Tales of Monkey Island (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
Did you know
- 22 May 2024 – ZX Spectrum (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by DigitalIceAge (t · c); see discussion
- 21 May 2024 – The Last of Us season 1 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rhain (t · c); see discussion
- 14 May 2024 – Zer0 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Soulbust (t · c); see discussion
- 12 May 2024 – Aurora Gaming (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Soulbust (t · c); see discussion
- 06 May 2024 – Homeworld: Vast Reaches (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Nomader (t · c); see discussion
- 05 May 2024 – Eve (Stellar Blade) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Kung Fu Man (t · c); see discussion
- 05 May 2024 – Professor Layton and the New World of Steam (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Suntooooth (t · c); see discussion
- 02 May 2024 – DarkZero Esports (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Soulbust (t · c); see discussion
- 01 May 2024 – Delta (emulator) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by LunaEclipse (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Apr 2024 – Albert Wesker (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Boneless Pizza! (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 21 May 2024 – Juhani (Star Wars) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Boneless Pizza! (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 20 May 2024 – Starwing Paradox (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kung Fu Man (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 19 May 2024 – Pit (Kid Icarus) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion (12 participants)
- 16 May 2024 – Dancing Stage Max (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Cakelot1 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 12 May 2024 – Vette (Star Wars) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Boneless Pizza! (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
- 22 May 2024 – Chester Cheetah (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ryan barnes 1963 (t · c) was closed as keep by Zxcvbnm (t · c) on 22 May 2024; see discussion (6 participants)
- 15 May 2024 – Bez-MX (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Waxworker (t · c) was closed as keep by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 22 May 2024; see discussion (10 participants)
- 14 May 2024 – Ghosts (Pac-Man) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Pokelego999 (t · c) was closed as keep by Doczilla (t · c) on 21 May 2024; see discussion (15 participants)
- 13 May 2024 – Midnight.works (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Vrxces (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 20 May 2024; see discussion (8 participants)
- 13 May 2024 – Revenge of the Killer Robots from Hell (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Allan Nonymous (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 20 May 2024; see discussion (4 participants)
- (3 more...)
Proposed deletions
- 21 May 2024 – MIDItarHero (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Charcoal feather (t · c): concern
- 21 May 2024 – Lite-C (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Charcoal feather (t · c): concern
- 21 May 2024 – Domain-specific entertainment language (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by HyperAccelerated (t · c): concern
- 16 May 2024 – Third Éditions (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Assirian cat (t · c) was deproded by Alexandra IDV (t · c) on 17 May 2024
- 15 May 2024 – Duran Duboi (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Assirian cat (t · c) was deproded by Kvng (t · c) on 21 May 2024
Categories for discussion
- 23 May 2024 – Category:The Legend of Zelda (TV series) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by (Oinkers42) (t · c); see discussion
- 22 May 2024 – Category:First-person video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 May 2024 – Category:Video games using procedural generation (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 May 2024 – Category:ZeniMax Media stubs (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 May 2024 – Category:Run and gun game stubs (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 May 2024 – Category:Rail shooter stubs (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 May 2024 – Category:Fixed shooter stubs (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 May 2024 – Category:Alien abduction in video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Doniago (t · c); see discussion
- 15 May 2024 – Category:Alien invasions in video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Doniago (t · c); see discussion
- 10 May 2024 – Category:Drakengard (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by (Oinkers42) (t · c); see discussion
- (4 more...)
Redirects for discussion
- 17 May 2024 – Criticism of Apple Inc. (talk · edit · hist) →Apple Inc. was RfDed by Intrisit (t · c); see discussion
- 17 May 2024 – Practices of Apple Inc. (talk · edit · hist) →Apple Inc. was RfDed by Intrisit (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Apr 2024 – Evil Luigi (talk · edit · hist) →Waluigi was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Apr 2024 – Evil Mario (talk · edit · hist) →Wario was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Apr 2024 – Bird Pokemon (talk · edit · hist) →Gameplay of Pokémon was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Apr 2024 – Bird Pokémon (talk · edit · hist) →Gameplay of Pokémon was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Apr 2024 – Flow (psychology (talk · edit · hist) →Flow (psychology) was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Apr 2024 – Easter egg (media (talk · edit · hist) →Easter egg (media) was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
- undated – West Ardougne (talk · edit · hist) →RuneScape RfDed was closed
Files for discussion
- 21 May 2024 – File:DOA Festival 2015.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Dead or Alive (franchise)) was FfDed by Ferret (t · c); see discussion
- 21 May 2024 – File:CM Emmanuel-MASTER-Rodriguez.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Dead or Alive (franchise)) was FfDed by Ferret (t · c); see discussion
- 19 May 2024 – File:Cryptopunks general.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on CryptoPunks) was FfDed by Kys5g (t · c); see discussion
- 16 May 2024 – File:Amazon Luna Controller.png (talk · edit · hist) (on List of game controllers) was FfDed by Ixfd64 (t · c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 20 May 2024 – Outer Wilds (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by PresN (t · c); see discussion
- 09 May 2024 – Shovel Knight Showdown (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by The Night Watch (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Apr 2024 – Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by NegativeMP1 (t · c); see discussion
- 12 May 2024 – The Sims Online (talk · edit · hist) FA nominated by Vrxces (t · c) was not promoted; see discussion
Good article nominees
- 23 May 2024 – Laura Matsuda (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kung Fu Man (t · c); start discussion
- 22 May 2024 – Kenshi (Mortal Kombat) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HopalongCasualty (t · c); see discussion
- 22 May 2024 – AirCars (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by KGRAMR (t · c); start discussion
- 21 May 2024 – Surround (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Andrzejbanas (t · c); start discussion
- 21 May 2024 – Horizon Forbidden West (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by OceanHok (t · c); start discussion
- 20 May 2024 – Donkey Kong (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TheJoebro64 (t · c); start discussion
- 17 May 2024 – Nuketown (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by NegativeMP1 (t · c); start discussion
- 14 May 2024 – Fallout Online (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Famous Hobo (t · c); start discussion
- 13 May 2024 – Reigns (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by The Night Watch (t · c); start discussion
- 13 May 2024 – Squirtle (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c); see discussion
- (25 more...)
Good topic candidates
- 22 May 2024 – The Last of Us season 1 (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Rhain (t · c); see discussion
The topic includes: Left Behind (The Last of Us), Endure and Survive, Kin (The Last of Us), When We Are in Need, When You're Lost in the Darkness, Infected (The Last of Us), Long, Long Time (The Last of Us), Please Hold to My Hand, Look for the Light - 25 Feb 2024 – Trauma Center: Under the Knife (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by ProtoDrake (t · c); see discussion
The topic includes: Trauma Team, Trauma Center: Second Opinion, Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2, Trauma Center: New Blood
Featured article reviews
- 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
Good article reassessments
- 10 May 2024 – Mario Kart: Double Dash (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Apr 2024 – Fallout 3 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Greenish Pickle! (t · c); see discussion
Requests for comments
- 03 May 2024 – List of best-selling Sega Dreamcast games (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by 2601:249:9301:D570:2871:2734:7DEE:FBF4 (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 02 Apr 2024 – Rain World (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by TheWikiToby (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Oct 2023 – Hogwarts Legacy (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Vestigium Leonis (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 18 May 2024 – Rosalina (Mario) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Princess Rosalina by Boneless Pizza! (t · c); see discussion
- 16 May 2024 – SOCOM (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to SOCOM (disambiguation) by Schierbecker (t · c); see discussion
- 13 May 2024 – Cait Sith (talk · edit · hist) move request to Cait Sith (Final Fantasy) by Zxcvbnm (t · c) was moved; see discussion
- 10 May 2024 – Apple II series (talk · edit · hist) move request to Apple II by Dgpop (t · c) was moved; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 18 May 2024 – Puff-puff (Dragon Quest) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Gameplay of Dragon Quest by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 16 May 2024 – Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Monster Hunter: World by 97.80.150.82 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 May 2024 – Geolocation-based video game (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Location-based game by Niashervin (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Apr 2024 – Forge (level editor) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Halo (franchise) by David Fuchs (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Mar 2024 – Nostalrius (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to World of Warcraft by RandomPageCrusader (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Mar 2024 – Opera House (Final Fantasy VI) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Celes Chere by Cukie Gherkin (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Feb 2024 – Transformers Decepticons (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Transformers Autobots by NoInkling (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Feb 2024 – Transformers Autobots (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Transformers Decepticons by NoInkling (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Nov 2023 – Home video game console generations (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to History of video game consoles by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
- 13 May 2024 – Atlus USA (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Atlus by Ferret (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- (1 more...)
Articles to be split
- 05 May 2024 – Hello Neighbor (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 199.7.157.38 (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Apr 2024 – Arma (series) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Battlesnake1 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Apr 2024 – List of Scott Pilgrim characters (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Toby2023 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Apr 2024 – Kingdom Hearts χ (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by (Oinkers42) (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
- 18 Feb 2024 – Angry Birds Transformers (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Tigfugop (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Dec 2023 – Art of Fighting (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 110.93.87.179 (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
- 30 Nov 2023 – WWF WrestleFest (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Darrelljon (t · c); see discussion
- (17 more...)
Articles for creation
- 22 May 2024 – Draft:Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 46.37.116.132 (t · c)
- 20 May 2024 – Draft:Neal Agarwal (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 2600:1001:B150:1DE1:21FA:F88C:81C3:2C40 (t · c)
- 20 May 2024 – Draft:Amber (developer) (talk · edit · hist) (initially Draft:Amber) has been submitted for AfC by 79.115.231.178 (t · c)
- 05 May 2024 – Draft:Veronica Carmen Ripley (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by DetriaSkies (t · c)
- 05 May 2024 – Draft:GirlsGoGames.com (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Squiddyonwiki (t · c)
- 03 May 2024 – Draft:Hunter × Hunter Nen × Impact (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by TheEnderDwonk (t · c)
- 12 Mar 2024 – Draft:Bruce Harlick (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by BOZ (t · c)
- undated – Draft:C-Infinity (product) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
- 13 May 2024 – Draft:PM Studios (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Kyoya21 (t · c) was declined by Umakant Bhalerao (t · c) on 19 May 2024
- undated – Draft:Doors (Roblox game) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC was declined by CSMention269 (t · c) on 20 May 2024
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Subscribing[edit]
All subscriptions are done by placing the {{ArticleAlertSubscription}} template on the /Subscription list. See the /Subscribing page for details/guide.
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[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]
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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