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 articles
- 13 May 2024 – Doom (2016 video game) (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
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
- 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 – Lock's Quest (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by GraziePrego (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
- 22 Apr 2024 – Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by JuniperChill (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 07 May 2024 – Omocat (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by NegativeMP1 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 07 May 2024 – Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2: Myths and Mortals (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by NegativeMP1 (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- 05 May 2024 – SpongeBob SquarePants (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kp2016rockin (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)
- 05 May 2024 – Stick Soldiers (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Teratix (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 29 Apr 2024 – Rick Jay Glen (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Hornpipe2 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 26 Apr 2024 – Kelly Metzger (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by MKsLifeInANutshell (t · c); see discussion (9 participants; relisted)
- 22 Apr 2024 – Do You Like Horny Bunnies? (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ltbdl (t · c); see discussion (16 participants; relisted)
- 22 Apr 2024 – Atlus USA (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by IgelRM (t · c); see discussion (14 participants; relisted)
- 03 May 2024 – Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Clearfrienda (t · c) was closed as keep by Geschichte (t · c) on 09 May 2024; see discussion (7 participants)
- 01 May 2024 – Matt Alt (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by GMH Melbourne (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 08 May 2024; see discussion (2 participants)
- (6 more...)
Proposed deletions
- 06 May 2024 – Hurkle Hunt (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Vrxces (t · c) was deproded by Spiderone (t · c) on 09 May 2024
Categories for discussion
- 02 May 2024 – Category:Cancelled Atari 8-bit family games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster (t · c); see discussion
- 02 May 2024 – Category:Screenshots of Atari 8-bit family games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster (t · c); see discussion
- 02 May 2024 – Category:Atari 8-bit family-only games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster (t · c); see discussion
- 02 May 2024 – Category:Atari 8-bit family game covers (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Apr 2024 – Category:Atari 8-bit family games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrzejbanas (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 07 May 2024 – Jimmy Patterson (talk · edit · hist) →Medal of Honor (video game series) was RfDed by Jontesta (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Apr 2024 – Evil Luigi (talk · edit · hist) →Waluigi was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Apr 2024 – Las Vegas Umbrella Facility (talk · edit · hist) →Resident Evil was RfDed by Greenish Pickle! (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Apr 2024 – Evil Mario (talk · edit · hist) →Wario was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Apr 2024 – Rail Sim Pro (talk · edit · hist) →N3V Games was RfDed by Utopes (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
- 19 Apr 2024 – Halo 1 pistol (talk · edit · hist) →M6D Pistol was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Apr 2024 – Japanator (talk · edit · hist) →Destructoid was RfDed by Neocorelight (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Apr 2024 – Japanator.com (talk · edit · hist) →Destructoid was RfDed by Neocorelight (t · c); see discussion
- (6 more...)
Files for discussion
- 02 May 2024 – File:Words with Friends.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Words with Friends) was FfDed by Minorax (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Apr 2024 – File:Space Quest - The Sarien Encounter Coverart.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Space Quest I) FfDed by Ixfd64 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 28 Apr 2024 – File:Police Quest 1 cover.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel) FfDed by Ixfd64 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 27 Apr 2024 – File:Police Quest - SWAT 2 Coverart.png (talk · edit · hist) FfDed by Ixfd64 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 27 Apr 2024 – File:Daryl F. Gates' Police Quest - SWAT Coverart.png (talk · edit · hist) FfDed by Ixfd64 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 27 Apr 2024 – File:Mixed-Up Mother Goose cover.jpg (talk · edit · hist) FfDed by Ixfd64 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 26 Apr 2024 – File:King's Quest I - Quest for the Crown Coverart.jpg (talk · edit · hist) FfDed by The Squirrel Conspiracy (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 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
- 11 Mar 2024 – Etika (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by PantheonRadiance (t · c); see discussion
Featured list candidates
- 03 May 2024 – List of accolades received by The Last of Us (TV series) (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by ZooBlazer (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 09 May 2024 – Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by LBWP (t · c); see discussion
- 08 May 2024 – Game Boy (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RickyCourtney (t · c); start discussion
- 08 May 2024 – Onsen Nozokimi Daisakusen (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Alexandra IDV (t · c); see discussion
- 08 May 2024 – Bella Goth (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Greenish Pickle! (t · c); start discussion
- 07 May 2024 – Mr. Mime (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pokelego999 (t · c); start discussion
- 07 May 2024 – Fusajiro Yamauchi (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Maxime12346 (t · c); start discussion
- 05 May 2024 – Talim (Soulcalibur) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kung Fu Man (t · c); start discussion
- 05 May 2024 – Harold Halibut (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Vrxces (t · c); start discussion
- 04 May 2024 – Missile Command 3D (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by KGRAMR (t · c); see discussion
- 04 May 2024 – Phase Zero (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by KGRAMR (t · c); see discussion
- (17 more...)
Good topic candidates
- 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
- 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
- 19 Apr 2024 – Noctule (band) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Chchcheckit (t · c); see discussion
- 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
- 03 May 2024 – Final Fantasy XIV (2010 video game) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Final Fantasy XIV (2010 version) by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 03 May 2024 – Pistol Shrimp (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Pistol Shrimp (video game company) by Melmann (t · c); see discussion
- 07 May 2024 – Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow (talk · edit · hist) move request to Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow by Popcornfud (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
- 27 Apr 2024 – Fallout (series) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Fallout (franchise) by Zxcvbnm (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 26 Apr 2024 – The International (Dota 2) (talk · edit · hist) move request to The International (esports) by Pbrks (t · c) was closed to The International (esports) (talk · edit · hist) by 2pou (t · c) on 03 May 2024; see discussion
- 17 Apr 2024 – Parodius! From Myth to Laughter (talk · edit · hist) move request to Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai e by 80.103.136.146 (t · c) was moved to Parodius (1990 video game) (talk · edit · hist) by Robertsky (t · c) on 07 May 2024; see discussion
- 15 Apr 2024 – Arthur Morgan (Red Dead) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Arthur Morgan by Greenish Pickle! (t · c) was moved to Arthur Morgan (talk · edit · hist) by Extraordinary Writ (t · c) on 03 May 2024; see discussion
- 13 Apr 2024 – O.D.T. (talk · edit · hist) move request to O.D.T. (video game) by Pppery (t · c) was moved to O.D.T. (video game) (talk · edit · hist) by ToadetteEdit (t · c) on 09 May 2024; see discussion
- 13 Apr 2024 – M.A.S.K. (talk · edit · hist) move request to M.A.S.K. (franchise) by Pppery (t · c) was moved to M.A.S.K. (franchise) (talk · edit · hist) by ToadetteEdit (t · c) on 09 May 2024; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 09 May 2024 – Pata (esports) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Porin Ässät by Poriman55 (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
- 04 Apr 2024 – Snorlax (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of generation I Pokémon by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Apr 2024 – Greninja (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of generation VI Pokémon by Pokelego999 (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
- 05 Nov 2023 – Bethesda Game Studios Austin (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bethesda Game Studios by IgelRM (t · c); see discussion
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
- 10 May 2024 – Draft:Ferrari: The Race Experience 2 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MKsLifeInANutshell (t · c)
- 09 May 2024 – Draft:Don't Even Think (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Xalsier (t · c)
- 07 May 2024 – Draft:Dinosaur Polo Club (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Squiddyonwiki (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)
- 04 May 2024 – Draft:Papa Louie (game series) (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)
- 19 Apr 2021 – Draft:3 out of 10 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bauerbach12 (t · c)
- undated – Draft:C-Infinity (product) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
- (15 more...)
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Subscribing[edit]
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- 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]
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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