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.
Did you know
- 27 Jul 2024 – Rockstar North (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by IceWelder (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jul 2024 – Shapez 2 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by CanonNi (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jul 2024 – Until Then (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Chlod (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Jul 2024 – Tax Heaven 3000 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by B3251 (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jun 2024 – Healie (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cukie Gherkin (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 26 Jul 2024 – Comparison of OpenGL and Direct3D (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mach61 (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 25 Jul 2024 – Matt Firor (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by IgelRM (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
- 24 Jul 2024 – Portugal 1111: A Conquista de Soure (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
- 24 Jul 2024 – Ciberbit (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 23 Jul 2024 – Beamable (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 21 Jul 2024 – Iikka Keränen (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by IgelRM (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
- 21 Jul 2024 – Miika Huttunen (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by IgelRM (t · c); see discussion (0 participants; relisted)
- 20 Jul 2024 – Harry M. Rubin (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by P3D7AQ09M6 (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
- 21 Jul 2024 – Tsutomu Kōno (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by IgelRM (t · c) was closed as delete by OwenX (t · c) on 28 Jul 2024; see discussion (2 participants)
- 21 Jul 2024 – George Harrison (executive) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by IgelRM (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 28 Jul 2024; see discussion (3 participants)
- (3 more...)
Categories for discussion
- 27 Jul 2024 – Category:Social casual games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jul 2024 – Category:Turn-based video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jul 2024 – Category:Killzone (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jul 2024 – Category:Science fiction shooter video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jul 2024 – Category:Ditherpunk video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Masem (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Jul 2024 – Category:Kingdom Hearts characters (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jul 2024 – Category:Sailing video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jul 2024 – Category:Video games about the military (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AHI-3000 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jul 2024 – Category:Video games about crime (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by AHI-3000 (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jul 2024 – Category:Broken Sword games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
- (7 more...)
Redirects for discussion
- 29 Jul 2024 – Metal Mario (talk · edit · hist) →Mario was RfDed by Mia Mahey (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jul 2024 – స్కైడ్యాన్స్ (talk · edit · hist) →Skydance Media was RfDed by Tavix (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jul 2024 – Aeris dies (talk · edit · hist) →Aerith Gainsborough was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jul 2024 – Biometal,Mega man ZX (talk · edit · hist) →Mega Man ZX was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jul 2024 – Live Metal (talk · edit · hist) →Mega Man ZX was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jul 2024 – Ciel (video game character) (talk · edit · hist) →Mega Man Zero was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jul 2024 – MEga Man X6 (talk · edit · hist) →Mega Man X6 was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Jul 2024 – MOAG (talk · edit · hist) →Multiplayer video game was RfDed by Hyphenation Expert (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jul 2024 – Toad Town (talk · edit · hist) →Mario (franchise) was RfDed by Mia Mahey (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jul 2024 – Girl Toad (talk · edit · hist) →List of Mario franchise characters#Toadette was RfDed by Mia Mahey (t · c); see discussion
- (45 more...)
Featured article candidates
- 24 Jul 2024 – Ada Wong (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Boneless Pizza! (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Jul 2024 – Letterpress (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by TrademarkedTWOrantula (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jun 2024 – Mario Party DS (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by The Green Star Collector (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Jun 2024 – Teardown (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by IceWelder (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 24 Jul 2024 – Microsoft and unions (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Shushugah (t · c); start discussion
- 19 Jul 2024 – Rayman (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by NatwonTSG2 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jul 2024 – Clustertruck (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TrademarkedTWOrantula (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Jul 2024 – Birdo (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Jul 2024 – Geno (Super Mario RPG) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Captain Galaxy (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Jun 2024 – Tina Armstrong (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kung Fu Man (t · c); start discussion
- 26 Jun 2024 – Barry Burton (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Boneless Pizza! (t · c); start discussion
- 25 Jun 2024 – Megamania (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Andrzejbanas (t · c); start discussion
- 25 Jun 2024 – Leifang (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kung Fu Man (t · c); start discussion
- 15 Jun 2024 – Gengar (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pokelego999 (t · c); start discussion
- (10 more...)
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
- 23 Jul 2024 – Guitar Hero (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 15 Jul 2024 – Dr Disrespect (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by 2601AC47 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Jul 2024 – The Sims 4 (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Theknine2 (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Jul 2024 – List of generation IX Pokémon (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Jun 2024 – Undertale (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by LunaEclipse (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 23 Jul 2024 – Toad (Nintendo) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Toad (Mario) by Mia Mahey (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Jul 2024 – Uma Musume Pretty Derby (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Umamusume Pretty Derby by Kanade2611 (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jul 2024 – Blendo Games (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Brendon Chung by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Jul 2024 – List of Mario franchise characters (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to List of Mario characters by Mia Mahey (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jul 2024 – Lin Qi (entrepreneur) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Lin Qi by SmittenGalaxy (t · c) was moved to Lin Qi (businessman) (talk · edit · hist) by Extraordinary Writ (t · c) on 26 Jul 2024; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 16 Jul 2024 – Home video game console generations (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to History of video game consoles by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Jul 2024 – HoYoverse (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to MiHoYo by Awesome Aasim (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jun 2024 – Minecraft – Volume Beta (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Music of Minecraft by NegativeMP1 (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
Articles to be split
- 23 Jul 2024 – Hello Neighbor (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 216.244.74.202 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Jul 2024 – Kantai Collection (TV series) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by EditorGirlAL07 (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Jul 2024 – Empire (1977 video game) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Jun 2024 – Games of the Future (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Ahri.boy (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jun 2024 – List of Mega Man characters (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Anonymy365248 (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
- 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
- 27 Jul 2024 – Draft:Emesis Blue (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Orchastrattor (t · c)
- 25 Jul 2024 – Draft:The Jim and Frank Mysteries (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 162.17.6.249 (t · c)
- 24 Jul 2024 – Draft:List of shoot 'em up games (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Beqwk (t · c)
- 16 Jul 2024 – Draft:Video games in Africa (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Nexger92 (t · c)
- 11 Jul 2024 – Draft:AboFlah (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bebo12321 (t · c)
- 11 Jul 2024 – Draft:Linus Tolke (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 161.52.190.120 (t · c)
- 10 Jul 2024 – Draft:Bernard Chong (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by JSmith8851 (t · c)
- 21 Jun 2024 – Draft:Bendy in Nightmare Run (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by OliDaHoli (t · c)
- 10 Jun 2024 – Draft:Nicholas Boulton (actor) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Quidama (t · c)
- 10 Jun 2024 – Draft:Kamisato Ayaka (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by FanGuy63 (t · c)
- (7 more...)
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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/guidance.
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
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Feedback and questions
[edit]- Having troubles setting up Article alerts? Leave a message on our talk page, and we'll try to help as best we can.
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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