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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
– 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
Samples
The table below shows an example of WikiProject Video games article alerts report.
Did you know
- 27 Aug 2021 – Marvel's Midnight Suns (talk · · hist) was nominated for DYK by SoWhy (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 24 Aug 2021 – Ivy Road (talk · · hist) was AfDed by HighKing (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 23 Aug 2021 – Confounding Factor (talk · · hist) was AfDed by HighKing (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 22 Aug 2021 – Naraka: Bladepoint (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Robert McClenon (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 21 Aug 2021 – Alberto Alcázar (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Spiderone (t · c); see discussion (10 participants)
- 18 Aug 2021 – List of Apple Arcade games (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Theknine2 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 18 Aug 2021 – Stephen A. Chang (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
- 11 Aug 2021 – The Spiffing Brit (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
- 07 Aug 2021 – Towdie (talk · · hist) was AfDed by MrMajors (t · c); see discussion (12 participants; relisted)
- 29 Jul 2021 – IndieGala (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Iamrajdeepdas (t · c); see discussion (15 participants; relisted)
- 20 Aug 2021 – Meggan Scavio (talk · · hist) AfDed by Ferkingstad (t · c) was closed as keep by Eostrix (t · c) on 22 Aug 2021; see discussion (8 participants)
- (8 more...)
Proposed deletions
- 28 Aug 2021 – Fear & Hunger (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Premeditated Chaos (t · c): concern
- 27 Aug 2021 – James Portnow (talk · · hist) was PRODed by MrsSnoozyTurtle (t · c): concern
- 27 Aug 2021 – Alliance: The Silent War (talk · · hist) was PRODed by Jovanmilic97 (t · c): concern
- 26 Aug 2021 – Big Viking Games (talk · · hist) was PRODed by David Gerard (t · c): concern
- 17 Aug 2021 – Mortimer Beckett (talk · · hist) PRODed by WhoAteMyButter (t · c) and endorsed by MuZemike (t · c) on 17 Aug 2021 was deproded by Jumpytoo (t · c) on 22 Aug 2021
Categories for discussion
- 25 Aug 2021 – Category:Video games based on films based on video games (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Nohomersryan (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Aug 2021 – Category:Robots in fiction (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Aug 2021 – Category:Darkness in fiction (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 18 Aug 2021 – Bbbp (talk · · hist) →Boom Blox Bash Party was RfDed by AllegedlyHuman (t · c); see discussion
Miscellany for deletion
- 27 Aug 2021 – Draft:Wii Sports + Wii Sports Resort (talk · · hist) was MfDed by Hallowizer (t · c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 03 Aug 2021 – Star Control 3 (talk · · hist) was FA nominated by Shooterwalker (t · c); see discussion
Featured list candidates
- 11 Jun 2021 – List of League of Legends media (talk · · hist) was FL nominated by Gultejp (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 25 Aug 2021 – Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Lee Vilenski (t · c); start
- 25 Aug 2021 – Return of the Obra Dinn (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Lee Vilenski (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Aug 2021 – Rings of Power (video game) (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Cat's Tuxedo (t · c); start
- 24 Aug 2021 – Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Lee Vilenski (t · c); start
- 22 Aug 2021 – George Fan (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Lazman321 (t · c); start
- 21 Aug 2021 – Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Lee Vilenski (t · c); start
- 21 Aug 2021 – Dejarik (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Piotrus (t · c); start
- 15 Aug 2021 – Mass Effect Legendary Edition (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Ktmartell (t · c); start
- 14 Aug 2021 – Shadow Hearts (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by ProtoDrake (t · c); start
- 13 Aug 2021 – Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Cat's Tuxedo (t · c); start
- (5 more...)
Featured article reviews
- 26 Jun 2021 – Shadow of the Colossus (talk · · hist) was put up for FA review by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 29 Jul 2021 – Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Kettleonwater (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jul 2021 – Descent (unreleased video game) (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by FreeMediaKid! (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Jun 2021 – Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Tsubasa oribe (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Apr 2021 – Crash Bandicoot (video game) (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by Cat's Tuxedo (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 23 Aug 2021 – Game developer (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Game Developer by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Aug 2021 – Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Street Fighter II Turbo by Oknazevad (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Aug 2021 – Gamergate (disambiguation) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved somewhere else by King of Hearts (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Aug 2021 – Gamergate (harassment campaign) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved somewhere else by King of Hearts (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Aug 2021 – Killzone Shadow Fall (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Killzone: Shadow Fall by FMSky (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Jul 2021 – Jordan Maron (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to CaptainSparklez by L33tm4n (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Aug 2021 – Mod (video games) (talk · · hist) move request to Video game modding by Zxcvbnm (t · c) was moved to Video game modding (talk · · hist) by Shibbolethink (t · c) on 22 Aug 2021; see discussion
- 16 Aug 2021 – Cross-platform play (talk · · hist) move request to Crossplay by Zxcvbnm (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
- 16 Aug 2021 – Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clone (talk · · hist) move request to Famiclone by Vipzerix (t · c) was closed to Famiclone (talk · · hist) by 2pou (t · c) on 23 Aug 2021; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 25 Aug 2021 – Clue: Master Detective (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Virgin Mastertronic by Sergecross73 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Aug 2021 – The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures by Cyberlink420 (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Aug 2021 – The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve by Cyberlink420 (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Aug 2021 – Trumptendo (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Donald Trump in popular culture by (Oinkers42) (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2021 – Xbox network (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Xbox_system_software#Xbox 360 software by Zero Serenity (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jun 2021 – Atari 800 (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Atari 8-bit family by Dgpop (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Jun 2021 – Uplift Games (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Adopt Me! by Vanilla Wizard (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Apr 2021 – List of multiplayer browser games (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to List of browser games by Pmffl (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Apr 2021 – Tweenies: Doodles' Bones (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Tweenies by Dominicmgm (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Apr 2021 – Tweenies: Game Time (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Tweenies by Dominicmgm (t · c); see discussion
- (9 more...)
Articles to be split
- 26 Aug 2021 – Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Eldomtom2 (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Aug 2021 – Marvel's Avengers (video game) (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Haleth (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Aug 2021 – ScummVM (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Thumperward (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jul 2021 – Gummibär (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Manchesterunited1234 (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jul 2021 – Road Rash (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Longplay Watcher (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Jun 2021 – Mario (franchise) (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Longplay Watcher (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jun 2021 – Lego Creator (video game) (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Longplay Watcher (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jun 2021 – WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Longplay Watcher (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jun 2021 – Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Longplay Watcher (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jun 2021 – List of Mario role-playing games (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Longplay Watcher (t · c); see discussion
- (16 more...)
Articles for creation
- 14 Aug 2021 – Draft:Mev Dinc (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Rainbouw19 (t · c)
- 13 Aug 2021 – Draft:Eku Wand (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Consiliera (t · c)
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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.
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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 "
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- 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
- CleanupWorklistBot
- InceptionBot
- This page as it looked for old bot