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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 {{no footnotes}} and {{disputed}}, see cleanup listings.

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

Article Alerts was introduced in The Signpost in an article from 23 February 2009. See also a follow up article from 17 July 2023.

Search Article Alerts for specific topics that interest you. If you find one, add it to your watchlist! You can also browse the subscription list.

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

Sample

The table below shows an example of WikiProject Video games article alerts report.

Article alerts

Today's featured articles

08 Nov 2024 – Mario Party DS (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Today's featured article requests

21 Jan 2025 – Ada Wong (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Boneless Pizza! (t · c); see discussion

Did you know

01 Nov 2024 – Bejeweled (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Lazman321 (t · c); see discussion
23 Oct 2024 – Tiny Glade (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by JuniperChill (t · c); see discussion
20 Oct 2024 – Feelie (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Crisco 1492 (t · c); see discussion
18 Oct 2024 – He Fucked the Girl Out of Me (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Iostn (t · c); see discussion
10 Oct 2024 – Last Call BBS (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by CanonNi (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

01 Nov 2024 – Melee weapon (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
01 Nov 2024 – Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Masskito (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
01 Nov 2024 – Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Masskito (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
01 Nov 2024 – Julia Chang (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kung Fu Man (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
31 Oct 2024 – Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
31 Oct 2024 – Araya (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mika1h (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
31 Oct 2024 – Looky (Rainbow Friends) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CFA (t · c); see discussion (11 participants)
30 Oct 2024 – Dreamcutter (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by QuietCicada (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
30 Oct 2024 – Chao (Sonic the Hedgehog) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kung Fu Man (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
30 Oct 2024 – Cory Schmitz (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Acroterion (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)

(15 more...)

Proposed deletions

31 Oct 2024 – Dreamcast homebrew (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Sceeegt (t · c) was deproded by Zxcvbnm (t · c) on 01 Nov 2024
22 Oct 2024 – Tototek (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Imcdc (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

26 Oct 2024 – Category:MultiVersus characters (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by (Oinkers42) (t · c); see discussion
26 Oct 2024 – Category:Vehicle-building video games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
19 Oct 2024 – Category:Online-only games (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c); see discussion
22 Oct 2024 – Category:Professional wrestling games (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
19 Oct 2024 – Category:Video games by narrative genre (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by QuantumFoam66 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Redirects for discussion

02 Nov 2024 – Toady (Nintendo character) (talk · edit · hist) →Yoshi's Island was RfDed by QuicoleJR (t · c); see discussion
01 Nov 2024 – Kylie Koopa (talk · edit · hist) →Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
01 Nov 2024 – List of characters in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (talk · edit · hist) →Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
01 Nov 2024 – Mario &Luigi: SuperStar Saga (talk · edit · hist) →Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
01 Nov 2024 – Belly Blech (talk · edit · hist) →Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga was RfDed by Cogsan (t · c); see discussion
01 Nov 2024 – Pink Yoshi (talk · edit · hist) →Yoshi's Woolly World#Release was RfDed by QuicoleJR (t · c); see discussion
01 Nov 2024 – Shattered Island (Skylanders) (talk · edit · hist) →Skylanders was RfDed by Sonic678 (t · c); see discussion
31 Oct 2024 – Counter strike player models (talk · edit · hist) →Counter-Strike was RfDed by TeapotsOfDoom (t · c); see discussion
31 Oct 2024 – Counter-Strike player models (talk · edit · hist) →Counter-Strike was RfDed by TeapotsOfDoom (t · c); see discussion
31 Oct 2024 – Strogino CS Portal (talk · edit · hist) →Counter-Strike was RfDed by TeapotsOfDoom (t · c); see discussion

(33 more...)

Files for discussion

26 Oct 2024 – File:Scrooge in KH2.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Scrooge McDuck) was FfDed by (Oinkers42) (t · c); see discussion
21 Oct 2024 – File:WS-WiiRemote Example.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Wii Sports) FfDed by JohnCWiesenthal (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Subscribing

All subscriptions are done by placing the {{ArticleAlertSubscription}} template on the /Subscription list. See the /Subscribing page for details/guidance.

News request

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 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.

Feature requests

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

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 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 " 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.)