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 | Article Alerts was introduced inThe Signpost in an article from23 February 2009. See also a follow up article from17 July 2023. |
| SearchArticle Alerts for specific topics that interest you. If you find one,add it to your watchlist! You can also browse thesubscription list. |
Article Alerts is anautomated 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 asArticles for Deletion,Requests for Comments,Peer Review, and many more).
FirstAAlertBot browsesall 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 calledArticle Alerts for that particular WikiProject or Taskforce. (An example of such a report can be foundhere.) 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 torequest for a bot to place your WikiProject/Taskforce's banner on articles from relevantcategories, so AAlertBot covers more articles. (See alsoTips and Tricks.)
Originally, the Article Alerts relied onArticleAlertbot (coded and updated byB. Wolterding, operated byLegoktm) from September 2008 to April 2010 (seebot approval). Following several months of downtime, a new botAAlertBot was developed (coded, maintained, and operated byHellknowz, and co-operated byHeadbomb) from December 2010 onwards (seebot approval).
Report issues and problems with the Article Alerts reports on thebug reports page. Requests for new features should be made at thefeature requests page.
– 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/NewsThe table below shows an example ofWikiProject Video games article alerts report.
Today's featured articles
Did you know
Articles for deletion
Templates for discussion
Redirects for discussion
Files for discussion
Featured article candidates
Good article nominees
Featured article reviews
Good article reassessments
Requests for comments
Peer reviews
Requested moves
Articles to be merged
Articles to be split
Articles for creation
RSS Atom) ·FindArticle Alerts for other topics!All subscriptions are done by placing the{{ArticleAlertSubscription}} template on the/Subscription list. See the/Subscribing page for details/guidance.
Note: the news requests are not currently implemented.RSSAtom" in your toolbox located on the left of the page.
