Wikipedia:Article alerts/Subscribing/Content

Basic subscription
All subscriptions are done by placing the ArticleAlertSubscription template on the /Subscription list page.

The basic syntax is: 

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The project field is your project name (without the  prefix). By default, this acts as the banner field (but not if other page sources are specified). The bot will build its page list from the matching talk page banner (and matching deletion sorting page, if it exists) and deliver the report to the default "/Article alert" sub-page for your project. (The project name has to be unique to other projects. This can be a red-link, but a link to a real page is preferred.)

Parameters


Custom subscription
Using any option below will suppress the default banner-based subscription. For example, to only subscribe to deletion sorting, use  but to add deletion sorting on top of the "normal" subscription, use 

Subscribe via a Different Banner


To set a different banner that does not match the project name, use: 

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Place the actual banner name (without Template: prefix) in the banner field.

Subscribe via a Talk page category
To set a page category instead of a banner use: 

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Place the actual category name (without Category: prefix) in the talkcategory field. The talk pages have to be directly inside the category; otherwise read below.

Subscribe via Talk page sub-categories
To use each of the sub-categories of a given category place: 

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Place the actual category name (without Category: prefix) in the talksubcategories field. This is useful for task forces that don't have a banner or a single category for their pages, but do employ the WP:1.0 system. Note that only the pages within the direct child categories will get included, not any deeper (so WikiProject Video games articles would not work).

Subscribe via an Infobox
To additionally add the pages with a certain infobox on them use: 

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Place the actual infobox name (without Template: prefix) in the infobox field. This is a useful option for projects that have a unique infobox for some of their articles, that may be otherwise missed because they hadn't received the project banner.

Subscribe via a Deletion Sorting page
To additionally add the pages listed within a certain deletion sorting page that does noto match the project name: 

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Place the delsort subpage's name (e.g. for WikiProject Deletion sorting/Comics and animation, this is Comics and animation) in the delsort field. Some projects have the standardized delsort pages, where users may manually post relevant articles (that may not be otherwise tagged within project's score). The bot can parse this page for additional entries.

Combinations
You can also use any of the page list sources together: 

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Place the actual locations in the appropriate fields and the bot will build its list from all the sources. You could also leave new ideas for page list sources at the /Feature requests.

Delivery options
There are many customization options for your report. Read below on what custom fields you can use.

Custom delivery location
By default the report will be delivered to the "/Article alerts" subpage of your project. However, you can specify a different delivery location with delivery field. 

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Choosing workflows
By default (almost) all implemented workflows will be included in the report. However, you may wish to exclude some or split alerts into multiple pages, etc. This can be done using workflows field, which allows you to specify a custom list.  ... |workflows = FEAT, !ACR, GOOD, PR ... Replace the values with one or several of these workflows or workflow groups:


 * You can select specific workflow(s), e.g.,, to have only those delivered.
 * You can select group(s) of workflows, e.g.,, to have all workflows in these group(s) delivered.
 * You can exclude certain workflows/groups, e.g.,, to receive all workflows except deletion-related ones or   to receive all quality assessment workflows except Did You Know nominations.
 * Or any other combination from these, remember the general rules:
 * By default all workflows are specified, unless you begin to add custom values
 * Any workflow or group can be either included or excluded
 * Including or excluding "smaller" items takes precedence over "broader" groups, for example, includes all workflows except quality assessment workflows, but includes featured article candidates

Archiving
Closed old entries are automatically archived into the report page's subpages. For example, WikiProject Video games report page /Article alerts has archives at /Article alerts/Archive, /Article alerts/Archive 2, etc. Additional subpages are added as they exceed a certain size.

The default archive time is 7 days. This means that a closed entry will be archived 7 days after it is closed, regardless how long it has been open. This time period can be adjusted by using the optional archivetime parameter with any value between 1 and 365 days.



This may be useful if the report page has a lot of traffic and old entries clog it up. Similarly, a page with little traffic may wish to reflect on their entries for a longer time.

Listing your subscription
Now that you have your subscription template ready, place it in the alphabetical /Subscription list. And you're done – the bot will read the template and deliver the report to the report page automatically at the next run.

You don't need to create the report page yourself. Once the bot creates or makes its first edit to the page, you can add custom content (such as, project specific navigation headers or footers or any other formatting) before and after  tags on the page.

Transcluding reports
To show the report on the project page or sub-page, the alert report page can be transcluded so:. Alternatively, you can use for a 3-column style. You can also place a small info box with. Of course, this is optional and the page can exist as any other sub-page of the project with a direct link to it.