Wikipedia talk:WikiProject/Hot articles config.json

Instructions for creating a new 'Hot articles' feed on a WikiProject page

In answer to the question (immediately above) on how to set up a simple 'Hot article' feed, here are some basic instructions:

• Go to your WikiProjects's main page (e.g. WP:WikiProject Derbyshire) and create a blank sub-page to receive your project's hot article feed. (a bot will populate it daily, once activated, at around 07:50 UTC) As it's unusual to create and save a blank page, you'll be prompted whether you really want to do this. You do!

Example 1: WP:WikiProject Derbyshire/Hot articles

Example 2: WP:WikiProject Mountains/Hot articles

• Go to User:HotArticlesBot and follow the link in the 'Subscription' section to then go to User:HotArticlesBot/Config.json
• That page shows you all actively subscribed WikiProjects with Hot Article feeds (latest at the bottom), but you cannot edit it yourself as it is a fully protected page. But note the six entries for each Project feed. You will need to modify these for your own Project. These entries are explained in the row labelled 'description' at the top of the table.
• Now go to the Talk page at User_talk:HotArticlesBot/Config.json, click New Topic, and place an 'edit request', using the edit request template ({{edit fully-protected}}. The template should be completed so that it looks as follows: {{edit fully-protected|User:HotArticlesBot/Config.json|answered=no}}

Below the edit request, please your precise text you want adding to the page at User:HotArticlesBot/Config.json. You can use a previous edit request to help you. The text you add might look like this:

   "WikiProject Derbyshire": {
       "Category": "WikiProject Derbyshire articles",
       "Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Derbyshire/Hot articles",
       "Articles": 10,
       "Days": 7,
       "Orange": 5,
       "Red": 10
   },

These settings will give you a table showing 10 articles, the number of days to survey (max 7) for edits made to those articles in that WikiProject's category over the last seven days, and the cut-off point between orange and red background text for the number of edits to include. A popular topic would probably choose a much higher number than a fairly obscure one. You will probably also need to create a new WP:Category for your articles to be put into Category:WikiProject xxxxxxxxx articles where xxxxxxxxx is the name of the relevant Project.

Example 1: Category:WikiProject Derbyshire articles -had to be newly created

Example 2: Category:WikiProject Mountains articles -note that this category previously existed for this Project, yet as at the time of this post, is empty.

It may take a few days for your edit request to be implemented, then a further 24 hours for the bot to populate the 'hot article' page you created.

• To insert that feed on the relevant Wikiproject page, just add the template in an appropriate section, either using its full WP: address or, if it is a sub-page directly under the Project page, use {{/Hot articles}} to insert it. Example 1:

39 edits	John Cotton (minister)
11 edits	Lily Phillips
6 edits	Tess Daly
5 edits	Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
4 edits	Derbyshire County Council
4 edits	Richard Arkwright
4 edits	Biggin (Dovedale and Parwich Ward)
3 edits	Stretton, Derbyshire
3 edits	Glossop
3 edits	Joe Neville

These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last seven days. Last updated 17 June 2025 by HotArticlesBot.

Note that I can't advise on setting up a Hot article feed where one WikiProject is a dependant of another with a shared template - that's beyond me at the present time. But see this thread above for some additional information on that]. Nick Moyes (talk) 18:38, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for this, Nick Moyes -- Silly question, does the bot populate the category for all the WP articles, or do you have to do this yourself somehow? Thanks, Espresso Addict (talk) 11:05, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Protected edit request 15 April 2024

Please add the following:

  "WikiProject Scientology": {
      "Category": "WikiProject Scientology articles",
      "Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Scientology/Hot articles",
      "Articles": 10,
      "Days": 7,
      "Orange": 5,
      "Red": 10
  },

  ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 08:21, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done Happy‑melon 12:52, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request 7 August 2024

Hi, I would really appreciate if someone could activate the Arsenal F.C. task force hot articles:

  "Arsenal F.C. task force": {
      "Category": "Arsenal F.C. task force articles",
      "Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Arsenal F.C. task force/Hot articles",
      "Articles": 10,
      "Days": 7,
      "Orange": 5,
      "Red": 15
  },

Thanks in advance. Idiosincrático (talk) 15:38, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:22, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request 18 August 2024

Please subscribe WikiProject Numbers with the following parameters:

"WikiProject Numbers": {
         "Category": "WikiProject Numbers articles",
         "Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Numbers/Hot articles",
         "Articles": 8, 
         "Days": 7, 
         "Orange": 5, 
         "Red": 10
},

Thanks Polyamorph (talk) 09:30, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:07, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Unsubscribe Louisville and Kentucky projects

Per previous discussion with developers, I have developed a replacement using {{Database report}} for the subject projects (viewable on their front pages), so I'd like to request they be unsubscribed to save on system resources. Thank you for all the effort put into this great tool over the years! Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 22:22, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:59, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 27 August 2024

change

	"WikiProject Yemen": {
		"Category": "WikiProject Yemen articles",
		"Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Yemen/Hot articles",
		"Articles": 10,
		"Days": 7,
		"Orange": 5,
		"Red": 10
	},
   

to

	"WikiProject Yemen": {
		"Category": "WikiProject Yemen articles",
		"Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Yemen/Hot articles",
		"Articles": 20,
		"Days": 7,
		"Orange": 10,
		"Red": 30
	}, 

Abo Yemen✉ 11:01, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

@Pppery Abo Yemen✉ 15:49, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm no longer an admin so can't handle this. Another admin will see it in due time. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:50, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

oh, sorry for the ping then Abo Yemen✉ 15:58, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done Izno (talk) 23:43, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

@Iznocan you change the page from Wikipedia:WikiProject Yemen to Wikipedia:WikiProject Yemen/Tasks please as the bot hasn't updated the article list since 28 sept Abo Yemen✉ 10:28, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

I don't know what you're asking. Please post a full change request with X to Y.

Changing the only literal instance of "WikiProject Yemen" will not work the way you want. Izno (talk) 17:13, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Oh I meant

change:-

"Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Yemen/Hot articles"

to:-

"Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Yemen/Tasks/Hot articles" Abo Yemen✉ 17:21, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

This is doable, yes. One minute. Izno (talk) 18:17, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

@Izno the bot hasn't updated for months now. Any idea on how to fix it? Abo Yemen✉ 07:16, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

@Abo Yemen, I do not know why the bot is skipping your page. You will need to contact @SD0001 probably to review whether the configuration is wrong or there is some other issue. Izno (talk) 07:19, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 15 September 2024

Please add into the JSON file. @User:Happy-melon @User:Nick Moyes if you could help pl.

	"WikiProject Pakistan": {
		"Category": "WikiProject Pakistan articles",
		"Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Pakistan/Hot articles",
		"Articles": 10,
		"Days": 7,
		"Orange": 5,
		"Red": 15
	},

Wikibear47 (talk) 17:22, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

 Done Izno (talk) 23:44, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 1 October 2024

Please add into the JSON file.

	"WikiProject Paraguay": {
		"Category": "WikiProject Paraguay articles",
		"Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Paraguay/Hot articles",
		"Articles": 10,
		"Days": 7,
		"Orange": 5,
		"Red": 15
	},

Coeusin (talk) 15:41, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

@Coeusin:  Done --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 16:00, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

@Ahecht, I'm sorry, I feel like I made a mistake. I think the category should just be "Paraguay articles" instead. Could you change this? Coeusin (talk) 05:10, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

@Coeusin Honestly, I think it would be better to move Category:Paraguay articles to Category:WikiProject Paraguay articles for consistency. I have submitted a move request at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy#Current requests, and can update {{WikiProject Paraguay}} once the move is complete. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 14:23, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Sounds great. Many thanks. Coeusin (talk) 15:26, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

It worked, thanks! Coeusin (talk) 18:58, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 14 October 2024

Please add into the JSON file.

	"Wikipedia:WikiProject Housing and Tenant Rights": {
		"Category": "WikiProject Housing and Tenant Rights articles",
		"Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Housing and Tenant Rights/Hot articles",
		"Articles": 10,
		"Days": 7,
		"Orange": 3,
		"Red": 7
	},

LoomCreek (talk) 17:52, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

@LoomCreek: did you mean:

 	"Wikipedia:WikiProject Housing and Tenant Rights": {
 		"Category": "WikiProject Housing and Tenant Rights articles",
 		"Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Housing and Tenant Rights/Hot articles",
 		"Articles": 10,
 		"Days": 7,
 		"Orange": 3,
 		"Red": 7
 	},

I think you misspelled "Rights" in the page and left "WikiProject" off of the category. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 17:24, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Yes, sorry about that. thanks for the help (also I fixed it just now, just cause)-LoomCreek (talk) 17:27, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

@LoomCreek:  Done --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:10, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

thank u! -LoomCreek (talk) 18:33, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

WikiProject Numbers

Please change the "orange" and "red" fields of wikiproject numbers entry to "Orange": 15, and "Red": 25. Leave all other fields unchanged. Thanks Polyamorph (talk) 09:42, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Huh, that page does not exist + Could you explain what issues having non-capitalized field names might be causing ? Sohom (talk) 15:23, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

You've misunderstood the request - it was asking to change the values, not the capitalization. And  Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:04, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 24 December 2024

Please add WP:NHL to the JSON file:

	"WikiProject Ice Hockey": {
		"Category": "WikiProject Ice Hockey articles",
		"Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Hot articles",
		"Articles": 10,
		"Days": 7,
		"Orange": 5,
		"Red": 10
	},

The Kip ^(contribs) 08:50, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:07, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

@Pppery Been over 24 hours since I created Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Hot articles and it doesn't appear to have populated. The Kip ^(contribs) 19:47, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Probably because Category:WikiProject Ice Hockey articles has no pages directly in it. Compare with the request above for Category:WikiProject Housing and Tenant Rights articles. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:48, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

@Pppery Oh boy - looks like I've got some work ahead of me, lol. Thanks for the clarification! The Kip ^(contribs) 20:09, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

@Pppery Thanks to other users in the project, a substantial amount of articles have been tagged. I may have underestimated the activity of the project, though - any chance you could change "Orange" to 10 and "Red" to 20? The Kip ^(contribs) 18:03, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Done. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:56, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

WikiProject Minnesota

   "WikiProject Minnesota": {
      "Category": "WikiProject Minnesota articles",
      "Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Minnesota/Hot articles",
      "Articles": 10,
      "Days": 7,
      "Orange": 5,
      "Red": 10
  },

Please add the above. gobonobo ^{+ c} 02:00, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

 Done. Primefac (talk) 12:57, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

WikiProject Kylie Minogue

   "WikiProject Kylie Minogue": {
      "Category": "WikiProject Kylie Minogue articles",
      "Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Kylie Minogue/Hot articles",
      "Articles": 10,
      "Days": 7,
      "Orange": 5,
      "Red": 10
  },

Please add the above. Many thanks for considering my request. Damian Vo (talk) 17:05, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 20:58, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 15 April 2025

}, "WikiProject South Dakota": { "Category": "WikiProject South Dakota articles", "Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject South Dakota/Hot articles", "Articles": 10, "Days": 7, "Orange": 3, "Red": 7 Mjquinn_id (talk) 20:16, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:16, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

WikiProject Madagascar

"WikiProject Madagascar": {
"Category": "WikiProject Madagascar articles",
"Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Madagascar/Hot articles",
"Articles": 10,
"Days": 7,
"Orange": 5,
"Red": 10
},

Many thanks! ꧁Zanahary꧂ 04:38, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:16, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 11 June 2025

Please change

  "WikiProject Yemen": {
      "Category": "WikiProject Yemen articles",
      "Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Yemen/Tasks/Hot articles",
      "Articles": 20,
      "Days": 7,
      "Orange": 10,
      "Red": 30
  },

to:

  "WikiProject Yemen": {
      "Category": "WikiProject Yemen articles",
      "Page": "Wikipedia:WikiProject Yemen/Tasks/Hot articles",
      "Articles": 10,
      "Days": 7,
      "Orange": 10,
      "Red": 30
  },

The "Articles" value only accepts numbers from 5–10, and as far as I can tell this is the only value which violates this. I'm pretty sure this is what probably caused the bot to stop refreshing the Yemen page since September. Hsnkn (talk) 00:17, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

@Abo Yemen Just looked at your previous edit request last August. You think this could be the issue? Hsnkn (talk) 00:20, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

oh damn that might actually be it 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 06:40, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 12:52, 11 June 2025 (UTC)