This is a recently created portal. I would love to hear any suggestions any users might have for this portal. ĤĶ51→Łalk 16:33, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Nice going for a new portal, comments:
- The image on the top of the portal is disturbing and isn't very useful, remove it or add a smaller image to the introduction.
- The size of the introduction should generally be expanded per WP:LEAD and other portals.
- News section:
- Lacks proper dates, or at least the days of the events.
- References should either be the name of the reporting website itself (first-hand) or "Read more..."
- First entry of the section lacks a reference.
- It's preferable that the portal's subject will not appear in the section titles to avoid repetition, please rename the section to "News".
- "Article of the month", "AC/DC news", "Selected picture", "Quotes", "Selected biography", and "Did you know..." sections lack both archive and nomination systems. Also, randomized display > display per date. Take a look at our featured portals.
- DYK section:
- All entries should start with "...that".
- The main article in each entry should be bolded.
- The image doesn't have much of a purpose, get rid of it and place a freely-licensed image relating to one of the entries instead. Same for the "Selected biography", "Quotes", and "News" sections.
- Done. ĤĶ51→Łalk
- The image on the DYK section is still irrelevant. It has to be the main subject itself (e.g. an entry about a building would have the build has a picture with a (pictured) next to the article link). Also, image thumbnails should not be included in portals. Michaelas10 (Talk) 13:06, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, I removed all of the irrelevant images, and removed the thumbnails from the ones that were kept. I can't find free images that suit the DYK and other sections however. ĤĶ51→Łalk
- Done. ĤĶ51→Łalk
- Categories shouldn't have "Category:" before them.
- "Topics" > "Main topics"/"Major topics".
- "Associated Wikimedia" section has unnecessary space between the entries name and explanation. Some of the entries don't exist. (Fixed. ĤĶ51→Łalk) Michaelas10 (Talk) 16:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for the comments, I'm getting to work on your points. A few things though: For the reference for the first entry in the News section: It's the anniversary of a death, so there's not really a source I can give other than his gravestone, which can be seen here: Image:Bon Scott.jpg. And could you explain what you mean by the second from last bullet point? Thanks. ĤĶ51→Łalk 19:39, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Anniversaries aren't news, so I suppose it can be split to a new section. As for the suggestion, an article is a topic himself and you at least need to explain that you're refering to the "main" or "major" ones by renaming the section. Michaelas10 (Talk) 13:11, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, I've removed the "Bon Scott 27th anniversary" mention from the news section, and I've also replaced what was listed in the "Topics" section with more general topics and renamed it "Main topics". I'll get to work on the archive and nomination system later, but any further comments so far? ĤĶ51→Łalk 17:55, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- I've
ripped offcreated quite a basic article nomination/archival system. You may take a look here for a more advanced example. Michaelas10 (Talk) 19:13, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- I've
- Cool, and would a more advanced system be needed for the Portal to reach Featured status? ĤĶ51→Łalk 22:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- No, but it's a big plus. Also note that many other sections still require these systems. Michaelas10 (Talk) 13:37, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
- Cool, and would a more advanced system be needed for the Portal to reach Featured status? ĤĶ51→Łalk 22:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delay, but archive and nomination systems have now been created for all relevant sections. Is there anything further which might inhibit the portal reaching featured status? ĤĶ51→Łalk 23:18, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, there is a need in more selected content (at least 10 for each section, preferably). You have created the portal, meaning you're able to add content without using the nominations system. Also note my answer above regarding the news section. Suggestions:
- Remove the "Associated Wikimedia" section as one link isn't enough to uphold it.
- Expand "Things you can do", there are plenty of album articles to cleanup.
- "Wikipedians who listen to AC/DC" isn't an encyclopedic category. Michaelas10 (Talk) 08:36, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, there is a need in more selected content (at least 10 for each section, preferably). You have created the portal, meaning you're able to add content without using the nominations system. Also note my answer above regarding the news section. Suggestions:
- Sorry for the delay, but archive and nomination systems have now been created for all relevant sections. Is there anything further which might inhibit the portal reaching featured status? ĤĶ51→Łalk 23:18, 10 March 2007 (UTC)