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Initially, I wasn't really a big fan of the Wikipedia portal concept. But since there already was a Poland portal, completely defunct, I thought I might try to revamp it. It turned out to be quite fun, actually. I learned some new things about my own country in the process, and even more about Poland's coverage in Wikipedia. It helped me notice a systemic bias caused by geographic origin and personal interests of the most prolific Polish contributors. Apparently, most are history buffs from either Silesia or Lesser Poland, which would explain why virtually all quality Poland-related articles are about history; and why there's a geographic bias towards southern parts of the country.

Anyway, I tried to do my best, starting on 1 May. There are now four sections with fully randomized content: 21 GA or better historical articles, 10 GA+ biographies, 11 selected locations and 34 QI+ pictures. Additionally, a DYK sections with five most interesting Poland-related hooks selected monthly from the Main Page DYK; and "Poland now" highliting recent, on-going and/or scheduled events and holidays.

So far, I've been almost alone working on this, so any comments or suggestions are welcome. — Kpalion(talk) 08:57, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can add some B-class articles to selected locations if you wish, as long as they are in good quality. I don't mind seeing an occasional B-class articles if they are important. Article quality may not accurately reflect its importance. OhanaUnitedTalk page 04:52, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't really understand what you mean because almost all of the selected locations are C-class. We currently have no geographic Poland-related articles of higher quality, so C-class are as good as you can get. Perhaps you meant selected bio, where almost articles are GA or better? As of now, we don't have any more Polish biographies that are GA or better, so including B-class articles would indeed be the only way to expand this section. We've alreay made one exception for John Paul II – a B-class article, but good and important enough to be included. Is that what you are suggesting? — Kpalion(talk) 15:09, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm hoping to take this to P:FP soon, and I'd like a thorough peer review to ensure its pass. Thanks! :) —La Pianista (TC) 04:36, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's better not to use the thumbnail marking for pictures, see Portal:Fish for presenting Selected pictures. feydey (talk) 19:19, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by Jh12

Hi all. I've been working on Portal:Free software (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs), sporadically, for some time now, with Featured portal status as the ultimate aim. I solicit input with a view to filing a FPO nomination after all issues have been resolved. What issues, if any, would result in a nomination failing if it was filed with the portal as it currently stands?

Thanks for all input, —AGK 12:28, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, just took a quick skim over it. The page format looks good, very well structured. The OS section looks a little disorganised to me. And maybe try another color. Everyone is using blue. Uniqueness counts if your going for featured.Drew Smith What I've done 14:18, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your input, Drew; I'll take steps to implement your suggestions. AGK 16:07, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Please refrain from using monthly-update format as we'll be slowly phrasing it out. We are having problems with people maintaining it each page. Instead, people select about 20 articles and it will be displayed randomly. Maintainers only need to update it every few months yet the portal remains stable. In short, change it from monthly to the archives format. OhanaUnitedTalk page 04:26, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've been making this portal for a while and hopefully I made it easier to maintain than other portals. It includes selected pics, selected articles, selected species (with IUCN status!), DYKs, news, projects, categories, and other basic portal items. Nomination procedures seem easy to do, IMO but I can take any suggestions. ZooFari 23:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]