Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Basque/archive1
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I'd like to bring this one to featured, so I'd much appreciate comments and suggestions for improvement. Thank you.--Húsönd 18:49, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Húsönd. I'll add a few tips here and there and/or help make minor adjustments. Rfrisbietalk 19:23, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
- Set up a complete system for rotated content sections that includes:
- an automated rotation system (scheduled or random)
- archives (as well as the nomination process)
- at least ten items per section
- photo credits & captions (no "thumbs")
- Nice work so far Húsönd! In addition to the comments by Rfrisbie, I also have a few styling concerns:
- Please remove the excessive capital text from the intro, it makes it difficult to read for some people.
- Remove image frame from the "Selected article" section.
- Avoid repetition of the portal's name: "Basque news" > "News". "Basque topics" > "Topics".
- In the "Categories" section Category:Basque has 13 subcategories, please list them all.
- Shorten: "Choose the next selected ..." > "Nominations"/"Nominate".
- A picture of Miguel de Unamuno at the quotes section?
- "Related portals" isn't complete, it lacks more general things like the geography portal. Same for the "WikiProjects" section, maybe include WikiProject Ethnic groups?
- "Things you can do" needs expansion.
- Format "Basque topics" section correctly using bullets.
- "Selected picture" needs one paragraph, I suggest adding what's already written in Sare to it and then explain what's in it. Michaelas10 (Talk) 19:59, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
- Hey, thanks for all the suggestions. I'll start working on them right away.--Húsönd 21:57, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
- In addition to Rfrisbie and Michaelas10's comments, maybe you could include the topics and categories in the columns. —sd31415 (sign here) 00:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- 1st progress report on changes:
- as proposed by Rfrisbie:
Reform of the rotating system has been proposed and is awaiting feedback.
Archives now created for selected articles, pics, biographies.
The ten items will take some time I guess. :-)
Please exemplify with a pic from another portal with photo credits so that I may use it as reference.
- as proposed by Michaelas10:
Excessive capital text removed from the intro.
I'm reluctant about removing the image from the selected article section. Any particular reason/rule for that? In my opinion, that section looks much better with a picture."Frame", duh. Got it.Repetition of the portal's name removed.
All subcategories now listed.
"Choose the next selected..." shortened as suggested.
Quotes section now displays a picture.
Unsure about adding the Portal:Geography to the related portals section. Portals of other nations aren't displaying it, and the Basque Country is more of a historic, ethnic region than a simply geographic one.
WikiProject Ethnic groups added, still looking for further related WikiProjects to add.
I need suggestions for additions to "Things you can do". Or maybe I'll just transclude this from WikiProject Basque.
- Just transclude Wikipedia:WikiProject Basque/to do. Rfrisbietalk 02:07, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Basque topics are now bulleted.
The selected pictures already contain a brief description, do they really require a paragraph? In the particular case of Sare it would be ok as the article is a brief sentence itself, but what about the proposed image Image:SunsetinBiarritz.JPG? Could it have more than a short statement saying something like "a sunset in Biarritz"?
- The trend is moving toward using the Picture of the day style of narrative, rather than just a short caption. Rfrisbietalk 02:07, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- as proposed by Sd31415:
- as proposed by Rfrisbie:
- Once again thank you all for your valued feedback. Further comments/suggestions are most welcome.--Húsönd 00:48, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- Use full-size section footer text and balance left- and right-justified entries, using consistent placements for each type. Rfrisbietalk 02:12, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- Adjust "Related portals" for 800X600 displays. Check for any other 800X600 display problems from archived items, usually caused by oversized images. Rfrisbietalk 02:27, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Some more points to consider
[edit]- Portal lacks of main article Basque. Is it possible to move Basque to Basque (disambiguation) and Basque Country (historical territory) to Basque? If yes, then rewite the Intro section.
- Do not use image thumb in the Selected article section.
- Refernce all the news in the concerned section. Add archive link to it as well.
- Consider summarizing the texts included in selected article section. Add archive link as well.
- Mention image credit in Selected picture section.
- Add archive link to DYK section.
- Expand Topics section.
- Expand Thins you can do section.
- Except Wiktionary, all other Associated Wikimedia do not exist, please link them properly or do not consider having this section.
- Do not use image thumb in Quotes section. Consider shortening the external link as well. Shyam (T/C) 16:48, 3 January 2007 (UTC)