Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Amusement parks

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Portal:Amusement parks

Has just been through the peer review process and has had a lot of work done on including randomised content. Many thanks for your time in advance, Seaserpent⁸⁵ 23:16, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

In portal peer review, Cirt was right. It's strongly recommended to have at least 10 items in each section. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 00:17, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Yep, I'm getting that sorted ASAP, hadn't expected such a swift reply! :) Seaserpent⁸⁵ 00:34, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done Seaserpent⁸⁵ 00:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• If you started a Featured Portal Candidate discussion, you should archive the Peer Review. Cirt (talk) 05:48, 20 December 2007 (UTC).

 Done Seaserpent⁸⁵ 00:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• • Also, others should check out Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Amusement parks/archive1. Cirt (talk) 05:49, 20 December 2007 (UTC).

The portal needs some corrections:

• Introduction section should have some more lines. Avoid redirect links as much as possible, like INDIA, ASIA, Amusement parks, Rides, etc.

 Done Some of those were from vandalism and have been reverted back. Seaserpent⁸⁵ 00:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Main topics section needs to be broadened. - Shyam ^(T/C) 05:36, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

 Done Seaserpent⁸⁵ 13:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

• Things You can do is missing. Shyam ^(T/C) 11:31, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done Seaserpent⁸⁵ 00:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Comment: A few suggestions —

• In the introduction, Learn more... → Read more...
  •  Done
• As pointed out by Cirt, more items are needed in each section.
  •  Done Seaserpent⁸⁵ 00:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
• An Associated Wikimedia box is needed (example).
  •  Not done I don't see the benefit in linking to numerous non-existing pages on other wikis.
• Show new selections is almost blending in with the background. Perhaps you could change the color of Show new selections to white? Regards, [sd] 12:32, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

•  Not done Purely as I'm not sure how to change the colour of an external link. Seaserpent⁸⁵ 14:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

• Y Done — [sd] 14:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for that, it was driving me crazy! Seaserpent⁸⁵ 00:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Comment: A few more suggestions —

• Things you can do: Although it has tasks from the Roller coasters WikiProject, it would also be appropriate to add tasks from the Amusement parks WikiProject.

 Not done At present there isn't a to do list on the amusement park project.

• News: Amusement park news (which might sound repetitive) could be changed to News, Current news, or Recent news.

 Done Seaserpent⁸⁵ 20:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

• DYK:

• For uniformity, More... → Read more...

 Done Seaserpent⁸⁵ 20:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

• More DYK items are needed (around 12–15 would be nice).

 Doing... Will be adding these as I find them. Seaserpent⁸⁵ 20:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

 Done 12 up there now, fully randomised too. Seaserpent⁸⁵ 16:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for keeping up with my suggestions! Cheers, [sd] 05:03, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Comment: If possible, an update to the news section would be good. [sd] 13:56, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

 Done Seaserpent⁸⁵ 15:40, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! A few finishing touches—

• Here are some things you can do to help the Roller Coaster WikiProject. could be changed to From the Roller Coaster WikiProject:.
• The Main topics section should be moved to the right columns to balance out the columns. Struck out by [sd] on 00:08, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
• For uniformity with the other sections, An amusement park is → An amusement park is.
• Like the to do and news sections, creative icons would look good in the DYK (example image), topics, and categories sections. Great work! [sd] 03:24, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
• Another paragraph would be nice in the introduction. The featured Numismatics Portal has a nice introduction length of three paragraphs. Cheers, [sd] 12:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

All  Done with the exception of moving the main topics section - from my setup, on average the columns are of comparable length? Can anyone else confirm if there's an issue here? Thanks for all the suggestions, sd! Seaserpent⁸⁵ 14:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

← Never mind—you're right. Oh, and Shyam ^(T/C) suggested above that "Main topics section needs to be broadened." Happy editing, [sd] 00:08, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

 Done Seaserpent⁸⁵ 13:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Comment

Missing section: The portal is missing an Associated Wikimedia section. Cirt (talk) 08:38, 15 January 2008 (UTC).

It was suggested above, and the nominator replied, "I don't see the benefit in linking to numerous non-existing pages on other wikis." Cheers, [sd] 11:43, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Hrm, really? Nothing even relevant on any other project? Not even worthy of linking through the Special:Search function? Cirt (talk) 10:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC).

The only other projects that contain anything are the commons and wiktionary, not exactly worthy of their own section, surely? Seaserpent⁸⁵ 13:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

If Commons and Wiktionary have relevant connections, of course its worthy of an Associated Wikimedia section. Cirt (talk) 06:48, 18 January 2008 (UTC).

 Done Seaserpent⁸⁵ 10:41, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

• Support: Great work with the portal! Cheers, [sd] 13:47, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Promoted. This discussion has been live for over a month, with all qualms put to bed and a general consensus for promotion. Congratulations!
– Anthøny 17:29, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

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