Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:California

The following is an archived discussion of a featured portal candidate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the portal's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured portal candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The portal was promoted by User:Giggy 22:21, 24 July 2008 [1].

Portal:California

Here goes with my fifth featured portal nomination. This portal currently has 20 selected articles, 20 selected biographies, all of which are of B-class status or higher (I'm sure all are GAs, but wouldn't like to confirm it); 16 selected pictures, 16 Did you Know? entries, each displaying three at a time; 20 selected quotes and 10 panoramic pictures. Alongside all of these things, it has the regular stuff such as a Topics section, In the news (which is updated manually by Wikinews Importer Bot). That is all there is to say, really. I'll address any issues that crop up as best I can. Qst (talk) 19:14, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No need to be scared, folks; I don't bite... :-) Qst (talk) 10:28, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

*Grabs Qst and bite it into pieces* Have you considered adding A-class articles to the "Quality content" section or into the rotation? A-class is, at least, better than B-class. How about adding a picture of a Oakland Raider player as the picture for the article? I would suggest you to use Image:Mayor of Oakland Jerry Brown.jpg instead of the comical picture to illustrate Jerry Brown. And I think this panorama looks very choppy and doesn't really qualify as best works of Wikipedia. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 17:34, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll start work soon, but the panoramic image which you mentioned is meant to be choppy, although I will change it if you still want me too. Qst (talk) 20:40, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Maxim

Okay, all done. The Jerry Brown article has been replaced, and I've added a different panoramic image. Qst (talk) 14:00, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- Darrell Steinberg is on the short side; find a a more complete article, I don't think it should be difficult.
- Jerry Brown has referencing issues; not the best article to put in a showcase
- ~~I suggest using (more...) to link to the article featured instead of bolding and linking the title~~ I missed the read more in the bottom right corner.
- Coachella Valley has cleanup and citation needed tags. Needs replacing.
- Disneyland Railroad looks good, but its trivia section needs cleanup. Either clean the trivia section up or replace it.
Otherwise, this looks very, very good. Maxim_(talk) 13:19, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All in a days work. I'll get to work on these points shortly. Qst (talk) 20:40, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, all replaced. Thanks for your input. Qst (talk) 13:51, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Would not the picture selection be up to the same amount as in the other sub-sections? I've purged the content about ten times and some pictures stayed up for at most four occasions. Rudget (logs) 16:02, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I'll try to get a few more, but even if you had 100 pictures, you could purge it a hundred times and still get the same 4 pictures up, technically. Qst (talk) 13:27, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - I'll wait for your input before adding anymore. Qst (talk) 13:59, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Much better. Rotation is now much more swift. Rudget (logs) 18:54, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support—Maxim_(talk) 17:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Very nicely done. Cirt (talk) 20:17, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Meets all criteria. However, the Related Wikiprojects box sticks out, due to its size and placement, ut I don't like that. However, this doesn't affect my vote. TALKIN PIE EATER REVIEW ME 01:24, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for the support (Cirt included). I'll see what I can do regarding the Related WikiProjects box. Best, Qst (talk) 11:26, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - If you purge the content, sometimes the box barely sticks out at all, and other times, it sticks out quite far. It depends on the content shown when viewing. Qst (talk) 21:40, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Looks good. Just a quick comment; you might want to include 1939 California tropical storm as a selected article. Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 16:52, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks, I'll add it in shortly. Qst (talk) 18:22, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Promoted. —Giggy 22:21, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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