Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Iceland

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Portal:Iceland

Greetings, portal reviewers! The Iceland Portal recently went through a portal peer review. It currently has 12 selected articles, 13 pictures, 11 biographies, 15 DYK hooks, 10 quotes, and 10 panoramas. The mentioned sections are randomized with the templates {{Random portal component}} and {{Random subpage}} (showing new content with the portal's cache is purged). The images shown in the introduction are also randomized, and the news section has recent headlines. I believe the portal meets the criteria for featured portal status. Thanks for your time—much appreciated! Happy editing, [sd] 01:54, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The portal currently doesn't have a randomised DYK - obviously this isn't compulsory, but I think it would look better (as there aren't so many hooks that it changes regularly). An example of how to make a randomised DYK is Portal:Music of Australia. Support either way. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 02:07, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the DYK hooks are randomized with the template {{Random subpage}}. The coding tells the page to display one hook randomly from 1 through 5, one from 6 through 10, and one from 11 to 15. Thanks for your comment, [sd] 02:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, didn't notice that (I only checked the main portal page's code). Nice work. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 02:38, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support - brilliant work. Particularly like the attention to detail and the inclusion of a selected panorama! Seaserpent⁸⁵ 02:07, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Best regards, [sd] 02:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome portal! Support, meets all criteria. Spebi 02:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :) [sd] 02:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Excellent portal. I would just recommend adding Portal:Faroe Islands to the list of related portals. Hús ö nd 02:19, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice suggestion! ;) Fixed. [sd] 02:25, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Very nifty portal with the rotating intro images, panoramas and waving flag. However, red links just don't belong anywhere but in the requests list. RichardF (talk) 03:29, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and Fixed. — [sd] 03:58, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I especially like the rotation at Portal:Iceland/Intro. Cirt (talk) 05:36, 9 January 2008 (UTC).[reply]

Support A Very nice looking portal, so much so that it makes me want to visit Iceland. :) Chris.B (talk) 07:28, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Me too—I haven't visited Iceland either! [sd] 12:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Similar to Portal:Wine, change "Archive/Nominations" to "Other selected (articles/bios/pictures/panoramas)" OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 14:55, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Archive/Nominations was directly taken from other featured portals that also have their content randomized (for example, the Chemistry, Dogs, Environment, and Sustainable development Portals); some have only Archive, but I wanted to convey one could also nominate new content there. I haven't seen Other selections except at the Cars and Wine Portals, both of which aren't yet featured. Thanks for the comment! Best regards, [sd] 00:13, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I "loled" when you used Environment portal as your rebutal because it was me who built that portal. You beat me in this argument and I have to eat my words *yum* OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 01:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Argument? ;) Happy editing, [sd] 02:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support - per many of the above. Obviously quite popular! :) Rudget. 17:42, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Would it be possible for someone to do a relatively early WP:SNOW close as successful, with all of these Supports? If it's seen as a better idea to let this sort of thing run its course, that's okay too. Cirt (talk) 11:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC).[reply]
  - Seeing as it was opened on the 9th, I'll close it around the 16th unless Ohana or Chris get to it first. (Or anyone else for that matter). Rudget. 19:10, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Okay, sounds good. Cirt (talk) 23:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC).[reply]

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Promoted. I'm closing this nomination early due to snowball effects. --OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 03:03, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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