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Portal:Scotland

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This portal, on the nation of Scotland, was recently revamped by myself and Anthony. It now features a more eye-friendly layout, a better structure for automatic updating of the selected article, picture and quotes based on CURRENTWEEK and CURRENTMONTH. This is based around the archive structure (article, picture and quotes) which make it easy to update with new content to keep the portal dynamic.

All in all, I believe this portal meets the featured portal criteria - it is based off the base portal template and has good structure therefore; it has a broad scope of content; it has Wikiproject links; it is well-maintained, with (at present) three month's worth of content stored ready for automatic switchover, with no shortage of available options to add (and will be done in the near future); it is attractive and pleasant on the eye; and it promotes Scottish content in what I believe to be a very good manner.

I hope that you can spare a couple of minutes of your time to comment on this FPOC. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 02:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note from co-author: the selected articles, quotes and pictures have now been set up ~ Anthony 17:21, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do something about those three stubby paragraphs in the lead. Add examples for "inventions and discoveries".
  • I'm getting tired of saying this, but "Topics" > "Main topics"/"Major topics".
  • Create a place where people could nominate articles, pictures, and quotes. It may or may not be on the same page as the archives.
  • I don't see any reason that this should be done. This is a pesky practice of un-necessary self-referencing that is present on too many portals, IMV.--cj | talk 12:23, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree this is a bit self-referencing practice, but portals normally contain a lot more such content and sections (e.g. "Things you can do", "Featured content"). It is essential readers become aware of this system without needing to look at the talk page. Michaelas10 12:35, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I disagree: the readers don't need to know about the maintenance of portals. Things you can do sections are a different kettle of fish insofar as they are fulfilling one of the fundamental functions of a portal – to promote contribution to the encyclopædia.--cj | talk 13:12, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree with Cyber - the maintenance and discussion over content of a page should occur at the talk page, not the content page; hopefully we can come to a compromise over this - your requested edit, a location to nominate Selected Pictures/Quotes/Articles, but in a more appropiate location? ~ AGK 17:06, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm unsure editors could quickly realize it should be done in the talk page, since the vast majority of the portal link it from the sections (e.g. "Archive • Nomination"). Noting them about the maintenance of the portal directly would bring more good than harm. Michaelas10 17:25, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • That is a trend consistent throughout the encyclopedia - maintenance/content discussions are undertaken at a talk page; however, would a note at the bottom suffice? ~ AGK 18:21, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep date formatting constant.
  • "Related portals" should be threated as a "See also" section; I recommend having it nearly in the bottom of the portal.
  • No, you're using the CURRENTWEEK, CURRENTMONTH system, which is great, but randomisation is easier. Say there are no updates for a while - your whole portal then shows up as ugly redlinks. With {{random portal component}} you won't have this problem. If you want to see how it's done, check out P:CHEM </plug> :) – Riana ऋ 03:38, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh, I see. Well, it's too late to change it now, but that's an ingenious idea which I'm sure both myself and Anthony will remember in the future if we decide to revamp another portal :) Cheers, Daniel Bryant 03:48, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yeah, I wouldn't recommend changing it now - it's a pretty laborious process to get off the ground initially! Once it's in place, though, you'll wonder why you ever did it any other way :) – Riana ऋ 03:52, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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