Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Archive/April 2011

Portal:Bolivia

I have been making this a portal, and now, I would like to know how to ameliorate it to reach featured portal status. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 20:12, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Fetchcomms

Using "ameliorate" there sounds awkward. Granted, it's often misused to mean "alleviate", but still, I usually hear "ameliorate" used in the context of improving problems.
If you only have two tabs at the top, don't bother with having them at all.
DYK has way too few entries and does not need to use the word "Bolivia" in every sentence—just Bolivia-related (or it would get very boring). The hooks should be longer, there should be multiple rotations, etc., too.
The "Selected article" box has a sub-box that contains a rating—ugly, out of place, and useless. We don't need to see the rating in the portal.
That said, you should stick to all FA/GA-level articles if there are enough (10+?) to sustain the portal.
Yellow portal background is way too bright and glaring. Hurts my eyes.
"Things to do" very incomplete and not updated.
Surely there are more than two related WikiProjects? Are there projects for nearby countries? etc.
"Selected picture" choices need better captions.
Every image should have alt text.
You don't need (or want) one box for each sister project link. Putting them all in one box is better than having multiple boxes that cause clutter.
Needs "In the news" and "Recognized content" sections.
"Navigation" does not need to be in a box; "Topics" box looks out of place at the top.
Perhaps you could sustain a "Selected biographies" box to augment the article box?
Make it visually engaging. That's the second-most important part, after showcasing content.
Perhaps someone at the Bolivia WikiProject could provide some Bolivia-specific advice on what important content might be good to have on the portal?

/ƒETCH COMMS / 04:32, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's like saying issue instead of problem.

NavBar in Intro

Removed rating

Added the 2 GA to portal

Thinking about more DYK

Lighter yellow

ITN added, recognized content?

Other wikiprojects link to related portals so why?

Seperate boxes for WM merged in one

1 selected article is good

I will be putting a message for that.

~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 15:24, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to include notes/refs in the selected articles.
Use Wikinews Importer Bot (talk · contribs) for the news, unless you plan to manually update it yourself.
Black text hard to read on dark green header bars.
If you have only one related WikiProject, then having a big box for it is useless. But you should fill it with other related WikiProjects. I don't understand your comment "Other wikiprojects link to related portals so why?".
Why is ITN stuck at the bottom? Why does it need to be so wide?
The selected article pictures are way too big. The portal needs to work in smaller screens (at least 1024x768).
It's unbalanced; the left side is longer than the right side.

/ƒETCH COMMS / 18:18, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done removed notes from Selected article 3.
How to get Wikinews Importer Bot to work for Portal:Bolivia?
Then what colo(u)r?
What I said in other terms is that the related portals are pretty much the same thing. I will be reformating the wikiprojects box.
The images are small.
Will be fixed with the RWP box.

~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 12:28, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Read the directions.
Uh, something that makes it easier to read and more accessible?

/ƒETCH COMMS / 18:08, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How do you know if I read it. It was an error at wikinews that was preventing it. It is fixed.

~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 18:21, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]