Wikipedia:Portal peer review/New Spain/archive1

Portal:New Spain

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Hello. I would like to nominate this article potentially for a Featured Portal, but I haven't been able to figure out the process properly. I hoping to have a few people review it in order for to find out what exactly needs to be done before this portal can become a legitimate candidate for FP status. I feel I have enough articles to keep a consistent rotation (7 total GA & FA articles), and some related articles that can be used as featured content, but need to figure out how to rotate the material, among other issues. Thank you for taking your time to read this, and please contact me as soon as you can. LeftAire (talk) 22:34, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Comments from Sven Manguard

1. None of your "Selected ______" sections rotate because the random portal component is set to max=1. I'm seeing a total of two articles, three biographies, two images, and two locations. You're going to want 20 articles and 15-20 bios, images, and locations, ideally all of FA and GA quality.
2. You've got a Selected Panorama section with only one image, which really isn't a panorama. I suggest getting rid of the section and folding the image into your selected pictures section.
3. There are 21 related portals and only three related WikiProjects. I think you need to add in the WikiProjects for all of the items that you've included in the related portals, at the very least.
4. The image is way too large in the selected article section.

This portal isn't ready to be put up for Featured Portal nomination, you need to flush it out. I advise you look at portals that are already featured to see how Featured Portals should look. Sven Manguard Wha? 02:40, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

I disagree about your third point. It makes sense to include only WikiProjects related to the subject of the portal, but Related Portals can include even marginally similar ones. For example, Portal:Napoleonic Wars links at the top to all sorts of war-related portals, but only to the most applicable WikiProjects. -- Ypnypn (talk) 20:01, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Comments from Lionratz

1. Have a standardized layout template for the Selected articles, Selected pictures and selected Biographies sections to make all the entries look the same. The selected article list should look something like this or this, while each individual entry should be listed in their own respective subpages like this, this and this. You can refer to the layout template that I used in the Singapore Portal here.
2. The colour is too glaring. Try to use a darker shade of yellow if possible.
3. The related portals sections should be reformatted to have easier maintenance and look nicer (see the film portal.
4. Add Did You Know and In this Month sections to the portal (see Portal:Norway)

These are other basic stuff to watch out for. Good luck in your work!--Lionratz (talk) 12:57, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

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