Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals/Status

[edit] Art & Culture

• Pic/article updated monthly
• DYK needs updating

• FA updated irregularly, needs update
• FP updated irregularly, but more often than FA
• Needs "related portals"
• DYK needs updating

• User:Squilibob and User:Miss Ethereal have updated article;
  • both users still active.
• User:Dangerous-Boy has updated bios, still active.

• News isn't being updated.
• Selected article scheduled weekly.
  • Selections based on WP:AMCOTW.

• User:Dogears
• User:DVD R W

• FA and FP updated a few times a month, but no regular schedule.
• News needs updating.
• "Selected anniversaries" is confusing, not daily feature.
• DYK hasn't been updated in a month.

• User:Steve block

• News is up-to-date.
• FP and FA needs updating; no updates in over a month.
• DYK needs updating; last updates in Sept. 2005.

• User:Jacoplane
• User:Thunderbrand

• FA and FP recently updated, but no regular schedule.
• DYK last updated in February.
• "See also: Current computer and video games events" in awkward location.

• Sony Playstation (talk · history · watch)

• Final Fantasy (talk · history · watch)

• Pokémon (talk · history · watch)

• Portal has no images at all.
  • Issue with using fair-use images outside main namespace; perhaps, one exception needed here?
  • Other ideas for getting a free-license Pokémon themed image?
• Intro could be shortened somewhat.
• FA (and DYK) maintenance has lapsed, article not updated since April 2.
• News updated periodically, recently updated by User:The Raven's Apprentice

• RuneScape (talk · history · watch)

• StarCraft (talk · history · watch)

• Warcraft (talk · history · watch)

• FA needs updating, hasn't been changed since November.
• DYK hasn't been updated since December.
• "New or modified articles" is updated.
• "Wanted articles" needs updating, could be merged into a "things to do" box.
• "Main articles", and other article boxes could all be merged into one box, possibly with categories and lists.
• Portal seems to be more a front for a WikiProject, rather than serving readers.

• James Bond (talk · history · watch)

• Star Wars (talk · history · watch)

• Esperanto (talk · history · watch)

• Dragonlance (talk · history · watch)

• Radically different design, but very well-designed.
  • The "Directory" and "Wikiportals" are interesting ideas.
  • See ca:Portal:Terra Mitjana and ca:Portal:Portada.
• Also, has selected article and did you know...

• Harry Potter (talk · history · watch)

• Intro needs copyedit.
• "Web links" is a spam magnet, need to check links.
• Shorten DYK section?
• Other minor layout edits.

• Middle-earth (talk · history · watch)

• Different approach to FA, one for each day of week; Articles repeat every week.
  • Haven't been updated since January.
• News is badly outdated.
• FP hasn't been updated since December.
• External links section is a spam magnet, needs to check links.
• Design is non-standard, doesn't use box-header.

• Oz (talk · history · watch)

• FA hasn't been updated since October.
• DYN updated rarely.
• Things to do and WikiProjects boxes could be combined.
• Other sections are mainly static, list of topics.

• Speculative fiction (talk · history · watch)

• User:Mike Christie
• User:Alvonruff
• User:Ahasuerus

• Article announcement board is up-to-date.
• Selected article hasn't been updated since October.
• "News" is outdated.

• Article hasn't been updated since March.
• News is outdated.
• Anniversaries for June are okay.
  • But, July is empty.
• DYK has been updated.
• "Songs for download" should be a separate box.
• Categories box should be moved to top, right column.
• Intro text is quite brief, perhaps too short.

• Rock and Roll (talk · history · watch)

• Eurovision (talk · history · watch)

• FA, FP updated by Searchme (talk • contribs)
• FA, FP should be put on automatic rotation.

• Doctor Who (talk · history · watch)

• Battlestar Galactica (talk · history · watch)

• LOST (talk · history · watch)

• M*A*S*H (talk · history · watch)

• Stargate (talk · history · watch)

• Star Trek (talk · history · watch)

• The Simpsons (talk · history · watch)

• FA, FP, DYK last updated April 3 by Ganymead (talk • contribs)
• Ganymead is on wikibreak, portal needs muliple maintainers.

• FA not updated since March (portal creation).
• FP updated May 28 by Clubmarx (talk • contribs)
• DYK not updated since December.
• Needs formatting to make columns more balanced.

[edit] Geography

• User:Mlm42
• User:Mac Davis

• FA updated monthly, but need to put on schedule.
• FP updated weekly, on schedule.
• DYK is periodically updated.
• Categories needs to be improved, could be annotated like Portal:Philosophy
• Could use something else, such as a news feature
  • With links to List of current events articles by region, which is in bad shape.
• Could use "related portal" link to Portal:Earth sciences, though not much else very suitable to go with this link.
• List of articles is fairly useful,
  • But, images need to be made clickable.
  • For reasons of space, perhaps remove these images and just have the links.

• Africa (talk · history · watch)

• Countries box needs work, too crowded.
• FA and FP last updated May 18; should be put on regular schedule.
• DYK, WikiProjects, ... could use updates.

• Asia (talk · history · watch)

• FA updated June 10 by User:Absar, for first time since Portal creation in March.
• DYK, FP haven't been updated.
• Current events is badly outdated.
• Font is tiny.

• Australia (talk · history · watch)

• Europe (talk · history · watch)

• FA updated a few times by Cyberjunkie, most recently on June 11.
• Is much more topic-oriented, which I think is okay and useful.
• Design is non-standard, I assume borrowing from other Wikipedias. (okay)
• With current set-up, is low maintenance.
• Probably should have "Selected picture"

• Latin America (talk · history · watch)

• Has daily rotating featured article/list
• News section last updated 17 August, has archive
• Newish quotes section on daily cycle - needs a few more
• Weekly featured picture
• No red links or other formatting faults

• Middle East (talk · history · watch)

• Everything recently updated by User:Estrellador*.

• FA, FP not updated since portal creation in March.
• News, DYK, and Quote are empty, red links.
• Web resources is possibly a spam magnet.

• FA updated June 11 by User:Numidix
• News is badly outdated.
• FP broken, red link.
• Overall format needs work (columns uneven).

• Intro needs formatting.
• FA on monthly schedule.
• FP could use minor formatting, but is on monthly schedule.
• News last updated in May.
• Topics have a number of red links.
• Categories could use formatting.

• Intro needs formatting.
• FA not updated since last June (portal creation).
• Has WikiPortal links.
• News is horribly outdated.
• Categories have red link.
• DYK needs formatting.

• Has no edit links.
• Does not use box-skeleton and subpages.
• FA not updated since last August.

• FA, FP not updated since portal creation in January.
• FA and Bio have broken image links.
• DYK, Topics, Things to do all broken, empty.

• News last updated June 18.
• Portal info doesn't belong, except maybe on talk page.
• DYK last updated in May.
• Portal still uses WikiPortal templates.
• FP not updated since October.
• FA not updated since January.

• FA, FP, DYK last updated mid-late May.
• User still updating.

• FA not updated since August.
• "Featured picture of the week" not updated since last July!
• User:Wisekwai updated news on June 12. (first time since October)

• "Wikimedia Canada is an organization created to promote Canadian usage and participation in Wikimedia projects." belongs elsewhere, (closer to bottom of page?)
• FA updated June 8 by User:FreshFruitsRule; prior update was in February.
• FP last updated in February.
• DYK not updated since February 2005.
• Related portals - images need to be clickable.

• Montreal (talk · history · watch)

• Nunavut (talk · history · watch)

• Quebec (talk · history · watch)

• Toronto (talk · history · watch)

• Unmaintained.
• Broken features, red links.
• Date is very misleading in the "news" section.

• Paris (talk · history · watch)

• Dubaduba (talk • contribs)
• Alensha (talk • contribs)

• FA updated July 1.
• FP has two pics.
• Need to see that updates keep coming.

• Kerala (talk · history · watch)

• FA, FP not updated since August 2005.
• FA uses fair-use magazine cover, and is way too big.
• Needs edit links updated, from WikiPortal.
• News last updated in January.
• News section, way too long.
• Things you can help with - broken
• Web resoures is spam magnet.

• FA updated June 7 by Brz7 (talk • contribs), prior update was last November.
• FP not updated since last September.
• News badly outdated, last updated July 2005.
• Intro needs formatting, image too big.

• FA last updated in September 2005.
• FP, DYK last updated in August 2005.
• News updated recently by Howard the Duck (talk • contribs) and Akira123323 (talk • contribs)

• FA, FP not updated since last August.
• Selected anniversaries are from last June.
• News not updated since last September.
• Has other features, "Cinema", "cuisine", "paintings", "poems" that are not updated.
  • Should probably merge these into fewer, but more frequently updated features.

• Bucharest (talk · history · watch)

• Cornwall (talk · history · watch)

• England (talk · history · watch)

• • London (talk · history · watch)

• Scotland (talk · history · watch)

• Wales (talk · history · watch)

• California Central Valley (talk · history · watch)

• Texas (talk · history · watch)

• Utah (talk · history · watch)

• Wisconsin (talk · history · watch)

• FA and FP have been updated each month.
• News is outdated, probably not enough news to support feature.
• Lists and "types of roads" should be combined into one box.
• Feel like the portal is missing something else, though not sure what.

[edit] History

• FA and FP on monthly schedule. June selections need to be made.
• DYK updated periodically by User:Mac Davis.
• An "On this day" feature would be appropriate for this portal.
• This portal is vandalized a lot.

• FA, FP not updated since portal creation last June.
• Categories and topics look fine.
• Portal not hopeless, should someone come forward to update FA and FP.
• Otherwise, should be deleted.

• Intro is inadequate.
• FA last updated April 30 by User:Evil berry
• FP not updated since February.
• "Web resources" is spam magnet.
• WikiProjects is broken.
• Other empty boxes.
• News only edited once, on April 29 by Evil berry.

• FA last updated in December.
• FP last updated in August 2005.
• News badly outdated.
• Categories need formatting

• FA last updated April 26.
• News updated June 15.
• FP last update April 5.
• "Featured Archaeology" last updated in November.
• Topics could be formatted better.

• News outdated.
• FA update May 10.
• FP not updated since October.
• "Egyptologist" last updated in March.

[edit] Philosophy & Religion

• User:Lacatosias
• User:Infinity0
• WikiProject Philosophy has lengthy list of participants.

• FA and Bio are on weekly schedule, stocked up through mid-July. (set up in March by User:Lacatosias)
• DYK last updated in March by User:Mlm42

• Eastern Christianity (talk · history · watch)

[edit] People & Society

• User:Kmf164

• FP need to be stocked up, and put on regular (monthly?) schedule.
• "On this day" needs to be stocked up further. (currently stocked through June 3)
• FA stocked up through end of June.
• I'm the only maintainer; workload is manageable, but would welcome help.

• --Aude (prefer others to help instead)

• FA and FP sporadically updated.
• "Lists of articles" probably needs to go.
• "Things you can do" needs either updating or cut.
• DYK needs updating.
• Featured articles might need to go, or be updated.

• 136.2.1.153 (talk • contribs)
• 136.2.1.101 (talk • contribs)

• Format intro.
• News last updated on May 1.
• Not sure what the rss feed does here.
• FA and FP last updated May 31 by anon, and previously by same anon.
• DYK last updated in October.

• Unmaintained or under construction?
• FP missing.
• FA is just a link.
• News says "...coming soon"?
• Biography updated May 13 by CQ (talk • contribs)
• Other empty boxes, broken links
• Nominated for WP:MFD in May, result = keep

• FA, FP not updated since February (portal creation).

• Schools (talk · history · watch)

• University (talk · history · watch)

• Harro5 (talk • contribs)
• Crimson3981 (talk • contribs)

• FA updated on April 29 by Crimson3981 (talk • contribs).
• News is badly outdated, last updated in January.
• DYK not updated since last July.

• HighHopes (talk • contribs)
• Kmf164 (talk • contribs)
• DMG413 (talk • contribs)
• Wisden17 (talk • contribs)

• Unmaintained, since portal creation.
• News was last updated in October, when portal was created.

[edit] Science & Mathematics

• User:Ejfox
• User:Cyde

• FA, FP, and Bio have been updated approximately once a week, since April 29th.
• DYK updated regularly.
• Categories box should probably be positioned at top of the right column.
• Needs a "WikiProjects"/"Things to do" box.

• History of science (talk · history · watch)

• User:Mlm42
• User:Fropuff
• User:Lotu

• FA last updated in March, needs update.
• FP updated approximately monthly by various users. Last update was a month ago, update needed.
• DYK has been periodically updated by various users.
• Categories need to be moved to top of right column, probably merged with "Where to start".
• Things to do needs work, to be formatted like Portal:History/Things_you_can_do.
• "Topics in Mathematics" is nicely done, and useful.
• The Portal TOC in the intro box is useful.
• WikiProject Mathematics has long list of participants.
• Portal is vandalized a lot.

• DYK not updated since October.
• Wikiprojects box is useless.
• News only consists of a few external links.
• FA and FP apparently created on May 13 by User:Brisvegas
• Maybe this topic is broad enough? interested maintainers?

• FA not updated since December (portal creation).
• Blank DYK and "News" sections.
• Non-standard portal design.

• News last updated at end of April.
• DYK last updated in March.
• FA on monthly schedule.
• FP on weekly schedule.

• Mars (talk · history · watch)

• News is outdated.
• FA and FP last updated April 3 by User:Marskell.
• Has no categories.
• Is topic too narrow for a portal?

• Portal a mess, with formatting errors.
• Should be merged with Portal:Atmospheric sciences

• Many empty boxes
• FA and FP not updated since portal creation in February.
• Should be merged with Portal:Atmosphere

• News only updated once, June 12 by User:V8rik.
• DYK updated June 13 by User:Samsara.
• FA updated in April.
• Bio updated in May.
• FP updated in May by User:Cyde
• FA and FP could be put on regular schedule.

• Cetaceans (talk · history · watch)

• Recent attention from User:Chris huh, in response to mfd.

• Catalan style design (See also Portal:Dragonlace
• FA on monthly schedule.
• FA subpage in template namespace.
• No FA edit link.
• "selected anecdotes" needs updating for July.
• "Directory"/categories has red links.

• FA updated monthly by User:~K
• News recently updated, June 16, by User:V8rik; also updated by User:Walkerma
• FP periodically updated, last updated May 27.
• "Chemistry resources" is red link.

• FA not updated since December.
• Portal needs update from "WikiPortal"
• News horribly outdated.

• News badly outdated.
• FA, FP not updated since March.
• Topic broad enough for portal to work.

• FP last updated in September.
• FA updated today! (June 21) by Âme Errante
• Intro needs attention.

• FA and FP not updated since portal creation in December.
• News horribly outdated.
• Topics way too narrow to make portal work.

• News badly outdated.
• FA updated June 6 (by myself), before that was last updated in January by User:Matthew kokai
• FP updated May 4 by User:BorgHunter
• Topic is adequately broad, for portal to work.

• FA last updated in March.
• News badly outdated.
• Web resources is spam magnet.
• Portal has potential, as topic is broad enough.

[edit] Sports

• Needs update from Wikiportal templates.
• Subportal links are a mess.
• Intro needs rewrite.
• News recently updated by User:Jahiegel

• FA last updated June 18
• News updated periodically by Jahiegel
• FP, Bio, other features recently updated.
• Need to watch, to see if continued updates are made.

• Updated currently, with World Cup news.
• Need to check back to see if updates are made after the World Cup.

• News updated periodically by Jahiegel (and others?).
• FA, FP, Bio last updated May 27th.
• Need to watch, to see if continued updates are made.

• FP and FA last updated in March.
• News is up-to-date.
• DYK was recently updated.

• FA, FP, and bio have not been updated since March.
• News has been updated once, now outdated (last item, dated May 6)
• Some broken links/features.
• Web resources is potential spam magnet.

• User:4u1e
• User:Mark83
• User:Bajajvikram

• FA has been updated the past few months.
• News is updated.
• Next event is updated.
• FP hasn't been changed since late March.
• Championship standings have been updated.
• Columns are uneven at bottom.
  • Suggest making the standings box, 100% width.

• User:JP06035

• FA has been updated a few times, since February.
• Quote, DYN have not been updated yet.
• Red links in "Olympics sports" box.
• Lack of frequent updates, not so much an issue now;
  • Frequent updates should be made during (and months prior to) the Olympics.

• Has two "selected articles"
  • One, "swimming", is entirely redundant to the intro.
  • Other selected article hasn't' been updated since portal was created.
• DYK hasn't been updated.
• News has been updated a few times, most recently May 12.
• Related portals - why transport? what about olympics?

[edit] Technology

• User:Mac Davis
• --Aude (prefer others to help instead)

• FA and FP recently updated.
• Bio few weeks old. - removed
• DYK is updated.
• Quote updated in April by User:Vidarlo.
• Could use a "In the news" feature.

• User:Wackymacs
• User:HereToHelp

• FA (and Bio) updated periodically, last updated May 8th.
• FP last updated in January.
• Categories could be formatted better.
• News has been updated.

• User:Boivie
• User:Sfoskett
• User:Bravada

• Formatting of "news" and "bio" are slightly non-standard.
• Has a different FA and FP for each day of the week, with the selections changed periodically.
• DYK is updated.
• Has "On this day" feature.

• News is outdated.
• Noticeboard link is broken.
• Categories and lists should be combined.
• Portal created in March, FA hasn't been updated.
• Recommend this portal be merged into Portal:Internet.

• No maintainers.
• I have recently updated the portal, but prefer others to help keep it updated.

• Recently updated by myself.
• Before that, it hadn't been updated since February 2005.
• Topic is sufficiently broad, enough featured and good articles.
• DYK is updated.
• Categories probably should be checked and revised.

• User:Zifnabxar
• User:HereToHelp

• Created in March, unmaintained since then.