Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Christianity

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[edit] Portal:Christianity

Self nom. One of the first religion portals to be created, it has inspired the creation of many others, including Portal:Judaism, Portal:Islam, and Portal:Buddhism, to name a few (I helped with the setting up of some of these). Originally based on other portals, it has progressed to have its own character and features - the "showcase scripture" section was proposed by another Wikipedian and has since been used in other religion portals as well. Showcase articles, Biblical passages, pictures and Christian biographies rotate monthly, while the Did You Know? section rotates every day. If you have any other suggestions to improve the portal, they are most welcome. Brisvegas 01:15, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Support Object. There is no future content queued up and the nomination links are all red. Rlevse 17:18, 9 February 2006 (UTC)Rlevse 12:51, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I have worked to address your concerns:

1. A new article, picture, passage and biography have been queued up for March. I had been hoping for more time to be allowed for suggestions to be received for these choices, but they have now been done.

2. All the nomination links are now blue, and you can even see that the Picture Suggestion Feature has already been used.

I hope this clears up your concerns. Brisvegas 11:23, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

You NEVER strike out someone else's comments. You let them come back and do that. You merely address their comments.Rlevse 12:51, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

My apologies for any offence caused, as I was unaware of the Wikiquette regarding strike-thrus. I will take your suggestion on board and adhere to it in future. Brisvegas 01:32, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

That's okay. I did it my first time I fixed someone's objections to my FA when it was a FAC. Rlevse 03:24, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

• Support, nice portal. --Terence Ong 08:23, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
• Netural this portal is good, but the catagories section is too far down the page. It needs to be moved up Tobyk777 06:51, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

  One cannot be neutral in featured considerations. It is not a vote, but a review.--cj | talk 06:59, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

• Object:
  • No box of major topics/articles.
  • The "Information" box is too self-referential, and needs to be removed.
  • Red-links to future articles in the archives should be hidden or replaced with "Not selected yet" messages.

Other than that, looks good. —Kirill Lokshin 17:01, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I have addressed each point you raised.

1. I modified a version of the "Christianity series" to match the portal style and it is now shown on the portal.

2.The Info box was moved to the discussion page and I agree that the portal looks better without it.

3.I have add Not selected yet to the relvant articles

Thanks for your tips - hopefully you are now satisfied with the result. Brisvegas 09:01, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Much better! No objections now. —Kirill Lokshin 14:09, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

• Support Good work. The expanded introduction is much better. I made a series of format changes over the past week that I'd like to see carried over to future months. Also, you may like to consider keeping the selected articles and bios a little shorter so that the portal is easier to digest. And out of curiosity, does the colour green have any significance in the Christian faith?--cj | talk 08:29, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for all your assistance - your various minor tweaks have definitely improved the portal's usability and appearance. Regarding the colour green, I mainly chose it becuase it is my favourite colour :) But it is also the colour of the cloth generally worn by Catholic priests on a "normal" Sunday, unlike Lent when they wear a purple drape over their white robes or Christmas/Easter when the drape colour is red. I might even include this in the "Did you know?" at some point, so thanks for the idea. Brisvegas 08:53, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

• Support I love it - with the exception of the green! I would have chosen yellow and blue, but that's just me (green has more of an association with Islam). Nice work to all involved. michael ^talk 13:15, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Colour scheme changed. Brisvegas 11:10, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you to everyone for their support and suggestions. Brisvegas 11:10, 22 March 2006 (UTC)