Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Maharashtra

I am looking for advice on how to improve this, eventually to FP, hopefully. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi YellowMonkey; this looks really nice :). I guess there are a few things to point out.

In the header of the portal it links to Maharashtra by just simply saying "(more)" at the end of the last sentance. Generally you should add to the right hand side "more about Maharashtra"; of course without the "". Notice that this is used on various featured portals like Portal:India and the same should be applied here in this case.

In the "Featured article"; I would suggest a name change from featured to "selected" as I am pretty sure that there are few Maharashtra featured articles. And once again most featured portals just say selected article". Also I notice that there is no archive, if there were previous articles they should be archived. Another thing; there is no real reason to add "the History of Maharashtra at the bottom...or at least add the read more and the history link on the same line. I would personally just remove the History link as it is not really common for other portals to do that. However it would be a nice selected article for the future.

The biography section seems a little long and the picture seems a little to big. I think part of the problem is that I feel that it is imbalanced. I tinkered with it and this is what I came up with [1] I think it looks better, however it can be tinkered with further if you feel necessary.

DYK: Nice however the link for the archive needs to be on the right side on the bottom, as the others are done.

Also: You should probably start some "nomination pages" just like other featured portals "Portal:India" for example. But it isn't 100% needed. All in all you have done some great work but it could use some improvement. Happy editing :). ~ Arjun 03:55, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello, ~~Blnguyen~~ Yellow·Monkey! Great-looking portal — with some work, it can be featured. :D

Introduction: In my opinion, the map could be downsized a little. The point about "more" is covered nicely by Arjun.
Article: Nothing else to say besides Arjun's comments. =)
Biography: Nicely done, though, as Arjun said, the summary could be a little shortened.
Did you know: DYK archive links needs to moved to the right.
News: The news box needs an update. Also, the headers section, instead of "Maharashtra news," could be renamed to just "Current news" or "In the news."
Portals: List needs to be centered.
Categories: One category doesn't exist. Instead of a list, you might want to have a category tree (example).
WikiProjects: Looks good — might want to have a short description (example).
Wikimedia: No problems here.
Notes: You could consider creating pages for archives and nominations. You can also add randomization (examples: West Bengal, Electronics, Chemistry). Happy editing! Regards, S .D. ¿п? § 00:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello I have a few more suggestions to add.

The image in the lead needs to be resized so as to not expand past the text.
The subject of each section should be a bold link to the actual article not just bold.
Your pictures need an image credit.
You need archives for article, picture, bio, and news.
In the categories section the red category needs to be removed or created.
The text in the related portals section should be centered or justified not aligned left.
Since you don't seem to have rotating content you have a permanent hole on the bottom right. I would recommend moving something over to compensate a little, or if nothing else setting your selected picture up at 300px since that is pretty much standard on all featured portals.
Some of the links in your associated wikimedia section link to pages that haven't been created you should either create them on the sister projects or remove them.

These are just a few things off the top Cheers — WilsBadKarma ^(Talk) 16:39, 4 March 2007 (UTC)