Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Failed log/April 2006

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[edit] Portal:Northern Ireland

I consider that the content and layout of the portal meets the requirements for Featured Portal status, and is a handy tool for future collaborations and for research purposes. --Mal 05:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Object, for a variety of reasons:
    • This portal was created less than a week ago; unless auto-rotating content is added, there's no way to know how well-maintained it will be.
    • Archives should be added for all changing content.
    • Why is the selected biography section just a book title? Is it supposed to be "Selected bibliography"?
    • A box listing overview articles should be added; the lists should probably be merged into this as well, since that box looks rather small.
    • Non-existent categories should be removed from the category box.
This is a good effort, but it's not nearly featured-level yet. —Kirill Lokshin 05:57, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your useful comments. I can't do anything about the length of time the portal has been in existance, but I can assure you it will be quite well maintained. Archives have not been added for obvious reasons. Your other points..

  • Selected biography was completely mis-read by me! I'll be working on that shortly - thanks for pointing it out. (blush!)
  • I'm not aware of "overview articles" as I used the template supplied. I expect the topic list to increase in the next few days. Merging it with a new box entitled "overview articles" might be something I'll do.
  • Coincidentally, I removed the categories in question - they need to be created.

I hope you will take another look in the next few days, and possibly change your vote once the article has undergone these couple of changes. I didn't expect to get any votes quite so soon tbh! --Mal 06:11, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

How long must this remain a candidate before it is accepted or rejected? --Mal 07:54, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Oz

  • Support. Good quality portal, good organisation --bdude 10:00, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong object:
    • Utterly unmaintained; last major content rotation seems to have been last year.
    • Topics and books sections should probably be merged; but this is a minor issue by comparison.
    • Needs another substantial rotating content section, like a selected picture.
This needs major work—and someone willing to do regular maintenance—before it could be considered for featured status. Kirill Lokshin 02:09, 18 April 2006 (UTC)