Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Norway

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The following is an archived discussion of a featured portal candidate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the portal's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured portal candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The portal was promoted 07:25, 9 April 2008.

[edit] Portal:Norway

Self-nomination. See archived peer review. Stats: An Intro section which rotates through (3) main images, (10) Selected articles, all of "B" class or higher and all have an associated free-use image, (11) Selected biographies, all of "B" class or higher and all have an associated free-use image, (22) Selected pictures, all are free-use images, (12) Selected quotes, all have links to notable individuals with articles on Wikipedia, and all have associated free-use images, (19) Did you know entries, showing 3 at a time, (12) Selected panorama images. All of the above sections are randomized and display new content when the portal is purged. News updates automatically from Wikinews, using Wikinews Importer Bot. I believe the portal meets the standards for Featured Portal status. Quick side-note, thanks to recommendation from RichardF (talk · contribs) at WP:PPREV regarding the Selected panorama section, it looks much better with the larger, scrolling format. Cirt (talk) 22:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Neutral (erm, I'm assuming you can do this on FPOCs.) Anyway, this is a great portal and very attractive, but it would be nice to see more selected articles and biographies. Other than that, its fine. Once this issue has been addressed, I'm willing to support. Qst (talk) 19:59, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I will go ahead and add some more into rotation. Cirt (talk) 20:15, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
I am in the process of adding more articles into rotation, but it should be noted, however, that the general standard in the past has been 10 selected articles (which this portal currently has, and more for Selected bio and other subsections) and many other portals have been successfully promoted with that number in selection. Cirt (talk) 20:28, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Sounds good, and thanks for the quick response. Qst (talk) 20:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Support. Okay then, if, as Cirt says, that ten selected articles is normal for lots of portals that pass FPOC, then this one should be okay. Great work, and feel free to archive/move my above comment however you see fit. Qst (talk) 20:42, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the Support. I'll still add a few more articles into rotation, as per your above suggestion, never can hurt to have increased dynamism. Cirt (talk) 20:43, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Update: Per suggestion above from Qst (talk · contribs), there are now (15) Selected articles in rotation. Cirt (talk) 21:04, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Update: Selected article and Selected biography sections now each have (20) articles in rotation. Cirt (talk) 07:26, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Done. - Though generally I have found it the norm for other WP:FPORTs to have the other sections' titles italicized, and the only section not italicized, maybe to highlight the title, is the title in the Intro section. Cirt (talk) 20:07, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment In Firefox Mac at wide window widths and at small font sizes, "More about Norway..." floats up over the intro image. Maybe "clear:both" in the style for that table will fix this. -Susanlesch (talk) 23:28, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
I added a clear below that spot in the Intro subsection. Looks okay either way in Internet Explorer and Firefox on a PC. Cirt (talk) 02:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
That fixed it, thanks. -Susanlesch (talk) 02:16, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Support. Looks great. -Susanlesch (talk) 23:28, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment Support I would like to see the map of Norway as a permanent part of the intro not just part of the rotation. If it’s worked in ill be happy to give support.CPacker (talk) 07:18, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
The idea of having a map in rotation in the Intro is common in other portals on locales, particularly portals that have been promoted with consensus as Featured Portals - for examples, please see Portal:Oregon, Portal:Iceland, and Portal:Indiana, to name a few. Cirt (talk) 07:20, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Cirt asked me to comment on this. No featured portal criterion makes a statement one way or another about the placement of any specific images anywhere on the portal. Current featured state portals have no consistent pattern of placing maps. In fact Portal:Texas only has one stylized map midway down the page. Clearly, a map in the intro, rotated or not, is not a requirement but simply a stylistic preference. RichardF (talk) 11:57, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
I did'nt say that it was a requirement nor do I think it is, but Wikipedia is international and not everyone knows where Norway is. I just belive that a map would help users know what they are reading about, such as featured portals Minnesota, Germany, and Spain.CPacker (talk) 15:44, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Done - Okay, I went ahead and added a permanent map image to the Intro subsection, per recommendation by CPacker (talk · contribs). Cirt (talk) 15:48, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment: Portal is good and qualifies to be a featured one. But, change anniveraries section name from March selected anniversaries to something grammatical correct one, like On this month or something else. Shyam (T/C) 10:50, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Done - Though Portal:Oregon was successfully promoted as a Featured Portal with the current wording, which I think is more direct/accurate, but this way sounds okay too. Cirt (talk) 12:37, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for making changes. For that portal, someone may not have noticed. But, IMO, this is grammatically incorrect. We may ask that portal's maintainer to make changes. Speak soon, Shyam (T/C) 13:33, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
I went ahead and changed it for that portal as well. Cirt (talk) 13:35, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Cirt!! Shyam (T/C) 05:27, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
No prob. Cirt (talk) 08:44, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment. The main thing I wondered about is that there are a lot of articles on weapons; I was a bit disconcerted to get three in a row on pressing refresh a few times, but perhaps I was just unlucky! The only other thing I felt might be improved is that the top caption for the pictures in the lead was a bit untidy, and didn't seem necessary to comprehension. Otherwise, great job. I particularly like your gorgeous panoramas. Espresso Addict (talk) 04:36, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Reply: Thanks for the feedback. The top caption for the picture in the lead is modeled after WP:FPORTs, like Portal:Oregon, Portal:Iceland, and Portal:Indiana. And I believe that all of the articles you mentioned in the Selected article section are of WP:FA quality - that's why they were included. Cirt (talk) 05:20, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Promoted --dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 07:23, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

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