Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:United Nations

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 by Cirt 06:46, 28 January 2009 [1].

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Portal:United Nations

Self-nomination. Extensive work has been carried out on this portal and I now feel that it's up to FP standards. I requested a peer review months ago but nothing came of it. The portal is quite low maintenance, with random features and Wikinews imports, all that needs to happen is a picture change once a month. After reading some other FPOCs here I'll get to work on a randomized DYK section. Many thanks, --Joowwww (talk) 16:33, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Comments

1. Selected article - Would be nice to have (at least) 10 selections here. Currently only has 9, I am sure there must be other good articles to choose from. Cirt (talk) 01:05, 26 September 2008 (UTC)  Done 10 for the moment. --Joowwww (talk) 22:00, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
2. Selected biography - Currently 8 selected, would be nice to have more. Might try reformatting both Selected article and Selected biography sections after Portal:Sustainable development. Cirt (talk) 01:05, 26 September 2008 (UTC)  Done 10 for the moment --Joowwww (talk) 14:04, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
3. Nice usage of Wikinews Importer Bot (talk · contribs). Cirt (talk) 01:05, 26 September 2008 (UTC)  Done --Joowwww (talk) 21:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
4. Did you know - 3 static entries and no free-use image. Portal:Norway/DYK is a good model to use for randomization setup. Cirt (talk) 01:05, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

    Not done. Cirt (talk) 22:39, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

    Done 4 random DYKs at the moment, more when I can find more decent facts. --Joowwww (talk) 22:34, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

5. Picture of the month - Why not just straight randomization of Selected pictures, like at Portal:Science? Also if possible please wikilink or link the credits. Cirt (talk) 01:05, 26 September 2008 (UTC)  Done --Joowwww (talk) 11:31, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

    Not done - Please wikilink or link the credits. Cirt (talk) 22:37, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

    Done --Joowwww (talk) 21:10, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

6. Things you can do - Could be formatted better. Portal:Indiana has a good model for this. Cirt (talk) 01:05, 26 September 2008 (UTC)  Done --Joowwww (talk) 20:57, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

   Still looks a bit choppy. Would look better if the bolded things to do were linked, like in Portal:Comedy. Cirt (talk) 22:39, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

7. Other projects - This should be split into 2 separate subsections, Related portals and Associated Wikimedia. Cirt (talk) 01:05, 26 September 2008 (UTC)  Done --Joowwww (talk) 20:46, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
8. UN-related content on Wikipedia - The name of this subsection is a bit self-referential. Also, it should be split into 2 subsections: Categories, and Main topics. Cirt (talk) 01:05, 26 September 2008 (UTC)  Done --Joowwww (talk) 21:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

    Not done - Categories is squished to the side, could use its own row at 100%. Other projects has a redlink. Topics as well could use its own row. Cirt (talk) 22:42, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

    Done --Joowwww (talk) 21:10, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

9. Would be nice if the Selected quotes had associated free-use images - Portal:Sustainable development has a good model of how to reformat this. Cirt (talk) 01:05, 26 September 2008 (UTC)  Done --Joowwww (talk) 10:55, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Comment

The SA, SP, SB need instructions on the archive pages how to nominate/add new ones. feydey (talk) 09:43, 22 October 2008 (UTC)  Done --Joowwww (talk) 20:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Comments from Jh12 (talk) (addressed)
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Comments by Jh12 Please add captions for all the images in Portal:United Nations/Selected biography and Portal:United Nations/Selected picture. --Jh12 (talk) 13:19, 8 December 2008 (UTC) I'm not sure what you mean - all the images in Selected picture have captions, and the images in Selected biography aren't really big enough to put text underneath. --Joowwww (talk) 21:46, 9 January 2009 (UTC) Sorry, I should have been more specific: I mean the rollover captions for the pictures, as in under Portal:United Nations/Selected picture/1 change [[Image:Evstafiev-bosnia-sarajevo-un-holds-head.jpg|350px]] to [[Image:Evstafiev-bosnia-sarajevo-un-holds-head.jpg|350px|UN peacekeeper from Norway]] or something similar. That way, you don't get a filename when you put your mouse over the image. Also it looks like it's Selected quote and Selected picture that lacks the captions. Thanks, --Jh12 (talk) 19:05, 13 January 2009 (UTC) Ah, gotcha. Captions have been added to all images.  Done --Joowwww (talk) 22:34, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

• Support - I think this portal is looking great, although I do have some suggestions for the future. You will definitely want to add more selections; right now it sits around the minimum of 10 selections for every section, and there are probably more articles, biographies, and pictures available on Wikipedia. There are also some more personal preferences, like having two footer links: one for the selection itself and one for the archive like at Portal:Criminal justice, and creating a system for adding new selections like at Portal:Criminal justice/Selected article. But the portal already has a way to edit selections and recommend new ones so these are just suggestions for consideration. --Jh12 (talk) 16:38, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Note

Anyone else have any other comments on this portal? Cirt (talk) 05:59, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

• Support: Absolutely no reason not to feature this portal. Dendodge Talk^Contribs 20:02, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

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