Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Featured log/February 2009

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 OhanaUnited 00:31, 18 February 2009 [1].

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Portal:Islam

Self-nomination. See archived peer review. Stats: 34 selected articles, all WP:FA or WP:GA, 21 selected biographies, all WP:FA or WP:GA, 13 selected pictures, all of Featured Picture-quality, 25 sets of 3 DYKs, all had appeared previously at T:DYK, 30 selected quotes, all with free-use images. News updates with Wikinews Importer Bot (talk · contribs), and a Rotating In this month section. Things you can do has a link to a cleanup listing from WolterBot (talk · contribs), and articles with notability concerns from WP:WPNN. I believe the portal meets the standards for Featured Portal status. Cirt (talk) 13:15, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

1. Per WP:WIAFPO, a featured portal is:
   • (a) Useful. It covers a topic that is broad and interesting. Portals that cover minor topic areas are less useful, because their content is limited. A featured portal covers an area that is sufficiently broad and prominent to justify it as an entry-point. Because portals promote the best of Wikipedia's content, a featured portal is selective in what it displays. It showcases only high-quality content that is preferably already featured. Y
   • (b) Attractive. It displays Wikipedia's content in an aesthetically pleasing way. The colours are coherent and complementary, and do not detract from the content. Featured portals have no formatting issues. Red links are limited in number and restricted to aspects that encourage contribution. Article and biography summaries should not significantly exceed 200 words in length. Y
   • (c) Ergonomic. It is coherently constructed to display Wikipedia's content logically and effectively in ways that enhance usefulness and attractiveness. This display is the primary aim, and encouraging contribution is secondary. Y
   • (d) Well-maintained. It is updated regularly to display different aspects of Wikipedia's content in an area. Featured portals may be designed to reduce the required frequency of updating; however, they may be designed to have a higher turnover of content, using structures to ensure regular updates (e.g., WikiProjects). Featured portals that require maintenance and are not updated for three or more months are summarily demoted. Y
2. It adheres to the standards in the Manual of Style and the relevant WikiProject guidelines; this includes conventions on naming, spelling, and style (see Portal and Portal guidelines). Y
3. It has images where appropriate, with concise captions, linked credits, and acceptable copyright status (see Wikipedia:Non-free content). N - Not all images have captions. Yes they do, I didn't think to look at rollovers.
4. It is not self-referential: it does not speak of itself beyond (if at all) a welcome note. Aspects of portals that encourage contribution may be self-referential. Y
5. It should include links to other Wikimedia Foundation projects when applicable. For all portals which have their central focus subject as a specific group of lifeforms, excluding humans, there should be a link to the Wikispecies project. Y

Therefore, I oppose this portal until the images are correctly captioned, at which point this becomes a support !vote. Dendodge Talk^Contribs 21:47, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Response

All images at Portal:Islam/Selected picture have captions, credits, and additional info at the image pages. All images used everywhere in the portal have roll-over captions, are free-use images (usually from Wikimedia Commons) and additional info in the image pages. You will find this is quite standard in the majority of Featured Portals. Cirt (talk) 03:43, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh - I didn't think to look at rollovers. Consider my !vote a support. Densock|Dendodge^{in public} 11:00, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

• Support, meets the criteria. The portal's subpages could be listed in the portal's talk page. feydey (talk) 19:14, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your support - and Done. Cirt (talk) 19:18, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

• Support - You may want to add a note or space at Portal:Islam/Selected anniversaries indicating where nominations can be added. --Jh12 (talk) 23:36, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
  • It's already filled out - four entries per month - but they can be discussed/suggestions to swap out, etc., in a new subsection at the main portal talk page - Portal talk:Islam. Cirt (talk) 02:26, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

• That's fine. Everything else looks good to me. --Jh12 (talk) 15:44, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

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