Portal talk:England/Suggestions

Suggestions for the selected article, picture, and quote are always welcome. Please see the appropriate header below for details.

Selected article

Basic criteria

• The article must be within the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject England.
• The article must be B-Class or above.
• Wherever possible, it should have at least one free image.

Suggestions

We are currently looking for Aprils selected article

Please list your suggestions below.

• Avon Gorge
• Bristol Harbour
• Buildings and architecture of Bristol
• Cheddar Gorge and Caves
• Chew Magna
• Chew Stoke
• Chew Valley
• Chew Valley Lake
• Exmoor
• Kennet and Avon Canal
• Lundy
• Mendip Hills
• Somerset
• Somerset Levels
• The Exchange, Bristol —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rodw (talk • contribs) 11:35, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

• • Wow, thanks for your suggestions, they're excellent. I think we have selected articles up till March, but these will certainly be useful as we plan for the future (which we're currently doing now). Any ideas for the selected biography? Ryan Postlethwaite 13:06, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

• Where/how are the selections made & is there a list somewhere of those already chosen? Also is there a place to suggest DYKs?— Rod ^talk 13:44, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for your suggestions, Rod — if you want to suggest for DYK, you can leave it under the section here (which I will add now), again, thanks for your suggestions, they have been most helpful for the portal :) Qst 15:40, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Basically, if people want to put suggestions forward for discussion, they can do and suggest a month to use it on. If there's no objection, we'll go ahead and use the article. Portal:England/Selected_article/Archives contains all our achives, and it includes future articles selected articles that are going to be used. Ryan Postlethwaite 15:54, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

• Comment - we need a new selected article for Jan 2008 - I've moved William Shakespeare over to the selected bio for Jan. Any suggestions? Ryan Postlethwaite 15:59, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I don't think that was a wise move at all, we are now under more pressure to create a selected article for January, and I'm busy with the holiday season stuff. Qst 16:01, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
    • It doesn't take long at all. Leave it with me then. Ryan Postlethwaite 16:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
      • Thanks, I will do it if I get round to it, just with it being christmas, I'm a bit busy. Qst 16:04, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Discussion of suggestions

• I think Rods suggestion of Kennet and Avon Canal would be an excellent idea for April. It has a good ldea, and it's a good informatvie article, especially for the start of spring. Ryan Postlethwaite 15:52, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Selected biography

Basic criteria

• The article must be within the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject England.
• The article must be B-Class or above.
• Wherever possible, it should have at least one free image.

Suggestions

Please list your suggestions below.

Selected picture

Basic criteria

• The picture must be about England in some way.
• The picture must be appropriate for display in a portal.
• It must be a free image.
• It must be used in at least one article.

Suggestions

Please list your suggestions below.

Selected quote

Basic criteria

• The quote must be said by an english person.
• The person who made the quote must have a Wikipedia article on them.
• The quote must be appropriate for a portal.