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Portals or Wikiportals are pages intended to serve as "main pages" for specific topics or areas. Portals may be associated with one or more WikiProjects; unlike WikiProjects, however, they are meant for both readers and editors of Wikipedia, and should promote content and encourage contribution. If you want to help run one of the Wikiportals listed below, please add yourself to the list. If you want to create a new portal see below.

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All existing Wikiportals

The following is a list of all known Wikiportals on the English Wikipedia together with who founded them and when and who maintains them. Please insert new entries alphabetically and wikify both date and year so personally preferred date formats are inserted for registered users. The "opening" date is the date on which the first completed portal went live or when it was created as per history. Also, add a link to the online portal at {{main portals}} (categorized according to Wikipedia:Browse) and Portal:Browse (also categorized). When the portal is complete and of good quality, add it to the portal namespace - {{Portals}} (N.B. - if portals added to the namespace do not conform with the conventions in WPT:P then they will be removed).

Please list your name below under the appropriate Wikiportal if you want to help keeping it up to date on a regular basis.

Portal Opening Creator Maintainers or WikiProject
Africa 30 April 2005 Mike Gicheru
Algeria 24 June 2005 Mustafaa Mustafaa, Svest, more sought
Ancient Egypt 2 September 2005 Markh,
Ancient Germanic culture 1 June 2005 Harðor, Harðor,
Archaeology 18 March 2005 Adamsan Adamsan
Art February 8 2005 Sketchee
Artificial Intelligence October 10, 2005 M Neser
Astronomy February 9 2005 User:Moverton
Australia April 28 2005 Cyberjunkie Cyberjunkie
Aviation February 14 2005 Trevor macinnis Trevor macinnis; need help with anniversaries section
Bangladesh 16 June 2005 Ragib Ragib
Baseball
Belarus 22 May 2005 Zscout370 Zscout370
Biography May 20 2005 Matt Matt (looking for help)
Biology February 5 2005 Ausir Ausir, UtherSRG
Brazil June 26 2005 Redux Redux, Zscout370
Belarus 18 August 2005 Zscout Zscout
Bucharest 18 August 2005 Ronline Ronline
Business and Economics
Cambodia July 28 2005 Dara
Canada February 10 2005 Denelson83 Bremen, Circeus, Denelson83, Earl Andrew
Caribbean July 5 2005 68.220.100.119 Guettarda (looking for help)
Cetaceans April 29 2005 Pcb21
Chemistry September 25 2005 ~K WikiProject Chemistry
Chess July 16 2005 Bcat WikiProject Chess
Columbia August 2 2005 Carlos Th WikiProject Colombia
Comics September 7 2005 User:Steve block Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics
Constructed languages November 21, 2005 User:JonMoore User:JonMoore, could use help
Community July 4 2005 CQ WikiProject Community
Computer and video games March 29 2005 Jacoplane
Cryptography 8 March 2005 Matt Crypto Matt Crypto
Culture 28 June 2005 Ancheta Wis WikiProject_Culture
Dance 19 November 2005 Roland2 WikiProject_Dance
Doctor Who 7 May 2005 Khaosworks Khaosworks, Andylandandrew, Bjwebb
Eastern Christianity 12 August 2005 Equitor Equitor, Akarige
Engineering 3 June 2005 Spangineer Spangineer
England 29 November 2005 Izehar Izehar
Esperanto 9 September 2005 JonMoore JonMoore (could use help)
Estonia 7 August 2005 Cryoboy Cryoboy
Europe
European Union 26 April 2005 Irishboy WikiProject European Union
Film September 5 2005 Brz7 Brz7 (Need help)
Final Fantasy 7 August 2005 Cuahl Cuahl
Football 11 June 2005 Johan Elisson Phoenix2
Formula One July 31 2005 Rdsmith4 Rdsmith4, Mark83
France June 2005 Wonderfool NYArtsnWords
Geography June 2005 Various contributors Komencanto, Trevor macinnis, Ancheta Wis
Greece 7 July 2005 Jpbrenna Jpbrenna
History April 3 2005 Prsephone1674 see also Wikipedia:WikiProject History
Hong Kong April 5 2005 Instantnood
Hungary 17 August 2005 Dubaduba Dubaduba
India 11 February 2005 Arunram Arunram
Information technology
International Relations 13 August 2005 Doidimais Brasil
Iran 9 July 2005 Jpbrenna
Ireland 25 May 2005 Bastique News: CGorman Did you know... Seabhcan...
Israel 23 May 2005 Neutrality Humus sapiens, IZAK, volunteers welcome
Italy 2 November 2005 Vificunero
James Bond 28 June 2005 Sir Jimmy Sir Jimmy
Japan September 3 2005 User:Fg2 Please help!
Law 25 June 2005 Sir Jimmy Sir Jimmy, Izehar, more needed
Literature March 6 2005 Prsephone1674
London 27 October, 2005 Deano Deano, Wikipedia:WikiProject London
Malaysia July 22, 2005 Andylkl Andylkl. more needed
Mars October 3, 2005 Yaohua2000 Yaohua2000
Malaysia February 10, 2005 Ral315 Ral315 (see also Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics
Medicine March 7, 2005 Moverton Metju12 (need help)
Morocco August 20, 2005 Svest Svest
Music February 6, 2005 TUF-KAT
Netherlands September 4, 2005 Brz7 Brz7, (need help)
New Zealand May 13, 2005 Cyberjunkie Cyberjunkie, Grutness, Gadfium
Oz September 1, 2005 JonMoore WikiProject Oz
Palestine June 3, 2005 Revolución Revolución, Mustafaa
People's Republic of China April 28, 2005 Yacht Yacht (T)
Personal life 9 February 2005 violet/riga violet/riga (t)
Philippines August 3 2005 Jojit fb
Physics March 24, 2005 +Sj+
Pokémon August 12, 2005 Celestianpower Celestianpower
Poland May 4, 2005 Kopcik Witkacy
Politics September 24, 2005 HighHopes HighHopes
Quebec 27 March 2005 Liberlogos Liberlogos
Romania 20 July 2005 Ronline Ronline
Russia 20 May 2005 Zscout370 Zscout370
Religion 15 February 2005 Gkhan Gkhan
Schools 20 August 2005 Harro5 Harro5
Science
Scotland 24 October, 2005 Mais oui! Mais oui!, Scottish Wikipedians' notice board
Sexuality 14 October 2005 84.121.35.52
The Simpsons September 24, 2005 Kaizersoze Kaizersoze
Singapore 8 May, 2005 Huaiwei Huaiwei
Society 20 June, 2005 Ancheta Wis Robin.rueth (newbie, looking for help)
Spain August 21, 2005 Svest Svest (looking for help)
Speculative fiction October 14, 2005 nihon nihon (looking for help)
Spirituality November 6, 2005 RDF RDF
Sports and games February 9, 2005 MacGyverMagic MacGyverMagic
Star Wars
Stargate August 8, 2005 Andromeda Andromeda (help appreciated)
Taiwan October 25, 2005 BenjaminTsai BenjaminTsai
Technology
Texas August 23, 2005 RadicalBender RadicalBender (help is always welcome)
Trains May 16, 2005 Slambo Slambo (could use a helper for the news section); WikiProject Trains
Tropical Cyclones November 29, 2005 titoxd WikiProject Tropical Cyclones
Uganda July 22, 2005 Ezeu Ezeu
United Kingdom February 9, 2005 ALoan ALoan (T), the wub (T)
United States February 9, 2005 Cmprince Cmprince (T)
Utah September 2, 2005 JonMoore WikiProject Utah
Venezuela September 30, 2005 Alex Coiro Alex Coiro volunteering is welcome NPOV gentlemen !!
War October 10, 2005 Kirill Lokshin Kirill Lokshin

How to create a new portal?

Portals are not appropriate for every topic. Only create portals for broad subject areas, which are likely to attract large numbers of interested readers and portal maintainers.

To create a new portal on the topic "Topic" follow these steps:

1. Create a new portal at [[Portal:Topic]] (where "Topic" is the subject of your portal) and enter the following text

{{subst:box portal skeleton| topic=Topic}}

Save.

2. Create two subpages: a) Portal:Topic/box-header with the following text

{{Wikipedia:Wikiportal/box-header | title={{{1}}} 
|editpage={{{2}}} 
|border=#aaaaaa           <!-- This is the color of the borders around  Box Sections -->
|titleforeground=white    <!-- This is the color of the Box Section Title Bar text-->
|titlebackground=#aaccff  <!-- This is the color of the Box Section Title Bar -->
|background=#f9f9ff       <!-- This is the color of the Box Section background -->
|foreground=black}}       <!-- This is the color of the Box Section text -->

Save.

and b)Box-footer]] with the text

{{Box-footer | {{{1}}} }}

Save.

3. Return to your portal page Portal:Topic and begin editing (general instructions on editing a portal are below). Basically follow the red links to create sub-pages that will fill the boxes.

4. Place a link to your portal at the top of the appropriate article (of the same name) by placing a {{portal}} there, or place {{portalpar}} at other various pages. List your portal at {{portals}} and {{main portals}}

For an explanation of how and why this format works go here.

How to edit the portal

The box portal allows you to edit the portal without editing the main portal page. Simply follow the red links to the sub pages and enter the information there. These sub-pages will be displayed on the main page.

Adding a section (box)

If you wish to add a section (box) using the regular codes, go to your portal page (e.g. [1]) and simply type in:

 {{/box-header| 1 | 2 }}
 {{   3   }}
 {{Box-footer| 4 }}

where

  • "1" is the box title
  • "2" is the article to be linked to via Template:Ed2. This will appear right under the title bar. You may omit this parameter if you don't want an edit link to appear, but you must not omit the pipe, for example:
    • {{/box-header | Featured article | Portal:Computer and video games/Featured}}
    • {{/box-header | Featured article | }} (no edit link param, note pipe still in place)
  • "3" is again the article to be linked to (this will appear as a red link until first edited), for example:
    • {{/Featured}}
  • "4" is a link that you'd like to display at the bottom-right corner of the box. You may omit this parameter if you don't want an edit link to appear, but you must not omit the pipe, for example:
    • {{Box-footer | [[Computer and video games|More about Computer and video games...]]}}
    • {{Box-footer | }} (no bottom-right param, note pipe still in place)

Example 1

The following code:

<div style="float:right; width:50%;">
{{/box-header|A random title|Portal:Computer and video games/Featured}}
{{/Featured}}
{{Box-footer|[[Computer and video games|More about Computer and video games...]]}}
</div>

results in -->


Example 2

The following code:

<div style="float:right; width:50%;">
{{/box-header|A random title|Wikipedia talk:Wikiportal/box-header}}
   The following text will appear in the [[box]]. This text can be placed on 
    the [[Wikipedia:Wikiportal|portals]] main page and edited there.Or, 
    alternatly placed on a sub-page of the portal, which is explained below.
{{Box-footer|[[Computer and video games|More about Computer and video games...]]}}
</div>

A random title

The following text will appear in the box. This text can be placed on the portals main page and edited there.Or, alternatly placed on a sub-page of the portal, which is explained below.

...when used at the computer and video games portal, will result in what is displayed to the immediate right. -->

The exact same code, used at other portals, will create a box with the exact same content, but the colors may be completely different. This is because each portal has templates at:

  1. "[portal url]/box-header" (e.g. [2])
  2. "[portal url]/box-footer" (e.g. [3])

that add color information, and the pass all the work along to the Wikipedia:Wikiportal/box-header and Wikipedia:Wikiportal/box-footer templates, which compose everything into a standards-compliant and cross-browser box.

Changing colors

The colors of the portal can be changed in the box-header subpage. A list of colors you can use is available at Web colors or List of colors.

How to make a good Wikiportal?

Most Wikiportals contain the following for readers:

  • A featured article and/or picture
  • Links into the main category for the topic and possibly subcategories (some portals actually appear in the description page for the main category)
  • General info about the subject, or links thereto
  • Links to other portals (using templates)

...and for editors:

  • Links to related WikiProjects. You can use {{Sister project links}} to add Wikimedia Sister Projects' links to your portal (links to news, images and so on).
  • Links to specific articles or tasks
  • Collaboration of the week, month, etc.

You may want to embark on an effort to fill the related categories with appropriate articles if this has not been done already (or add it to the portal's "todo" list so visitors can help out).

Wikiportals under construction (alphabetical order)

Requested Wikiportals (alphabetical order)

General portals preferred to concrete portals.


You may have been redirected to this page from another template page. This is normal. all related template talk pages should redirect here.

This page explains the use of the {{/box-header}} and {{Box-footer}} templates that may exist under your portal page. It also explains the use of the main {{Wikiportal/box-header}} and {{Box-footer}} templates, which you may need to edit if you'd like to change the color scheme on your portal page.

The {{/box-header}} and {{Box-footer}} template codes are used for creating a box inside a portal page. The main {{Wikiportal/box-header}} and {{Box-footer}} template codes are used once in a special sub-page of each portal page to define the colors of the entire portal page.

Portal page usage

To use the regular codes, go to your portal page (e.g. [4]) and simply type in:

 {{/box-header| 1 | 2 }}
 {{   3   }}
 {{Box-footer| 4 }}

where

  • "1" is the box title
  • "2" is the article to be linked to via Template:Ed2. This will appear right under the title bar. You may omit this parameter if you don't want an edit link to appear, but you must not omit the pipe, for example:
    • {{/box-header | Featured article | Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Computer and video games/Featured}}
    • {{/box-header | Featured article | }} (no edit link param, note pipe still in place)
  • "3" is again the article to be linked to (this will appear as a red link until first edited), for example:
    • {{Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Computer and video games/Featured}}
  • "4" is a link that you'd like to display at the bottom-right corner of the box. You may omit this parameter if you don't want an edit link to appear, but you must not omit the pipe, for example:
    • {{Box-footer | [[Computer and video games|More about Computer and video games...]]}}
    • {{Box-footer | }} (no bottom-right param, note pipe still in place)

Example 1

The following code:

<div style="float:right; width:50%;">
{{/box-header|A random title|Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Computer_and_video_games/Featured}}
{{Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Computer_and_video_games/Featured}}
{{Box-footer|[[Computer and video games|More about Computer and video games...]]}}
</div>

results in -->














Example 2

The following code:

<div style="float:right; width:50%;">
{{/box-header|A random title|Wikipedia talk:Wikiportal/box-header}}
   The following text will appear in the [[box]]. This text can be placed on 
    the [[Wikipedia:Wikiportal|portals]] main page and edited there.Or, 
    alternatly placed on a sub-page of the portal, which is explained below.
{{Box-footer|[[Computer and video games|More about Computer and video games...]]}}
</div>

A random title

The following text will appear in the box. This text can be placed on the portals main page and edited there.Or, alternatly placed on a sub-page of the portal, which is explained below.

...when used at the computer and video games portal, will result in what is displayed to the immediate right. -->

The exact same code, used at other portals, will create a box with the exact same content, but the colors may be completely different. This is because each portal has templates at:

  1. "[portal url]/box-header" (e.g. [5])
  2. "[portal url]/box-footer" (e.g. [6])

that add color information, and the pass all the work along to the Wikipedia:Wikiportal/box-header and Wikipedia:Wikiportal/box-footer templates, which compose everything into a standards-compliant and cross-browser box.

Stylesheet page usage

Before you can use the above 'regular' templates, you'll need to create (assuming they don't exist) two special "stylesheet" template pages:

  1. "[your portal url]/box-header" (e.g. [7])
  2. "[your portal url]/box-footer" (e.g. [8])

In the */header page, you'll need to put:

 {{Wikipedia:Wikiportal/box-header | title={{{1}}} 
 |editpage={{{2}}} 
 |border=#aaaaaa 
 |titleforeground=black 
 |titlebackground=#deffad 
 |background=white 
 |foreground=black}}

All of the parameters may be edited except title and editpage (unless you'd like all of the box titles to be the same). They accept the usual css color definitions. If you ever need to change the colors of the page, return there and change them. You may need to wait for the changes to take place, or add the extra url parameter "?action=purge" / "&action=purge" to the url of the page.

In the */footer page, you'll need to put:

 {{Box-footer | {{{1}}} }}

Please add a

#REDIRECT [[Wikipedia talk:Wikiportal/box-header]] 

to the talk pages of both newly created templates.

If defined call2

Is it used so the edit template doesn't produce a redlink? Anything else? Is that useful? --MarSch 2 July 2005 15:41 (UTC)

I can't remember if I tested it the other way, I was concerned that it may spit out the ed template code if no variable was passed. You could try it the other way and use &action=purge to see the changes. Slike2 2 July 2005 21:14 (UTC)
That would probably be a good thing. Error messages are good. Otherwise people might never know that an argument should be passed. I'll eliminate them. --MarSch 3 July 2005 11:12 (UTC)
It seems not to break anything :) Now what about the excessive use of padding and margins. I really hate all those small adjustments. It makes it difficult to change anything. Specifically I noticed that the vertical spacing is different from the horizontal spacing between boxes. I would like to fix this, but perhaps you can clean this up? --MarSch 3 July 2005 11:17 (UTC)
The spacings are due to the differences between % and em - the two divs which cause both sides to float are set to some arbitrary percentages adding up to between 95 and 99%, which means there's a 5-1% gap between the boxes. This means that the actual difference changes based on browser size. The vertical spacing is defined by the box margins, and it's in em. Basically, it's not the box's fault :) (or so I believe). You could try setting the divs to equal 100%, or 99.9%, and add a padding-left:???em; to the div which is floated right, to make it more consistent. Slike2 3 July 2005 23:29 (UTC)
The ed2 does break some things, (Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Computer_and_video_games - note the edit in the main box showing "{..."), but that may not matter because you may want to enforce the each box has a subpage thing. Slike2 3 July 2005 23:33 (UTC)
Trevor fixed it by creating that page. --MarSch 4 July 2005 13:21 (UTC)

Portal:Temporary has been proposed for deletion. NickelShoe (Talk) 03:18, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Categorybrowsebar2 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. WOSlinker (talk) 19:06, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]