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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 by User:Cirt 12:10, 16 January 2009 [1].

Portal:Atlas

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Self-nomination. See the archived peer review, tho there was only one response. There are over 120 maps of a wide varying type, not including the ones in articles and bios. I believe this portal meets all the criteria and should be promoted. Thanks. Joe I 19:28, 4 November 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Comments from Jh12 (talk) (addressed)
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  1. The portal could use a Things you can do section; would it also be possible to add a Did you know? section?
    • Added a Geography based to do list. I looked thru lots of DYKs and didn't find a single one I wanted to use.
  2. Add Read more... links for that particular article/biography (Portal:Sustainable development)
    • Articles are linked like the rest of wikipedia, from the first instance of the article title.
    It's really optional, though most of the featured portals I've seen go through recently have the read more link anyway, just in case a reader didn't think to click the in-text wiki-link.(recent examples: Portal:Japan, Portal:Mars, Portal:Russia) --Jh12 (talk) 17:45, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Certainly, I just personally find it distracting Joe I 18:20, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Would it be possible to expand Portal:Atlas/Maps/Geographic and Portal:Atlas/Maps/Nautical to ten selections?
    • Yeah, it took alot of looking, but I added a few, 11 geo and 10 nautical total. I will contine to try to increase these.

Overall, I think the portal looks fantastic. --Jh12 (talk) 20:18, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support - I agree with Cirt that News, Did you know, or other randomized content would be nice, but given the nature of this portal and its overall quality I am going to go ahead and support. Consider adding the read more links or incorporating some of Cirt's suggestions over time. One last thing though: please add captions for all of the images in the portal. --Jh12 (talk) 13:13, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Wow, thanks for the help with captions, I did do the featured maps section. And I will finish the others. Thanks Joe I 16:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, I believe all pics have a caption. I updated all rotated maps to a layout template. Thanks. Joe I 04:38, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  1. Missing: A Did you know section, for a way to format it, see Portal:Norway/DYK. Cirt (talk) 22:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Missing: A News section, and/or Events section (daily/weekly or monthly), or both. Cirt (talk) 22:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Missing: Featured content or expand to all GA and FA content box. Cirt (talk) 22:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Not meaning to sound rude, but these are not required in the criteria or guidelines so , not missing, only suggested additions. It's very difficult to find excerpts and headlines on individual maps, when they are meant for articles. All of the featured maps are in the Featured map section, therefore another featured content box would be redundant. Joe I 07:50, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Would be really nice to have a Selected quote section, with quotes from notable individuals with existing bio articles on Wikipedia and free-use images about Atlas, maps, mapmaking, geography, or other related topics. See Portal:Comedy/Selected quote for an idea. Cirt (talk) 22:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Started a quote section. 13 there now, and I'll more soon. Joe I 07:50, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Surely there must be some other related portals? Cirt (talk) 22:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Added one more, but that's about all I could find closely related. Joe I 07:50, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Topics would look better if left-aligned. Cirt (talk) 22:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Is there a specific reason or merely a personal preference? Joe I 07:50, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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