Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Illinois

Portal:Illinois[edit]

Self-nom. I've built this thing up from scratch, and it seems to me that it is worthy of featured status. So I invite you to come on, feel the Illinoise!. Teemu08 03:51, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I don't know if it's IE's display problem again, I am seeing content misalignment in the portal. OhanaUnited ^{Talk page} 05:56, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support:I must say, this is a very impressive Portal. Very well set up. Comment: God I hate it when people pronounce my state Illinoise. Its not like I go around saying Argghhh-Kansas. (I'm just kidding by that comment).--Kranar drogin 21:17, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. It is misaligned for me too. I am using 1024x768 resolution. It looks excellent otherwise. Royalbroil 17:20, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I've tried to do what I can to realign the page so that *most* of the formats look pretty lined up. There's no perfect solution, however. Teemu08 00:21, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have experimented with the margins, and it now works on my display. Royalbroil 13:18, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Beautiful - I especially love the color choices. Royalbroil 13:18, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Nicely set up, if Illinois had a main page this would have to be it. Let's hear it for Illinoisepedia! IvoShandor 22:19, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above. Dooms Day349 22:27, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support very nice work.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 00:37, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, but please fix links in Associated Wikimedia box. feydey 18:19, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
~~Object~~ due to a few minor concerns. Firstly, the right column was narrower than the size of the selected images (300px), causing them to overlap. I remedied this by increasing its width to 41% — I expect that this is fine. Secondly, the size of the images in the selected articles is too large for the amount of text, becoming a distraction. Please reduce them to under 150px. Thirdly, it is typical to offer the reader a "more" or "read more" link at the end of the selected article text (eg, WP:TFA). Finally, the light cyan was a little bright, so I toned it down to an Alice blue – I hope this is fine also. Otherwise, it's a great portal and I'll be happy to support once my 2nd and 3rd concerns are addressed.--cj | talk 03:10, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Both comments addressed. Teemu08 03:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Happily support.--cj | talk 15:08, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Great work. A quick comment — since this is the Illinois portal, Illinois news seems a little redundant to me. I'd suggest News, Current news, Recent news, or Current events. Happy editing, [sd] 18:49, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to "Recent news". Teemu08 19:03, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Nice job. —dima /talk/ 19:43, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Whereas Portal:Texas only list truly related portals, Portal:Utah list random states. I don't like the listing of random portals merely because they are states. Illinois should probably list Parent (US) and Offspring (Chicago) and possibly neighboring states, but these are questionable.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 15:45, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There is supposed to be a distinction between subportals (those descended) and related portals (those lateral), but I'd agree that listing all states is probably not desirable in this format.--cj | talk 15:08, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]