Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:New South Wales

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Portal:New South Wales

Spebi, Daniel, Riana and I have been working hard getting this portal up to status, even though it's Christmas :) I feel it now passes FP criteria; it is well-maintenanced (we have updated the selected stuff and dyk to March of next year), doesn't have irritating colour schemes, easy to read, and has an easy-to-update currentmonth scheme. I don't see any obvious problems with it, and would welcome commentary on whether you feel it passes. Cheers! --D_arkF_alls ^talk 08:30, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support but I barely did anything, really! I guess DarkFalls just has to pay his dues to his puppetmaster... :P I think it's a good piece of work and has all the things I'd like to see in a geographical portal. ~ Riana ⁂ 08:33, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support as co-nominator/co-creator. Daniel 01:28, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As a side note, the Topics box is not complete as of yet, but I'm piecing it together and it should be done hopefully by tonight, as I'll be away tomorrow. Everything else is pretty much complete, and Selected content is set until March and I have a heap of ideal articles and pictures to use should the current run out. Spebi 09:36, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if it's a requirement, or even if it's the norm, but shouldn't the stuff in the Did You Know section have actually appeared on DYK (on the Main Page)? — Dihydrogen Monoxide _(Review) 09:47, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not really sure either, I don't see the difference that it makes. The ones in the box currently I don't know if they have appeared on the main page at all, I picked a couple of New South Wales-related ones from Portal:Australia's Did you know section, and I haven't made any of these up. Even so, does it really matter? Spebi 10:57, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I know, it isn't required for the DYK to be featured on the main page beforehand. I could easily get some from recent additions, but it might run out... Personally I never use those that have appeared on the main page because people might have already seen them before. I prefer fresh ones, but that's my opinion... --D_arkF_alls ^talk 12:08, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Erm, they all have appeared on the main page. I got them from archives of Wikipedia:Recent additions, which are old DYKs. ;) I doubt we're in danger of running out, fwiw. ~ Riana ⁂ 12:45, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Of the current DYKs, only one appeared on the Main Page - I'm not sure why the rest would be on RA (no, no, and no). If people insist it's not a big deal I won't push it (although on P:AUSMUSIC I try and keep it to Main Page DYKs-only), and thus I'll support. — Dihydrogen Monoxide _(Review) 22:44, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not savvy with the DYK process at all, and if I recall correctly, Riana picked out a couple of random ones from old recent additions pages, and if they were that old, they might not have had their talk pages updated. I still don't see how appearing on the main page is particularly important... Spebi 08:11, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
All DYKs have the template on their talk page, it's an inherent part of the process. I'm not saying it's important (hence my support), I'm just saying those articles can't have appeared on DYK...— Dihydrogen Monoxide _(Review) 08:14, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It is actually really good, great work done, consistency and others have all been checked. But, if possible could someone do a selected biography section, so it's inline with all the other featured portals? Best regards, Rt . 13:01, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As with Portal:South Australia - someone brought this up at its FPoC too - it's a regional portal, not a national one, so the selected article section has to encompass this. Not that many people in Australia ;) ~ Riana ⁂ 13:12, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose so. Support. Best, Rt . 14:05, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, though I don't think the "Read more..." in the "News" section should link to another portal. People expect this to go to more about a particular subject, or to a search on Wikinews, at least that's what I expected. Overall, looks very nice, well-balanced and good use of images. Cirt (talk) 21:22, 26 December 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Interwiki mistake, fixed now. Spebi 21:36, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not done - Nope, it still links to Portal:Australia. Cirt (talk) 22:17, 26 December 2007 (UTC).[reply]
If you actually check the URL and not just the title of the page, you'll see that it links to the Australia Portal on Wikinews. Spebi 22:18, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Done -- Ah. Quite right. My mistake, apologies. Cirt (talk) 22:22, 26 December 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Support: Good work, everyone! — [sd] 22:29, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Object. Support. It's a pretty good start, but I have two problems with it. First, the "Things to do" section is taken straight from the Australian portal - basically none of this pertains to New South Wales. Secondly, the topics section doesn't exactly give a great overview of New South Wales topics - compare current FTs Ireland and Utah. Furthermore, some of the selections (c.f. List of Mountain peaks of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales) seem odd to say the least. Rebecca (talk) 08:38, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have replaced the {{Australia opentask}} template with some selections from New South Wales, although it was slightly harder to find requested articles, as the New South Wales WikiProject didn't have the best to-do list to pick items from. I hope I've addressed that adequately, and for the record, I do plan to add some more articles to the to-do list, as I admit, it does look a little sketchy. As for the topics, I'm going to do a total overhaul of that section and choose better topics, and make the whole layout structure slightly better. It shouldn't take me too long. Spebi 09:15, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Great! It'd be good to have another Aussie featured portal - let me know when that's done and I'll strike my exception. (It'd be nice to see the to-do section padded out a bit - I've added a couple, but I'm sure more could be found.) Rebecca (talk) 09:36, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You edited conflicted me as you put in those 2 extras :) I've beefed it up a bit more, and I have a couple more in mind. Riana is helping me to tackle the Topics section next, and I'll post back here when it's done. Thanks for your suggestions. Cheers, Spebi 09:44, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As a New South Welshman of 15 years, I'll also have a look at the topics and see what I can suggest :) Daniel 00:46, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I've completed the topics box (without any help from Riana :P) and the Things to do section looks pretty beefed up, so I hope that I have addressed the concerns you had about the portal. Spebi 01:00, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Great job - I've changed to support. Rebecca (talk) 06:45, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: In the Related portals box, I don't think Main Australian Portal... is needed since Visit Australia Portal is already there. Happy editing! — [sd] 05:08, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Spebi 06:02, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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