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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 15:35, 20 March 2008.

Portal:Ice hockey[edit]

previous FPOC (21:21, 14 February 2008)
I withdrew the FPOC in, to be honest, a fit of anger. I've decide to smarten up and compromise and make everything automatic. The Suggestions page is always available to add more articles, so I didn't overstock. Big thanks to Ryan Postletwhaite for helping me out with the portal. Maxim(talk) 23:40, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support - no concerns per issues last time, etc. Good to see Maxim made the right choice in "smartening up" :) dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 23:59, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Maxim's done a gret job with the portal and it's all automated - It uses the random generator for all the selected content, and it uses the wikinews importer for the news section so there's no longer problems associated with the portal being young. Ryan Postlethwaite 00:03, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - looks nice however, to make it more professional, I'd suggest you italicise the header in the top box - (Ice hockey portal) - in uniform with the other subsections and I'd ask you to uniform the "read more's" as well, for example, all with three dotes after it. Here's an example (read more) and (read more...) → (read more) and (read more) or vice versa. Rudget. 15:10, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment - I fixed the first point, and the second as well, as (read more...). I've made it as one template (Portal:ice hockey/r), so if you believe getting rid of the ellipsis would be better, it'd save me 30 edits. :-p Maxim(talk) 22:01, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments

It's a well put-together portal, and I'm leaning towards supporting, but there are a few sticking points that need to be addressed. Cirt (talk) 08:13, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  1. The pages that show all the various "selected" things on a subpage should have instructions for users on how to add selected content, so they don't have to figure it out on their own. Cirt (talk) 08:13, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Done. --Maxim(talk) 12:59, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Not done, please see example at Portal:Sustainable development. Cirt (talk) 23:24, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Hopefully done now. :-) Maxim(talk) 13:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. All the "selected pictures" need to have credits. Cirt (talk) 08:13, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Done. --Maxim(talk) 12:59, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    All of the selected pictures could also have rollover-captions, like Portal:Film. Cirt (talk) 23:24, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Done Maxim(talk) 13:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. In "selected article", "selected biography", and "selected list" - some of the titles of those articles are bolded, and some are bolded and also wikilinked to the highlighted article. Preferably, they should all be both bolded and wikilinked. Cirt (talk) 08:13, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Done. --Maxim(talk) 12:59, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Categories section could be reformatted with categorytree coding. Cirt (talk) 08:13, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about, but I looked at Portal:Sustainable development and if I were to use the same system for categories as used on that portal, no changes are required IMO. --Maxim(talk) 12:59, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    For an example of "categorytree" usage to have 2 columns, see Portal:Television. Cirt (talk) 23:24, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Done. Maxim(talk) 13:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Associated Wikimedia section could have its own subpage, to direct users to specific project pages, instead of the default stuff. Cirt (talk) 08:13, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Done. --Maxim(talk) 12:59, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Small touch - remove the "Purge server cache" and add "Show new selections" instead, below the intro, like in the Featured Portal, Portal:Sustainable development, among others. Cirt (talk) 08:13, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Done, and I moved around the list and changed the width so "Show new selections" would look better with its placement. Maxim(talk) 12:59, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. One thing, does the image in the introduction change? Might have just been my luck of the draw, but I'd like to see that B&W photo of pucks change if you are investing in random content. Otherwise looks nice, good job. -03:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Susanlesch (talk • contribs)
    • Comment - the image in the intro isn't random, but I've changed the image to a diagram of the rink, it's the one used as the WP:HOCKEY "symbol", for lack of a better term. Maxim(talk) 20:20, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nice diagram. (Either of the images looks good.) -Susanlesch (talk) 05:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • All comments taken into consideration, many supports, no opposes and a good amount of time to determine consensus, that being to promote. Rudget. 15:31, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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