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Featured Portals in Wikipedia

A featured portal is a portal which is regarded by the community as being particularly good. This page is where featured portal candidates are considered by the community.

Please see "what is a featured portal?" for general standards and criteria.

Before nominating a portal here, it is highly recommended you receive feedback from the community by listing it at portal peer review.

Nominators are expected to make an effort to address objections. A portal should not be a featured portal candidate and at the same time be listed at portal peer review. Users are asked not to add a second nomination here until the first has gained support and concerns have been substantially addressed. Do not split a nomination page into subsections, which will cause problems in its archiving (if necessary, use bolded headings). Please respond positively to constructive criticism.

For a nomination to be promoted to featured portal status, consensus must be reached that it meets the criteria. Consensus is built among the reviewers and nominators, as determined by the portal directors: Cirt and OhanaUnited. If, after sufficient time, objections considered actionable have not been resolved or consensus for promotion has not been reached, a nomination will be removed from the list and archived.

A bot will update the portal talk page after the portal is promoted or the nomination archived; the delay in bot processing can range from minutes to several days, and the {{FPOC}} template should remain on the talk page until the bot updates {{ArticleHistory}}. If a nomination is archived, the nominator should take adequate time to work on resolving issues before re-nominating—typically at least a few weeks.

At present, there are 137 featured portals, of a total of 580 portals on Wikipedia.

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Nomination procedure

  1. Before nominating a portal for featured portal status on this page, compare it against the featured portal criteria and ensure that it meets all criteria before nominating.
    • It is strongly recommended that you use the portal peer review process before nominating the portal. Peer reviews help to identify and fix basic improvement needs before they might be used as the basis for opposing a nomination.
    • You may also wish to observe other featured portals in the same topic to get ideas on how to further improve your portal before nomination.
  2. Place {{FPOC}} on the talk page of the nominated portal, and click the "initiate nomination" link – This will allow you to initiate the nomination in the correct format.
    • Note: If you are resubmitting the portal after a previously failed nomination, it is important that you follow the following instructions correctly:
    1. Use the move tab to rename the previous nomination to a new title:
      example: move Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Example to Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Example/Archive 1
      Go back to the template you left on the talk page of the nominated portal, and replace the code {{FPOC}} with {{FPOC|Archive 1}}. Save the page and re-click the "initiate nomination" link to start the nomination again.
  3. Fill in the blanks of the page, including why you are nominating the portal and other necessary details about the portal that need to be covered.
  4. Click this link and place the following code (replacing Example with the name of your portal) directly under the header, and above all previous nominations. This will transclude the nomination subpage you created for your nominated portal to be seen on the main candidacy page. Be sure to include an edit summary that clearly states which portal you are nominating: e.g., nominating Portal:Example.
  5. Nominator is strongly encouraged to watchlist the nomination page.

Supporting and objecting

Please read nominated portals fully before deciding to support or oppose a nomination.

  • To edit nominations in order to comment on them, you must click the "edit" link to the right of the portal nomination on which you wish to comment (not the overall page's "edit this page" link).
  • If you approve of a portal, write '''Support''' followed by your reasons.
  • If you oppose a nomination, write '''Object''' followed by the reason for your objection. Each objection must provide a specific rationale that can be addressed. If nothing can be done in principle to "fix" the source of the objection, the objection may be ignored. This includes objections to a portal's suitability for the Wikipedia.
    • To withdraw an objection, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
  • Any registered user may vote. IP users will have their votes crossed out, but their comments on portal content should be considered. Users casting more than 1 vote by using alternate/different accounts will have all but their primary account's vote removed.

Consensus must be reached for a portal to be promoted to featured portal status. Consensus shall be determined by a nomination closer who is not materially involved in the portal's development or maintenance, or any related WikiProjects. If enough time passes without objections being resolved, nominations will be removed from the candidates list and archived.


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[edit] Nominations

[edit] Portal:Statistics

This portal has been peer reviewed and seems to be ready as a featured portal candidate. —G716 <T·C> 18:51, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Notified WikiProject StatisticsG716 <T·C> 19:04, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
Any other possibly related wikiprojects you could notify that might be interested in contributing to the discussion? Math, Science, Economics, etc., something like that? Cirt (talk) 13:04, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
Done: Mathematics, Probability, Science, EconomicsG716 <T·C> 01:34, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! Hopefully that will draw in some editors to comment. Cirt (talk) 02:56, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Opera

Co-nomination: (Shoemaker's Holiday, Cirt, and Voceditenore). After a previous, failed nomination, this has been redone top to bottom. Notably, dozens of articles have been brought up to GA or better, we've gained about 10 additional featured pictures through a picture drive, and the layout has had a complete going-over by Cirt. We believe that this now meets all the criteria, and serves as an excellent introduction to high-quality content on opera.

It has an active WikiProject behind it, so the numbers of articles, biographies, pictures, and sounds will continue to increase over time. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 13:30, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Notified: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Contemporary music, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Arts, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Theatre, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Classical music, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Richard Wagner, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Gilbert and Sullivan. Cirt (talk) 20:28, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Support. Very well built portal (meets FPC) with excellent content and rotation. Maybe revamp Portal:Arts next? Only "Associated Wikimedia" needs to be redone as several links go nowhere useful. feydey (talk) 11:31, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
    • Hmm. I could try... Would you be interested in joining me? There's literally hundreds of FPs, FSes, and so on we really ought to include in it. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 17:49, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
      • I don't think feydey means categorizing all the stuff on Commons. That link's OK. The problem is with these links: Opera on Wikinews, Opera on Wikibooks, and Opera on Wikiversity. They default to an assumed page on those media projects titled "Opera" when in fact there is none. Opera on Wikiquote is OK (it has a page) and Opera on Wikisource is OK because it already links to the search results on "opera". Opera on Wiktionary is sort of OK - it links to a redirect page to a definition of er... Opera. I'd suggest replacing the default links for the 3 "go nowhere" with ones to search results, e.g.
Opera on Wikinews: http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Opera&fulltext=Search
Opera on Wikibooks: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search/Opera
Opera on Wikiversity: http://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Opera&fulltext=Search
- Voceditenore (talk) 04:53, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Oh, I thought he was talking about Portal:Arts (which is what I was talking about =). Took a little ingenuity, but I've implemented your suggested links. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 06:43, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
I made the coding a little cleaner, it's all fixed now [1]. Cirt (talk) 19:51, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Response: Generally the issues are with the shorter ones, the other longer ones are okay. As I generally take the text from the WP:LEADs of the articles themselves, the issue is with those articles themselves to be improved upon hopefully. Cirt (talk) 18:59, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
I agree; it's a lot easier to expand the really short ones. Adding one or two more lines to the shortest ones should do it. It just looks glaring when there are length differences of 2x or greater. --Jh12 (talk) 19:25, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Generally I don't think that's such a big deal - again I go by the WP:LEADs, of those articles at present, and also sometimes it is nice to have that bit of extra dynamism in the portal. Cirt (talk) 19:29, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Response: I've now slightly expanded Portal:Opera/Selected biography/3 and Portal:Opera/Selected article/13 to redress the balance. I could also easily trim slightly the rather long and wordy ones, e.g. Portal:Opera/Selected article/12, and especially Portal:Opera/Selected biography/6 and Portal:Opera/Selected biography/4. It would probably improve their readability in the confined space of a portal. I would agree with Cirt, though, that a bit of variation in "shape" can add dynamism. Voceditenore (talk) 06:53, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the help Voceditenore (talk · contribs)! Cirt (talk) 06:56, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
I've trimmed Portal:Opera/Selected biography/4, Portal:Opera/Selected biography/6, and Portal:Opera/Selected article/12. I tried to keep all the basic facts, but reduced the amount of commentary on them. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 07:01, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Support It's a personal preference more than anything. Two reasons I like standardized entries are 1. For technical reasons, the boxes will align better and there's less chance of large white spaces 2. Extremely short leads may not introduce an article adequately. Anyway, fantastic work! I appreciate the effort. --Jh12 (talk) 07:34, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Support with a few suggestions from [sd] 19:55, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
    • Add {{Browsebar}} at the beginning, e.g. the Internet portal.
    • Selected biography: Update I and XIII with the dates of birth and death.
    • Introduction: Can you find a better photograph for II? The current one is good but unclear, in my opinion.
    • Opera topics: In my opinion, the word Opera is not needed; instead, I'd suggest Main topics or Major topics. Also, I think the link to the opera article should be removed, because (i) it's been linked to several times above and (ii) it is centered but doesn't line up correctly with the box title (Opera topics).
      Done. Addressed all of these above points by Sd31415 (talk · contribs), thanks, they were all good suggestions. :) Cirt (talk) 21:08, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Finger Lakes

Co-nomination: (Cirt and Mitchazenia). See archived peer review (notified relevant WikiProjects, but only got one comment, oh well). Stats: 15 selected articles, 10 selected biographies, 11 selected pictures, 14 selected lakes (the Finger Lakes), 13 selected attractions, 40 featured pictures, 37 additional selected pictures, 12 sets of rotating DYK hooks, and an automatically rotating In this month section. I believe the portal meets the standards for Featured Portal status. Cirt (talk) 15:38, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Notified: Talk:Finger Lakes, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Lakes, and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York. Cirt (talk) 20:23, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Support after review, needs some work with captions. feydey (talk) 11:52, 26 May 2009 (UTC) In summary: fails FPC 1a. The content is very remotely connected to the topic, having a bird's picture with the caption: "The Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America" used on the portal misses the the portal's core. Why 2 picture boxes? While well built it is not FP useful, to get FP it needs to focus on the core topics on the issue. feydey (talk) 10:22, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Comments by Jh12
Due to the nature of this portal, I can understand using sub-GA articles but you're going to want to change the Instructions under Portal:Finger Lakes/Selected attraction, Portal:Finger Lakes/Selected article, and Portal:Finger Lakes/Selected biography to reflect that. For example the article under Portal:Finger Lakes/Selected article/8 is rated Start-class, Portal:Finger Lakes/Selected attraction/1 is rated Stub, and Portal:Finger Lakes/Selected biography/10 is B even though the Instructions say the articles listed are GA or FA. --Jh12 (talk) 08:01, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Response: Fixed. Cirt (talk) 08:08, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
All the articles you mention are pretty clear B's, and one's actually a GA. Are you sure you got the links right? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 20:26, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
That is because I have fixed it, as I noted, above. :P Cirt (talk) 21:37, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Like Shoemaker's comment above, I think the portal "Would benefit greatly from lengthier, more detailed captions." In particular, it could use expansion of the captions to further explain significance to the Finger Lakes region and/or something interesting about the selections. For example, Portal:Finger Lakes/Selected picture/21 says "A tower of 600 bowls on [sic?] glass at the Corning Museum of Glass." That doesn't seem very interesting to me; more compelling is that the article says the museum "is home to the world’s most comprehensive collection of glass" and that it's in "one of the most prominent glassmaking towns in America." --Jh12 (talk) 03:19, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
Unfortunately, that info is not really sourced to secondary sources in the article, which is why we went with simply descriptive of the image itself, as opposed to the subject in the article. Cirt (talk) 03:47, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
I'm not going to oppose based on this aspect of the portal, but I still think it is something that can be worked on. If the more outstanding facts can't be sourced, the captions could include basic information such as location, population, or other context. Going back to Portal:Finger Lakes/Selected picture/21, it could read "A tower of 600 glass bowls at the Corning Museum of Glass. Founded in 1950 by Corning Glass Works (now Corning Incorporated), the museum is located in the Finger Lakes region of New York and houses a research library devoted to glass." I just think some of the captions are still weak compared to some of the recently promoted portals Portal:Peru/Selected picture, Portal:Brazil/Selected picture/Archives, and Portal:Japan/Selected picture --Jh12 (talk) 10:26, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
Okay, I fixed that one per your suggestion [5]. As for the others, as I said already, above, I believe that Shoemaker's Holiday (talk · contribs) had gone through and improved the captions on those, but I will go through and have another look. Cirt (talk) 10:35, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Support: Good job. I have a few minor suggestions that I'd like to see addressed. [sd] 15:50, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
    • Introduction: The fourteen lakes located in the Finger Lakes region include: The word include suggests there are more lakes than the fourteen you list.
    • Related Portals: Portals should be portals to follow the rules of capitalization you used in the rest of the portal.
    • Things you can do: You use both WikiProject Lakes and Lakes WikiProject. I'd recommend using sticking to WikiProject Lakes, since you use that wording for another box.
    • Topics: Is this section necessary? You list all of these articles in the introduction and again have the county names in the box for categories, which brings me to…
    • Categories: Shouldn't this category also be there?
    • In this month: e.g. June 2007 - Change the hyphens to en dashes (), which the featured Germany portal use as well.
    • Selected picture: Two of the pictures, namely Ithaca Falls and Glenora Wine Cellars, don't have articles, so I can't read more about them. I'd recommend either you or members of WikiProject New York to start articles on them.
      Everything addressed except for the last one, as I don't have the experience for those two. I will request them for you though :) - 3 1/2 years of Mitch32 16:10, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
      Great. Thanks, [sd] 19:16, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
      Thank you to Mitchazenia (talk · contribs) for addressing those points. :) Cirt (talk) 21:02, 13 June 2009 (UTC)


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