Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Origami/archive1

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[edit] Portal:Origami

Hello. I was quite surprised that this portal hadn't been created, so I went ahead and did so. I've tirelessly improved the portal, and I would like to gain everyone else's opinion. The portal sat over at the Portal Review page, but to my dismay, nobody commented on it. So, I thought an FPC nom would gain more effective comments on the improvement on the portal.

I've checked the requirements, and I think it is covered. This portal is rather new, so please comment on anything that could be improved; whether it be content or color, any pointers on the portal's improvement would be much appreciated.

Thank you all for talking the time time to discuss this portal. *Cremepuff222* 01:38, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Oppose for now - The page looks all over the place. On my screen, all the pictures are all over the place & blot out parts of the sections. The sections themselves are all over the place, with the quotes before the selected picture, the to do section below most of the other sections & so on etc. Also, I don't see any way of continually updating the portal's sections, such as randomisation or queued articles etc. For the subject matter, I doubt there will be many articles or selections so that an interesting & continually updated selection could be upkept. So for now, oppose. Spawn Man 02:53, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
    Er..., what internet browser do you use? It looks fine for me on both Firefox and IE... Thanks for the comments, though. *Cremepuff222* 17:28, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
    Internet Explorer, but I've done everything I can in my window mode & the images still blank out parts of the boxes still. I don't think it's a browser problem, but rather a lay out problem. Maybe you should get rid of the captions below some of the pictures by not making them "frames". Spawn Man 06:24, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose for now - Per Spawn Man. The portal does look all over the place, and I'm using FireFox. There are too many blank spaces, and the alignment is not unified (one of the main reasons that it "looks all over the place"). Also, a featured portal should always have a clear system that encourages participation, and by this I mean the inclusion of links such as "Archive", "Nominate" beside the Selected Article and et cetera). Aquarius • talk 19:35, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
    Perhaps the issue is the screen resolution, because the pages look absolutely fine to me. As for the links, if you click on the box headings, you'll be brought to the "archives". Perhaps a more noticeable link is needed... Well anyway, thanks. *Cremepuff222* 20:01, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment, I really wish someone would reply to my comments! *Cremepuff222* 19:11, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Okay... Spawn Man 12:36, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
      • Hahaha, good one... :) I meant the ones up there. *Cremepuff222* 17:23, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose for now. It's a nice portal. I think you have a good start but there are still a couple of things that can be improved. I'll change my vote to "support" once you have addressed them. Here they are:
  1. Archive - it needs some kind of archive easily accessible to readers. I know this portal already has Portal:Origami/Selected article and Portal:Origami/Selected picture that can be further developed into a proper archive system. See examples at Portal:Visual arts/Selected article or Portal:Cricket/Featured article
  2. Participation of the readers - maybe nomination of articles? Is the nomination page combined with the archive or are they separate? See examples at Portal:Indigenous peoples of North America/Selected article candidates and Portal:Fish/Nominations
  3. "Related topics". A featured portal should have a reasonable scope of coverage of wikipedia articles. See "Topics related to India" at Portal:India or "Major topics" at Portal:Visual arts.
  4. Overall design. Should be attractive and somehow related to the topic. See Portal:Visual arts and Portal:Food.
  5. Overall content. For some reason I feel that the origami portal in its current form doesn't really have much information to offer. Maybe it should either add more sections or expand some of the current sections or do both. See how extensive Portal:Food or Portal:London are.
So that's all the suggestions I can think of. Good luck! --Melanochromis 08:39, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • That was a very nice rationale, thank you! This should make my job much easier... Thanks! *Cremepuff222* 17:52, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose. I find it a bit lack of information, especially if it changes only once a month. You should try using random portal component template. OhanaUnitedTalk page 16:54, 30 June 2007 (UTC)