Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Texas

Portal:Texas[edit]

Take a slow meander thru my home. Follow your eyes as you gander at the good life. I'll be waiting. :) Anyways, this maturing portal definatly meets criteria. I recently made the "articles", "bios", "pics", and "city" sections auto, because of the heavy workload. I will be filling these out with at least 24 articles per section, they all have atleast 5 as of now. Jo e I 08:54, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support, looks good. One minor quibble: please hide the "WikiProject" prefix on all the links in the "WikiProjects" box, as it's implicit there. Kirill Lokshin 16:22, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, Thnx :) Jo e I 21:29, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support - nice job, well done. - Zone46 02:32, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Object - pretty much entirely on the "news" box. a) some sort of dating would be nice so that you can see how recent this news actually is; and b) the link to "FOX News" has just got to go - firstly because external links should not be advertised in such a way, and secondly because it is a source that is questionable within WP:RS. "More News" should be linked to a Wikipedia page with updates - bear in mind that Portals showcase what is on Wikipedia, not what is on the rest of the web. DJR (T) 15:14, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, that was quick deal. I had news, but dropped it, then Ann Richards died. I thought it would be nice. :) It will be complettly gone in a few days. Jo e I 15:50, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Restored news. I didn't realize it was still on the portal page. :) Jo e I 07:22, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok it's a lot better without the news box (it's also less maintenance!). I'm happy to remove my objection, but a couple of minor adjustments I'd like to see include some ~~font-size shrinkage - mainly on the "Things You Can Do" section~~. A couple of your other boxes have succesfully used a smaller font-size, and I feel boxes/templates that contain lists of links such as these should always use smaller fonts in order to make them less overpowering. DJR (T) 08:42, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done, THNX :) Jo e I 04:44, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One more little niggle - you have a box near the bottom called "Relative pages". Firstly, your terminology is quite ambiguous - perhaps consider changing to "Related pages". Secondly (this might be a browser issue), the links and images do not appear to line-up properly - have a look at the "Related Portals" boxes on other portals such as Portal:London for a syntax that should resolve the problem. DJR (T) 10:53, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Renamed, tried London syntax, did it help? Jo e I 13:18, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't really sure how to explain what I was thinking, so I editted the box myself. I'm happy to change my vote to Support now. DJR (T) 14:46, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, looks good. Thnx :) Jo e I 16:05, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support, looks good. But... even though the red and blue may be the colors of Texas, it doesn't go well with the light blue background.. My suggestion would be to use some complementing colours like light orange or light brown. -- Ch e z ^{(Discuss / Email)} • 05:56, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]