Portal:Ireland/Suggestions

Please add suggestions for the regularly updated sections of the portal below. All suggestions that fit the criteria are welcome and will normally be added in order of suggestion. However, the topics shown on the portal must be varied widely. This means that there not only needs to be variation in what articles, pictures and DYKs follow each other, but also what articles, pictures and DYKs are show at the same time. This will effect the order in which suggestions are added to the portal.

Even if you don't have anything to add, you can still help by checking that each of the sections that need regular updating have been updated within the last 3—4 days. If they haven't then update them using a suggestion from below.

Selected article
  Frequency: A new SA every 3—4 days (previous SA's are archived). Criteria: Any mid-quality or better Ireland-related article, except stubs. Must show Ireland-related contributions to Wikipedia in a "good light." An accompanying picture is essential. What to add: A link to the suggested article. 


 * Shamrock
 * Modern Celts
 * Orange Institution
 * Oliver Cromwell
 * Edward Carson, Baron Carson

Did you know... ?
  Frequency: One new DYK every 3—4 days (older DYKs are moved down the list and then added to the archive). Criteria: <li>In the form of a short one-sentence fact. <li>Must be from the content of an Ireland-related article. <li>Surprising and not of specialist interest. <li>In-line links to the article where it was found (in bold) and other Ireland-related and important surrounding articles.</ul> <li>What to add: Add the fact below as it should appear on the portal. </ul>

Selected picture
<div style="float:right; clear:right; background:#fcfcfc; border:#ccc 1px solid; width:275px; padding-right:0.2em; border-radius:2px;"> <ul> <li>Frequency: A new SP ever 3—4 days (previous SPs are added to the archive). <li>Criteria:<ul> <li>High-quality and aesthetically pleasing Ireland-related image (need not be in use in an article). <li>Must meet Wikipedia's copyright requirements. <li>Not of solely specialist interest. <li>Accompanied by a brief informative description (max. short two-sentences) with in-line links to a 'main article' (in bold) and other Ireland-related or important surrounding articles. <li>Description must meet Wikipedia policies and guidelines.</ul> <li>What to add: Add a link to the image (piped with an appropriate name) and the description as it should appear on the portal, separated by a dash. </ul>


 * River Foyle - The River Foyle, Europe's fastest flowing river, in Derry at night.
 * Surfing in Mullingar - Wind-surfing on Lough Lene near Collinstown, Co. Westmeath.
 * Jerpoint Abbey - A stone carving at Jerpoint Abbey near Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, dating from around 1180.
 * William Butler Yeats - A portrait of young William Butler Yeats by his father, John Butler Yeats, in 1900.
 * Malin Head - An iron cross at Malin Head, the most northerly headland on the mainland of Ireland.

Other suggestions
Suggestions for things to add to the portal (e.g. a weekly Irish Wikipedian interview) are also welcome. If you have any, post them to the main talk page for the portal. That's the easiest place to keep discussion.