Portal talk:County Kilkenny

Portal guidelines

 * Required
 * Introduction – A short summary of the topic. If possible, this should contain an attractive image emblematic of the topic.
 * Categories – Links to the most important categories related to the topic.
 * Subportals or Related Portals (if there are any) – Some portals have these appear near the top, just below the "Introduction" (e.g. Arts or Technology). Others have them appear near the bottom (e.g., Biology or Literature). This section is not required if a topic-specific browsebar is used (e.g., Religion).
 * Topics – Links to the most important articles related to the topic.


 * Recommended
 * Browsebar – The general browsebar and/or a more specific bar of portal links such as on the religion portals
 * Selected article – The first instance of the article title should link to the full article. Images should not use thumbnail formatting unless the background color of the portal content is specified as "transparent" (typically in the box-header subpage).  Keep images small; 100px (as on the Main Page) is best. Remember that in compliance with WP:NFCC, non-free images cannot be used outside of articles.
 * Things you can do – Any relevant ongoing collaborations, as well as lists of editing requests for related articles (e.g., Biography)
 * Wikimedia, Other projects, or like – Links to material on other Wikimedia projects (e.g., Arts)
 * Portals footer – The brief portals.


 * Optional
 * WikiProjects – A list of any WikiProjects related to the topic.  This may be combined with "Things to do".
 * In the news – Frequently updated headlines related to the topic (e.g., Politics). See the Wikinews Importer Bot for a method to automatically update a portal news section from Wikinews items.
 * Did you know? – Interesting trivia related to the topic (e.g., Science). The number of entries should be fixed, with old entries moved to a Read more archive. See the random subpage template for a method to display a list of randomly selected items from a group of numbered subpages (e.g., Sustainable development). This template also can be used to randomly rotate items such as images within a section (e.g., the Philosophy of science introduction).
 * Selected biography – Follow the same conventions as for "Selected articles."
 * Selected picture – Images should have captions detailed enough for viewers to understand the context. Be sure to test the portal at 800x600 resolution to be sure images are not too large.  Do not use thumbnails; instead, let the caption stand free below the image (e.g., History of science).
 * Selected anniversaries or On this day – These should be updated automatically based on the date. For broad topics, daily content is preferable (e.g., War); for more specific subjects, monthly may be appropriate (e.g., Scouting).
 * Many other content boxes are possible. For ideas, see London, Cricket, and the other featured portals, or browse through other complete portals.

Featured portal criteria

 * 1) Is it:
 * 2) *(a) Useful. It covers a topic that is broad and interesting. Portals that cover minor topic areas are less useful, because their content is limited. A featured portal covers an area that is sufficiently broad and prominent to justify it as an entry-point. Because portals promote the best of Wikipedia's content, a featured portal is selective in what it displays. It showcases only high-quality content that is preferably already featured.
 * 3) *(b) Attractive. It displays Wikipedia's content in an aesthetically pleasing way. The colours are coherent and complementary, and do not detract from the content. Featured portals have no formatting issues. Red links are limited in number and restricted to aspects that encourage contribution. Article and biography summaries should not significantly exceed 200 words in length.
 * 4) *(c) Ergonomic. It is coherently constructed to display Wikipedia's content logically and effectively in ways that enhance usefulness and attractiveness. This display is the primary aim, and encouraging contribution is secondary.
 * 5) *(d) Well-maintained. It is updated regularly to display different aspects of Wikipedia's content in an area. Featured portals may be designed to reduce the required frequency of updating; however, they may be designed to have a higher turnover of content, using structures to ensure regular updates (e.g., WikiProjects). Featured portals that require maintenance and are not updated for three or more months are summarily demoted.
 * 6) It adheres to the standards in the Manual of Style and the relevant WikiProject guidelines; this includes conventions on naming, spelling, and style (see Portal and Portal guidelines).
 * 7) It has images where appropriate, with concise captions, linked credits, and acceptable copyright status (see Non-free content).
 * 8) It is not self-referential: it does not speak of itself beyond (if at all) a welcome note. Aspects of portals that encourage contribution may be self-referential.
 * 9) It should include links to other Wikimedia Foundation projects when applicable. For all portals which have their central focus subject as a specific group of lifeforms, excluding humans, there should be a link to the Wikispecies project.

Notice from the Portals WikiProject
WikiProject Portals is back!

The project was rebooted and completely overhauled on April 17th, 2018. Its goals are to revitalize the entire portal system, make building and maintaining portals easier, support the ongoing improvement of portals and the editors dedicated to this, and design the portals of the future.

As of May 2nd, 2018, membership is at 60 editors, and growing. You are welcome to join us.

There are design initiatives for revitalizing the portals system as a whole, and for improving each component of portals. So far, 2 new dynamic components have been developed: Template:Transclude lead excerpt and Template:Transclude random excerpt.

Tools are provided for building and maintaining portals, including automated portals that update themselves in various ways.

And, if you are bored and would like something to occupy your mind, we have a wonderful task list.

From your friendly neighborhood Portals WikiProject. Hope to see you there. Sincerely,    &mdash; The Transhumanist   07:35, 2 May 2018 (UTC)