Portal talk:New England

Selected (Article/Picture/Bio)
So I've made the "Selected" parts of the section link to a Maximum of 6, as opposed to the 5 it had been. How the random part works is that there will be a collection of all of the same number. To best represent all of New England, each State is going to have an "allotted number" for each Article/Bio/Picture which have been mixed up to make sure that someone viewing the Portal aren't given 3 pieces of information about Rhode Island and none about Vermont. Achowat (talk) 17:37, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Connecticut - Article/1, Bio/4, Picture/5
 * Maine - Article/2 (Appalachian Trail; blurb needed, Bio/5 (James G. Blaine; blurb needed), Picture/1
 * Massachusetts - Article/3, Bio/6, Picture/2 [[:File:John F Kennedy Official Portrait.jpg; blurb needed)
 * New Hampshire - Article/4, Bio/3 (Doc Adams; blurb needed), Article/6
 * Rhode Island - Article/5, Bio/2 (Ambrose Burnside; blurb needed), Picture/4
 * Vermont - Article/6, Bio/1, Picture/3

For the time being, I simply put the highest Priority, highest quality page up for each (as decided by their WikiProjects) but there's no reason that needs to stay that way. Achowat (talk) 17:42, 20 July 2012 (UTC) So, I've realized that that system is probably not the best course of action, so I was bold and changed it. Because we're such a large and diverse portal (encompassing no fewer than 6 huge WikiProjects) what I've done instead just listing every FA that falls under those 6 WikiProjects. Any person becomes a Bio, any non-person an Article. Similiarly, and Featured Picture about New England (or a New Englander) will be listed under SPs, in an arbitrary order. Achowat (talk) 16:22, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Articles

 * 1) Plymouth Colony ✅
 * 2) USS Constitution ✅
 * 3) 1991 Perfect Storm ✅
 * 4) 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry ✅
 * 5) 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry ✅
 * 6) Boston ✅
 * 7) Providence ✅
 * 8) Metacomet Ridge ✅
 * 9) 1689 Boston revolt ✅
 * 10) Godsmack ✅
 * 11) Humpback whale ✅
 * 12) Lockdown (2008) ✅
 * 13) Museum of Bad Art ✅
 * 14) Right whale ✅
 * 15) Summer of '42 ✅
 * 16) Tropical Storm Carrie (1972) ✅
 * 17) Dartmouth College ✅
 * 18) Capture of Fort Ticonderoga ✅
 * 19) USS Connecticut (BB-18) ✅
 * 20) USS Massachusetts (BB-2) ✅
 * 21) Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec ✅
 * 22) The Green (Dartmouth College) ✅
 * 23) Tuck School of Business ✅
 * 24) Steamtown, USA ✅
 * 25) Adiantum viridimontanum ✅
 * 26) Hurricane Gloria ✅
 * 27) 2004 World Series ✅

Bios

 * 1) Miles Standish ✅
 * 2) Samuel Adams ✅
 * 3) Emily Dickinson ✅
 * 4) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. ✅
 * 5) Bette Davis ✅
 * 6) Black Francis ✅
 * 7) Calvin Coolidge ✅
 * 8) George Washington Dixon ✅
 * 9) John Mayer ✅
 * 10) Katharine Hepburn✅
 * 11) Thomas J. Hudner, Jr. ✅
 * 12) W. E. B. Du Bois ✅
 * 13) James G. Blaine ✅
 * 14) Ellis Paul ✅
 * 15) Nathaniel Parker Willis ✅
 * 16) Samantha Smith ✅
 * 17) Doc Adams ✅
 * 18) Chester A. Arthur ✅
 * 19) Bill Russell ✅
 * 20) Edgar Allen Poe ✅
 * 21) Art Ross ✅
 * 22) Tiny Thompson ✅

Pictures

 * File:King Kelly 0554fu.jpg ✅
 * File:Boston Massacre high-res.jpg ✅
 * File:Salem witch2.jpg ✅
 * File:The Gerry-Mander Edit.png ✅
 * File:Ticonderoga attack plan2.jpg
 * File:Boston, 1775bsmall1.png ✅
 * File:John F Kennedy Official Portrait.jpg ✅
 * File:John Quincy Adams drawing2.jpg ✅
 * File:Robert Kennedy CORE rally speech2.jpg ✅
 * File:Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis2.jpg ✅
 * File:Ernest-Borgnine 2004.JPEG ✅
 * File:JohnShea.jpg ✅
 * File:Edgar Allan Poe 2.jpg ✅
 * File:Ambrose Burnside2.jpg ✅
 * File:Charles P. Stone2b.jpg ✅
 * File:JFK library Stitch Crop.jpg ✅
 * File:Cat November 2010-1a.jpg - Official Cat of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ✅
 * File:Coast Garter Snake.jpg - Official Reptile of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ✅
 * File:Carpodacus purpureus CT3.jpg - Official Bird of the State of New Hampshire ✅
 * File:Quartz var. Smokey from Morella, Victoria.jpg - Official Gem of the State of New Hampshire ✅

So that's what I came up with for all the Featured Content about New England. If anyone finds something else, just add it to these lists. Achowat (talk) 12:07, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

DYKs
So there's some work to be done searching WP:DYKA for articles about New England or New Englanders. There are about 10 from July 2012 and if we can just get, say 60 DYK hooks (ideally the 60 most recent) then we can set up a Random like we have for SAs, SBs, and SPs. Achowat (talk) 14:45, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

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