Portal talk:Ohio/Archive 1

Plans coming this week
Coming this week:
 * Possible featured biography [[Image:%E2%98%91.svg|15px]]
 * Related Wiki Portals [[Image:%E2%98%91.svg|15px]]
 * Related Wiki Projects [[Image:%E2%98%91.svg|15px]]
 * Possible Today in History [[Image:%E2%98%91.svg|15px]]
 * Associated Wikimedia [[Image:%E2%98%91.svg|15px]]

I'll take requests and would be happy to see others add on to this. ¡OH-IO! Stepshep (talk) 00:38, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Cincinnati
Just wanted to let you know I just started Portal:Cincinnati, as I wanted to start another portal, and Cincy beat out Lexington and Southern Indiana.-- Bedford 20:10, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

This weekish Month

 * This month I will fill out completely the On this day... section. I'll be buying This day in Ohio history by Rebecca Goodman and Barrett J. Brunsman, which should give enough info. for every single day.

§tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  00:18, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Edit to add: I seem to mess up the boxes everytime I add something....is there a tutorial anywhere on how they function?? §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  02:52, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Did you know section?
Anyone want to add a DYK section?? Most of the Ohio DYKs are : Here. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  21:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll do it: Portal:Ohio/Did you know. Spencer  T♦C 00:38, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I added it to the page...see my edit summary, do whatever you want with it. :) Spencer  T♦C 01:11, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Very nice, never seen the Random componet before. Very nice, looks great! §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  02:18, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Top
I'm not really sure about the top "The Ohio Portal" of pictures thing. It seems gaudy and the edges of the letters and the quarter seem fuzzy. Spencer T♦C 21:20, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Go ahead and put in a nicer one if you like. I put a request in at Image Requests and was pretty much passed over.  It would be nice with an image though.  §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!  21:48, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I think that if the font of "The Ohio Portal" is facing forward, but not tilted, that it would look much better. Spencer  T♦C 22:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, if we can find a good Ohio panorama...maybe of Columbus or inside the capitol building...I don't know. Spencer  T♦C 01:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Definitely agree that it looks a bit gaudy, I am searching for something. Please feel free to remove the image. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  02:18, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice find! I was looking around for a panorama or something, but the one on Cleveland wasn't good enough, and Cinci's wasn't that great either. Spencer  T♦C 03:15, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm also trying Image:Cleveland-Panorama-JasonRene.jpg, as it makes the grey backround look darker because of the vibrant color. Spencer  T♦C 20:45, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks nice! Good find.  §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!  23:33, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Category
I made a category Category:Ohio Portal Subportals, to help us organize the portals a little easier. I don't want to add all of the "on this day" things, as it will take quite a while...if you're interested in adding the categories to the new ones you make, feel free. I'll probably add the categories later, but a Category secondary-type page might be better so we don't have 366 Did you know? pages cluttering that up. I hope this helps. Spencer T♦C 21:04, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Good idea. You're really on top of things. :)  I sent a PR in to see what others think.  §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!  03:04, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I seconded the request on the Peer Review. The category has certainly helped me out since it was added, as it organizes stuff better. Spencer  T♦C 00:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Portal peer review

 * Hmmm...no comments yet...Is that good or bad? Spencer  T♦C 23:47, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Huh, that's what I've been wondering. I'll just hope they're all busy and will get to it sometime soon. *crosses fingers*  §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!  03:08, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

News and Recent Changes
I changed the code over in the Wikinews section, it should all be automated now. It updates every hour so we'll see if it works soon. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  20:26, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, do you have any clue why the FA section has the FAs in a little box? Or is it just my cpu? §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  15:47, 12 March 2008 (UTC)  Got it!


 * Nice work. I also like the skyline box. Spencer  T♦C 00:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Space between boxes
Can you help me reduce the space between the boxes, like in Portal:Spain? I've been trying to using the show preview button, and I still haven't been able to get a satisfactory result yet. Spencer T♦C 17:53, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Fixed...what do you think? Spencer  T♦C 17:55, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Looks good. I moved the shortcuts to the box itself, but it still won't stretch for me.. I also added how many Ohio articles there are, similar to the Medicine portal, OverLordQ made the bot that counts them from Category:Ohio. Does that look okay to you? §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  19:51, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm...it seems out of place. I added it to Portal:Ohio/Categories, but now there's some error on Portal:Ohio. Can you help me fix this? See if you can put the category count above the category tree. Spencer  T♦C 01:37, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Fixed. It's something funky with the way the boxes work, it just needs a space at the top if it has any type of coding in it. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  03:21, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that looks better. Spencer  T♦C 23:42, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Gotta discuss eventually....
I've been dreading bringing this up, but have already slowly started to do this. Do you think the whole Portal should just have content mass added and then all the sections set to random; or leave it the way it is and just update every few weeks? Looking at other FPs, they all pretty much Random in them everywhere. This is gonna be a bit to take on, but then it pretty much becomes maitenance free accept for adding new content. What do you think? §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  03:03, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Trust me, go random. It makes life easier.  I started and maintain four portals, three of which are featured.  I know.-- Bedford  03:39, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Agree. We can do this. Use the archives, and we'll start. Stepshep, what do you want to do? Spencer  T♦C 17:54, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll start with Biography and take whatever else is left to after that is finished. I do have a question though, should the pages be renamed from Featured to Selected, and then have the featured pages deleted...or leave it as it is? ie. Instead of featured person/PastFP, make it Selected Bio, same for articles and pics. Also, for FA and GA articles, should the symbol be added to the beginning of the paragraph or not? ( & ) As soon as I know I'll jump right on this. :) §tepshep   •   ¡Talk to me!  03:10, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, add the symbols. Note: If Ohio becomes and FA, don't put the bronze star in the intro. Yes, make it selected and then we'll put in a request for those to be deleted. Spencer  T♦C 11:01, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Tasks were moved to the top, under to do section

Portal banner
Big thanks to Steven Williamson (User:HiB2Bornot2B) for creating a abanner for the portal. He did the Tennessee Portal banner and the Kentucky banner. Spencer, it okay with you? §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  19:47, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The shortcuts box in the right side is blocked off...I tried fixing it, but I can't get it to work. Can you see if you can do anything? Spencer  T♦C 21:58, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't see what you mean. Could you email me a screenshot? There's a link to my email on my UserPage. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  23:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, now seems to be fixed. Spencer  T♦C 00:47, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

That's good. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  01:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Busy
I'm going to be somewhat busy in the coming weeks or so, so bear with me if I'm not on a lot. Spencer T♦C 22:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Anne Sexton
Can someone please take Anne Sexton from the Ohio portal and place her in the Massachusetts portal? Anne Sexton never lived in Ohio and was born in Massachusetts. Thank you in advance. 24.167.105.97 (talk) 21:36, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Thanks,  Spencer T♦C 22:39, 11 February 2009 (UTC)