Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Biology

Portal:Biology
This portal has been around for a long time, receives regular updates, and has had a minor facelift and expansion recently with the addition of links to related portals and Mediawiki resources.

It's been a great portal for quite some time, but we've apparently never thought about nominating it, so here goes. Looking forward to your comments.

PS: Here is a version from February 2005, two weeks after it was created.

User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 11:07, 15 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Object:
 * Selected picture needs an image credit.
 * No list of major topics.
 * The "Alternative categorization schemes" box seems quite useless, but that might just be personal preference.
 * Overall, though, quite good. Kirill Lokshin 16:19, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree that a box for the major topics is a must. Once that gets added, I'll probably be ready to support it.--ragesoss 17:13, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Great work. Support.--ragesoss 13:37, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Photo credits have been added. The major topics box is there, but needs some cosmetic changes over the coming few days. - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 23:21, 18 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I think he meant a photo credit like so.  Jo  e  I  05:17, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The correct edit was made, just reverted.  Jo  e  I  10:17, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I contacted Cyde about this yesterday, and he's definitely been "on", but hasn't replied, so I've put the photo credit back in. I hope it lasts. - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 13:20, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Looks good; support from me now that the changes have been made. Kirill Lokshin 05:47, 22 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Minor object : It's a decent portal on a very important subject, however I can't yet support. The portal is presently quite unbalanced – the right column is significantly longer. I suggest keeping Did you know... to a maximum of four items and reformatting WikiProjects. If there is to be a News section (which looks rather like a tack-on), I'd like to see it maintained in the style of those of Portal:Australia and Portal:New Zealand. Categories could probably be presented nicer as well. With regards to content, it's important to revise the selected article/biography excerpts before publishing - the current selected biography was/is grammatically odd.--cj | talk 02:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Wikinews provides very little science news, so given the lack of material, I'm sad to note it would have to go. Since you didn't provide details, I had to guess what you meant on the grammar. Can you please give details now and/or in future? The excerpt was in fact revised - I'm sure you realise that not all leads are written in such a way as to be directly suitable for a portal cut-out in this way. Thanks. - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 08:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Support now. Thanks for addressing my concerns.--cj | talk 06:17, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Support - I liked the news box, but meh. My whitespace issues have been corrected, overall the format looks good now.pschemp | talk 12:27, 27 July 2006 (UTC)


 * The featured picture hasn't changed since it was created, or am I misreading that? Also it has a bit more whitespace in IE than I think it needs, but it seems a nice portal. Support anyway. ++Lar: t/c 19:05, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * That simply seems to suggest that we can't get rid of the whitespace for all browsers and all resolutions. The picture at the top is not the featured picture. The featured picture has changed (goes and checks) 14 times since creation! (i.e. 15 FPs) - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 19:19, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * SupportRlevse 18:24, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 *  Weak object :
 * Selected article archive is not updated. The portal should switch to CURRENTYEAR-CURRENTWEEK system. Now last archive is from July 11, 2006. A featured portal must contain selected content created in advance. For example, Medicine portal has selected content for three weeks in advance.
 * There is no nomination section in selected content boxes.
 * Categories box should be better organized
 * Wikimedia box should be as specific as in Portal:Medicine.

NCurse work 13:43, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * In that case, Portal:Medicine should be demoted, as there are no nominations for featured content. Why include a useless feature? See discussion. Other than that, you have made one non-specific comment (better organised how?) and two that seem based on inaccurate information (archive is complete, and box is specific). Changing the date structure should not be a problem. - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 20:23, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for comments. I removed my faults, but archive is not complete... NCurse [[Image:Nuvola_apps_edu_science.png|22px]]work 20:41, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, thanks for not giving me a hint. The archive is now complete. - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 22:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I really don't want to argue with you. I respect your work you've done here. But Archive is not complete. Last post in archives is 11th of July. Or the portal's boxes are refreshed every month? Or what complete archive do you refer to? NCurse [[Image:Nuvola_apps_edu_science.png|22px]]work 06:45, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It's the medicine portal that's got the incomplete archive. Compare the date here with the earliest entry in the archive. - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 11:32, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Maybe this is my first conflict on enwiki. :) Our first selected article appeared on the portal in this (May 24., 2006 — June 6.) week. So we started archive from that date. Now you can see in the same page that we have selected articles ready until August 22. You have an archive of selected articles until July 11, 2006. So it is not refreshed... Or do you see it in a different way? Medicine portal is a featured one. And you say that first I should fix my portal? It's not the best way of communicating for such an experienced and respected editor like you. So please concentrate on Your portal to make it featured. Thanks. NCurse work 14:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


 * But look, I striked out my weak object. I thought that you'll answer my suggestions. But you attacked my portal. After nearly one year as an admin on hunwiki, I don't need any conflict. Especially, if it is not my fault... Anyway, let it be featured. Have a good day. NCurse [[Image:Nuvola_apps_edu_science.png|16px]]work 15:06, 10 August 2006 (UTC)