Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Oregon


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured portal candidate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the portal's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured portal candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

Portal:Oregon
Self-nomination. See archived peer review. Stats: The Intro section rotates between (5) different images related to Oregon (flag, map, etc.) (35) Selected articles, and (24) Selected biographies - all are of "B" class, or higher. All blurbs in both sections except for Asa Lovejoy in the Selected biography section contain free-use images relevant to each article's subject. The portal also has (25) Selected pictures, (93) Did you know entries, showing three at a time, all of which have an accompanying free-use image, a news section updated by User:Wikinews Importer Bot, (18) Selected panorama pictures, and (37) Selected quotes. Save for the news section, all the above-mentioned sections are randomized using Random portal component. I want to thank the dedicated members of WikiProject Oregon for all of their help, obviously couldn't have gotten the portal this far without their contributions and guidance. Cirt (talk) 16:23, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Support Looks good, no red link amiss, has anniversary feature I'm thinkign about using. However, the "Show new selections" could stand to be darker to eb better contrasted with the blue background it is in.-- Bedford  16:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hrm, I'm not sure how to make it stand out more, I'll get on that.  Cirt (talk) 16:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, "Show new selections" has been changed to a white coloring, looks better now. Cirt (talk) 00:53, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Support - (bias note, I am a major contributor to the portal) - lots of articles/items in each category, all of good quality. Aboutmovies (talk) 17:00, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Support - (bias note, I created the portal) - Meets all criteria and contains an impressive amount of good-quality content. &mdash; Zaui (talk) 17:43, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Support - (bias note, I worked on many of the articles included in the portal, and have done a small amount of work on the portal itself) – I believe this is an excellent introduction to Wikipedia's Oregon-related content; it features the best content, and arranges it in such a way that it's very inviting and accessible to the reader. Seems to meet all guidelines, and encourages contribution in addition to promoting existing content. Active group of high-powered editors assures that the portal will be kept up-to-date as more content is developed. -Pete (talk) 01:40, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Support - (bias note: I worked on some portal entries along with minor work populating the portal) – This is the first time I've looked at any other portal. Compared to the featured portals, Oregon's has significantly more depth and breadth, and is far more interesting and dynamic—every view is new.  One can quickly find the most obtuse article related to Oregon through the portal.  This doesn't seem to be the case for the geographically-based other portals.  Isn't that one of the purposes of a portal?  —EncMstr 21:30, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Support - (bias note: I worked on a few portal entries ) – It meets the criteria and is better then many I've seen.Kairos (talk) 09:12, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Closed by at 11:42, 10 February 2008 (UTC). There appears to be current consensus that this portal be promoted to featured status. 6 days, 6 supports, no opposes. Promoted Rudget . 11:42, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
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