Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Bolivia/archive1

Portal:Bolivia
I have been making this a portal, and now, I would like to know how to ameliorate it to reach featured portal status. EBE123 talkContribs 20:12, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

/ ƒETCH COMMS  /  04:32, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Comments from Fetchcomms
 * Using "ameliorate" there sounds awkward. Granted, it's often misused to mean "alleviate", but still, I usually hear "ameliorate" used in the context of improving problems.
 * If you only have two tabs at the top, don't bother with having them at all.
 * DYK has way too few entries and does not need to use the word "Bolivia" in every sentence—just Bolivia-related (or it would get very boring). The hooks should be longer, there should be multiple rotations, etc., too.
 * The "Selected article" box has a sub-box that contains a rating—ugly, out of place, and useless. We don't need to see the rating in the portal.
 * That said, you should stick to all FA/GA-level articles if there are enough (10+?) to sustain the portal.
 * Yellow portal background is way too bright and glaring. Hurts my eyes.
 * "Things to do" very incomplete and not updated.
 * Surely there are more than two related WikiProjects? Are there projects for nearby countries? etc.
 * "Selected picture" choices need better captions.
 * Every image should have alt text.
 * You don't need (or want) one box for each sister project link. Putting them all in one box is better than having multiple boxes that cause clutter.
 * Needs "In the news" and "Recognized content" sections.
 * "Navigation" does not need to be in a box; "Topics" box looks out of place at the top.
 * Perhaps you could sustain a "Selected biographies" box to augment the article box?
 * Make it visually engaging. That's the second-most important part, after showcasing content.
 * Perhaps someone at the Bolivia WikiProject could provide some Bolivia-specific advice on what important content might be good to have on the portal?
 * It's like saying issue instead of problem.
 * NavBar in Intro
 * Removed rating
 * Added the 2 GA to portal
 * Thinking about more DYK
 * Lighter yellow
 * ITN added, recognized content?
 * Other wikiprojects link to related portals so why?
 * Seperate boxes for WM merged in one
 * 1 selected article is good
 * I will be putting a message for that.
 * EBE123 talkContribs 15:24, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * You don't need to include notes/refs in the selected articles.
 * Use for the news, unless you plan to manually update it yourself.
 * Black text hard to read on dark green header bars.
 * If you have only one related WikiProject, then having a big box for it is useless. But you should fill it with other related WikiProjects. I don't understand your comment "Other wikiprojects link to related portals so why?".
 * Why is ITN stuck at the bottom? Why does it need to be so wide?
 * The selected article pictures are way too big. The portal needs to work in smaller screens (at least 1024x768).
 * It's unbalanced; the left side is longer than the right side.
 * / ƒETCH COMMS  /  18:18, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ removed notes from Selected article 3.
 * How to get Wikinews Importer Bot to work for Portal:Bolivia?
 * Then what colo(u)r?
 * What I said in other terms is that the related portals are pretty much the same thing. I will be reformating the wikiprojects box.
 * The images are small.
 * Will be fixed with the RWP box.
 * EBE123 talkContribs 12:28, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Read the directions.
 * Uh, something that makes it easier to read and more accessible?
 * / ƒETCH COMMS  /  18:08, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
 * How do you know if I read it. It was an error at wikinews that was preventing it.  It is fixed.
 * EBE123 talkContribs 18:21, 28 April 2011 (UTC)