Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Featured log/July 2010

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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.

The portal was promoted by OhanaUnited 22:02, 11 July 2010 [1].

Portal:Terrorism[edit]

Self-nomination. See archived peer review. I believe the portal meets the standards for Featured Portal status. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 01:07, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Left notices at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sociology, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Terrorism, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history. -- Cirt (talk) 01:12, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments by EyeSerene (addressed)
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Review:

  • 1(a) Useful - the subject is broad, unarguably topical and of significant interest.
  • 1(b) Attractive - the page seems well laid out and aesthetically pleasing. I find the colours appropriate and non-distracting (although perhaps a slightly lighter shade of grey would be better for the background?) Some article and biography summaries are on the long side (approaching 300 words), but given the complex and controversial subject matter and the importance of not over-trivialising, this is justifiable. The only thing that really jumps out is the blank space next to the "Wikiprojects" box which seems to be a permanent feature whatever article summaries are displayed (although it grows or shrinks in size). Can this be reduced?
  • 1(c) Ergonomic - the selection and presentation of material is coherent and effective.
  • 1(d) Well maintained - there is a reasonable amount of reviewed material in the various archives to keep a decent turnover of information on the main portal page. A wider selection might be useful in the long term; at the moment the selection seems to focus largely (although not exclusively) on recent Islamic militancy. It would be good to get a wider perspective by including more on subjects such as Irish republicanism/unionism, communist-era groups (Baader-Meinhoff etc), Basque separatism, Japanese religious terrorism (Aum Shinrikyo) etc. The selected quotes particularly are very US-centric. However, I appreciate that for featured portal status you may be limited by what's available GA- and FA-wise :)
  • 2 MoS etc compliance - no issues here
  • 3 Images - relevant, good quality and as far as I sampled, suitably licensed and credited. Not all are captioned, but their content is self-evident from the textual context.
  • 4 Non self-referential - no issues
  • 5 Links to other Wikimedia projects present and suitably labelled.

To summarise: an excellent and informative portal that both showcases WP content and introduces the subject effectively. My only reservations are that the background colours (esp the grey) render quite darkly on my CRT screen (though better on my LCD screen), the large amount of blank space next to the WikiProjects box, and the slightly limited scope of the selected material given the huge scope of the topic. I expect the latter will improve over time - to be honest, you haven't picked an easy subject where lots of quality articles exist! If you can consider these points, I'll be happy to support. All the best, EyeSerenetalk 09:41, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Response to review by EyeSerene
  • Changed color for background to lighter shade of grey [2].
  • Moved DYK section, for balance spacing on main portal page [3].

Thank you very much for the above review. Of course, you are correct, as more GA/FA quality content becomes available, it should and will be added into rotation. ;) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 14:32, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your responses which have satisfactorily addressed my concerns; support promotion. EyeSerenetalk 07:28, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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