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[edit] Trim
This portal has become excessively long. Please trim the subpages (preferably 'Did you know... and Things you can do) to improve usability. Thanks,--cj | talk 14:30, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] News:Featured portal
Portal:India's related portal, Portal:Hinduism has become a featured portal recently. --Dwaipayan (talk) 16:33, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Changes to the Portal Page
I am proposing the following changes to be made to the Main Portal page.
- Proposal 1: Changing of manual article/picture selection to random automated selection. This has the advantage of making the main portal page relatively maintenance-free. Thus the page may get outdated, but will not be spontaneously broken. This would also mean that people like me will get more time to improve other facets of the portal. Also, random automated selection would mean lesser load on the server as separate pages won't be required for each day/week.
- Proposal 2: Changing of section layout. I want to give the portal page more vibrant, yet still encyclopedic looks. I want to explore the possibilities of a better colour scheme. Suggestions invited (in sandbox). Also, I plan to chop down the length of DYK and Tasks you can do section as they are bloated. This is also suggested by cj above.
The Pending Tasks on top of this page is also outdated and needs to be trimmed/updated. Other suggestions for improvement are also welcome. — Ambuj Saxena (☎) 15:58, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- I support the move. =Nichalp «Talk»= 16:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Request for comment on Wikiportal India content
Do we need the following in Wikiportal:
- . Tasks you can do
- . WikiProjects
- . Topics related to India.
What value do these add to normal reader/user? These are surely useful for an editor.
My take on Wikiportal is that it is meant for an end user (non editor). Wikiportal IMHO ought to be a Kaleidoscope of articles of India. It for me is a spectrum of interesting articles about India.
What do you all say? Seek all your opinion/views.
We should move the above three items to the Noticeboard and free space. I propose that we use the freed space to have sections for article types like Flora and Fauna, Music, People, Architecture, Cuisine. (We can choose a few of them). Of course this does take our time and efforts.
Appreciate your inputs.
regards Arunram 21:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- The actual problem in doing it is totally different. From my experience in dealing with this Portal is that (like Wikipedia in general) the desired quality level of acceptable matter has increased leaps and bounds. Just have a look at the current selected article candidates that are doomed to fail, or see the archive of nominations for selected article and selected picture. You will find that in many cases the articles are expected to be near-FAs to qualify as selected content for the portal. These considerations aside, can you point out some articles relating to Indian music or architecture that are worth putting on the front page of the portal. If there are only a couple of them, it is too early to start. Sections like those on people or geography can definitely be considered; we have about 14 good quality articles on Indian people, and 22 on Indian geography. Perhaps we can look at the current selection and diffuse it to different sections. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 09:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cricket News
The News section of the page is carrying few Cricket news. It guess it has to be posted in the Cricket Portal or the Sports portal instead. This is the case with 'Current events' page where no sports news is encouraged. 59.93.112.40 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.112.40 (talk) 02:34, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sania Mirza image in news section
Can some one help change the image of Sania Mirza in the News section? I'd like to move the August news to the archives considering that it is already a weekdays since September has come. 59.93.113.99 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.113.99 (talk) 04:12, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sunita Willams picture in News section
Can some one help add Sunita Willams picture in the news section? 59.93.112.2 —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 05:36, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] BCE
I hate BCE and everybody who uses itNew4325 02:43, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] link in wikiproject template
Template talk:WP India#Portal link. —Random832 17:43, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Current events subportals MfD
A discussion about most of the Current events subportals has been opened at Miscellany for deletion. You are invited to participate in discussing the fate of these subportals. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:29, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Neel Gaay
What is the scientific name of this animal?--Jahilia (talk) 01:35, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
