Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dog breeds/Portals
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Oh good lord, just when you think you're starting to get a grasp on things--there's now a concept called "Portals" which are designed to help readers plunge into wikipedia on particular directed topics. You can read more at Wikipedia:Portal namespace and Wikipedia:Portal (which includes instructions on creating a new portal). Some samples from which we could easily steal ideas related to the dog project include Portal:Beer, Portal:Writing, Portal:Cars. I think it would be a great addition to WP to add Portal:Dogs. But I'm exhausted from straightening out all the requested photo stuff. And I'm supposed to be staying away from Wikipedia, according to my court order ;-) . Anyone else motivated and excited about this concept? Elf | Talk 17:09, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] First thoughts
Top box:
- Title: The Domestic Dog Portal
- Content: couple of paragraphs from dog aricle intro.
- Links: To full dog article and to Category:Dogs.
Left box #1:
- Title: Featured article
- Content: (This may vary over time, maybe monthly?. Can we pick 2 or 3 to start with that are well-done and have photos etc?)
- Links: To full article
Left box #2:
- Title: Types of dogs
- Content: Subheads and paragraphs and links like this:
-
- Working dogs
- Working dogs are blah blah blah as distinguished from companion dogs blah blah.
Main article - Category
- Ditto for hounds, herding dogs, curs, etc. etc (see list at beginning of dog article; I think it's OK to have overlap...
Right box #1:
- Title: Featured picture.
- Content: One photo with caption. Varies over time, maybe chg monthly? (can we have some suggestions for the first couple or 3?)
Right box #2:
- Title: Related subjects (note: This is intended to cover broad topics about dogs specifically, not to reproduce all subcatgs in Category:Dogs) in a table, like this:
| Main article | Category |
|---|---|
| Dog | Dogs |
| List of dog breeds | Dog breeds |
| Dog health | Dog health |
| Dog anatomy | Dog anatomy |
| Dog behavior | Dog behavior and training |
- What else? Dog photos? Dog sports? Dogs as pets? Maybe a subportal?
Right box #3:
- Title: Wikiprojects
- Content: Link to dog project
Right box #4:
- Title: Things you can do to help
- Content: Links to project to-do list, list of wanted photos, what else?
Elf | Talk 17:09, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] First stab
OK, I started it at Portal:Dogs. Elf | Talk 05:32, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
