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This page was nominated for deletion on 22 November 2019. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

Maryland: Baltimore / Frederick County Portal‑class

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Automated portal content suggestions (purge) The following suggestions have been automatically generated as content that might be suitable for the portal, subject to review by a human editor. Please do not mindlessly copy items to the portal page without first checking that the suggestions are appropriate. Recent Did you know? items * ... that as president of Loyola College in Maryland, John F. Quirk became close friends with the cardinal who ordained him a priest ten years earlier? * ... that as president of [[Loyola University Maryland|Loyola College in Maryland]], '''[[John F. Quirk]]''' became close friends with [[James Gibbons|the cardinal]] who ordained him a [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|priest]] ten years earlier? * ... that the University of Maryland's Iribe Center was partly funded by a businessman who dropped out of the university? * ... that the University of Maryland's '''[[Iribe Center]]''' was partly funded by [[Brendan Iribe|a businessman who dropped out of the university]]? * ... that in the 1930s two hoards of gold coins were found in a cellar in Baltimore, Maryland? * ... that in the 1930s '''[[Baltimore Gold Hoard|two hoards of gold coins]]''' were found in a cellar in [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]]? * ... that Roy McGrath, who was the chief of staff to Maryland governor Larry Hogan, was wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was killed during a shootout by agents? * ... that '''[[Roy McGrath]]''', who was the chief of staff to Maryland governor [[Larry Hogan]], was wanted by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and was killed during a shootout by agents? * ... that Baltimore Transmission was the last General Motors plant in Maryland? * ... that '''[[Baltimore Transmission]]''' was the last [[General Motors]] plant in Maryland? * ... that Angel Reese and her younger brother, Julian, both played college basketball for Maryland after competing at the same high school? * ... that '''[[Angel Reese]]''' and her younger brother, Julian, both played [[college basketball]] for [[Maryland Terrapins|Maryland]] after competing at the same [[High school in the United States|high school]]? Recent In the news items No recent news Featured, valued, and quality images (on Commons) Open a link, then click the "Do it" button. If there are results, you can click the "Thumbnails" button to preview all the images. Featured pictures for Maryland with recent edits Valued images for Maryland with recent edits Quality images for Maryland with recent edits Articles Featured articles for Category:Maryland promoted in 2024

I noticed the text in the headings is currently red. I suggest it be changed to black, however, since it may make the page look a bit more professional. --tomf688 (talk - email) 20:01, 22 August 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I tried to get the colors to match the flag, but since the red and yellow really aren't used together on the flag, I guess black would make more sense there.-Jeff ^(talk) 02:59, 23 August 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hullo! I have something to say. How about swapping the colors? A couple of minutes in paint: http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5937/colorswaprm2.png I think it looks a lot softer on the eyes. 138.88.128.241 15:52, 23 August 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I've added a new section at the bottom called "tools" which provides links to edit the master box header (which also includes the colors, including the border) and the footer. So now editing the style is more easily accessible to everyone, this is a wiki after all.-Jeff ^(talk) 19:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I quite like the color modifications by the anon posted above. Any objections to them? --tomf688 (talk - email) 20:40, 23 August 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No objections here, I like that look, it would definitely make it look more professional.-Jeff ^(talk) 21:47, 23 August 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Here's a feature I've been planning, it will basically be the same as on this day... from the main page. If you want to contribute, just go to Portal:Maryland/On this day, choose a day from the list and edit it's page, items should be listed in the same format as the main page's on this day. I'll add a box for it on the portal page when all (or at least most) of the days have at least one item listed under them. Also, don't worry about someone having to update it every day, lists will be transcluded onto the main page using ((CURRENTMONTHNAME)) and ((CURRENTDAY)). So it will be updated automatically.-Jeff ^(talk) 02:45, 5 September 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I know this is a busy time of year for all of us, but I hope we can at least get this started. We should have a selected article picked out so it and the selected picture can be added. We do have two selected pictures lined up, but they are both of things in Baltimore, I'd like to have a little variety in them. And finally if you are looking for a fairly easy way to help, you can help out with "on this day", all you need to know is a notable event having to do with Maryland and the day it occurred on.-Jeff ^(talk) 02:38, 27 October 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Any reason why "On this day..." was removed? Is it OK to re-add it?-Jeff ^(talk) 15:47, 3 November 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

WikiProject Portals is back!

The project was rebooted and completely overhauled on April 17th, 2018. Its goals are to revitalize the entire portal system, make building and maintaining portals easier, support the ongoing improvement of portals and the editors dedicated to this, and design the portals of the future.

As of May 2nd, 2018, membership is at 60 editors, and growing. You are welcome to join us.

There are design initiatives for revitalizing the portals system as a whole, and for improving each component of portals. So far, 2 new dynamic components have been developed: Template:Transclude lead excerpt and Template:Transclude random excerpt.

Tools are provided for building and maintaining portals, including automated portals that update themselves in various ways.

And, if you are bored and would like something to occupy your mind, we have a wonderful task list.

From your friendly neighborhood Portals WikiProject. Hope to see you there. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   07:37, 2 May 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This portal has been updated and expanded:

• Overhauled portal with modernized wiki markup using transclusion from articles to display content, which provides readers with current, up-to-date information.
• The portal now has new, separate Featured article, Good article and Selected article sections.
• New content was added to all of these new sections.
• Additional cleanup and layout changes have been performed.
• Additional articles for the portal can be considered from those available in the table listed below. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 18:30, 1 October 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Maryland articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		2	6	30			38
FL	2	2	1	11			16
FM					12		12
GA	1	10	28	117			156
B	15	38	110	253		7	423
C	16	51	223	908		64	1,262
Start	7	218	790	3,434		310	4,759
Stub		385	310	3,856		339	4,890
List	2	4	83	121	4	31	245
Category				4	4,360		4,364
Disambig				2	23		25
File				46	187		233
Portal					5		5
Project				1	61		62
Redirect		10	22	178	458		668
Template				1	329		330
Other		1		2	25		28
Assessed	43	721	1,573	8,964	5,464	751	17,516
Unassessed				3	12	118	133
Total	43	721	1,573	8,967	5,476	869	17,649
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 59,758			Ω = 5.18

Potential excerpts can now be viewed and edited in subpages Featured article, Good article and Selected article. A list of the articles also appears in the relevant section of the main portal. Certes (talk) 11:09, 15 February 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]