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Welcome to '''WikiProject Portals''', dedicated to developing and maintaining [[WP:Portals|portals]] and portal tools. New participants are welcome; please feel free to [[#Project participants|join]]. 

This project collaborates to build, improve and maintain portals, their support pages, and portal tools.
# Maintaining portals means updating them, and fixing problems that arise.
# We also build new portals to fill gaps in the portal system, and expand the portal system's coverage of subjects on Wikipedia.
# Portal support pages include the [[WP:POG|portal guidelines]], portal building instructions, and this WikiProject.
# Gaining community consensus for the WikiProject's activities in the Portal, Template, and Main namespaces. 
# Fixing bugs and repairing formatting errors that emerge, placing links to the portals, etc.
# Administration of the WikiProject (updating support pages and guidelines, publishing the project's newsletter, managing tasks, posting announcements and invitations, etc.)
# Create new portals for all the core topics that have enough coverage to need a portal
# Keep existing portals fully upgraded and running smoothly

== Portals WikiProject-related news ==
{{further|Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals/Newsletter archive}}
=== Portals status report ===
* '''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:All portals}}''' Current all portals (this number automatically updates as pages are added to or deleted from [[:Category:All portals]])
* Historical trivia: up through mid-2018, French Wikipedia actually used a bot to keep regular track of how many Portals were here, in English Wikipedia; the bot's report history is [https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mod%C3%A8le:Nombre_de_portails/en&offset=&limit=500&action=history here].
* '''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Single-page portals}}''' Current single page portals (new creations and restarts, net of deletions). 
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* '''1,485''' The number of portals when we started the project reboot (April 2018)
* '''4,220''' Added portals (at least) April 2018-Feb 13, 2019 <small>(many of these were subsequently deleted at MfD)</small>
* '''5,705''' Approximate peak number of portals from [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Portals/Newsletter_archive|Newsletter #29]] on Feb 13, 2019 <small>(many of these were subsequently deleted at MfD)</small>

== Project tasks {{anchor|New Project tasks}} ==
{{main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals/Tasks}}
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== Focus: Portals ==
The focus of this WikiProject is [[Wikipedia:Portal guidelines#What is a portal?|portals]], all existing and future portals on Wikipedia.

=== What is a portal? ===

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"Portal" is an archaic word which means "doorway", so a portal is a form of entrance. A good synonym for a Wikipedia Portal is "signposted doorway to knowledge". Portals serve as entrance points for topics which extend across many related articles, but with more depth and engagement than a list of links. A portal focuses on a range of articles based on its title, and seeks to emulate a main page for that range. This helps specify more familiar articles and files, and narrows down searches for important and interesting, but otherwise more obscure aspects. Like a main page, a portal is not an article, but a passageway to many articles. Portals may vary in format and approach, but their main purpose is always to capture interest and provide various routes of topic exploration. 

Here are a couple definitions for the word "portal" from Wiktionary:
# An entrance, entry point, or means of entry. For example: ''The local library, a portal of knowledge.''
# A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.

Each portal name follows the subject covered, so we have a portal of "Geography", but all portals have a [[WP:namespace|namespace]], defined by adding "Portal:" to the title, so the geography portal is [[Portal:Geography]].

The best portals are not simply domains of information, but nodes of knowledge and categorization complimenting the category, listing, and outline systems. 

When a subject is covered by a range of articles, the parent portal can be considered a ''root article'' as related articles ''branch'' from it. Portals take us beyond the root article however to guide and encourage exploration of the branches. If there are too few branches, a portal is not appropriate because the root article is a better navigation tool. 

As an example of how portals may be useful, the article [[mathematics]] summarizes its general subject in descriptive terms, but with over 40,000 articles on mathematics topics, navigating the various branches of the mathematics topic from the root mathematics article, or its categories and lists, can be somewhat awkward and unengaging. A portal expands the list based navigation concepts to make a subject more accessible. [[Portal:Mathematics]], for instance, provides a selection of reading samples including more obscure and trivial topics, such as DYKs, chosen and structured to provoke interest, beside a guide to related on-wiki projects, all underscored by a comprehensive, collapsible link tree for users drawn deeper into the subject.

Portals begin as a basic template. But the design of the portal progresses and evolves to the stage where static content display transforms to dynamic user interface. With interactive components such as slideshows and rotating featured content (emulating a [[main page]]), portals aspire to be a go-to area for seeking knowledge in a particular categorical subject. 

Good portals should fill a niche not covered by lists, categories, outlines ''or'' articles and improve dissemination of all categorical subjects. Innovation in the style and design of portals individually is both desired and encouraged.

=== Purposes of portals ===

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Each portal on Wikipedia acts as an alternative entrance to a subject. Portals supplement the encyclopedia. They support their subjects in various ways, including but not limited to:
# Providing a variety of sample content of subtopics ("topic tasters"), from within each portal's subject, that the reader may find interesting. Kind of like a magazine. Like what Wikipedia's Main Page does in general.
# Aiding navigation - portals are one of Wikipedia's navigation subsystems, designed to help users find their way around the vast amount of knowledge on Wikipedia to material within a particular subject. So, in addition to sample content, a portal may also present in various ways, links, and lists of links.
# Providing bridges between reading and editing, and between the encyclopedia proper and the Wikipedia community, via links to pages in project space (and the other namespaces) that are relevant to the portal's subject. A portal may be associated with one or more [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProjects]]; unlike a WikiProject, however, it is meant for both readers and editors of Wikipedia, and should promote content and encourage contribution. Note that portals are created for encyclopedic topics only and not for article maintenance categories.

== Discussion announcements ==
* [[Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines#Second sentence contradicts WP:NOTCOMPULSORY policy, and should be removed|Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines § Second sentence contradicts WP:NOTCOMPULSORY policy, and should be removed]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines#Concerning the inclusion of "Related portals" section|Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines § Concerning the inclusion of "Related portals" section]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines#Concerning the inclusion of "Selected article(s)" section|Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines § Concerning the inclusion of "Selected article(s)" section]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines#Concerning section: Recommended|Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines § Concerning section: Recommended]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines#Concerning section: Article selection|Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines § Concerning section: Article selection]]
* [[Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines#Concerning section: Required|Wikipedia talk:Portal guidelines § Concerning section: Required]]

== {{anchor|Article alerts}} Article alerts: portals for deletion at [[WP:MfD|MfD]] ==
===Manual listing===
: ''Note that portal subpages are not included in the automatic alerts. For example, if a specific subpage is nominated for deletion.''
: ''For archives, see: [[/MfD|Portals for deletion at MfD]]''.

===Automated alerts===
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals/Article alerts}}

== Tools ==
=== Watchlist ===
{{notice|small=yes|heading=WikiProject Portals watchlist (external link - [[WP:TOOLFORGE|tool labs]])|A watchlist that is automatically generated from all pages that transclude the project banner is available here: [https://tools.wmflabs.org/dispenser/cgi-bin/transcluded_changes.py/Template:WikiProject_Portals WikiProject Watchlist - WikiProject Portals].<br>'''Alternative version''' which excludes edits in the portal namespace is available {{plain link|1=https://tools.wmflabs.org/dispenser/cgi-bin/transcluded_changes.py/Template:WikiProject_Portals?invert=1&namespace=100|2=here}}.}}

A list of all portal pages is provided below. (It is possible to get all portal pages into your watchlist, but it is difficult and tedious). The list is current as of 17 May 2022.

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Portal/List of all portals}}

=== [[User talk:The Transhumanist/SearchSuite.js|SearchSuite]] ===

Most older portals have subpages. Search is kind of cludgy for looking at these. you can use [[Special:PrefixIndex|PrefixIndex]] for extracting subpages ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex?prefix=portal%3AAnatomy&namespace=0 Example]).

[[WP:SearchSuite|SearchSuite]] enhances Wikipedia search results.  It has a feature (menu item) that reformats search results to one-line entries, which is convenient for looking at portal subpages as a list. It has another menu item that formats the links (asterisk-style, with link delimeters) for copying/pasting into an editor. And another for sorting the results.  Each feature works on the output of the others, and the script remembers the setting of each menu item between pages. When one is turned on, it stays on for all searches.

=== Templates ===

==== Navigation ====
* {{tl|WikiProject Portals/New}} (see box displayed to the right)

==== Markers ====
These markers control how a portal is edited.
* {{tl|nobots}} &ndash; tells bots not to edit the page.
* {{tl|Portal maintenance status}} &ndash; used to record various maintenance metadata for a portal

==== Portal components ====
{{main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals/Components}}

Here's a portal displaying the components that can be used in each section:

* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals/Components]]

Here's a list of components used to build portals. Their placement (left column, etc.) is suggested only.

* Top of portal
** {{tlx|Portal description}} – adds a standard [[WP:Short description|short description]]
** {{tlx|Portals browsebar}} &ndash; standard portals navigation bar displayed in top margin, to browse top-level portals
** {{tlx|Transclude lead excerpt}} &ndash; dynamic excerpt that always matches the source.
* Left column
** {{tlx|Transclude random excerpt}} &ndash; same as above, but specify multiple sources for alternating display.
** {{tlx|Transclude selected excerpt}} &ndash; shows a specific lead of an article for a specific time.
** Quotes
*** {{tlx|Portal selected quote layout}} &ndash; this template should be used when you need a layout for quotes.
*** {{tlx|Random quotation}} &ndash; this template was used in the [[Portal:LDS Church]] to eleminate the need for subpages for quotes.
* Right column
** {{tlx|Transclude selected current events}} &ndash; shows wikinews about a subject.
** {{tlx|Random slideshow}} &ndash; shows a slideshow [[Help:Gallery tag|gallery]] of specified files, in a randomised order
** {{tlx|Transclude selected recent additions}} &ndash; shows ''Did you know?'' items for a subject.
* Bottom of portal
** {{tlx|Related portals2}} &ndash; creates icon tables of related portals for portal pages. Friendly to wide and narrow screens, including mobile, and does not require hardcoding icons. 
** {{tlx|Wikimedia for portals}} &ndash; creates a table of interwiki links related to the current portal.
** {{tlx|Purge link portals}} &ndash; creates the "View new selections (purge)" link.
** {{tlx|Portals}} &ndash; explanatory and browsing links
* Layout
** <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Box-header#Box-header color palettes|Box-header/#]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>  &ndash; start of a layout box. The "#" is the number of a configuration subpage, each with a different pre-defined configuration.
** {{tlx|Box-header colour}} as an alternative to the above, with automatic [[WP:WCAG]] compliant color selection.
** {{tlx|Box-footer}} &ndash; end of a layout box

For a full list of portal templates, see {{tl|Portal templates navbox}}:
{| class="autocollapse"
|{{Portal templates navbox|state=collapsed}}
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====Userboxes and WikiAd====
Show these off on your profile to let everyone know you contribute to the sustainment of the Portal namespace. Or you could just add {{cl|WikiProject Portals participants}} directly.

* {{tl|User WikiProject Portals}} creates<br>
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* {{tl|User WikiProject Portals2}} creates<br>
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* {{tlg|Wikipedia ads|267}} creates
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==Project participants==
{{Anchor|Project members}}
{{See also|Wikipedia:WikiProject Directory/Description/WikiProject Portals|l1=Automatically generated list of active project editors|:Category:WikiProject Portals participants}}
If you'd like to receive task requests and project-related updates on your talk page, please add your name below.  Also, please indicate if you are a user of [[WP:AWB|AWB]] or [[WP:JWB|JWB]], and if you know [[WP:Lua|Lua]], JS, perl, and/or PHP. An asterisk following a name indicates they receive updates in the form of a link instead of the whole newsletter. Follow your name with two asterisks if you do not wish to receive any project-wide updates, not even a link. Those marked with 3 asterisks have not been confirmed as wishing updates due to unreachability.
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* {{User|Abyssal}}
* {{User|AfroThundr3007730}} (AWB)
* {{User|Andrewa}} (I use neither) (Admin)
* {{User|AmericanAir88}}
* {{User|Arorae}} (I use neither)
* {{User|Bermicourt}} *
* {{User|BigWillyStyle4162}} Use neither AWB or JWB. Has experience with Javascript and PHP.
* {{User|BrantleyIzMe}} Delighted to use my free time to improve WP
* {{User|Cactus.man}}  * (Admin) Used to maintain [[Portal:Scotland]]. Don't use [[WP:AWB|AWB]] or [[WP:JWB|JWB]], but am delighted this initiative is underway. have now pretty much updated the Portal to self maintain/update.
* {{User|CASSIOPEIA}} (AWB)
* {{User|Cesdeva}} * (AWB) - busy working on a new approach to make portals mobile-friendly. 
* {{User|comfr}} *
* {{User|Checkingfax}} (AWB)
* {{User|Dan Koehl}}(AWB)(JWB)(a little Lua)
* {{User|Daniel Case}} ***
* {{User|DannyS712}} (AWB) (A bit of Javascript)
* {{User|Dunarc}} - Limited time means I am not sure if I can be of much help, but I have edited a few portals from time to time and happy to keep doing so. Do not use any of the above.
* {{User|Evad37}} – Lua (also AWB, but have not used it for a while)
* {{User|Est. 2021}} I can use AWB, but usually I don't.
* {{User|Finnusertop}}
* {{User|Finton the magical salmon}} I want to learn how to make portals, maintain portals, etc.
* {{User|Gazamp}} - Very little experience with portals but willing to help and learn!
* {{User|Ganesha811}} - I use neither, happy to take on small to mid-sized tasks to help
* {{User|Godsy}} *
* {{User|Hiding}} *** (Admin)
* {{User|Javert2113}}
* {{User|John Cline}} (just me)
* {{User|Kibo no shirei-kan}} (Lua)
* {{User|Kirbanzo}} - I know the background importance of portals to the site.
* {{User|Kpgjhpjm}} - use none of them .
* {{User|MarkZusab}}
* {{User|Maxsao 810}} (JWB)
* {{User|Mercurywoodrose}} - use none of them. already heavily edited a number of portals, so member by default
* {{User|Mhhossein}} (AWB)
* {{User|Mr. Guye}} (Uses neither, trying to figure out JavaScript, bad at everything else)
* {{User|NANPLover47}} (plans on being a maintainer of [[Portal|Society]])
* {{User|Narraharon}} 
* {{User|Nerd1a4i}} (I use neither)
* {{User|Nick Moyes}} (AWB)
* {{User|Nigos}}
* {{User|Nihonjoe}} * (Admin) - No AWB, no JWB, don't know Lua but wouldn't mind learning it
* {{User|Nolan Perry}} - I am learning Lua
* {{User|OhanaUnited}} (Admin)
* {{user|OxonAlex}}
* {{User|Paine Ellsworth}} (AWB)
* {{User|Paulmcdonald}} (Admin) (old school clunky Wiki coder)
* {{User|Pbsouthwood}} (Admin) &ndash; I am registered for AWB, but have hardly started to learn how to use it.
* {{User|Pakieditor}}
* {{User|Pcompton40}} * No AWB, no JWB, no Lua, some JavaScript but been a while. Plan on being a maintainer of [[Portal:Oklahoma]]
* {{User|Pythoncoder}}
* {{User|RadioactiveBoulevardier}}
* {{User|Redolta}} - (Don't know AWB, JWB, or Lua)
* {{User|Robertgombos}} — AWB (sometimes).
* {{User|RockMagnetist}} (Admin)
* {{User|Samee}} — AWB
* {{User|Serenesage}}
* {{User|SirGents}}
* {{User|Slambo}} (Admin)
* {{User|Sm8900}} Adding portal navigation bars and links to various areas consistently around encyclopedia, esp on annual timeline entries for specific countries. 
* {{User|The Transhumanist}} (AWB)(JS)
* {{User|Tisquesusa}} **, no AWB, JWB, Lua Help to get the '''automatic update''' function in would be great, the main point why portals are considered "dead"; not automatically updated for Featured, DYK and Pictures.
* {{User|UnitedStatesian}}
* {{User|Vermont}} - AWB
* {{User|مصعب}} (Mossab) (AWB).
* {{User|TheEpicGhosty}}
* {{User|Villeum}}
* {{User|Wisdomwiki 40}} * No knowledge of AWB, JWB, or Lua but wouldn't mind learning it
* {{User|the wub}}, mostly working on making things accessible and mobile-friendly
* {{User|Terrickisaiah555}}
* {{User|Anotaomo}} Not AWB,JWB No lua. But would like to learn it!
* {{User|Whatback11}}
* {{User|Opm581}} (AWB)
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=== WikiGnomes ===
If you prefer [[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|WikiGnome]] tasks and would like to receive WikiGnome-oriented updates on your talk page, please add your name below. Also let us know if you are an [[WP:AWB|AWB]] or [[WP:JWB|JWB]] user.
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* {{User|AfroThundr3007730}} (AWB)
* {{User|Auric}}  (AWB - can't get it to work for me, though)
* {{User|Bsoyka}}
* {{User|Certes}} (AWB, JWB, Lua, templates)
* {{User|DannyS712}} (AWB)
* {{User|Dicklyon}}
* {{User|Dthomsen8}} - (Already a WikiGnome in this area)
* {{User|Edward-Woodrow}} (JWB)
* {{User|Greatedits1}}
* {{User|JoeNMLC}} (<s>AWB</s>, <s>JWB</s>)
* {{User|Kpgjhpjm}}
* {{User|Nigos}}
* {{User|PratyushSinha101}}
* {{User|Wumbolo}} (AWB)
* {{User|Idontknowwhatshappening}}
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=== Specific portal maintainers ===
This is a list of editors who work on specific portal(s) or in specific areas, in case you need to contact someone about those.
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* {{User|Armanaziz}} – [[Portal:Bangladesh]].
* {{User|Ancheta Wis}} (Admin) – focus on [[Portal: Science]]
* {{User|BD2412}} – [[Portal:Law]]
* {{User|Bermicourt}} *, lead editor on most of Germany's state and regional portals
** [[Portal:Baden-Württemberg|Baden-Württemberg]], [[Portal:Brandenburg|Brandenburg]], [[Portal:Hamburg|Hamburg]], [[Portal:Lower Saxony|Lower Saxony]], [[Portal:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]], [[Portal:North Rhine-Westphalia|North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Portal:Rhineland-Palatinate|Rhineland-Palatinate]]
** [[Portal:Rhön|Rhön]]
** [[Portal:East Germany|East Germany]], [[Portal:Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Empire]], [[Portal:Alps|Alps]], [[Portal:Mountains|Mountains]], [[Portal:Tyrol|Tyrol]]
* {{User|Buaidh}} – Coordinator for [[Portal:Colorado]].
* {{User|BusterD}} – Maintainer of [[Portal:American Civil War]]
* {{User|Cactus.man}} * – [[Portal:Scotland]] Used to maintain it regularly until I became quite inactive. Have recently revamped it to autoupdate using current templates.
* {{User|CanonNi}} – Creator and maintainer of [[Portal:Washington, D.C.]].
* {{User|Charlesdrakew}} I maintain [[Portal:West Sussex]].
* {{User|Cplakidas}} – maintainer of [[Portal:Byzantine Empire]]
* {{User|DavidCane}} – maintainer of [[Portal:London transport]]
* {{User|dcljr}} * – Help to maintain [[Portal:Mathematics]].
* {{User|Ddstretch}} – Creator and one of the Maintainers of the [[Portal:Cheshire|Cheshire]] portal; I may help set up other county portals for England.
* {{User|EchidnaLives}} – Creator and maintainer of [[Portal:Victoria]].
* {{User|Elijahandskip}} – Maintaining [[Portal:Current events]]; I am also the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Current events|Current Events WikiProject]] coordinator. 
* {{User|Espresso Addict}} – a maintainer of [[Portal:Cheshire]] & [[Portal:Viruses]], & creator of [[Portal:Scottish islands]]
* {{User|Evad37}} – [[Portal:Australian roads]]
* {{User|Finnusertop}} – [[Portal:North Korea]]
* {{User|Goldsztajn}} – [[Portal:Organized Labour]], reviving the project
* {{User|Hawkeye7}} – [[Portal:Nuclear technology]]. Been meaning to update this one for a while
* {{User|JarrahTree}} – watcher of [[Portal:Australia]] and related state portals
* {{User|Keith D}} (Admin) – [[Portal:Yorkshire]]
* {{User|Kingsif}} – [[Portal:Venezuela]]
* {{User|Kpalion}} * – sole editor of [[Portal:Poland]]
* {{User|L3X1}} – no, never heard of, same
** Will be working mostly off and on on [[Portal:Cars]]
* '''''[[User:LightandDark2000|<span style="color:#C69214">Light</span><span style="color:#410064">and</span><span style="color:blue">Dark2000</span>]]''''' ([[User talk:LightandDark2000#top|talk]]) 03:38, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
** Working on the [[:Portal:Tropical cyclones|Tropical cyclones portal]], and occasionally, a few other Science-topics portals as well. Would like to receive major/critical updates only. '''''[[User:LightandDark2000|<span style="color:#C69214">Light</span><span style="color:#410064">and</span><span style="color:blue">Dark2000</span>]]''''' ([[User talk:LightandDark2000#top|talk]]) 03:41, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
* {{User|Marshallsumter}} – I don't believe anyone is maintaining the [[Portal:Astronomy]] so I have started to do so! Of course, others are welcome to help!
* {{User|Master of Time}} – Mostly focus on updating current storms and sometimes anniversary material in [[Portal:Tropical cyclones|the Tropical cyclone portal]]
* {{User|Mercurywoodrose}} – sole editor and maintainer of [[Portal:San Francisco Bay Area]], fixed up a number of others as well, not active on them
* {{User|Mhhossein}} – I restored [[Portal:Shia Islam]] after it was deleted.
* {{User|Mjquinn_id}} - [[Portal:Tennis]], and [[Portal:Idaho]], if I can get it resurrected. (Purveyor of Categories and Templates)
* {{User|Montanabw}}, for [[Portal:Horses]], I'm the only person who even keeps an eye on the portal any more, the creator of the portal, who raised it to featured portal quality, has retired from WP. 
* {{User|Morgan Riley}} – maintainer of [[Portal:Virginia]].
* {{User|Nick Moyes}} – [[Portal:Alps|Alps]] [[Portal:Mountains|Mountains]], [[Portal:Mountains|Mountains]], [[Portal:Derbyshire|Derbyshire]]. 
* {{User|Nihonjoe}} (Admin) * – Generally sole editor and creator of [[Portal:Speculative fiction]] (featured), also sometimes edit [[Portal:Anime and manga]], [[Portal:Studio Ghibli]], and [[Portal:Japan]]
* {{User|Nimrodbr}} – maintainer of [[Portal:Olympic Games]]
* {{User|Nolan Perry}}, Trys to work on [[Portal:Telephone]], most likely will need help
* {{User|Northamerica1000}} – [[Portal:Coffee]], [[Portal:Food]], [[Portal:Jamaica]], [[Portal:Liquor]]
* {{User|Paulmcdonald}} (Admin) One of several involved at [[Portal:College Football]].
* {{User|Pbsouthwood}} (Admin) – Lead editor on [[Portal:Underwater diving]] and associated subportals
* {{User|Pakieditor}}, Maintaining [[Portal:Pakistan]] and its related Portals. I have updated many Pakistani Portals.
* {{User|Phospheros}} – [[Portal:Martial arts|Martial arts]]
* {{User|RL0919}} (Admin) – taking on maintenance of [[Portal:Theatre]]
* {{User|RockMagnetist}} Updated [[Portal:Earth sciences]].
* {{User|Runningonbrains}} (Admin) – Maintaining [[Portal:Weather]]
* {{User|Simon Burchell}} – I maintain [[Portal:Mesoamerica]].
* {{User|SirGents}} – General maintenance, especially on the war portal
* {{User|Slambo}} (Admin) – lead editor on [[Portal:Trains]]
* {{User|Sm8900}} – Starting to take on maintenance of [[Portal:History]]. --[[User:Sm8900|Sm8900]] ([[User talk:Sm8900|talk]]) 14:59, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
* {{User|Teblick}} – Creating a portal for the 1940s decade.
* {{User|Vanilla Wizard}} – various, particularly world geography-related portals
* {{User|Voceditenore}} – maintainer and one of the original creators of [[Portal:Opera]]
* {{User|Waggers}} (Admin) – creator and maintainer of [[Portal:South East England]] and most of its sub-portals, with a specific focus on [[Portal:Hampshire]]. I can use both AWB and JWB but don't know Lua very well.
* {{user|Ww2censor}} – [[Portal:Ireland]], [[Portal:Philately]]
* {{User|Ammar Elbehery}} – [[Portal:Egypt]]
* {{User|Moxy}} – [[Portal:Canada]]
* {{user|OxonAlex}} – look after [[Portal:buses]] whilst it still exists.
* {{User|Skwon1029}} – [[Portal:Traditional African religions]], [[Portal:Pan-Africanism]], [[Portal:Senegal]], and [[Portal:The Gambia]] (only major/critical updates please)
* {{User|NANPLover47}} (plans on maintaining [[Portal|Society]])
* {{user|Geardona}} Maintains [[Portal:maine]] 
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=== Other ===
* <span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">[[User:SMcCandlish|'''SMcCandlish''']] [[User talk:SMcCandlish|☏]] [[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish|¢]] 😼 </span> – Primarily interested for now in working on the draft [[WP:Manual of Style/Portals]].  I'm one of the longest-term MoS shepherds. Please consider me basically an ombudsman for how to craft that in a way to get it passed as an actual guideline. (Also AWB-approved and a Template Editor and Page Mover, if such geekery is needed, though I suck at Lua.) PS: I don't directly co-maintain any portals right now but have worked on several, including [[Portal:Snooker]]; would like to see a more general [[Portal:Cue sports]].

== Support pages ==

=== Guidance ===
* [[Wikipedia:Portal]]
** [[Wikipedia:Portal#How_to_find_portals|How to find portals]]
* [[Wikipedia:Portal guidelines|Portal guidelines]]
* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Portals|Style guidelines]]
* [[m:Portal]]
* [[Wikipedia:Tip of the day/June 25]] &ndash; Portals
* [[Wikipedia:Tip of the day/September 18]] &ndash; Difference between wikiprojects and portals?

=== Newsletter archive ===

* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals/Newsletter archive]]

=== Navigation ===

* {{cl|WikiProject Portals}}
* [[Portal:Featured content/Portals]] 
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Portals/Article_alerts]] Highly important alerts page, listing active discussions of Portals for deletion.
====General topical lists of portals====
* [[Wikipedia:Former featured portals|Former featured portals]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals/List of country portals|List of country portals]]
* [[Wikipedia:List of shortcuts/Portal shortcuts|List of shortcuts/Portal shortcuts]]
* [[Wikipedia:List of U.S. state portals|List of U.S. state portals]]
* [[Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured portal nominations|List of Wikipedians by featured portal nominations]]
* [[Wikipedia:Portal namespace (setting-up debate)|Portal namespace (setting-up debate)]]
* [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/RfC: Ending the system of portals]] <small>(Closed as no consensus; resulted in the reboot of WikiProject Portals.</small>

===Project Subpages===
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