Portal talk:Speculative fiction
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Articles to possibly add to various sections to make the portal more robust
editThis is an old list combined with new entries. I'll add Done to them once they are added to the rotations for the main page. Feel free to add to the list and mark entries done when they've been added.
- Escapist fiction
- DoneAce Books
- DoneAlien vs. Predator (film)
- DoneArbiter (Halo)
- Not doneBackmasking
- DoneBaen Books
- DoneBatman
- DoneBattlefield Earth (film)
- DoneBernard Quatermass
- DoneBeyond Fantasy Fiction
- DoneBioShock
- DoneBride of Frankenstein
- DoneCannibal Holocaust
- DoneCaptain Jack Sparrow
- DoneCarnivàle
- DoneCartman Gets an Anal Probe
- DoneCastlevania: Aria of Sorrow
- DoneCastlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
- DoneThe Cat and the Canary (1927 film)
- DoneCharacters of Carnivàle
- DoneCharacters of Final Fantasy VIII
- DoneChrono Trigger
- DoneCortana (Halo)
- DoneDalek
- DoneDevil May Cry (video game)
- DoneDevil May Cry 2
- DoneDevil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
- DoneDoctor Who missing episodes
- DoneE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- DoneEdgar Allan Poe
- DoneF-Zero GX
- DoneFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
- DoneFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
- DoneFermi paradox
- DoneFinal Fantasy
- DoneFinal Fantasy VI
- DoneFinal Fantasy VIII
- DoneFinal Fantasy IX
- DoneFinal Fantasy X
- DoneFinal Fantasy X-2
- DoneFinal Fantasy XI
- DoneFinal Fantasy XII
- DoneFinal Fantasy Tactics
- DoneFirefly (TV series)
- DoneFlood (Halo)
- DoneFrank Klepacki
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- Grim Fandango
- Half-Life 2
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
- Halloween (1978 film)
- DoneHalloween II
- DoneHalloween III: Season of the Witch
- Halo 2
- Halo 3 Original Soundtrack
- Halo 3
- Halo Wars
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- DoneHalo: Contact Harvest
- The Halo Graphic Novel
- DoneHarry Potter
- DoneHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- DoneHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- DoneHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- DoneHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- DoneHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- DoneHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- DoneHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- DoneHarry Potter and the Cursed Child
- DoneHarry Potter fandom
- DoneHarry Potter (film series)
- DoneHarry Potter: The Exhibition
- DoneHarry Potter video games (maybe add individual games?
- DoneThe Historian
- DoneThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
- DoneThe Illuminatus! Trilogy
- DoneHonoré de Balzac
- DoneJ. K. Rowling
- DoneJ. R. R. Tolkien
- Jabba the Hutt
- DoneJason Voorhees
- DoneJohannes Kepler
- DoneJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Jurassic Park (film)
- King Arthur
- Kingdom Hearts (video game)
- Kingdom Hearts II
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
- DoneLa Peau de chagrin
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages
- The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)
- DoneLost (TV series)
- Madlax
- Mana (series)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
- DoneMary Shelley
- Master Chief (Halo)
- Metroid Prime
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- DoneMário de Andrade
- DoneThe Mummy (1999 film)
- DoneNigel Kneale
- DoneNight of the Living Dead
- Palpatine
- DonePattern Recognition (novel)
- DoneThe Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)
- Planescape: Torment
- Portal (video game)
- The Quatermass Experiment
- Quatermass II
- Quatermass and the Pit
- Ravenloft (module)
- Red vs. Blue
- DoneRudolph Cartier
- Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)
- DoneSilent Hill 4: The Room
- Smallville (season 1)
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Star Trek: First Contact
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- DoneStarCraft
- StarCraft: Ghost
- DoneStarship Troopers
- The Stolen Earth
- Superman
- Superman (film series)
- DoneSydney Newman
- System Shock
- Tenebrae (film)
- DoneThe Time Traveler's Wife
- ToeJam & Earl
- Tokyo Mew Mew
- DoneTom Swift
- DoneTor Books
- Transformers (film)
- Transhumanism
- DoneTreehouse of Horror (series)
- Vagrant Story
- DoneVampire
- Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter
- Watchmen
- DoneWilliam Gibson
- Witchfinder General (film)
- DoneThe Wizarding World of Harry Potter
ANother place to look through is Category:Featured articles. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:51, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
Speculative fiction/Fantasy
editA curious thing I just noticed. If I applied {{Portal|Speculative fiction/Fantasy}}
to an article, it displays a puzzle piece icon, but clicking on the link goes directly to the Fantasy tab of Portal:Speculative fiction without any redirect.
If instead, I was to apply {{Portal|Fantasy}}
to an article (per P:Fantasy shortcut), it displays a hooded figure icon, but uses a redirect to send me to Portal:Speculative fiction/Fantasy. This seems a little strange if Portal:Speculative fiction/Fantasy
is the direct link; shouldn't it display the hooded icon?
— Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 11:15, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
- @DeNoel: This should be fixed. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:46, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
Speculative fiction/Science fiction
editAs a followup to my previous observation, I've discovered that Portal:Speculative fiction/Science fiction isn't linking correctly. When Science fiction
is added to a portal list on an article, it links to the Portal page via a redirect. The shortcut at the top-right of the Portal page says P:SCIFI
, but that shortcut is ignored when added to a portal list, and thus fails to display on articles. I'll give an example... Star Trek: The Motion Picture#See also.
Portal:Speculative fiction/Fantasy
presently shortcuts correctly without redirect, but Portal:Speculative fiction/Science fiction
does not. I compared the source for both, but due to a lack of knowledge, I am unable to fix the issue myself. — Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 03:50, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
- @DeNoel: Sorry, didn't notice this one until now. This should work now with the shortcuts at the top of each tab. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:23, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
This stub has been tagged for notability for nine years. I am not finding a lot online to prove notability. Please help rescue this, or it could face deletion. Bearian (talk) 19:58, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Bearian: I'd suggest posting at the talk pages of the WikiProjects listed at the top of this page. Only a small number of people watch this page (I created it, so I'm one of them). ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:13, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Bearian: I've done a little work on it to make it unlikely to be deleted (what with winning two awards, and being nominated eleven other times). ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:42, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
Portal Layout problem
editThis portal is the first page I've found on Wikipedia which is not 'Android friendly'. I think the problem may lie in the first image, which is wider (in pixels) than a modern phone. The image cannot be made smaller with a pinch. Viewing it in landscape mode works 112.141.104.155 (talk) 04:03, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
- There's not much that can be done about that. Sorry. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- I have the same problem, whether I open it in the browser or the app. It seems a bit strange that this should be the only page (possibly) on Wikipedia that cannot be read comfortably on a phone. If it is the image, let's change it: it is not vital to recognising or understanding the portal. If it is the row of buttons at the foot of the image, they should be made responsive so they can wrap round on smaller screens.
- @Nihonjoe:, I appreciate that it has been this way since you redesigned the page in January 2010, and it looks fine. However, technology has moved on, and we ought to make sure that this page is accessible to allcomers. It seems inappropriate for the Speculative Fiction Portal, of all pages, to say 'nothing can change'! -- Verbarson talkedits 19:23, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Verbarson: I understand your concern, and you'll run into the same problem with any wide image on the site. It's not the row of buttons at the bottom of the page, either. Saying "technology has moved on" makes no sense here. Wide images then are still wide images now, and phone browsers will have problems with them. As far as I know, there's not a way to make it load a smaller version of the image if viewed on a phone. If there is, I'm happy to implement it. Otherwise, saying the portal doesn't work because the image at the top doesn't display how you want it to display is disingenuous. The rest of the portal loads just fine on all the phones I've used to view it. I will see if I can find anything that will reduce the size of the image on a phone or other small-screened device, but there are no guarantees. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:25, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
- I've tweaked a few things. It works fine in landscape mode. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:12, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
- By "technology has moved on" I just meant that many more people are reading Wikipedia on mobile devices these days.
- I'll freely admit that I do not understand how the portal page is constructed. However, I don't see that the size of the image - from the left of the 'P' to the right of the 'L' - is the limiting factor. When I go onto the mobile site, but on my laptop, I can shrink it down until the buttons refuse to get smaller or closer together, and they are what define the minimum width of the page.
- And if it is the image that fixes it, can we really not have a smaller one? It's fine as an image, it just needs a smaller version for narrower screens.
- I'll stop going on about it now. If no-one else is bothered, I won't let it spoil my day! -- Verbarson talkedits 19:21, 13 June 2022 (UTC)