On 9/20/05, Worldtraveller wikipedia@world-traveller.org wrote:
Hm, personally I don't see too much of a link between portals and projects. Astronomy-related projects include telescopes and astronomical objects, neither of which would make a good topic for a portal, while a wikiproject:astronomy would be too broad to work well as a project. I agree with MgM that the portals I listed in my earlier mail cover topics much more suited to a project than to a portal.
On the contrary. I thought the entire intention of portals was to provide a comprehensive overview (I don't think that's an oxymoron) of a certain area. I think an astronomy portal would be excellent. There should be the possibility of a good article every month to feature. I guess some of the wikiprojects are too narrow: they should combine to form the portal. If there is enough coverage to keep a portal going, we should have a portal.
Sam