What is the difference between WikiProjects and portals?
WikiProjects are groups of editors who team up to collaborate on developing and maintaining articles or other features or aspects of Wikipedia. There is a Portals WikiProject, for example. WikiProjects are linked to from article talk pages with WikiProject banners like {{WikiProject Politics}} for example, but not from within articles.
Portals are mainly for readers, providing an alternative doorway into a subject, and can be linked to from articles using the {{Portal}} template in an article's See also section. There may or may not be a WikiProject and a portal on the same subject.
By the way...the WikiProject Portals is currently redesigning and revamping the entire portals system, and could use all the help it can get. New participants are welcome.
Well, my screen name here is "Platyfish625", though I'd rather be referred to as "Platyfish124". This is due to the fact that when I first created my earlier accounts, I used common screen name, and I just used the first number that came to my head. Later, I got the bright idea of changing the number to match my birthday, January 24, 1996. No, don't bother trying to hack into my account, my password is not my birthday. Those of you who have visited my userpage before will have recognised it as being a mess of userboxes. Not anymore. I now have taken the time to write a bit about myself.
So, we've already established that my screen name is "Platyfish124", and that I was born on January 24, 1996. Now for more about me. What do you expect? This is my own personal page. As you can see from the userboxes on the right, you can tell a lot about me, though it would probably be easier to just keep reading here. I am currently a member of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, and hold the rank of Leading Seaman. This is my second training year, and I hope to have a long and distinguished career with them. It's a good program, lots of fun. This program is pretty much the only reason why I know how to
1. pitch a tent,
2. sail,
3. tie knots,
4. shoot a rifle.
Not a real one, mind you. It's a Daisy Air Rifle, and we just shoot them at targets.
Let's see... what else is there to talk about... Well, I omitted the act that I am proudly Canadian, though I think I have now made it quite clear. One thing that I haven't mentioned, however, is the fact that I do enjoy collecting Canadian paper money, and do plan to contribute to some articles in that field, possibly by uploading images. As evidenced here, those pages need a lot of work at this time.
I have the unusual ability to be able to draw maps with great detail, though I do admit that greatness is relative. One person may find something awesome, the other atrocious. I mostly sketch highway maps when I'm bored (I know, that's pretty much as geeky as it gets), though I have made up an island continent of my own for a school social studies project; I think I got one of the highest marks.
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