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A Portal is a special type of construct on Wikipedia that allows users to browse a whole topic easily whilst also allowing editors and projects to showcase their work. Portals act as doorways to a subject and are also perhaps the only areas of Wikipedia where the aesthetics of page design matter.
The following are a collection of hints and tips for portal creators and maintainers that I've found, used or proposed in the past.