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 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 8 July 2022 (UTC).

List of World Heritage Sites in Romania

 * Nominator(s): Tone 18:15, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Romania has nine WH sites and 15 sites on the tentative list. This time, several interesting old towns and churches, and beautiful nature. The style is standard. Bulgaria's list is seeing some support so I am adding a new nomination. Tone 18:15, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Comments from ChrisTheDude

 * I think this is the first one of these lists to come to FLC where I have actually been to one of the locations listed :-)
 * Transylvanian Saxons linked twice, don't think it needs to be
 * "They have since lived in the region for over 850 years" - no need for the word since
 * "to include forests in total of 18 countries" => "to include forests in a total of 18 countries"
 * "Roșia Montană is located in the western part of Romanian Carpathians" => "Roșia Montană is located in the western part of the Romanian Carpathians"
 * "Curtea de Argeș was the old capital of the Wallachia" => "Curtea de Argeș was the old capital of Wallachia"
 * "The Church of st. Nicholas" => "The Church of St. Nicholas"
 * "in from the 10th to the 12th centuries" => "from the 10th to the 12th centuries"
 * "The Alba Carolina Citadel, a start fort" - what's a "start fort"?
 * That's what I got! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:05, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @ChrisTheDude Fixed, thanks! I am usually linking some items more than once, in case different sorting on columns is used, someone suggested this approach a while ago. Tone 09:45, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I forgot it's a sortable table. In that case all good - support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:48, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

AK

 * Disclaimer: I haven't checked references and will be claiming credit at the Wikicup.


 * Support. AryKun (talk) 13:44, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

TRM
That's it for me. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 15:35, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Ref 19 has a space hyphen, should be en-dash.
 * "added to the list was ..., added to the list " repetitive.
 * "fish species. Important species" repetitive.
 * "village of Biertan (pictured) was added" well, the church is pictured, and we'd normally put it as (pictured). I would format that for all the other instances.
 * I'm usually not making them italic, as I am sometimes making full sentences, such as "The church is pictured", and it would be kind of inconsistent.
 * "is among the best examples of this style" according to...? Could just say that UNESCO considers it to be "a masterpiece".
 * No need to link terms like "Germans".
 * "Six fortresses that" -> "The six fortresses that..."
 * "oppidum that " comma after oppidum.
 * "1133quater" what does qater mean?
 * This indicates that the site has been extended. Bis, ter, quater mean that it was expanded at one, two, or three occasions. I think the forests is the only site that has been expanded that many times.
 * "sfârșit), pictured.[22]" be consistent with the formatting here.
 * "No description is provided in the nomination documentation" You could write your own description. The heading is just "description", not "description by UNESCO in nomination documentation".
 * True. I did it for Sanpetru, where it was obvious that it is a fossil deposit. For the other two, I don't want to guess on the outstanding universal value that is the criterion for UNESCO. It could be the geology, flora and fauna, some structures, etc. I prefer to leave it out because my guess could be wrong. I'd avoid the footnote because that would let the entire box empty bar the footnote.
 * Like you have done for "Sânpetru Formation". And move the "no description..." text to a reused footnote for the three to which it applies.
 * Are you still pursuing this nomination? -- Pres N  21:42, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah, I was busy, I'll get to it shortly. Give me a couple of days, please. Tone 06:45, 1 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Done, thanks! Some replied above inline. --Tone 14:15, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Comments by Dudley

 * "it was immediately placed to the list of World Heritage in Danger" placed in.
 * "though the community is decreasing in numbers due to emigration in modern times." This understates the importance of the emigration. The citation says that the site preserves evidence of a culture which is disappearing due to emigration.
 * "They are representative examples of the two types of forts of Late Iron Age Europe, the hilltop fort and the oppidum, that evolved from it" This is unclear on two counts. It implies that these are the only two types of forts, which is not what the citation says, and it is not clear what the final "it" refers to. I cannot find a wholly satisfactory wording, but how about "They are representative examples of two characteristic types of forts of Late Iron Age Europe, the hilltop fort and its successor which evolved from it, the oppidum."
 * "extended in 2017 to list 12 properties". "properties" is an odd word to describe areas of forest (although I realise that the whole site is described as a property). I thinks "area" would be better.
 * "A culă (plural: cule; from Turkish kule "tower, turret") is a semi-fortified building found in the Oltenia (also known as Lesser Wallachia) region. They were built to watch important routes and were used by greater and lesser nobility." As the second sentence is in the plural, the first should be as well.
 * "Since 1366, the town was known as Hermannstadt". "has been known as". Dudley Miles (talk) 21:53, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * @Dudley Miles Fixed, thank you! Tone 06:51, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Looks fine now. Dudley Miles (talk) 10:16, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Source review passed; promoting. -- Pres N  20:44, 7 July 2022 (UTC)


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