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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.

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List of World Heritage Sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

 * Nominator(s): Tone 09:29, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

The DRC has five sites on the main list and for tentative sites. Four sites are listed as endangered. Standard style and formatting for WHS lists. The photos could be better but since these sites are somewhat more difficult to reach than in some other places, I guess what is currently on Commons will have to do. Feel free to suggest better alternatives. The list for Zimbabwe is already seeing some support so I am adding a new nomination. Tone 09:29, 16 March 2024 (UTC)


 * MPGuy2824
 * The legend for endangered sites is the color and a cross, but an asterix is used in the table for those sites.
 * "it has the highest biodiversity among national parks of Africa" - needs a ref since it is not mentioned in the UNESCO refs provided.
 * "It is home to mountain gorilla" to "It is home to animals such as the mountain gorilla" OR "species like the".
 * "as well as threatened primate species chimpanzee," to "as well as threatened primate species like the chimpanzee,"
 * wikilink "subalpine" -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:59, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Fixed, thanks! Tone 22:33, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Support -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:39, 2 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Support - looks good to me. —Brigade Piron (talk) 10:05, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

AK

 * A landscape photo of the national park itself would be better than the gorilla closeup for Virunga imo.
 * "spans over an active" to "spans an active"
 * "which peak above" to "which reach over"
 * "are a part" to "are part"
 * "alpine" is not a habitat.
 * Link steppes.
 * "species such as...large numbers of hippopotamus" Grammatically incorrect, also needs a conjunction.
 * "last worldwide population" What is a worldwide population, maybe "world's last population" better states what's intended.
 * "Mainly because...poaching resumed" Run-on, split up.
 * Black-and-white colobuses are not a species.
 * "In addition...extinct volcanoes." Seems weird to say in addition since the previous sentence talks about the park's fauna, not geography.
 * "2021, the site has been listed" to "2021, the site was listed"
 * "forests, dominated" Comma unnecessary
 * Photo of Okapi Wildlife Reserve would be better than an okapi from a zoo.
 * "traditional pygmy people Mbuti and Efé" Reads weird, maybe "Mbuti and Efé pygmy peoples"?
 * "18 050" BCE years can be written with commas.
 * "years, over" Comma unnecessary
 * "and they illustrate" to "and illustrate"
 * "animals, for" Comma should be a semicolon.
 * That's what I got. AryKun (talk) 08:42, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Fixed, thanks! As for Virunga and Okapi images, I was considering some alternatives, but for Virunga most of the images are either low-resolution or poor contrast mountains or forest images (or have people on, which is non-ideal for this list) while for Okapi there are some other okapi images but none from the park itself. I am open to suggestions. Tone 15:35, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Made a couple tweaks. Have a couple more comments: Afromontane isn't a noun or habitat, and the IUCN cite in the Garamba text clearly isn't citing everything before it. AryKun (talk) 00:02, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Right, it's Afromontane forests. Hm, what do you suggest for Garamba? Splitting the ref or adding the IUCN at the end? Tone 05:48, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The IUCN ref's only citing one detail, so I'd just add the UNESCO refs after "population of the northern white rhinoceros". AryKun (talk) 06:44, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The thing is that UNESCO refers to the situation at the time of inscription, while a more detailed explanation of the current situation is in the IUCN. I will move the ref to the end and that fixes the issue :) Tone 07:45, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Support I've doubled the UNESCO refs and added them before and after the IUCN refs. While I understand bundling refs at the end of a paragraph if you're using them to cite multiple statements throughout that para, refs that cite a single fact should be kept close to that statement to avoid the association bw the two eventually getting lost in future edits. AryKun (talk) 13:00, 22 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Brindile1
 * Poaching and deforestation should be wikilinked in the second paragraph
 * The Upemba Depression has a public-domain photo in its article, is there some reason why this isn't used in the list? Brindille1 (talk) 13:05, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Fixed, thanks. I added the Upemba image. I suppose the reason I didn't include it from beginning is that the nominated site is about archaeological sites with cemeteries, which is not something that is shown on the image, but since the image still shows the wide region, I suppose it is fine. Tone 08:23, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Support great list! Brindille1 (talk) 13:37, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Image review
Dylan 620 (he/him • talk • edits) 20:00, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I second 's (courtesy ping) question regarding the lack of an Upemba Depression image in this listicle.
 * Not really a dealbreaker, but I'm not sure if File:Virunga National Park Gorilla.jpg quite feels right for a top-level encyclopedic listing. It seems... affected, for want of a better word? I looked through a Commons cat for other suitable images and came across a few that impressed me, such as this, this, and this. If you insist on the image currently being used, then it's not something to oppose over, but I do suggest checking out those images and seeing if you think any of them would work better here :)
 * All images have appropriate alt text.
 * All images appropriately licensed for either public domain or Creative Commons.
 * Sourcing for each image checks out.


 * Thanks! Upemba added, explained above. I switched the gorilla image, the suggested one is indeed better. Tone 08:24, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Pleased to support. Excellent work. Dylan 620  (he/him • talk • edits) 19:56, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Source review passed; promoting. -- Pres N  20:25, 1 May 2024 (UTC)


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