Wikipedia:Peer review/Vikos-Aoos National Park/archive1

Vikos-Aoos National Park
This peer review discussion has been closed. I would like some input from other editors prior to considering nominating it for A or even FA class. Any improvements or suggestions on stylistic issues or content would be greatly appreciated.Alexikoua (talk) 22:51, 10 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Geographic measurements are always hard to get right. I am a bit puzzled by this: "walls that range from 450 m (1,476 ft) to 1,600 m (5,249 ft) deep, and a width from 400 m (1,312 ft) to some meters at its narrowest part". I don't think the heights and widths are in correspondence in the way that the reader will assume here. AFAIK (I don't have access to the Guinness Book itself), the Vikos Gorge seems to be listed for its depth of 900 m and width of 1100 m. A depth of 450 m and width of only a few metres would obviously be a lot more impressive, but I don't think that's realistic. And if there are walls of 1600 m anywhere then obviously the gorge must be much wider than 400 m there. I guess it may be best to rely on a specific, high-quality source for such measurements and stick very close to it.
 * "The [Vikos] gorge, with a northwest-southeast direction" – I thought the water flows the other way round, towards Albania. I don't have good map, but on Google maps it looks as if the Voidomatis joins the Aoos below Konitsa, after crossing the E90 road.
 * I think these panorama photos give an excellent impression of the Vikos Gorge and could perhaps be linked from its separate article (which needs work, obviously). Generally the supporting articles for related topics seem to be in a relatively poor state. E.g. Monastery of Saint Paraskevi links to the disambiguation page Monodendri, and is linked itself from Monodendri, Achaea (wrong), but not from Monodendri (Ioannina) (where it is only mentioned). (I may fix this later, but I am leaving this for the moment for lack of time and to demonstrate the problem.) Hans Adler 10:07, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree on the measurements. Perhaps the editor meant to say that the lowest point is 450 m above sea level, which could be correct. Mentioning the depth of 900 m and width of 1100 m is probably more clear, though I'm not sure if they're accurate. - Onno Zweers (talk) 15:30, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Indeed, the river flows north. I've seen many rafters being washed away in that direction ;-) - Onno Zweers (talk) 15:30, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Most impressive article. Comprehensive, well-written and interesting. If I had not already visited the place, it would make me want to! I have made various tweaks & copyedits, including a move to conform the title with the name I found in most English-language sources. I will also assess it as A-class for WPGR. Constantine  ✍  11:02, 19 October 2010 (UTC)