Talk:Geography of Croatia/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:27, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Right - I will make straightforward copyedits as I go and jot down queries below: Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:27, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Aside from the EU membership difficulty, even before its settling the dispute has caused no major practical problems - umm, not sure what is meant here - needs a reword...or comma or something.

In the Maritime border disputes section, the word "dispute" is pretty frequent - any synonyms to reduce repetition would help flow.

this includes that Croatia claims the Vukovar and Šarengrad islands in the Danube as its territory - needs rewording

There are also several border disputes with Bosnia–Herzegovina - seems a bit brief tacked on the end after the previous dispute is detailed. I think more info here would help balance.

That's actually a single dispute, and I added a brief mention of the issue. I did not add that currently the "line of control" follows Unčica canal, i.e. Croatia's claim. If needed, that is supported by one of the sources used. In effect river meandering and creating oxbow lakes caused virtually all border disputes with Slovenia, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.--Tomobe03 (talk) 13:05, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

For the land borders, yes... Allens (talk | contribs) 18:13, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Well, the section cited above is in the "Land border disputes" subsection, so I assumed that's what's problematic.--Tomobe03 (talk) 20:29, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Oh. Oops... I tend toward perfectionism and thus sometimes write too much in an effort to make sure it's accurate. Allens (talk | contribs) 20:34, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

For an overview - it strikes me that the biodiversity section is possibly a bit small....and maybe some more info on environment/ecology would be good.

Right, I'll add info on environment and ecology for starters.--Tomobe03 (talk) 14:36, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

I added a bit more on the biodiversity, and a new subsection on environment/ecology designed as an overview of the topic.--Tomobe03 (talk) 16:38, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

...and a more detailed info on various types of taxa found in Croatia.--Tomobe03 (talk) 11:58, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Be good to get more info on source of information and base map for File:Croatia topo.jpg, File:ZERP.jpg and File:NUTS of Croatia.PNG. All others look good for sourcing etc.

I added references for ZERP and NUTS, but I'm not quite sure what would I reference the topographic map with. I checked a similar passage in Germany (FA) and the entire section refers to a CIA world factbook entry, so would that be an appropriate ref?--Tomobe03 (talk) 15:03, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Overall, nice read and GA is definitely achievable. MOre to come on spot-checking sources. Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:02, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for taking time to review this GA nomination as well as performing any copyediting that might be needed - I am confident the review process will improve the article. I'll try to address your concerns with the article as quickly as possible.--Tomobe03 (talk) 11:05, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

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Pass or Fail: Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:09, 2 June 2012 (UTC)