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List of World Heritage Sites in Norway edit

List of World Heritage Sites in Norway (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): Tone 18:11, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Norway has a bunch of interesting World Heritage Sites, and not all of them are fjords (though some are!). The style follows that of a series of other countries, the most recent promoted being Austria. Per comment on one of the previous nominations, this time all descriptions are written from scratch and not only modified from exisitng article (when those articles were first created, there was a tendency to simply copy the description from the UNESCO site). Tone 18:11, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments
  • "The church combines the influences of the Celtic art" => "The church combines the influences of Celtic art"
  • At the end of the Rock Art section, there's an unnecessary gap before the reference.
  • "people were harvesting" => "the inhabitants harvested"
  • Transnational sites are denoted only by colour, they need a symbol too
  • "a series of triangulation pointes" - points, surely (as indeed it is in the next sentence)?
  • "They are to be classic examples" => "They are classic examples"
  • "above the sea level" => "above sea level"
  • "The industrial complex in towns" => "The industrial complex in the towns"
  • You use harbour (British English) but also fertilizer (American English) - be consistent
  • "They consist of chiefly of" => "They consist chiefly of"
  • "the bird cliffs on Røst and Værøy are especially famous" => "the bird cliffs on Røst and Værøy being especially famous"
  • "The islands have been used as whaling stations and by miners for centuries, now there are permanent Norwegian and Russian settlements" => "The islands have been used as whaling stations and by miners for centuries, and now there are permanent Norwegian and Russian settlements"
  • "This is an transnational" => "This is a transnational "
  • "Bouver Island" - wrong spelling
  • Think that's it from me -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:23, 25 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • SUpport -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:55, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from zmbro (Just a few minor things)
  • "over 10 000 years." → comma missing...?
  • Make sure photos have alt text
  • Could the lead be any longer? Seems a little short, but maybe that's just me.

Everything looks good. – zmbro (talk) 03:59, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    • @Zmbro: Done, the first two. As for the intro, I find it tricky to add something really meaningful and not to repeat the content in the table too much. --Tone 21:55, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Makes sense to me. Happy to support – zmbro (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from Reywas92
  • Map is missing red dots from the caption; Location should be plural
  • hydroelectric doesn't have a hyphen
  • No article before Rago NP Reywas92Talk 03:15, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Reywas92: Done! --Tone 08:43, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from Shearonink
  • Prose. Professional standards of writing? Yes.
  • Lead. Engaging lead that introduces the subject & defines the scope + inclusion criteria? Yes.
  • Comprehensiveness.
(a) Comprehensively covers the defined scope, etc.? Yes,
(b) Statements are sourced where they appear + inline citations? Yes.
(c) In length and/or topic - meets all requirements for stand-alone lists; does not violate content-forking guideline, does not duplicate material from another article, it could not reasonably be included as part of a related article? Yes.
  • Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities? Yes.
  • Style. It complies with the Manual of Style (especially for Lists) + supplementary pages? Yes.
(a) Visual appeal. Suitable text layout, formatting, tables, colour + few redlinks? Yes.
(b) Media files. Has topic-appropriate images & other media, following Wikipedia's usage policies, w/captions [+ appropriate alt-text for inclusion/accessibility]? Yes
  • Stability. Not the subject of ongoing edit wars, content does not change significantly from day to day? Yes.
Am going to do a detailed deep-dive on the List over the next few days - so far am inclined to support. Shearonink (talk) 00:17, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Everything looks fine and have personally learned a lot about the various World Heritage sites. These types of Lists are a good jumping-off point to the various articles. Well-done. Shearonink (talk) 17:54, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Dudley edit

  • "incorporates elements from the prior Viking church from the 11th century." The earlier church was not Viking. The citation refers to 'wood carving and sculpted decor of exquisite quality on the outside includes strap-work panels and elements of Viking tradition...which constitute the origin of the "Urnes style"' in the earlier stave church.
  • "Røros is a town where the copper mine was active from the mid-17th century to 1977, when the company went bankrupt." This sounds awkward and there were several mines, not just one. Maybe "Røros was a copper mining town from 1644 until 1977, when the mining company went bankrupt."
  • Rock Art of Alta. I would mention that there are thousands of paintings and carvings. Also the dates are approximate.
  • Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago. There is no point in mentioning inhabitation over 10,000 years as that applies to countless places and the designation is for the cultural landscape of the last 1,500 years. Also you should mention the physical remains: "fishing villages, quays, warehouses, eider houses (built for eider ducks to nest in), farming landscapes, lighthouses and beacons".
  • "who first carried out an accurate measurement of a long segment of a meridian – and along with it the size and shape of the Earth." This is an exaggeration. The citation says that he carried out an accurate measurement of a long segment of a meridian, but not the exact size and shape of the planet, which he "helped to establish".
  • "This is a transnational nomination" This should be "This is part of a transnational nomination"
  • "Two islands, both volcanic, are in Norway". This is wrong, as the text below makes clear. Bouvet Island is a Norwegian possession in the south Atlantic.
  • "The Hyllestad quarries produced quern-stones and mill-stones" I cannot see any reference to mill-stones in the source. Dudley Miles (talk) 19:25, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Quernstone (unhyphenated) is commonly a synomym for milltone, as in [2] and your ref seems to be using it in that sense. Dudley Miles (talk) 13:45, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Shall I remove one or put it in the parenthesis? --Tone 23:02, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I suggest "quernstones (millstones)". Both are unhyphenated in the three dictionaries I have checked. Dudley Miles (talk) 10:56, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Done, probably that's the best option. --Tone 11:25, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Dudley Miles: Excellent comments, as always. Thank you! I think I fixed them, I added an extra reference for the last point and rewrote the rest. --Tone 09:35, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Source and image reviews
  • Images are free and correctly licensed
  • Life in Norway is a group blog—non-RS
  • Per Storemyr is also a blog, but probably passes WP:SPS
  • Other sources OK. Source checks passed. buidhe 05:27, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'll remove Life in Norway. That ref was added in order not to have only the UNESCO references. --Tone 16:03, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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