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Former good articleCroatia was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
On this day... Article milestones
DateProcessResult
October 28, 2011Good article nomineeListed
March 22, 2021Peer reviewReviewed
January 27, 2023Good article reassessmentDelisted
On this day... Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on October 8, 2004, June 25, 2005, June 25, 2006, October 8, 2007, October 8, 2008, October 8, 2009, October 8, 2010, October 8, 2011, October 8, 2012, October 8, 2013, October 8, 2014, and August 5, 2019.
Current status: Delisted good article

GAR

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Result: Delist as doesn't meet GA criteria 2 or 3 (insufficient citations and lack of recent updates). ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:17, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Article has "This section needs to be updated" tags in five sections: Economy, Transport, Demographics, Education, Sports, and As of 2019, the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration employed 1,381[needs update]. It also has "needs additional citations for verification" tag for Sports, and a 'citation needed' in Healthcare section. 'clarification needed' is in Independent Croatia (1991–present) section. With 6 big orange templates article needs work to remain a GA. Artem.G (talk) 19:00, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Comments and questions

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1. The article says "During the 5th century, the last de jure Western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos ruled a small realm from the palace after fleeing Italy in 475."

However, it's not clear what is the "palace" in question. I assume it's Diocletian's palace which is the likely residence of Julius Nepos during his nominal continued reign in Dalmatia (as stated in the article on Julius Nepos).

2. The section "Personal union with Hungary (1102) and Habsburg Monarchy (1527)" ends with WWI.

It does not say anything more than that. At least it should explain how it started. I believe a short paragraph is needed since WWI was a major event in Europe (not only Croatia).

3. The image of the Danube river is pointless.

4a. The image in the "Climate" section was previously showing the bora but some genius removed it and placed an image that shows something completely unrelated to the bora. Please fix image and caption as necessary. It does not make sense.

4b. The "Climate" section mentions bora and bura. Let's try to stick to a single spelling for better clarity and uniformity.

5. The text says "As of May 2019, the Croatian military had 72 members stationed in foreign countries as part of United Nations-led international peacekeeping forces. As of 2019, 323 troops served the NATO-led ISAF force in Afghanistan. Another 156 served with KFOR in Kosovo."

It should be updated to 2024.

6. The text says "As a result of the war, economic infrastructure sustained massive damage, particularly the tourism industry."

What war is it? This is ambiguous. There is a lack of clarity.

7. The text says "The population decrease was greater a result of war for independence."

Is this even grammatically correct?

8. The image of the Šibenik Cathedral is ugly and it can be replaced with a better one with a better angle (from the front of the building).

9. The text says "Twenty of these schools got specialised assistance in the form of gear".

What does "gear" mean in this context? I speak English and it does not make sense to me.

10. The text says "As of January 2021, there are thirteen nationwide free-to-air DVB-T television channels, with Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) operating four, RTL Televizija three, and Nova TV operating two channels, and the Croatian Olympic Committee, Kapital Net d.o.o., and Author d.o.o. companies operate the remaining three."

The are too many instances of "and". They are redundant/repetitive.

11. Chess is included in the sports section. It's not really a sport. It's not physical but mental. Football, racing and swimming are sports.

12. Some genius replaced the 4 images of traditional Croatian food with a single image of Zagorski štrukli. The previous image offered more national variety and it was a better choice.

13. The text says "Croatian athletes won 16 gold medals at world championships".

I find "world championships" very general.

ICE77 (talk) 23:36, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alternate English Pronunciations

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There are alternate pronunciations of the English word "Croatia", including "krow-AH-tee-uh" (common in England), "KROW-tee-uh" (common among the African American community), and "KRAY-sha" (usually associated with Australia). These should be represented in the article, possibly as a footnote. 166.196.79.79 (talk) 22:59, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I had previously removed this question as it seemed to be a weird troll. In case it's not clear, these claims seem like blatant violations of WP:OR and WP:HOAX. Anonymous user, if you want to be taken seriously, please cite sources. --Joy (talk) 07:52, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]