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Date	Process	Result
October 28, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed
March 22, 2021	Peer review	Reviewed
January 27, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted
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Section sizes

Section size for Croatia (42 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	14,367	14,367	504	504
Etymology	3,411	3,411	204	204
History	43	67,709	0	2,204
Prehistory and antiquity	5,929	5,929	165	165
Middle Ages	10,217	10,217	456	456
Union with Hungary and Austria	10,109	10,109	328	328
The World Wars and Yugoslavia	19,997	19,997	701	701
Independence	21,414	21,414	554	554
Geography	4,501	14,481	389	1,107
Climate	2,856	2,856	272	272
Biodiversity	7,124	7,124	446	446
Governance	2,620	25,648	135	1,373
Law and judicial system	4,565	4,565	250	250
Foreign relations	4,085	4,085	205	205
Croatian diaspora	2,273	2,273	54	54
Military	7,046	7,046	372	372
Administrative divisions	5,059	5,059	357	357
Economy	5,603	26,024	340	1,375
Tourism	6,206	6,206	346	346
Infrastructure	673	14,215	0	689
Motorways	2,840	2,840	95	95
Railways	2,184	2,184	117	117
Pelješac Bridge	1,178	1,178	113	113
Aviation	2,821	2,821	107	107
Ports	2,070	2,070	56	56
Energy	2,449	2,449	201	201
Demographics	9,232	32,835	398	1,657
Religion	2,405	2,405	140	140
Languages	8,646	8,646	430	430
Education	8,428	8,428	449	449
Healthcare	4,124	4,124	240	240
Culture	5,379	37,721	312	1,941
Arts, literature, and music	8,613	8,613	450	450
Media	8,534	8,534	361	361
Film industry	7,023	7,023	328	328
Cuisine	2,054	2,054	159	159
Sports	6,118	6,118	331	331
See also	75	75	0	0
Explanatory notes	48	48	0	0
Citations	34	34	0	0
General and cited references	8,764	8,764	0	0
External links	1,090	1,090	0	0
Total	232,207	232,207	10,365	10,365

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Croatia

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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]

Slightly longer than preferable, and with some oversubsectioning. However, overall not a bad article as far as country articles go, hopefully this can be fixed. CMD (talk) 07:54, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delist: sections need to be updated, while citations are needed in selected places. As CMD noted, should be fairly easy to get back to GA standard, should someone wish to. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:17, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hrvatska has an RfC

Hrvatska has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:33, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bias

There is hardly any mentions about the Ustaše which serves to cover up history. Tywyagffah5j (talk) 06:26, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 November 2025

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Add more information about the Ustaše. Tywyagffah5j (talk) 06:27, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. x2step (lets talk 💌) 07:45, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 25 November 2025

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Change paragraph 4 "and tuition-free primary and secondary education" to either "and tuition fee-free primary and secondary education" or "and fee-free primary and secondary education"

Comment: I'm fairly sure there is some educational value to Croatian schooling! Brussels Exile (talk) 12:00, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done jolielover♥talk 13:00, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Population

It is not 130 on the list, it is 128 when you click. ~2026-35113-3 (talk) 22:51, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 23:25, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]