I was going to say the Spomeniks are spread across a lot of countries rather than just Croatia.

However, seeing the ones that have been dropped on a national basis I think I may swap one in for the Spomeniks (lovely as they are I don't think they will be in the final 50, but they are magnificent and feature in my future travel plans).

Chauvet is the best of them from my point of view but I'm pretty sure it will become a WHS in the next couple of years anyway.

So I think I may swap in Cape York but extend it to include the Torres Strait Islands as well, though I realise culturally the islanders are more closely related to PNG.

I don't know enough about the Philippines, and the US sites don't do much for me so Cape York and the islands of the Torres Strait (M) it is for me.

I tried to aggregate the "original" Top 50 List (marked ORIG) with the new ones based on winterkjm's list.

Afghanistan - Band-E-Amir – N – NEW (on TL)
Afghanistan - City of Herat – C – NEW (on TL)
Angola - Quiçama National Park – N – ORIG
Antarctica (claimed by New Zealand) - Ross Island – M – ORIG
Argentina / Peru – Railways of the Andes – C – ORIG
Australia - Cape York and the islands of the Torres Strait – M – NEW
Austria - Modern Legacy of Vienna – C – ORIG
Belgium - Westhoek: places of memory and monuments of the Great War – C – ORIG
Bhutan - Dzongs of Bhutan – C – ORIG
Bolivia / Peru - Lake Titicaca – M – ORIG
Botswana - Okavango Delta – N – NEW (on TL)
Burkina Faso - Peaks of Sindou – N – ORIG
Canada / USA - Klondike and the Gold Rush trails – C – ORIG
China - Tashilunpo Monastery in Tibet – C – ORIG
China / Kyrgyzstan / Kazakhstan - Silk Roads – C – NEW (on TL)
China - The Grand Canal – C – NEW (on TL)
Colombia - Ciudad Perdida – C – ORIG
Cyprus (North) - Fortified City of Famagusta - C – ORIG
Egypt / Israel - Marine Reserves of Sinai – N – ORIG
Egypt - Suez Canal – C – ORIG
Egypt - Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library – C – NEW (on TL)
France / India - Vers une architecture: Major Buildings of Le Corbusier – C – ORIG
France - Devils Island (on French Guiana) – M – ORIG
France - Drift Passes of Rangiroa, French Polynesia N - NEW
France - Forests of Southern New Caledonia – N - NEW
France / Fiji / Tonga / Samoa / USA (Hawaii) - Rainforests of Polynesia – N – NEW ( 2/5 on TL)
France - La Grotte ornée Chauvet-Pont d'Arc – C – NEW (on TL)
Germany - Olympic Park in Munich – C – ORIG
Germany / Switzerland / Poland - Divided Cities along the German Border – C – ORIG
Germany - Neuschwanstein Castle – C - NEW
Germany - Tempelhof Airport, Berlin – C - NEW
Germany - Speicherstadt and Chilehaus with Kontorhaus District – C – NEW (on TL)
Ghana - Sumbrungu Painted Houses – C – ORIG
Greece - Diolkos: Ancient Railways – C – ORIG
Greece - Minoan palaces of Crete – C – ORIG
Greece - Cultural Landscape of Santorini – C – ORIG
Guyana - Kaieteur National Park, Iwokrama Forest and the Kanuku Mountains – N - NEW
India - Andaman Islands – M – ORIG
India - Amritsar - C– ORIG
India - Varanasi – C – ORIG
India - Palitana – C – ORIG
India - Chhatris (cenotaphs) of Orchha – C - NEW
Indonesia - Tana Toraja Cultural Landscape – C – ORIG
Iran - Towers of Silence – C – ORIG
Iraq - Ur – C – ORIG
Iraq - Taq-I-Kisra (Arch of Ctesiphon) – C – ORIG
Iraq - The Sacred Complex of Babylon – C – NEW (on TL)
Ireland - Island of Inishmore – C – ORIG
Israel - Triple-arch Gate at Dan & Sources of the Jordan – C – NEW (on TL)
Italy - Scrovegni's Chapel – C – NEW (on TL)
Kazakhstan / USA - Baikonur Cosmodrome / Cape Canaveral – C – ORIG
Laos - Si Phan Don Complex – M - NEW
Laos - Sites Mégalithiques de la province de Xieng Khouang – C – NEW (on TL)
Lebanon - Ensemble du site naturel de la région du Chouf avec les monuments et les sites – archéologiques qui s'y trouvent – C – NEW (on TL)
Mexico - Copper Canyon – N – ORIG
Mexico - Cenotes of the Yucatan – N – ORIG
Mexico – Naica Cave: Cave of the Crystals – N - NEW
Micronesia (Federated States of) - Nan Madol – C – ORIG
Myanmar / Thailand - Mergui Archipelago and Andaman Coast – N - NEW
Myanmar – Bagan – C – ORIG
Myanmar - Shwedagon Pagoda – C – ORIG
Myanmar - Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period: Ohn Don, Sala, Pakhangyi, Pakhannge, Legaing, Sagu, Shwe-Kyaung (Mandalay) – C – NEW (on TL)
Netherlands - Panorama Mesdag – C – ORIG
Nigeria - Benin Iya / Sungbo' s Eredo – C – NEW (on TL)
Norway – Svalbard – N – ORIG
Oman - Jebel Shams, Wadi Nakhur, and Wadi Ghul – M – ORIG
Palestine Territories - Mount Gerizim: the holiest Samaritan site near Nablus – C – ORIG
Palestine Territories - Jericho – C – ORIG
Panama - Panama Canal – C – ORIG
Papua New Guinea - Middle and Upper Sepik – M – ORIG
Papua New Guinea - The Sublime Karsts of Papua New Guinea – M – NEW (on TL)
Papua New Guinea / Indonesia - Rainforests of Papua, Extension of Upper Sepik River Basin – M – NEW (on TL)
Pakistan – Concordia – N – ORIG
Peru - Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol – C - NEW
Peru / Argentina / Bolivia / Chile / Colombia / Ecuador - Sistema Vial Andino/Qhapaq Ñan – C – NEW (on TL)
Philippines - El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area – N – NEW (on TL)
Russia - Communist heritage of Volgograd – C – ORIG
Russia - The Soviet Architecture of Moscow – C – ORIG
Russia - Tobolsk – C – ORIG
Russia - Transiberian Railway – C – ORIG
Russia - Kolyma Highway (the Road of Bones) – C – ORIG
Saudi Arabia - Mecca, Kaaba – C – ORIG
Saudi Arabia - Medina – C - NEW
Serbia - Synagogue of Subotica C - NEW
South Korea - Southwestern Coast Tidal Flats – N – NEW (on TL)
Syria - Ebla (Tell Mardikh) – C – NEW (on TL)
Spain - Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry – C - NEW
Somalia - Laas Gaal – C - NEW
Trinidad and Tobago - La Brea Pitch Lake – N – ORIG
Ukraine - Chernobyl – C – ORIG
Ukraine - Palaces of Yalta – C – ORIG
United Kingdom - Infrastructure of the Industrial Revolution in Britain – C – ORIG
United Kingdom - Historic University Towns of Oxford and Cambridge – C - NEW
United Kingdom - Windsor Castle – C - NEW
United States - Latte Stones of the Mariana Islands – C – ORIG
United States / Japan - Major Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright – C – ORIG
United States - Chicago School of Architecture – C - NEW
United States - Death Valley National Park – N - NEW
United States - Ford River Rouge Complex – C - NEW
United States - Golden Gate Bridge – C - NEW
United States - Hollywood Studios & Movie Palaces – C - NEW
United States - Mount Rushmore – C - NEW
Vanuatu - Tanna Island – M – ORIG

Since there's really a lot of them now overall, why don't we just do the following: everyone selects out of this list his/her 15 favourites, irrespective of gaps in the current WHL. The highest voted ones then become the Top 50 (+/-) Missing Sites. What do you think? This may be easier than discussing on which ones to eliminate...

Were we going to delete the sites Assif mentioned? He suggested 5 sites for the original Top 50 missing, but now feels they don't make the cut.

Can we remove Japan from the Major Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright? This is a US Tentative nomination. There is no point to include Japan in this nomination.

I think there about 10-15 sites that are unanimously considered Top 50. Do we really have to vote on these? Dzongs of Bhutan, Nan Madol, Bagan, etc?

I did not see, Greece - The Palace of Knossos (#) (31/01/2003) C

It is entirely appropriate for this potential site to include the Torres Strait islands from a cultural, natural and geological perspective. And indeed to potentially incorporate parts of PNG with shared values. Unlikely to happen for political reasons but that's not relevant to this list!

For clarification, it's worth noting Kikori River Basin / Great Papuan Plateau on PNG's T-list incorporates extensive areas on rainforest and Ras Mohammed on Egypt's T-list is a Sinai Marine Reserve.

If we're going to vote, it doesn't matter to delete them first.

I would be happy to vote for a top 10 (or top 15) from the list above compiled by Khuft.

I deleted that one because it's included already in Minoan palaces, which we already had before.

So each person can submit 10 or 15 favorites? Once this round is done we repeat the process until we reach 50? Before anyone starts with official voting, maybe we should lay down some general guidelines or rules?

I would say: 10 is enough, and we do not have to end exactly at 50

If everyone provides a list of nominations ordered by preference we can then calculate a overall ranked list by allocating a number to each position and adding the numbers for each site. You would then only need 1 round of voting.

I think we could do something on survey monkey.

I think it shouldn't come up against any data barriers on the free version. It would be easier to get the results out rather than keeping a running tally (though Assif, Khuft and winterkjm are doing a sterling job on that).

As an example this is what I created in 5 mins using Khuft's list from post #62. (It could do with a fair bit of tidying up but it gives an idea of what can be done)

I don't mind if people fancy doing it on the forum, just thought I would put the suggestion out there and I'm happy to set it up/ collate if we choose that option.

I personally find it very difficult to rank the sites. I think it would be better to just list the best ones with one (equal) vote for each of the sites proposed.
If we use the easy tool proposed by meltwaterfalls (thanks!) we could even give the option to nominate up to 50 sites each and see where the support goes.

meltwaterfalls tool requires ranking the sites. Only all sites after the first 15 are ranked equally!

We can set it however we like, That example just had the ranking included, we can easily strip it out if that is the consensus, likewise with limiting it to 15 votes. It can be tailored however we like.

I have got a different idea. We (meltwaterfalls) can set it so that we should rate all sites on the lists. I am thinking of something like Michelin 3 stars, 2 starts, 1 star, no star rating. Then we could sum up the points. The advantage is that we can rate the sites without ranking them and without limiting ourselves to any number. I would also include sites from the four long lists. These should add more or less 40 sites to the list of candidates and should not cost to much effort to rate.