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Section sizes

Section size for Florida (44 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	13,770	13,770
History	1,175	46,951
European arrival	13,387	13,387
Statehood and Indian removal	12,787	12,787
Civil War and Reconstruction	5,291	5,291
20th century	7,023	7,023
21st century	7,288	7,288
Geography	5,084	55,830
Climate	16,137	16,137
Fauna	6,343	6,343
Flora	3,849	3,849
Reef	2,929	2,929
Environmental issues	7,121	7,121
Geology	7,136	7,136
Regions	1,238	1,238
Cities and towns	5,993	5,993
Demographics	85	30,611
Population	25,009	25,009
Languages	1,878	1,878
Religion	3,639	3,639
Governance	3,963	29,397
Elections history	6,797	18,586
2000–present	11,789	11,789
Statutes	6,773	6,773
Taxation	75	75
Economy	8,239	25,905
Transportation	57	17,666
Highways	6,894	6,894
Airports	4,182	4,182
Intercity rail	2,544	2,544
Public transit	3,989	3,989
Healthcare	5,194	5,194
Architecture	4,855	4,855
Education	2,008	10,922
Primary and secondary education	5,332	5,332
Higher education	3,582	3,582
Sports	5,563	5,563
State symbols	3,791	3,791
Sister states	526	526
See also	176	176
Notes	24	24
References	21,284	21,284
Bibliography	671	671
External links	3,548	3,548
Total	259,018	259,018

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Agriculture-by-the-Numbers-2019.pdf. Florida By The Numbers (for 2019-pdf)—could be useful for [Agriculture and Fishing] section as well as [Industry] section. )

Sister States

What does the "Sister States" section do? Nothing on it feels related to Florida at all. Should we delete/disable it? Loymdayddaud (talk) 04:00, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Florida is dying?

Not sure we can use this directly, but looks useful.[1] Doug Weller talk 15:25, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As sympathetic as I am to his viewpoint, it is an opinion piece. One point that bothers me is the fuss he makes over that 101 F temperature reported from Manatee Bay in Dade County last year. Manatee Bay has so little connection to open sea water that its measured salinity ranges from 14 ppt to 45 ppt. Yes, water temperatures have been rising. But Manatee Bay is not representative of open sea water. Donald Albury 17:18, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

True. I agree in itself it’s useless. Maybe useful for finding good sources? I was going to post this to you but of course you’d have this on your watchlist. Doug Weller talk 18:20, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Peninsular State" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Peninsular State has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 January 4 § Peninsular State until a consensus is reached. Anonymous 21:07, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 14 February 2025

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Florida was renamed to MoonPieTown 107.123.37.6 (talk) 19:02, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done:Sure was. Sadly, I don't think you're going to find a preponderance of reliable sources to support the edit. PianoDan (talk) 19:23, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Land of flowers" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Land of flowers has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 March 4 § Land of flowers until a consensus is reached. Duckmather (talk) 17:18, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Average high and low temperatures for various Florida cities 2605:4A80:2002:2030:C1F9:5ED2:3E57:94DB (talk) 20:20, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Untamed1910 (talk) 20:39, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]