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Date	Process	Result
July 31, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
April 13, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
August 9, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
September 14, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
July 7, 2009	Good article reassessment	Delisted
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Current status: Delisted good article

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Section sizes

Section size for Puerto Rico (50 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	29,648	29,648
Etymology	10,981	10,981
History	3,211	13,276
U.S. era	2,309	10,065
21st century	7,756	7,756
Geography	13,640	28,833
Climate	5,282	5,282
Biodiversity	9,911	9,911
Government and politics	6,612	42,432
Political parties and elections	2,298	2,298
Political status	12,446	12,446
Administrative divisions	878	878
Foreign and intergovernmental relations	5,806	5,806
Military	7,793	7,793
Law	3,105	6,599
Crime	3,494	3,494
Economy	17,646	53,597
Tourism	3,163	3,163
Fiscal debt	5,950	5,950
Public finances	8,190	8,190
Cost of living	9,193	9,193
Transportation	2,474	2,474
Utilities	18	4,605
Electricity	3,365	3,365
Water and sewage	1,222	1,222
Telecommunications	2,376	2,376
Demographics	3,372	49,941
Population distribution	3,498	3,498
Population makeup	7,141	7,141
Immigration and emigration	7,469	7,469
Languages	5,153	5,153
Religion	18,376	18,376
Education and literacy	2,775	2,775
Health	2,157	2,157
Culture	3,624	29,290
Architecture	4,434	4,434
Arts	2,098	2,098
Literature	3,981	3,981
Media	1,185	1,185
Music	1,862	1,862
Philately	2,137	2,137
Cuisine	1,736	1,736
Sports	8,233	8,233
See also	174	174
Notes	24	24
References	28	28
External links	1,527	3,962
Geography	71	71
United States government	517	517
United Nations Declaration on Puerto Rico	1,847	1,847
Total	262,186	262,186

Wiki Education assignment: Women and Power in Latin America

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pending plebiscite

There is a binding plebiscite vote in the works for November 2023. Not yet approved, but even the proposal is noteworthy for the history section. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-lawmakers-urge-binding-vote-puerto-rico-statehood-84842296

Puerto Rico, a territory of the U.S.A.

Since Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States of America, working citizens are taxed income tax. They should not be taxed because they are not allowed to elect representatives in the U.S. Congress nor are they allowed to vote in a Presidential election. This is taxation without representation. The Puerto Rican citizens should be allow to vote for statehood to become a state of the United States or be granted and freed to become their own country. 141.126.4.115 (talk) 11:13, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not the place to have this kind of political debate. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 11:28, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How do you say thank you in Puerto Rican 2601:2C3:CB81:C40:AC9E:2566:1086:237C (talk) 22:39, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gracias: (formal and informal)

Mil gracias: (more emphatic)

Muchísimas gracias: (more formal)

Bajo de cielo: (casual)

Agradecido: (noun, can be used to express gratitude)

Te lo agradezco: (more formal)

¡Chepe! (slang)

¡Coñe! (more emphatic slang)

¡Que bacán! (slang) 181.43.95.27 (talk) 04:22, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

puerto rican isn't a language :skull: 🅲🅻🅴🆃🅴🆁 (a word) 04:04, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2023

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Change date format from mm/dd/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy Instatuviae (talk) 21:33, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Both the X and Y of the request violate MOS:DATEFORMAT. I will change it to the proper format. Shadow311 (talk) 21:55, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I just realized you were talking about the infobox. Even in that case,the answer would still be

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Shadow311 (talk) 21:58, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 February 2024

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2603:9000:20F0:3CD0:3505:F3CC:872B:1814 (talk) 19:34, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Us commonwealth

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. Cannolis (talk) 20:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 30 March 2024

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In the date format, it should be noted that Puerto Rico uses mm/dd/yyyy in English but uses dd/mm/yyy in Spanish. TranquiRun (talk) 01:35, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Though the current information on date format is also unsourced; not sure if we should remove it entirely. This seems to be a common issue for date formats, as seen in List of date formats by country, presumably because date formats are so commonly used that no one actually bothers to formalise them in text. Liu1126 (talk) 13:39, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Immigration and emigration

I have removed the following sentence, which is obviously incorrect as written and not supported by the reference. It was possibly intended to refer to legal immigrants.

As of 2019, Puerto Rico was home to 100,000 permanent legal residents.^[1]

References

^ Corpus, Elizabeth (30 September 2019). "Migrants rebuild their lives in Puerto Rico despite challenges". Arc Publishing. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

TSventon (talk) 12:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2024

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Commonwealth Status allows Puerto Rico to keep its culture while maintain a strong, quasi-state relationship with the United States. If the situation arises, Puerto Rico could vote for independence which is something that it could not do if it becomes a state Gabriellexmendez (talk) 15:41, 7 August 2024 (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. PianoDan (talk) 16:42, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request October 3rd 2024

3rd paragraph contains a typo, replace "Overseas" with "Oversees", sentence containing typo included below for ease of locating the error " as it is not a state, Puerto Rico does not have a vote in the U.S. Congress, which overseas it under the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950. Congress approved a territorial constitution in 1952" 2600:1003:A810:2FF6:FC4F:F904:8ACE:AF9F (talk) 22:50, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Typo

In the third paragraph, “overseas” should be “oversees” 2600:1008:B0CA:794E:1429:AACB:FED5:1281 (talk) 23:44, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done --AntiDionysius (talk) 23:47, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 14 November 2024

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Puerto Rico is a great place to pollute 12.55.241.14 (talk) 16:52, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Corpus, Elizabeth (30 September 2019). "Migrants rebuild their lives in Puerto Rico despite challenges". Arc Publishing. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

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