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Section sizes

Section size for Missouri (46 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	11,912	11,912
Etymology and pronunciation	4,303	8,847
Nicknames	4,544	4,544
History	422	36,982
Early history	5,939	5,939
19th century	1,741	1,741
Admission as a state in 1821	6,260	6,260
American Civil War	4,395	4,395
Reconstruction period and later 19th century	88	88
20th century	4,408	4,408
21st century	13,729	13,729
Geography	2,146	10,282
Topography	2,103	2,103
Climate	4,113	4,113
Wildlife	995	995
Forests	925	925
Demographics	10,542	24,447
Birth data	6,147	6,147
Language	1,945	1,945
Religion	5,813	5,813
Economy	8,091	13,981
Taxation	1,923	1,923
Energy	3,967	3,967
Transportation	19	7,218
Airports	999	999
Rail	3,954	3,954
Bus	825	825
Rivers	373	373
Roads	1,048	1,048
Government and politics	3,649	21,110
Former status as a political bellwether	6,268	6,268
Laissez-faire alcohol and tobacco laws	9,976	9,976
Cannabis laws	543	543
Counties	674	674
Cities and towns	4,490	4,490
Education	147	6,681
Missouri State Board of Education	254	254
Primary and secondary schools	2,359	2,359
Colleges and universities	3,921	3,921
Culture	12	5,969
Music	1,831	1,831
Literature	845	845
Sports	3,281	3,281
See also	152	152
References	30	30
External links	4,215	4,215
Total	156,316	156,316

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why?

why is this protected, this isn't even an important city? do wikipedians live there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.171.110.135 (talk) 09:04, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, it is not a city, it is a state. Secondly, more than six million people live there.

Also it's especially vulnerable to malicious edits as there's a popular tweet about changing the size of the state on the map in this page's infobox which has been floating around the internet since 2015, which is when I belive the semi-protected status was added. Wexford001 (talk) 15:37, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the state should be bigger to reflect the changed version of the map? 199.48.156.6 (talk) 09:49, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As a Missourian, I think that was absolutely hilarious DragonMaster9817 (talk) 14:32, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

...??? 50.231.115.70 (talk) 12:17, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mention of universities in lead

Not entirely sure why universities are mentioned in the lead to be honest. Not many articles on USA states mention this.

The university of Missouri is merely just the state university. Most university's have one.

Also selective private universities aren’t rare. Not to mention it’s mot like these two universities are Sigma League.

CycoMa1 (talk) 08:18, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good points, but the lead is so lengthy that the little addition does no harm and does add some information of interest. (Unfortunately, while Wash U has in recent years made strides in impact and visibility, characterizing SLU as "well-known" is more than a bit of a stretch.) Barefoot through the chollas (talk) 14:02, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Show Me State"

The reference quoted in the intro after "show me state"

{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/entertainment/television/show-me-st-louis/hey-heidi-how-did-the-show-me-state-come-about/63-204374324|title=Hey Heidi: How did the Show Me State come about?|website=Ksdk.com|date=May 19, 2016 |access-date=April 17, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2020|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20200103002718/https://www.ksdk.com/article/entertainment/television/show%2Dme%2Dst%2Dlouis/hey%2Dheidi%2Dhow%2Ddid%2Dthe%2Dshow%2Dme%2Dstate%2Dcome%2Dabout/63%2D204374324|url-status=live}}

is terminally broken; the archived page simply says "watch the video" for a video that no longer loads. The nickname is discussed later in the page, under the "Nicknames" section, so this reference can probably be removed and/or replaced by a reference from that section. 86.90.240.85 (talk) 15:07, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"double landlocked"?

What does this mean? Seananony (talk) 05:19, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

hello! "landlocked" means that the region is not connected to an ocean! "double landlocked" means that the state is fully surrounded by other landlocked states :) xRozuRozu (t • c) 05:43, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lead section gives pronunciation that doesn't reflect the rest of the article

The lead section, as it stands now, gives the pronunciation of the state as "Missouri (/mɪˈzʊəriː/ mih-ZOOR-ee)". This was added in an edit from this March. However, the "ZOOR" pronunciation isn't reflected anywhere else as of now: even the sound file linked right after the first word pronounces the word like (/mɪˈzɜːri/ mih-ZUR-ee), the most common pronunciation mentioned in the Etymology and pronunciation section.

The editor who added the IPA guide certainly doesn't seem to be a bad-faith one, but this looks like an oversight. Is there any proof that Missouri should be pronounced to rhyme with "Tory"? 217.210.240.184 (talk) 14:58, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]