Talk:United States

Error in info box

The sum of the religions is over 99% essentially covering the population 100%, implying there are no atheists or negligible irreligion. A flat falsehood rather than a misrepresentation. Probably best source on this will be Pew Religion. Suggest you consult usage in similar countries, i.e. Canada, UK, and Australia. Implying that religion applied to the entire population would be reasonable in the set of countries like Malta, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc. but not this set. Lycurgus (talk) 04:11, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Also grossly contradicts the text in the body of the article. Lycurgus (talk) 04:13, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

I think you misread a few things? First of all, the source of the religion in the infobox is Pew. Secondly, the second entry - 22.8% - is "irreligious". And a quick glance shows the same numbers used in the body. So I'm not sure what you're seeing here that needs to be fixed? --Golbez (talk) 04:36, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

ty~, my bad, somehow I looked at that and assumed it was something else, a denomination. Shouldn't have been so ready to see the negative thing. It's a natural mistake given the current order, one I wouldn't have made if irreligion was at the bottom, or otherwise distinguished from a list of religions. 98.4.124.117 (talk) 04:55, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 June 2017

182.188.27.18 (talk) 20:10, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

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The United States of America /əˈmɛrɪkə/ (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a constitutional federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the ...

The United States of America, commonly referred to as the United States, America, and sometimes the States, is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal district. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C. are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is located in the ...

Declined, no reasoning given for request. --Golbez (talk) 17:45, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

First sentence

I removed the term "Constitutional" from the first sentence. The first sentence has a consensus that went through dispute resolution and should only be altered with another strong consensus. While consensus can change, the last discussion that brought up the word usage next to "Federal Republic" seems to indicate there is no need to add the word. "Federal Republic" is sourced.--Mark Miller (talk) 23:18, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Additional discussion;[1] and here [2] and here [3] and here [4].--Mark Miller (talk) 02:05, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Just double checking but it seems that the change was made on February 9th with no explanation by user XXGfHXx.--Mark Miller (talk) 23:38, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

the food section should begin as follows:

Please add words almost exactly as follows to the start of the Food section:

“ The United States has a strikingly different food culture from other Western countries, with which it shares basic food types, with the difference focusing on quantity. The average American eats more than 3,000 Calories per day, and typical food servings are double that of other countries. The country has introduced sugar-based beverages (Coca Cola) and carbohydrate-rich fast food (McDonalds), and as a result of this and other cultural differences, the country faces a the largest epedemic of obesity (40%) among all developed countries. As direct result of the food culture, morbidity from preventable disease is by far the highest among all developed countries, and although the country is the richest in the world, as a direct result of preventable eating-related health outcomes (preventable leading causes of death include Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases), Chronic lower respiratory diseases, Diabetes, Heart Disease), its life expectancy is 31st in the world, at only 69 years (both sexes life expectancy, HALE), a full 5% - or 4 years - lower than comparable countries without this epidemic. Americans are often caricatured as "fat" and masses of clinically obese people are a surprising first sight for all international travelers arriving in any American city. There is a cultural movement called Fat Acceptance having its source in the United States and with the purpose of normalizing and promoting these eating habits. The reasons why American cuisine has moved so markedly in this direction are not clear but began in earnest only in the second half of the twentieth century. ”

As it is, you fail to describe or summarize food in the United States. You simply don't give basic information. it would be like writing about the Catholic faith without mentioning the Vatican. you're omitting the fundamental information everyone knows. For balance you could mention the FDA and nutritional labels (which are very positive.)