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San Francisco

Can someone please remove San Francisco from this list ? It's a joke, right ? There's not even a million people in SF, yet it's listed as 6 million ? Quick reference for whoever can do this,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco

 While San Francisco itself has less than one million people, the metropolitan area which includes Fremont, Oakland, San Jose, Sunnyvale, and

Berkeley, may have over 8 million depending on how you define the bay area. 99.6.253.145 (talk) 04:05, 3 September 2021 (UTC)Michael Ly[reply]

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change "New York" to "New York City" EnzoTC (talk) 20:24, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: While it is often called "New York City", that is only useful when it needs to be distinguished from the state; and here that is clearly not the case, and I don't see a reason to change this (the city is still very frequently referred to as simply "New York") RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 23:21, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Populations are not correct. See table. Michaelgrader (talk) 20:46, 30 August 2021 (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. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:06, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Add Monterrey, Mexico metropolitan area to the list. Mexico recently updated population estimates based on 2020 census and Monterrey surpassed Guadalajara Metro (which is in the list) as Mexico's 2nd largest metro.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_areas_of_Mexico for reference. Federicogarza (talk) 12:20, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. WP:Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Please take the time to look for the exact reference given so that it can be verified more easily here. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:03, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong population graphs

You Salandarianflag (talk) 07:31, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Make the population confusing you count new yours metro population but not London if you counted London’s as well it would be much higher on the list. Salandarianflag (talk) 07:32, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Singapore's figures

Is there any particular reason why Singapore is having a "city proper" figure smaller than the UN estimate and an even smaller "urban population" figure? 219.76.24.207 (talk) 12:40, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]