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Section sizes

Section size for Events leading to the Falklands War (23 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	367	367
Background	6,305	6,305
Build-up	7,300	7,300
Preparation	17	10,830
First moves	3,789	3,789
Planning	3,209	3,209
Argentine intentions	3,815	3,815
Landings on South Georgia	4,736	4,736
Failed diplomacy	1,151	1,151
Invasion	880	880
Task force	3,755	3,755
Public opinion	1,406	1,406
The United Nations	1,070	1,070
Shuttle diplomacy and US involvement	2,887	2,887
The US officially comes down on the side of the British	5,434	5,434
Soviet non-involvement	1,569	1,569
European support	725	2,969
French involvement	2,244	2,244
Latin American involvement	1,897	7,061
Chilean involvement	4,752	4,752
Colombian support	412	412
Commonwealth support	1,257	1,257
References	348	348
Total	59,325	59,325

Article construction not aligned with the heading

Is there a reason why so much of this article deals with post 2 April detail? I suggest it be renamed to something like 'Events in the early stages...", or that we cull the article of all the post 2 April detail and add detailed contributions of the lengthy lead up to the war, back to 1946. I am not sure why this current article is structured the way it is. Comments are welcome.Roger 8 Roger (talk) 11:04, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]