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Section sizes

Section size for Philippines (41 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	22,155	22,155
Etymology	6,111	6,111
History	99	120,023
Prehistory (pre–900)	7,927	7,927
Early states (900–1565)	16,411	16,411
Spanish and American colonial rule (1565–1934)	37,848	37,848
Commonwealth and World War II (1935–1946)	15,208	15,208
Independence (1946–present)	42,530	42,530
Geography	18,910	45,686
Biodiversity	20,457	20,457
Climate	6,319	6,319
Government and politics	12,180	61,787
Foreign relations	30,390	30,390
Military	13,611	13,611
Administrative divisions	5,606	5,606
Economy	14,211	30,623
Science and technology	10,599	10,599
Tourism	5,813	5,813
Infrastructure	22	29,619
Transportation	18,695	18,695
Energy	7,477	7,477
Water supply and sanitation	3,425	3,425
Demographics	7,780	70,448
Ethnicity	20,592	20,592
Languages	10,981	10,981
Religion	9,905	9,905
Health	7,994	7,994
Education	13,196	13,196
Culture	10,156	88,286
Values	7,071	7,071
Art and architecture	11,571	11,571
Music and dance	11,311	11,311
Literature	8,900	8,900
Media	17,418	17,418
Cuisine	12,064	12,064
Sports and recreation	9,795	9,795
See also	109	109
Notes	61	61
References	30	30
Further reading	62	62
External links	2,336	2,336
Total	477,336	477,336

Remove the part where it said Deforestation reached a record high during the Duterte administration in 2017 because of wrong citation

In the "Biodiversity" portion of this article, it's stated that "Deforestation had reached a record high during the Duterte administration in 2017", with citation 237 entitled, "7M hectares Philippine lands are forested-and that's bad news" by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism on May 12, 2021. I read through that article and the only specific period mentioned was in the portion "Mindoro lost more than 200,000 hectares of forest cover from 2003 to 2015. However, Duterte was elected into office on June 30, 2016. His predecessors, Benigno S. Aquino III (June 30, 2010 to June 30, 2016) and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (January 20, 2001 to June 30, 2010 were in office during the time period mentioned in the citation. The statement is clearly false if the basis is the citation used and should be changed/removed. Chiniwaki (talk) 13:31, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to have been removed already. Howard the Duck (talk) 00:40, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Hispanized Southeast Asia" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Hispanized Southeast Asia has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 August 27 § Hispanized Southeast Asia until a consensus is reached. ★Trekker (talk) 10:14, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Area section removed from infobox

Whatever dispute might exist regarding the size of the country, I think removing it altogether without first discussing on the talk page seems drastic. - Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 00:25, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It would be best to notify WP:Tambayan Philippines about this recurring issue. Sanglahi86 (talk) 11:39, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All the values I've seen vary around 300,000, it seems fine as a rough approximation and appears to readers as a rough approximation. A lot is likely methodology, given the archipelagic nature of the country. CMD (talk) 11:53, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update. The offending editor has been blocked as a sock: See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RussianFanboy2010. Borgenland (talk) 02:12, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copra

This page says the Philippines is a major 'importer' of copra. Surely this is incorrect, with coconut palms being ubiquitous throughout the country. 112.209.186.83 (talk) 13:43, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am not familiar with the details. The OEC World says the Philippines exports copra, but also says the country is the "1st largest importer of Copra in the world". Sanglahi86 (talk) 09:34, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]