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Section sizes Section size for Virginia (50 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 7,184 7,184 History 42 40,166 Earliest inhabitants 4,330 4,330 Colony 8,359 8,359 Statehood 5,870 5,870 Civil War 8,022 8,022 Reconstruction and Jim Crow 6,041 6,041 Civil rights to present 7,502 7,502 Geography 4,913 52,148 Geology and terrain 9,580 9,580 Climate 9,358 9,358 Ecosystem 12,038 12,038 Protected lands 4,986 4,986 Cities and towns 11,273 11,273 Demographics 6,062 34,264 Race and ethnicity 14,838 14,838 Languages 5,116 5,116 Religion 8,248 8,248 Economy 8,154 32,220 Government agencies 5,651 5,651 Business 8,090 8,090 Agriculture 6,111 6,111 Taxes 4,214 4,214 Culture 6,305 16,662 Fine and performing arts 6,247 6,247 Festivals 4,110 4,110 Law and government 8,477 18,238 Legal system 9,761 9,761 Politics 10,175 29,919 State elections 13,548 13,548 Federal elections 6,196 6,196 Education 8,324 13,916 Colleges and universities 5,592 5,592 Health 9,477 9,477 Media 5,610 5,610 Transportation 3,391 10,545 Mass transit and ports 7,154 7,154 Sports 8,633 15,187 College sports 4,965 4,965 High school sports 1,589 1,589 State symbols 4,889 4,889 See also 124 124 Notes 24 24 References 28 28 Bibliography 13,206 13,206 External links 59 2,757 Government 200 200 Tourism and recreation 262 262 Culture and history 210 210 Maps and demographics 2,026 2,026 Total 306,564 306,564

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Change "1776" to "April 1775" in Statehood, second paragraph, first sentence, as the action in Lexington and Concord is considered the beginning in these colonies of armed revolution against the crown, and as Washington was commissioned in June 1775. Jvebel (talk) 02:43, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done I left out the month, don't think it's critical here, but ping me if you think otherwise. Liu1126 (talk) 13:13, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Patrickneil and I are at odds over which photo of Virginia's two senators should be included. I've always avoided adding Flickr photos of unsuspecting people, particularly kids. Mark Twain Middle School is a grade 7-8 school, and I'm sure none of those teens imagined they'd end up on Wikipedia when they met their senators. The notable portion of the photo is the senators and capitol building; the kids makes it decorative. The input of others would be appreciated. Magnolia677 (talk) 18:13, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I understand that point regarding kids, it is sensitive. I'd been on the lookout for an update to the one we had there previously, File:DSC 5108 (34877757420).jpg, which is now five years old. It does also feature a child, though from behind. And if there isn't much response here, I think its easiest to just go back to that. I don't really think that the cropped version is, overall, a good photo of the two men, it's warped and taken from below their eyeline.

But I went with the wide because of the larger goal that I've been trying to do with the photographs on this article, which is generally to show some sort of action happening that illustrates the section topic. What I'd like to avoid, for example, are "Sports" section aerial photos of huge, empty concrete stadiums surrounded by parking lots (ex. Massachusetts#Sports). To me, that says nothing about sports, which is why I really like the photo we have of the Monument Avenue 10K. So, like, for a "Politics" section, I wouldn't want to slap the official portraits in a Template:Gallery, I'd say better would be to show notable Virginia politicians in the act of, you know, politicking or somehow serving the Commonwealth. And standing in front of the U.S. Capitol meeting constituents seemed to meet that bill.

I'll throw out some other options. File:Black History Month Commonwealth Coffee 2024 - Virginia Delegation.jpg is also from 2024 and has two House reps, though I don't know who the man in the middle is. File:Glenn Youngkin with the Virginia Congressional delegation.jpg also has the whole delegation with the governor as of 2021, the trouble there being that Elane Luria lost to Jen Kiggans in 2022. Neither of those show much action for that matter. There's also plenty of other ones with both senators from that 2019 meeting that don't have kids, like File:MRW 9485 (46538046372).jpg. Here is a tool to see a big collection of thumbnails with both senators. Thoughts?-- Patrick Neil, _oѺ^∞/Talk 18:50, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]