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Section sizes

Section size for Italy (51 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 26,810 26,810 Name 8,334 8,334 History 41 67,352 Prehistory and antiquity 5,057 5,057 Ancient Rome 8,123 8,123 Middle Ages 8,808 8,808 Early modern period 8,796 8,796 Unification 7,166 7,166 Liberal period 6,634 6,634 Fascist regime and World War II 9,159 9,159 Republican era 13,568 13,568 Geography 7,279 27,240 Climate 3,058 3,058 Biodiversity 10,403 10,403 Environment 6,500 6,500 Politics 880 23,737 Government 3,647 3,647 Law and criminal justice 8,135 8,135 Foreign relations 3,358 3,358 Military 6,054 6,054 Administrative divisions 1,663 1,663 Demographics 6,416 31,943 Largest cities 52 52 Immigration 3,546 3,546 Languages 5,279 5,279 Religion 6,273 6,273 Education 4,986 4,986 Health 5,391 5,391 Economy 22,242 45,863 Agriculture 3,906 3,906 Transport 5,835 5,835 Energy 3,585 3,585 Science and technology 4,368 4,368 Tourism 5,927 5,927 Culture 1,717 69,759 Architecture 5,361 5,361 Visual art 3,492 3,492 Literature 8,574 8,574 Philosophy 6,153 6,153 Theatre 4,096 4,096 Music 6,429 6,429 Cinema 9,129 9,129 Sport 7,639 7,639 Fashion and design 3,001 3,001 Cuisine 9,012 9,012 Public holidays, festivals and folklore 5,156 5,156 See also 63 63 Notes 31 31 References 30 30 Bibliography 1,205 1,205 External links 1,928 1,928 Total 304,295 304,295

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 June 2024

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Please change "12 Jun 1946" to "10 Jun 1946" as the date on which the Italian Republic came into being. This was the date on which the Court of Cessation confirmed the results of the institutional referendum. RomeoJA (talk) 20:02, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Charliehdb (talk) 13:25, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Results of the institutional referendum were announced on 10 Jun 1946; see Gazzetta Ufficiale, 20 Jun 1946:

https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/do/gazzetta/downloadPdf?dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=19460620&numeroGazzetta=134&tipoSerie=FO&tipoSupplemento=GU&numeroSupplemento=0&estensione=pdf&edizione=90

The following day, 11 Jun 1946, was proclaimed a public holiday:

https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/atto/serie_generale/caricaDettaglioAtto/originario?atto.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=1946-06-20&atto.codiceRedazionale=046U0002 RomeoJA (talk) 14:07, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

 Not done for now: It doesn't seem quite so clear cut. From what I've looked at, the Court made a preliminary announcement on the 10th, but wasn't affirmed by the Cabinet until the 12th. FULL RULE OF ITALY GIVEN TO PREMIER - HUMBERT SNUBBED – macaddct1984 ^{(talk | contribs)} 01:28, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

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change "Italy shares its borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and two enclaves: Vatican City and San Marino." to "Italy shares its borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Vatican City and San Marino." or "Italy shares its borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and two micronations: Vatican City and San Marino." 93.46.99.50 (talk) 11:23, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: 'Enclaves' is more descriptive, as Italy completely surrounds the two countries. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 11:29, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

GDP

Greetings, everyone. The article says that Italy has the eighth-largest nominal GDP in the world, but, according to the International Monetary Fund, the county is in ninth position, which we can see here: World Economic Outlook database: April 2024. Can someone correct that information?--Agent010 (talk) 12:36, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Administrative Divisions

Looking at the source, there is an editor comment at the Administrative Divisions section that says not to change the anchor tag. As it stands, however, the section header is "={{Anchor". Shouldn't this be fixed? Why shouldn't it be changed? TurkeyCookTime (talk) 18:50, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

I fixed it.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:57, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Biased against Italy

A lot of this is biased against Italy and written to paint a bad image of the country.

Can we remove all the bad points? 2A0A:EF40:E4A:E101:698A:BD05:47AD:E241 (talk) 16:17, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

If we removed all the bad points, it would be biased towards Italy. It needs to be an appropriate balance of both the good and the bad. See WP:NPOV. Nikkimaria (talk) 05:05, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Italy population 30 April 2024

Italy population (30 April 2024 official estimate): 58,968,501 Source: ISTAT Instituto Nazionale di Statistica: https://demo.istat.it/app/?l=en&a=2024&i=D7B

Subsequent population density: 195.7/km2

The article misleadingly states its' 2022 estimate at 58,853,482 and the population density is at 201.3/km2 EdgarsKiecis (talk) 05:21, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Italy population 30 April 2024

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Italy population (30 April 2024 official estimate): 58,968,501 Source: ISTAT Instituto Nazionale di Statistica: https://demo.istat.it/app/?l=en&a=2024&i=D7B

Subsequent population density: 195.7/km2

The article misleadingly on the right side states its' 2022 estimate at 58,853,482 and the population density is at 201.3/km2 EdgarsKiecis (talk) 06:39, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done Goldsztajn (talk) 08:11, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

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Link the word "Europe" in the first sentence to the Europe continent page. Thank you! Cocane mitch (talk) 02:48, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per MOS:OVERLINK. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 13:10, 25 August 2024 (UTC)