Talk:Puerto Rico

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Section sizes

Section size for Puerto Rico (53 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 28,977 28,977 Etymology 9,173 9,173 History 5,377 10,637 21st century 5,260 5,260 Geography 13,641 33,248 Climate 3,095 9,696 Hurricanes 6,526 6,526 Climate change 75 75 Biodiversity 9,911 9,911 Government and politics 6,612 42,245 Political parties and elections 2,298 2,298 Political status 12,446 12,446 Administrative divisions 878 878 Foreign and intergovernmental relations 5,730 5,730 Military 7,793 7,793 Law 2,994 6,488 Crime 3,494 3,494 Economy 17,646 53,595 Tourism 3,163 3,163 Fiscal debt 5,950 5,950 Public finances 8,190 8,190 Cost of living 9,193 9,193 Transportation 2,474 2,474 Utilities 18 4,603 Electricity 3,364 3,364 Water and sewage 1,221 1,221 Telecommunications 2,376 2,376 Demographics 1,164 48,215 Population distribution 3,498 3,498 Population makeup 6,325 7,541 Literacy 681 681 Life expectancy 535 535 Immigration and emigration 7,469 7,469 Languages 4,491 4,491 Religion 19,651 19,651 Education 2,762 2,762 Health 1,639 1,639 Culture 3,624 28,995 Architecture 4,434 4,434 Arts 2,098 2,098 Literature 3,981 3,981 Media 1,185 1,185 Music 1,862 1,862 Philately 2,137 2,137 Cuisine 1,441 1,441 Sports 8,233 8,233 See also 174 174 Notes 24 24 References 28 28 External links 1,571 4,006 Geography 71 71 United States government 517 517 United Nations Declaration on Puerto Rico 1,847 1,847 Total 259,317 259,317

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pending plebiscite

There is a binding plebiscite vote in the works for November 2023. Not yet approved, but even the proposal is noteworthy for the history section. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-lawmakers-urge-binding-vote-puerto-rico-statehood-84842296

Puerto Rico, a territory of the U.S.A.

Since Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States of America, working citizens are taxed income tax. They should not be taxed because they are not allowed to elect representatives in the U.S. Congress nor are they allowed to vote in a Presidential election. This is taxation without representation. The Puerto Rican citizens should be allow to vote for statehood to become a state of the United States or be granted and freed to become their own country. 141.126.4.115 (talk) 11:13, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not the place to have this kind of political debate. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 11:28, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

How do you say thank you in Puerto Rican 2601:2C3:CB81:C40:AC9E:2566:1086:237C (talk) 22:39, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Gracias: (formal and informal)

Mil gracias: (more emphatic)

Muchísimas gracias: (more formal)

Bajo de cielo: (casual)

Agradecido: (noun, can be used to express gratitude)

Te lo agradezco: (more formal)

¡Chepe! (slang)

¡Coñe! (more emphatic slang)

¡Que bacán! (slang) 181.43.95.27 (talk) 04:22, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

puerto rican isn't a language :skull: 🅲🅻🅴🆃🅴🆁 (a word) 04:04, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2023

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Change date format from mm/dd/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy Instatuviae (talk) 21:33, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: Both the X and Y of the request violate MOS:DATEFORMAT. I will change it to the proper format. Shadow311 (talk) 21:55, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Oh I just realized you were talking about the infobox. Even in that case,the answer would still be  Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Shadow311 (talk) 21:58, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 February 2024

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2603:9000:20F0:3CD0:3505:F3CC:872B:1814 (talk) 19:34, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Us commonwealth

 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. Cannolis (talk) 20:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 March 2024

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In the date format, it should be noted that Puerto Rico uses mm/dd/yyyy in English but uses dd/mm/yyy in Spanish. TranquiRun (talk) 01:35, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Though the current information on date format is also unsourced; not sure if we should remove it entirely. This seems to be a common issue for date formats, as seen in List of date formats by country, presumably because date formats are so commonly used that no one actually bothers to formalise them in text. Liu1126 (talk) 13:39, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Immigration and emigration

I have removed the following sentence, which is obviously incorrect as written and not supported by the reference. It was possibly intended to refer to legal immigrants.

• As of 2019, Puerto Rico was home to 100,000 permanent legal residents.

References

TSventon (talk) 12:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2024

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Commonwealth Status allows Puerto Rico to keep its culture while maintain a strong, quasi-state relationship with the United States. If the situation arises, Puerto Rico could vote for independence which is something that it could not do if it becomes a state Gabriellexmendez (talk) 15:41, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

 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. PianoDan (talk) 16:42, 7 August 2024 (UTC)