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May 3, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
July 22, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
September 30, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
February 11, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
October 3, 2008	Good article reassessment	Delisted
January 22, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed
March 6, 2015	Good article nominee	Not listed
September 24, 2018	Good article nominee	Not listed
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Section sizes

Section size for United Kingdom (172 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
Beginning	25,007	25,007	549	549
Etymology and terminology	16,568	16,568	485	485
History	214	60,005	0	2,711
Prior to the Treaty of Union	15,026	15,026	701	701
Union of England and Scotland	4,773	4,773	228	228
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	7,651	7,651	367	367
World wars and partition of Ireland	7,570	7,570	544	544
Post-war 20th century	15,753	15,753	649	649
21st century	9,018	9,018	222	222
Geography	8,908	20,289	327	903
Climate	5,727	5,727	257	257
Topography	5,654	5,654	319	319
Government and politics	18,037	76,530	494	3,072
Elections	2,064	2,064	133	133
Administrative divisions	7,424	7,424	344	344
Devolution	8,898	28,242	270	1,007
England	3,323	3,323	184	184
Scotland	11,727	11,727	294	294
Wales	1,243	1,243	120	120
Northern Ireland	3,051	3,051	139	139
Foreign relations	4,217	4,217	168	168
Military	6,798	6,798	496	496
Law and criminal justice	9,748	9,748	430	430
Economy	5,395	47,052	234	1,981
Industries and services	17,819	17,819	606	606
Science and technology	6,611	6,611	307	307
Transport	8,591	8,591	419	419
Energy	7,144	7,144	310	310
Water supply and sanitation	1,492	1,492	105	105
Demographics	8,488	44,437	383	2,134
Ethnicity	2,914	2,914	158	158
Language	9,486	9,486	392	392
Religion	8,195	8,195	467	467
Migration	5,832	5,832	251	251
Education	4,379	4,379	201	201
Health	5,143	5,143	282	282
Culture	2,338	67,846	101	3,218
Literature and drama	10,948	10,948	508	508
Philosophy	1,871	1,871	98	98
Media	7,801	7,801	319	319
Visual art	3,025	3,025	293	293
Music	22,524	22,524	840	840
Cinema	4,289	4,289	183	183
Cuisine	4,245	4,245	342	342
Sport	7,259	7,259	331	331
Symbols	3,546	3,546	203	203
Armed forces	19	66,783	0	5,548
Maltese Labour Corps	549	549	42	42
UK–Dutch Battlegroup	673	673	42	42
104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot	553	553	42	42
Bermuda Militia Infantry	407	407	18	18
Bermuda Volunteer Engineers	460	460	30	30
Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps	471	471	38	38
British Columbia Dragoons	766	766	36	36
British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)	758	758	48	48
Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard	676	676	38	38
Halifax Volunteer Battalion	627	627	43	43
Household Division	446	446	42	42
Pacific Station	791	791	41	41
Pepperrell Air Force Base	851	851	28	28
Royal Naval College of Canada	545	545	57	57
Royal Newfoundland Regiment	463	463	29	29
St George's Coloured Militia	717	717	66	66
Central Africa Regiment	673	673	52	52
African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps	743	743	65	65
Gambia Regiment	622	622	52	52
Long Range Desert Group	395	395	21	21
Combeforce	454	454	42	42
1st (African) Division	473	473	43	43
1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade	489	489	43	43
2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade	397	397	55	55
Eastern Arab Corps	339	339	18	18
Rhodesia Regiment	610	610	48	48
Southern Rhodesia Volunteers	487	487	50	50
15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade	651	651	59	59
Canton Coolie Corps	573	573	48	48
11th Gurkha Rifles	690	690	42	42
124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry	650	650	54	54
126th Baluchistan Infantry	340	340	44	44
129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis	460	460	50	50
130th Baluchis	527	527	56	56
152nd Punjabis	677	677	41	41
156th Infantry	650	650	38	38
15th Punjab Regiment	916	916	63	63
22nd Punjabis	415	415	42	42
25th Punjabis	415	415	42	42
33rd Punjabis	512	512	59	59
58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)	480	480	49	49
59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force)	542	542	60	60
62nd Punjabis	446	446	49	49
76th Punjabis	484	484	49	49
84th Punjabis	512	512	53	53
90th Punjabis	376	376	43	43
9th Bhopal Infantry	442	442	45	45
Assam Rifles	595	595	54	54
British Indian Army	619	619	57	57
104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)	673	673	44	44
10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles	646	646	51	51
111th Mahars	438	438	33	33
11th Gorkha Rifles	781	781	52	52
123rd Outram's Rifles	631	631	13	13
12th Frontier Force Regiment	618	618	42	42
14th Murray's Jat Lancers	684	684	51	51
151st Sikh Infantry	754	754	52	52
153rd Punjabis	735	735	50	50
154th Infantry	652	652	38	38
155th Pioneers	674	674	42	42
15th Infantry Division (India)	560	560	58	58
15th Ludhiana Sikhs	474	474	50	50
19th Punjabis	440	440	46	46
1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade	585	585	45	45
20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis)	568	568	57	57
26th Jacob's Mountain Battery	479	479	47	47
26th Punjabis	444	444	48	48
27th Punjabis	782	782	42	42
28th Punjabis	416	416	42	42
2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry	416	416	34	34
30th Punjabis	416	416	42	42
31st Punjabis	409	409	40	40
3rd Lahore Divisional Area	585	585	52	52
40th Pathans	421	421	40	40
45th Rattray's Sikhs	489	489	46	46
4th Infantry Division (India)	493	493	58	58
4th Punjab Infantry Regiment	556	556	63	63
52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)	469	469	50	50
53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)	469	469	50	50
54th Sikhs (Frontier Force)	470	470	50	50
56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force)	472	472	49	49
5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)	451	451	44	44
5th Infantry Division (India)	831	831	55	55
63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry	403	403	32	32
66th Punjabis	408	408	42	42
76th Regiment of Foot	590	590	39	39
83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry	708	708	78	78
89th Punjabis	351	351	40	40
8th Infantry Division (India)	466	466	17	17
93rd Burma Infantry	405	405	47	47
Bengal Engineer Group	862	862	54	54
Bengal Native Infantry	884	884	72	72
Bombay Army	391	391	22	22
British Commonwealth Forces Korea	466	466	38	38
Chindits	593	593	57	57
Corps of Engineers (India)	691	691	60	60
Deolali transit camp	528	528	46	46
Garhwal Rifles	550	550	62	62
IV Corps (United Kingdom)	694	694	64	64
Imperial Service Troops	424	424	49	49
Navy Nagar	327	327	14	14
Presidency armies	475	475	50	50
Punjab Regiment (India)	384	384	33	33
Sikh Light Infantry	487	487	49	49
Sikh Regiment	585	585	53	53
South East Asia Command	672	672	48	48
Singapore strategy	588	588	60	60
No. 81 Wing RAAF	717	717	63	63
ANZAC Mounted Division	774	774	58	58
British Expeditionary Force (World War I)	550	550	43	43
British Pacific Fleet	744	744	43	43
Imperial Camel Corps	497	497	30	30
96th Regiment of Foot	445	445	32	32
Desert Mounted Corps	662	662	65	65
Fiji Guerrillas	647	647	52	52
New South Wales Corps	736	736	68	68
No. 14 Squadron RNZAF	522	522	57	57
No. 80 Wing RAF	362	362	55	55
1976 British and Nepalese Army Expedition to Everest	788	788	54	54
See also	273	273	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	31	31	0	0
External links	706	2,209	0	68
Government	290	290	0	0
Travel	1,213	1,213	68	68
Total	427,056	427,056	20,669	20,669

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