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Section sizes Section size for Hurricane Matthew (35 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 6,107 6,107 573 573 Meteorological history 5,597 6,464 504 577 Records 867 867 73 73 Preparations 18 46,146 0 1,928 Windward Islands and South America 6,446 6,446 283 283 Jamaica 7,519 7,519 300 300 Haiti 8,773 8,773 370 370 Dominican Republic 1,493 1,493 61 61 Cuba and the Bahamas 3,151 3,151 173 173 United States 14,563 18,746 535 741 Online response 4,183 4,183 206 206 Impact 1,543 61,790 0 2,198 Windward Islands 5,115 5,115 271 271 ABC islands and South America 4,615 4,615 152 152 Jamaica 1,053 1,053 38 38 Haiti 10,447 10,447 359 359 Dominican Republic 1,640 1,640 48 48 Cuba 3,064 3,064 166 166 Bahamas 1,901 1,901 73 73 United States 6,847 26,378 64 754 Florida and Georgia 7,845 7,845 298 298 North and South Carolina 9,007 9,007 296 296 Virginia and the Northeast 2,679 2,679 96 96 Canada 6,034 6,034 337 337 Aftermath 14 13,243 0 558 Lesser Antilles 874 874 49 49 Haiti 6,474 6,474 255 255 Cuba 738 738 30 30 Dominican Republic 1,564 1,564 75 75 United States 2,172 2,172 95 95 Retirement 1,407 1,407 54 54 See also 913 913 0 0 Notes 32 32 0 0 References 28 28 0 0 External links 3,235 3,235 0 0 Total 137,958 137,958 5,834 5,834

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May I add links to other information on hurricane Mathew? 216.235.150.248 (talk) 17:03, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. Melmann 17:07, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Please let me add a few links. 216.235.150.248 (talk) 17:08, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add that game 2 of the 2016 NLDS was postponed due to Matthew’s rain in Washington DC. Source: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/mlb-playoffs-2016-nationals-dodgers-rain-delay-hurricane-matthew/1uod8ro5dx7091p7fldq0y1s2e 98.116.45.220 (talk) 16:22, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: Where do you want to add the text? Lightoil (talk) 02:21, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To the section called “other states”, please. And specifically add it was the NLDS series between the Dodgers and Nationals. 98.116.45.220 (talk) 14:28, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: There is no section called "other states" GiovanniSidwell (talk) 06:10, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think it should’ve been clear where it was, but the section I meant was “Virginia and the Northeast”. 98.116.45.220 (talk) 19:37, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done — SamX [talk · contribs] 19:19, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]