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Section sizes Section size for Minnesota (48 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 14,082 14,082 622 622 Etymology 4,150 4,150 150 150 History 20,909 20,909 1,481 1,481 Geography 2,340 20,788 130 1,205 Geology 7,386 7,386 486 486 Flora and fauna 5,165 5,165 295 295 Climate 3,944 3,944 162 162 Protected lands 1,953 1,953 132 132 Cities and towns 5,645 5,645 206 206 Demographics 55 14,026 0 575 Overview 3,677 3,677 138 138 Race and ethnicity 4,434 4,434 160 160 Immigration 2,784 2,784 95 95 Religion 2,408 2,408 151 151 Languages 668 668 31 31 Economy 4,028 14,929 151 669 Industry and commerce 4,258 5,322 255 262 Largest employers 1,064 1,064 7 7 Energy use and production 2,906 2,906 111 111 State taxes 2,673 2,673 145 145 Culture 65 10,579 0 959 Fine and performing arts 2,789 2,789 182 182 Literature 1,001 1,001 135 135 Entertainment 2,498 2,498 283 283 Popular culture 4,226 4,226 359 359 Health 7,728 7,728 326 326 Education 5,299 5,299 259 259 Transportation 5,853 5,853 389 389 Law and government 1,517 13,748 83 749 Executive 6,006 6,006 161 161 Legislature 1,268 1,268 83 83 Judiciary 1,854 1,854 125 125 Regional 704 704 81 81 Federal 1,061 1,061 96 96 Tribal 1,338 1,338 120 120 Politics 11,330 11,330 587 587 Media 4,136 4,136 270 270 Sports, recreation and tourism 650 14,136 69 1,086 Organized sports 7,956 7,956 782 782 Outdoor recreation 5,530 5,530 235 235 See also 131 131 0 0 Notes 26 26 0 0 References 30 30 0 0 External links 71 3,236 0 25 Culture and history 486 486 0 0 Government 1,013 1,013 0 0 Maps and demographics 594 594 0 0 Tourism and recreation 1,072 1,072 25 25 Total 170,761 170,761 9,558 9,558

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Change the flag to the new one. JamesonPi (talk) 21:41, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: The flag has not been officially changed yet. Wracking ^talk! 21:55, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How about now 2600:1014:B083:B84D:0:16:6AFE:2501 (talk) 13:12, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

May 11, 2024 is the effective date.

Previous discussion mentions two dates for the new flag change, both based upon press articles. This is probably based upon Wikipedia's preference for interpretation of original materials. However, to resolve the conflicting dates, I point out that the Flag of Minnesota article links to the statute which states the official effective date.[1] SEWilco (talk) 18:17, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The map has a lot of odd character spacing in the place names, making some of them hard to read; for example, St Croix River looks more like S. Crd xRiver. Also, hovering over the map turns the cursor into a + symbol, which normally means you can click to zoom in, but clicking zooms the image out instead. 2601:642:C201:210:D473:4D77:27B5:BE8E (talk) 01:57, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are several issues with the opening section, particularly around sourcing, which is somewhat poor in several paragraphs.

For example the article lists Minnesota as “one of the richest states in GDP and per capita income.” This claim isn’t sourced. Per Wiki Minnesota ranks 20th and 19th in GDP and GDP/capita and 13th in per capita income. This language feels a little fanciful. Mvdltn (talk) 05:12, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Under Economy > Industry and Commerce, the sentence

"The state is the nation's largest producer of sugar beets, sweet corn, and peas for processing, and farm-raised turkeys."

should be changed to

"The state is the nation's largest producer of sugar beets, sweet corn, peas for processing, and farm-raised turkeys."

Thanks. Tattooed Shannon (talk) 11:49, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Aston305 (talk) 14:40, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Aston305 It's time to lift the protection, as important information about the rampant fraud needs to be added. ~2025-35113-26 (talk) 18:40, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not my job or my prerogative, sorry Aston305 (complain/compliment) 18:55, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I propose adding the North Central dialect under English in the spoken language section as it is the dialect spoken in Minnesota, additionally it should be labeled “Minnesotan English” because that is what it is known as in Minnesota. Kahlo157 (talk) 16:46, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Minnestoa has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 September 8 § Minnestoa until a consensus is reached. Cyber the tiger🐯 (talk) 20:49, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I would like to know why Wikipedia doesn't allow the information about the fraud to be included in this article ~2025-35113-26 (talk) 18:39, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's on the governor's article...Tim Walz#Feeding Our Future fraud. --Magnolia677 (talk) 19:01, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There's an article about the major fraud case Feeding Our Future on Wikipedia, and if it feels appropriate to create a more general article concerning fraud in recent years, and reliable sourcing supports its existence, you might benefit from creating an account to start an article that Wikipedians can all collaborate on. This is not a current events page; it's for general encyclopedic information about the state, and this news item might fall victim to what we call recentism and not warrant inclusion in this specific location. ~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 19:55, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So are you going to answer my question? Why doesn't Wikipedia allow the information about the fraud to be included in this article?

Information from this article shouldn't be banned just because some info is scattered around in other articles. ~2025-35113-26 (talk) 12:52, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't "banned" from this article and I don't know what gives you that impression.

But Minnesota has almost 168 years of history as a state. The fraud scandals are still ongoing events, and it is not yet clear the impact they will have on the state's history in the long term, so now isn't the time to cover them here. They are clearly having a major impact on the Walz administration, which is why they're covered in that article as well as the dedicated one linked above. --Sable232 (talk) 15:42, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Well, can I edit this article OR has anyone added the info yet?

No? Then how is it not banned information? ~2025-35113-26 (talk) 17:02, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]