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Section sizes

Section size for Hurricane Irma (41 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	7,915	7,915
Meteorological history	8,109	8,109
Preparations	17	51,135
Caribbean	18,453	18,453
Mainland United States	1,331	32,665
Florida	12,609	12,609
Elsewhere	8,805	8,805
Sports	8,186	8,186
FEMA funding	1,734	1,734
Impact	6,820	91,870
Caribbean	843	51,990
Antigua and Barbuda	5,799	5,799
Saint Martin	6,447	6,447
Saint Barthélemy	4,612	4,612
Anguilla	1,816	1,816
Rest of the Lesser Antilles	4,080	4,080
British Virgin Islands	3,563	3,563
U.S. Virgin Islands	3,070	3,070
Puerto Rico	6,283	6,283
Hispaniola	2,775	2,775
Turks and Caicos Islands	1,662	1,662
The Bahamas	3,957	3,957
Cuba	7,083	7,083
Mainland United States	3,232	33,060
Florida	24,774	24,774
Other states	5,054	5,054
Aftermath	4,420	46,476
Antigua and Barbuda	897	897
British Overseas Territories	9,865	9,865
The Bahamas	5,329	5,329
Cuba	306	306
Hispaniola	2,981	2,981
United States territories	4,581	4,581
Saint Martin and French Overseas Department	4,341	4,341
Florida	13,756	13,756
Records	11,389	11,389
Retirement	1,120	1,120
See also	1,720	1,720
Notes	32	32
References	33	33
External links	4,216	4,216
Total	224,015	224,015

New subarticle for the Lesser Antilles?

There is support for the split and the merge. _ZZ^Z 'S 14:47, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The article currently exceeds 10 000 words right now, which is definitely too big. I believe something urgent needs to happen to reduce the article size. That's why I'm proposing that the Caribbean sections be split off into their own article since it forms a significant part of the article's size (it is pretty large). It was also notably affected by the storm, with numerous impacts spread across most of the region. However, if that is going to happen, I believe Effects of Hurricane Irma in the British Virgin Islands should also be merged into the proposed subarticle if the split proposal goes through. Any thoughts? _ZZ^Z 'S 01:03, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~Oppose~~ - there is a Florida subarticle, so having a Carib subarticle would basically be the rest of the areas Irma affected. I would rather a more specific area, like the Lesser Antilles. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 15:13, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright then. I'll leave the Greater Antilles out of the merge and only split the Lesser Antilles _ZZ^Z 'S 15:16, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support, that makes more sense IMO. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:18, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just chiming in that I don’t want to commit to reorganizing anything, due to real world projects/commitments. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 13:05, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support I agree with the splitting of the article given the article size being large at the moment and the fact that Irma caused significant damage along the Lesser Antilles; however, I would not recommend merging the Effects of Hurricane Irma in the British Virgin Islands into the proposed sub-article. If it does split, there could be a short summary on the effects in the British Virgin Islands and a link to that sub-article would be recommended. tai (he/him) (talk) 19:20, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How come you don't want the article to be merged? I do not believe the region should be given a special status over the other affected areas. I started a rough draft of the proposed article and it's only 2 830 words (not including the merged subarticle), so I don't see how it would hurt the encyclopaedia by merging a 1 753-word article into the proposed subarticle. It would only be 4 583 words. In case the merger goes through, can @Hurricanehink help reorganize (not add) the article to only its necessary information so the merger would be easier? _ZZ^Z 'S 00:40, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I see what you mean. I didn't say specifically that I didn't want to merge the article, it's just that if there were to be a merger, there would be a short summary explaining the damages that occurred within the Virgin Islands (both British and U.S). I could help with reorganizing the article if possible (although partially due to exams upcoming). tai (he/him) (talk) 18:29, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support - considering that Irma was pretty damaging in the Lesser Antilles especially Cuba which being the 7th-costliest (as of December 13) Atlantic hurricane on record Stajanlickers14 (talk) 12:24, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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