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Date	Process	Result
October 11, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed
January 9, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed
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Section sizes

Section size for Baltimore (78 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	21,620	21,620	486	486
Etymology	2,459	2,459	70	70
History	61	37,317	0	1,975
Pre-settlement	2,132	2,132	116	116
17th century	5,851	5,851	244	244
18th century	7,489	7,489	409	409
19th century	9,489	9,489	581	581
20th century	5,255	5,255	345	345
21st century	7,040	7,040	280	280
Geography	1,383	35,949	108	1,230
Cityscape	241	12,357	0	732
Architecture	5,163	5,163	425	425
Neighborhoods	6,953	6,953	307	307
Adjacent communities	770	770	11	11
Climate	21,439	21,439	379	379
Demographics	18	27,335	0	750
Population	9,294	9,294	246	246
Characteristics	10,288	10,288	169	169
Income and housing	4,280	4,280	187	187
Life expectancy	927	927	49	49
Religion	1,893	1,893	58	58
Languages	635	635	41	41
Economy	7,781	12,439	267	671
Port	1,449	1,449	163	163
Tourism	3,209	3,209	241	241
Culture	7,624	18,960	532	1,124
Cuisine	2,415	2,415	124	124
Local dialect	2,108	2,108	151	151
Performing arts	6,813	6,813	317	317
Sports	41	8,297	0	821
Baseball	2,431	2,431	218	218
Football	2,510	2,510	280	280
Other teams and events	3,315	3,315	323	323
Parks and recreation	1,877	1,877	100	100
Law, government, and politics	4,010	24,078	274	1,021
Voter registration	1,565	1,565	0	0
City government	23	11,145	0	502
Mayor	3,773	3,773	127	127
Baltimore City Council	2,050	2,050	98	98
Law enforcement	2,191	4,975	165	240
Crime	2,784	2,784	75	75
Baltimore City Fire Department	324	324	37	37
State government	1,913	2,000	68	68
State agencies	87	87	0	0
Federal government	5,358	5,358	177	177
Education	61	4,052	0	127
Colleges and universities	936	1,793	35	60
Private	530	530	25	25
Public	327	327	0	0
Primary and secondary schools	2,198	2,198	67	67
Transportation	797	19,011	70	1,403
Roads and highways	4,315	4,315	413	413
Transit systems	22	6,651	0	332
Public transit	2,924	4,161	184	184
Rail transportation	1,237	1,237	0	0
Intercity rail	2,468	2,468	148	148
Airports	2,176	2,176	190	190
Pedestrians and bicycles	1,311	1,311	132	132
Port of Baltimore	3,761	3,761	266	266
Environment	17	4,795	0	274
Trash interceptors	2,500	2,500	114	114
Other water pollution control	1,289	1,289	91	91
Air quality and pollution	989	989	69	69
Media	4,839	4,839	268	268
In popular culture	226	3,953	17	483
Literature	1,453	1,453	163	163
Nonfiction	632	632	82	82
Film	880	880	110	110
Television	762	762	111	111
Notable people	64	64	0	0
International relations	2,603	2,603	39	39
See also	215	215	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	15	2,132	0	0
Citations	31	31	0	0
General bibliography	2,086	2,086	0	0
Further reading	816	816	0	0
External links	2,269	2,269	0	0
Total	235,106	235,106	10,842	10,842

Semi-protected edit request on 7 January 2026

Latest comment: 6 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

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Please revert as it reinserted a red link the previous edit fixed ~2026-13839-1 (talk) 21:23, 7 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done Meters (talk) 21:35, 7 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Cityscape edits

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Is there any merit to restoring the older version of the cityscape subsection of the geography section? The previous version from April included detail descriptions of Baltimore's subregions. The new version is heavily abbreviated. ~2026-29795-00 (talk) 18:04, 18 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

A page that knows where it met you.

Semi-protected edit request on 7 January 2026

Cityscape edits