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Date	Process	Result
February 19, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed

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Section sizes

Section size for Montana (63 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	9,028	9,028	303	303
Etymology	1,995	1,995	202	202
History	4,856	33,766	484	3,361
Montana Territory	1,640	1,640	144	144
Conflicts	3,024	3,024	360	360
Cattle ranching	1,034	1,034	105	105
Railroads	1,886	1,886	246	246
Statehood	3,290	3,290	135	135
Homesteading	6,005	6,005	584	584
Montana and World War I	6,288	6,288	662	662
Depression era	334	334	32	32
Montana and World War II	2,621	2,621	319	319
Other military	1,533	1,533	128	128
Cold War Montana	1,255	1,255	162	162
Geography	1,758	35,966	100	3,070
Topography	7,838	16,072	741	1,471
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs	1,161	8,234	114	730
Pacific Ocean drainage basin	1,493	1,493	142	142
Gulf of Mexico drainage basin	4,028	4,028	316	316
Hudson Bay drainage basin	378	378	36	36
Lakes and reservoirs	1,174	1,174	122	122
Flora and fauna	3,380	3,380	234	234
Protected lands	3,444	3,444	278	278
Climate	9,003	9,003	770	770
Antipodes	426	426	38	38
Cities and towns	1,883	1,883	179	179
Demographics	10,029	37,478	268	1,916
Intrastate demographics	6,439	6,439	620	620
Native Americans	7,581	7,581	580	580
Births data	5,525	5,525	25	25
Languages	4,647	4,647	204	204
Religion	3,257	3,257	219	219
Economy	9,514	9,514	631	631
Education	253	6,040	0	365
Colleges and universities	1,459	1,459	17	17
Schools	4,328	4,328	348	348
Culture	2,217	17,336	233	1,008
Major cultural events	2,266	2,266	20	20
Sports	187	6,525	11	222
Professional sports	608	608	68	68
College sports	618	618	64	64
Other sports	590	590	62	62
Olympic competitors	3,548	3,548	0	0
Sporting achievements	974	974	17	17
Outdoor recreation	280	6,328	25	533
Fishing and hunting	2,581	2,581	272	272
Winter sports	3,467	3,467	236	236
Health	3,788	3,788	151	151
Media	2,460	2,460	133	133
Transportation	3,414	3,414	333	333
Law and government	58	21,231	0	2,241
Constitution	6,052	6,052	514	514
Executive	3,006	3,006	307	307
Legislative	677	677	100	100
Judicial	5,949	5,949	747	747
Federal offices and courts	5,489	5,489	573	573
Politics	8,304	8,304	513	513
See also	210	210	0	0
Notes	24	24	0	0
References	28	28	0	0
Bibliography	94,338	94,338	0	0
Further reading	62	62	0	0
External links	2,628	2,628	0	0
Total	287,610	287,610	14,227	14,227

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"Jews in Montana" listed at Redirects for discussion

Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The redirect Jews in Montana 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/2026 January 5 § Ethnic group redirects until a consensus is reached. Place Clichy (talk) 11:52, 5 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

"List of Montana state agencies" listed at Redirects for discussion

Latest comment: 6 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The redirect List of Montana state agencies 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/2026 January 21 § List of US state agencies until a consensus is reached. Squawk7700 (talk) 20:09, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply