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Section sizes

Section size for Rick Scott (56 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	8,684	8,684	328	328
Early life and education	7,881	7,881	263	263
Career	676	22,194	67	1,494
Columbia Hospital Corporation	1,946	1,946	151	151
Columbia/HCA	1,978	9,041	170	548
Fraud investigation and settlement	7,063	7,063	378	378
Venture capitalist	3,367	3,367	231	231
America's Health Network (AHN)	3,077	3,077	205	205
Solantic	2,964	2,964	246	246
Pharmaca	529	529	29	29
Other work	594	594	17	17
Early political career	27	1,578	0	62
Conservatives for Patients' Rights	1,551	1,551	62	62
Governor of Florida	25	68,345	0	4,059
Elections	16	10,470	0	522
2010	4,676	4,676	231	231
2014	5,778	5,778	291	291
Tenure	3,688	57,850	165	3,537
Death penalty	4,900	4,900	275	275
Donald Trump	1,767	1,767	118	118
Drug testing for welfare recipients	2,597	2,597	195	195
Economy	1,828	1,828	118	118
Education	3,932	3,932	233	233
Environment	5,118	5,118	136	136
Financial disclosures	1,306	1,306	85	85
Gun laws	7,819	7,819	437	437
Health care	4,524	4,524	281	281
Hurricane Irma	1,687	1,687	165	165
Immigration and refugees	4,717	4,717	275	275
LGBTQ rights	386	386	10	10
Medical marijuana	1,502	1,502	44	44
Predictive policing	785	785	63	63
Redistricting amendments	1,962	1,962	95	95
Transportation	3,306	3,306	247	247
Voting rights	6,026	6,026	595	595
U.S. Senate	17	37,268	0	1,737
Elections	19	8,585	0	336
2018	7,257	7,257	298	298
2024	1,309	1,309	38	38
Tenure	1,450	27,642	91	1,400
First Trump administration	5,236	5,236	249	249
Biden administration	12,758	12,758	631	631
Plan to Rescue America	6,677	6,677	348	348
Senate Majority Leader election	1,521	1,521	81	81
119th United States Congress Committee assignments	1,024	1,024	1	1
Net worth and investments	3,017	8,598	86	562
Creation of "blind trust"	1,617	1,617	114	114
Controversial investments	3,238	3,238	304	304
IRS leak	726	726	58	58
Personal life	743	1,652	51	88
Swatting	909	909	37	37
Electoral history	9,588	9,588	0	0
Awards and honors	1,489	1,489	0	0
Notes	24	24	0	0
References	43	43	0	0
External links	3,802	3,802	0	0
Total	171,146	171,146	8,593	8,593

False Information

Latest comment: 2 months ago3 comments3 people in discussion

The sources 234, 235, and any other by this author are absolutely biased as they are a vocal opponent of Rick Scott and the papers displaying his articles are left-leaning, Republican-bashing tabloid reporters. 2601:245:C481:F7C0:8971:7474:6427:7187 (talk) 00:20, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

You are incorrect. 2601:248:5181:5C70:DCEC:5737:BF42:84DC (talk) 18:30, 4 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

Yes, this is Wikipedia, it has been demonstrated in research to have left wing bias. ~2026-30226-82 (talk) 23:39, 19 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 19 February 2023

Latest comment: 3 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

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The link to the source that states that Scott worked his way through his JD does not mention that at all. Why is it there then? 69.202.236.139 (talk) 21:57, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Lightoil (talk) 03:53, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Suggesting a Political Positions split

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Suggesting that we split Scott's political positions into a new article, Political positions of Rick Scott. The Governorship section, which is by far the largest in the article, is dominated size-wise by Scott's political positions. Requesting opinions before going through with it. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 00:33, 29 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

This page was redesigned at the edge.

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Semi-protected edit request on 19 February 2023

Suggesting a Political Positions split