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Section sizes

Section size for Matt Gaetz (49 sections)
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Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
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Early life and career	9,161	9,161	240	240
Florida House of Representatives	12,289	12,289	448	448
U.S. House of Representatives	34	46,171	0	1,607
Elections	3,449	3,449	232	232
Tenure	13,247	38,196	417	1,371
2023 speakership election	2,936	2,936	183	183
Removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, ethics committee investigation	4,257	4,257	105	105
Ethics controversies	17,756	17,756	666	666
Committee assignments	1,324	1,324	4	4
Caucus memberships	3,168	3,168	0	0
Nomination for attorney general	6,287	6,287	151	151
One America News Network	502	502	24	24
Political positions	9,245	116,145	212	3,958
Cannabis	10,604	10,604	225	225
Donald Trump	12,820	29,372	458	1,120
Mueller investigation	7,902	7,902	295	295
First impeachment of Donald Trump	6,345	6,345	292	292
Second impeachment of Donald Trump	2,305	2,305	75	75
Support for impeaching President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas	5,254	5,254	158	158
Economy	1,898	1,898	58	58
Environment	5,565	5,565	162	162
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Myanmar	713	713	28	28
Middle East	8,586	8,586	263	263
Niger	1,104	1,104	78	78
Ukraine	527	527	24	24
George Floyd protests	3,824	3,824	135	135
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Defense and counter-claim of extortion	12,484	12,484	446	446
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Firebrand book and podcast	1,234	1,234	88	88
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Change: The sworn testimony of the woman who said she had sex with Gaetz in 2017 when she was 17, along with corroborating eyewitness testimony to that sexual encounter, was obtained by a hacker on November 18. A lawyer on the case noticed the suspicious download. The hacker did not immediately leak the material.[365]

To: See also: Record_sealing#Cybersecurity_incidents_involving_sealed_records The sworn testimony of the woman who said she had sex with Gaetz in 2017 when she was 17, along with corroborating eyewitness testimony to that sexual encounter, was obtained by a hacker on November 18. A lawyer on the case noticed the suspicious download. The hacker did not immediately leak the material.[365] AxiomGaming (talk) 13:21, 12 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Done TarnishedPath^talk 13:39, 12 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Please change "has" to "had" in "A woman on the Bahamas trip—a Capitol Hill intern who did not work in Gaetz's office but who was dating him—reportedly agreed in May 2021 to cooperate with investigators, who believe she has information about Gaetz's financial transactions on the trip.[291][292]" JoshP1984 (talk) 00:42, 17 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Done TarnishedPath^talk 00:53, 17 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Peer review

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I've listed this article for peer review because I would appreciate guidance on improvements to the article quality prior to a nomination for GA.

Thanks, TarnishedPath^talk 00:04, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Comments from Z1720

Comments after a quick skim:

At over 9700 words, this article is quite large. WP:SS (which is linked in 3b of the GA criteria) says "What constitutes "too long" varies by situation, but generally 50 kilobytes of readable prose (8,000 words) is the starting point at which articles may be considered too long." Longer articles take longer to get reviewed at GAN and readers have a more difficult time discerning the most important information from added detail. I recommend that a copyedit be conducted on the article and information be spun out, summarised more strictly, or removed if it is added detail.
Continuing from above: the article highlights various bills that Gaetz did or did not vote for: I think most of these can be removed as routine coverage and instead summarised, trimmed and merged to create a larger narrative of his political beliefs and voting habits. For example, "In 2021, Gaetz was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against a measure condemning the Myanmar coup d'état that overwhelmingly passed, for reasons reported to be unclear" and "In April 2024, Gaetz voted against the $60 billion military aid package for Ukraine, although much of the money would have gone to his constituency" could be removed as too much detail: the article does not need to highlight Gaetz's votes on every major issue, but rather create a narrative around the overall philosophy he has in regards to foreign policy, highlighted with examples as appropriate.
I added a "duplicate citations" yellow banner to the article, which highlights sources that can potentially be merged.
I added a "citation needed" tag to the article.

I hope this helps. Z1720 (talk) 16:23, 18 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Z1720, cheers for your feedback. TarnishedPath^talk 23:08, 18 July 2026 (UTC)Reply