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Automated portal content suggestions (purge) The following suggestions have been automatically generated as content that might be suitable for the portal, subject to review by a human editor. Please do not mindlessly copy items to the portal page without first checking that the suggestions are appropriate. Recent Did you know? items * ... that a blizzard helped end the Cold War? * ... that '''[[February 1983 North American blizzard|a blizzard]]''' helped end the [[Cold War]]? * ... that Mount Churchill, a volcano in Alaska, distributed ash as far as Europe and may have driven migration from Canada to southwestern North America? * ... that '''[[Mount Churchill]]''', a volcano in Alaska, distributed ash as far as Europe and may have driven migration from Canada to southwestern North America? * ... that fighter pilot Donald H. Bochkay shot down two jet-powered Messerschmitt Me 262s while flying a propeller-driven P-51 Mustang? * ... that fighter pilot '''[[Donald H. Bochkay]]''' shot down two jet-powered [[Messerschmitt Me 262]]s while flying a propeller-driven [[North American P-51 Mustang|{{nowrap|P-51}} Mustang]]? * ... that a winter storm in December 2017 cancelled an attempt at the world's largest snowball fight at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey? * ... that '''[[December 2017 North American winter storm|a winter storm in December 2017]]''' cancelled an attempt at the world's largest snowball fight at [[Six Flags Great Adventure]] in [[New Jersey]]? * ... that a downed power line caused a fire spanning more than 100 acres (40 ha) during a November 2013 North American storm? * ... that a downed power line caused a fire spanning more than 100 acres (40 ha) during a '''[[November 2013 North American storm complex|November 2013 North American storm]]'''? * ... that a 1950s album of frog calls developed a cult following? * ... that a '''[[Sounds of North American Frogs|1950s album of frog calls]]''' developed a cult following? Recent In the news items No recent news Featured, valued, and quality images (on Commons) Open a link, then click the "Do it" button. If there are results, you can click the "Thumbnails" button to preview all the images. Featured pictures for North America with recent edits Valued images for North America with recent edits Quality images for North America with recent edits Articles Featured articles for Category:North America promoted in 2024

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Thanks. --J@red ^[T]/_[+] 01:07, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mislabeling of satellite image.

Dcabirac (talk) 13:08, 29 July 2009 (UTC)The satellite image on this page is labeled "Satellite Imagery of Africa". It should be "Satellite Imagery of North America". I can not see how to change the label on the image, so perhaps a more knowledgeable soul could correct this.[reply]

I can't help but notice that the quotes currently listed are all from Americans. Perhaps we can diversify this a bit? Aluvus 13:33, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Leanne1983 05:33, 2 September 2006 (UTC)Can anyone please tell me the height above sea level for Toronto??? I have looked everywhere and cant find it....[reply]

We need a WP:WikiProject North America, to complement WP:WikiProject South America, and to cover international things. 76.66.196.229 (talk) 07:44, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There reads: Territories, dependencies, and subnational entities of a country not located primarily in North America are italicized.
Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands are territories of USA. So U.S. is not "primarily in North America"? There must be some error. 82.141.67.203 (talk) 08:39, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

corrected.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:52, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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