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Article milestones Date Process Result April 1, 2006 Peer review Reviewed November 4, 2006 Featured article candidate Not promoted July 2, 2008 Peer review Not reviewed August 18, 2009 Good article nominee Not listed March 11, 2010 Peer review Reviewed June 5, 2010 Good article nominee Listed March 4, 2014 Featured article candidate Not promoted April 22, 2021 Featured article candidate Not promoted April 16, 2023 Guild of Copy Editors Copyedited July 28, 2023 Peer review Reviewed A news item involving this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on May 7, 2020. Current status: Good article

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This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the Top 25 Report. The week in which this happened: November 10 to 16, 2013 Section sizes Section size for Philippines (41 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 22,155 22,155 Etymology 6,111 6,111 History 99 119,953 Prehistory (pre–900) 7,927 7,927 Early states (900–1565) 16,411 16,411 Spanish and American colonial rule (1565–1934) 37,848 37,848 Commonwealth and World War II (1935–1946) 15,208 15,208 Independence (1946–present) 42,460 42,460 Geography 18,910 45,686 Biodiversity 20,459 20,459 Climate 6,317 6,317 Government and politics 12,180 61,787 Foreign relations 30,390 30,390 Military 13,611 13,611 Administrative divisions 5,606 5,606 Economy 14,211 30,623 Science and technology 10,599 10,599 Tourism 5,813 5,813 Infrastructure 22 29,619 Transportation 18,695 18,695 Energy 7,477 7,477 Water supply and sanitation 3,425 3,425 Demographics 7,780 70,453 Ethnicity 20,592 20,592 Languages 10,981 10,981 Religion 9,908 9,908 Health 7,994 7,994 Education 13,198 13,198 Culture 10,156 88,286 Values 7,071 7,071 Art and architecture 11,571 11,571 Music and dance 11,311 11,311 Literature 8,900 8,900 Media 17,418 17,418 Cuisine 12,064 12,064 Sports and recreation 9,795 9,795 See also 109 109 Notes 61 61 References 30 30 Further reading 62 62 External links 2,336 2,336 Total 477,271 477,271

In the "Biodiversity" portion of this article, it's stated that "Deforestation had reached a record high during the Duterte administration in 2017", with citation 237 entitled, "7M hectares Philippine lands are forested-and that's bad news" by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism on May 12, 2021. I read through that article and the only specific period mentioned was in the portion "Mindoro lost more than 200,000 hectares of forest cover from 2003 to 2015. However, Duterte was elected into office on June 30, 2016. His predecessors, Benigno S. Aquino III (June 30, 2010 to June 30, 2016) and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (January 20, 2001 to June 30, 2010 were in office during the time period mentioned in the citation. The statement is clearly false if the basis is the citation used and should be changed/removed. Chiniwaki (talk) 13:31, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to have been removed already. Howard the Duck (talk) 00:40, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Hispanized Southeast Asia 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/2024 August 27 § Hispanized Southeast Asia until a consensus is reached. ★Trekker (talk) 10:14, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever dispute might exist regarding the size of the country, I think removing it altogether without first discussing on the talk page seems drastic. - Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 00:25, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It would be best to notify WP:Tambayan Philippines about this recurring issue. Sanglahi86 (talk) 11:39, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All the values I've seen vary around 300,000, it seems fine as a rough approximation and appears to readers as a rough approximation. A lot is likely methodology, given the archipelagic nature of the country. CMD (talk) 11:53, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update. The offending editor has been blocked as a sock: See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RussianFanboy2010. Borgenland (talk) 02:12, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This page says the Philippines is a major 'importer' of copra. Surely this is incorrect, with coconut palms being ubiquitous throughout the country. 112.209.186.83 (talk) 13:43, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am not familiar with the details. The OEC World says the Philippines exports copra, but also says the country is the "1st largest importer of Copra in the world". Sanglahi86 (talk) 09:34, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]