Talk:Mississippi

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Section sizes

Section size for Mississippi (55 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	14,658	14,658	577	577
Etymology	345	345	26	26
History	3,518	42,621	286	3,966
Colonial era	3,076	3,076	403	403
United States territory	4,832	4,832	422	422
Statehood to Civil War	5,466	5,466	378	378
Civil War through late 19th century	9,066	9,066	957	957
20th century to present	16,663	16,663	1,520	1,520
Geography	3,520	24,343	328	1,693
Major cities and towns	3,466	3,466	75	75
Climate	6,603	6,687	337	337
Climate change	84	84	0	0
Ecology, flora, and fauna	5,407	5,407	354	354
Ecological problems	26	5,263	0	599
Flooding	5,237	5,237	599	599
Demographics	7,112	35,987	489	1,766
Race and ethnicity	11,653	11,653	520	520
Birth data	5,916	5,916	53	53
LGBT community	2,009	2,009	108	108
Language	1,424	1,424	97	97
Religion	7,873	7,873	499	499
Health	7,392	7,392	356	356
Economy	8,768	24,390	887	1,866
Energy	50	112	0	0
Solar power	62	62	0	0
Entertainment and tourism	3,668	3,668	282	282
Manufacturing	4,279	4,279	259	259
Taxation	4,459	4,459	219	219
Employment	1,216	1,216	60	60
Federal subsidies and spending	1,888	1,888	159	159
Politics and government	3,059	17,258	224	1,040
Laws	8,211	8,211	331	331
Political alignment	2,140	5,988	180	485
Gubernatorial elections	3,848	3,848	305	305
Transportation	19	6,471	0	182
Air	141	141	15	15
Roads	2,091	2,091	72	72
Rail	41	1,900	0	89
Passenger	1,233	1,233	71	71
Freight	626	626	18	18
Water	12	2,320	0	6
Major rivers	223	223	0	0
Major bodies of water	2,085	2,085	6	6
Education	4,384	7,182	421	626
Educational quality	1,842	1,842	142	142
Mississippi Miracle	956	956	63	63
Culture	2,668	5,693	113	413
Music	2,182	2,182	300	300
Sports	809	809	0	0
Cuisine	34	34	0	0
See also	187	187	0	0
Notes	24	24	0	0
References	28	28	0	0
Further reading	983	983	0	0
External links	2,887	2,887	0	0
Total	190,449	190,449	12,511	12,511

On 30 September 2020, it was proposed that this article be moved from Mississippi to Mississippi (state). The result of the discussion was Not moved.

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Education Section

The Education section of this article is outdated. There is an entire Wikipedia article documenting the Mississippi Miracle in education since 2013, which isn't mentioned once in this entire page. It probably merits at least some mention. 2607:FEA8:5197:FF00:10BA:D13B:7D55:1E88 (talk) 02:57, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gulf of Mexico - needs to read Gulf of America. 102.214.213.170 (talk) 09:29, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

clickstreams and redirects

Because Talk:Mississippi (disambiguation)#Requested move 30 September 2020 said Could set up a test redirect on the hatnote on the base article to gauge if that is not the case among the Wikipedia readership. - I've set up a few redirects to this effect.

These will allow us to try to discern the nuances of the data point of e.g. 1.11k clickstreams to Mississippi River at https://wikinav.toolforge.org/?language=en&title=Mississippi --Joy (talk) 07:22, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is the initial graph to compare

daily page views (latest 90)

Obviously, it'll only become meaningful when more data points accrue. --Joy (talk) 11:15, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]