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Section size for New Mexico (75 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	20,953	20,953
Etymology	3,695	3,695
History	237	46,696
Prehistory	2,123	2,123
Nuevo México	20	10,556
New Spain era	8,133	8,133
Mexico era	2,403	2,403
Territorial phase	4,528	12,170
U.S. Civil War, American Indian Wars, and American frontier	7,642	7,642
Statehood	21,610	21,610
Geography	6,474	37,235
Climate	5,565	5,565
Flora and fauna	5,392	5,392
Conservation	2,052	10,513
National forests in New Mexico	855	855
National parks in New Mexico	1,923	1,923
National conservation lands in New Mexico	1,409	1,409
National wildlife refuges in New Mexico	500	500
State parks in New Mexico	2,165	2,165
Other nature reserves in New Mexico	1,609	1,609
Environmental issues	3,868	3,868
Settlements	5,423	5,423
Demographics	126	52,951
Population	9,750	9,750
Race and ethnicity	10,496	10,496
Immigration	2,233	2,233
Languages	3,820	8,814
Official language	4,994	4,994
Religion	21,532	21,532
Economy	5,565	70,946
Oil and gas	8,707	8,707
Arts and entertainment	12,524	12,524
Technology	14,218	14,218
Agriculture and food production	7,958	7,958
Tourism	2,840	2,840
Government	3,238	11,989
Economic incentives	2,168	2,168
Taxation	6,583	6,583
Wealth and poverty	7,145	7,145
Transportation	3,713	34,930
Road	5,905	5,905
Highways	5,560	5,560
Rail	13,670	13,670
Aerospace	1,306	6,082
Spaceport America	4,776	4,776
Government and politics	1,251	40,496
Governmental structure	3,075	3,075
Politics	16,161	20,431
Female minority representation	4,270	4,270
Local government	962	962
Law	13,169	13,169
Fiscal policy	1,608	1,608
Education	5,638	16,891
Primary and secondary education	1,699	1,699
Postsecondary education	3,453	9,554
Major research universities	263	263
Regional state universities	279	279
Lottery scholarship	3,677	3,677
Opportunity scholarship	1,882	1,882
Culture	10,400	49,011
Architecture	4,155	4,155
Art, literature, and media	18,875	18,875
Cuisine	8,782	8,782
Sports	3,176	3,176
Historic heritage	2,497	2,497
Other	1,126	1,126
See also	553	553
Notes	36	36
References	28	28
Further reading	2,507	2,850
Primary sources	343	343
External links	117	3,343
State government	786	786
Federal government	1,330	1,330
Tourism	1,110	1,110
Total	380,614	380,614

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New Mexico was a Geography and places good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
April 14, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed
June 13, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed

Current status: Former good article nominee

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Please see new "Other" item at end

Hey folks ... NM native and Wikipedia newbie here. For anyone watching this page, please see the "Other" item that I added at the end of the article. I think it's relevant albeit amusing, but I'm open to discussing it. The geographic ignorance of NM isn't all that common these days, but I think it happens often enough to merit a mention. Thanks. Yesthatbruce (talk) 04:04, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's a worthy inclusion and have long enjoyed that segment! But the paragraph you added makes a number of claims ("Since 1970...", "...only state to do this...", "...so as not to be confused...") that should be cited. WP:CITE has some tips on what constitutes a good citation by Wiki standards, but mostly it should be independent (i.e. not written by the magazine itself) and reliable (i.e. not some crazy geocities site).

Thanks for contributing and keep up! SpookyTwenty (talk) 18:02, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

agriculture economic numbers

In the agriculture and food production section, the article says NM has an agricultural sector worth $40 billion annually. This would be >40% of the entire state economy. By comparison, the actual USA agricultural production is worth ~$380 billion/year (USDA figures), which is 1.4% of the economy. The $40 billion number is overstated by at least an order of magnitude. 2601:58A:887F:5E80:FCC6:64E5:9207:4D81 (talk) 20:12, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, multiple sources contradict that $40B number:

https://www.ibisworld.com/united-states/economic-profiles/new-mexico/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065130/new-mexico-real-gdp-by-industry/

https://web.archive.org/web/20240114193756/https://www.dws.state.nm.us/Portals/0/DM/LMI/NM_Data_Focus_GDP.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20230515113308/https://www.dws.state.nm.us/Portals/0/Gross_Domestic_Product_of_New_Mexico.pdf

They all put agriculture+forestry+fishing+hunting at less than $2B.

- Wikkiwonkk (talk) 15:04, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

too long tag

#Culture is the longest section, perhaps it should be moved back to culture of New Mexico? Arlo James Barnes 16:19, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've posted a message to the Tea Room to ask how to go about editing the page so that it's consistent with other state pages.

Total page word count (minus footnotes) is ~21,000 words by copying and pasting the text into Word, using the Unformatted Text paste option. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gamboler (talk • contribs) 02:43, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Economic climate" claim is unverified

In the third paragraph (starts with "New Mexico's economy") it says that NM has a significant military presence "due to its large area and economic climate". First problem: "economic climate" is a vague term. Second problem: the cited source says nothing about New Mexico's economy being the reason for the significant military presence. Just the opposite (sort of) - it says that the significant military presence plays a key role in the state's economy. Perhaps the editor who wrote "economic climate" meant to say something about NM's climate (lots of clear sunny days? I don't know), but the source doesn't say anything about that either. - Wikkiwonkk (talk) 15:48, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]