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Alaska 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
January 19, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
December 3, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed

A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on January 3, 2011.

Current status: Former good article nominee

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Section sizes

Section size for Alaska (72 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	12,176	12,176
Etymology	992	992
History	61	27,225
Pre-colonization	3,379	3,379
Colonization	6,468	6,468
U.S. territorial incorporation	2,710	2,710
Statehood	1,613	1,613
Good Friday earthquake	9,881	9,881
Oil boom	3,113	3,113
Geography	5,691	42,309
Regions	177	6,372
South Central	764	764
Southeast	1,682	1,682
Interior	443	443
North Slope	1,594	1,594
Southwest	502	502
Aleutian Islands	1,210	1,210
Land ownership	2,634	2,634
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey	827	827
Cities, towns and boroughs	5,603	16,916
Cities and census-designated places (by population)	11,313	11,313
Climate	9,828	9,828
Fauna	41	41
Demographics	4,968	32,447
Race and ethnicity	7,325	7,325
Languages	5,339	5,339
Religion	14,815	14,815
Economy	2,525	20,461
Energy	6,663	10,161
Permanent Fund	3,498	3,498
Cost of living	870	870
Agriculture and fishing	6,905	6,905
Culture	1,518	8,584
Music	1,308	1,308
Film and television	1,421	1,421
Sports	133	4,337
Anchorage	21	3,298
Venues	1,375	1,375
Teams	293	293
Events	1,609	1,609
Fairbanks	21	414
Venues	42	42
Teams	177	177
Events	174	174
Elsewhere	21	492
Teams	159	159
Events	154	312
Dog mushing	158	158
Public health and safety	2,971	6,863
Health insurance	1,067	1,067
Hospitals	2,825	2,825
Education	5,565	5,565
Transportation	53	15,088
Road	2,911	2,911
Rail	4,491	4,491
Sea	1,420	1,420
Air	4,056	4,056
Snow	2,157	2,157
Communication	1,516	1,516
Law and government	23	22,331
State government	3,085	3,085
State politics	8,152	8,152
Voter registration	1,297	1,297
Taxes	4,351	4,351
Federal politics	2,110	2,110
Elections	3,313	3,313
See also	186	186
Notes	47	47
References	28	28
External links	931	3,718
U.S. federal government	1,562	1,562
Alaska state government	1,225	1,225
Total	199,536	199,536

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