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Section size for Puerto Rico (51 sections)
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(Top)	30,046	30,046
Etymology	10,981	10,981
History	5,377	10,637
21st century	5,260	5,260
Geography	13,640	33,247
Climate	3,095	9,696
Hurricanes	6,526	6,526
Climate change	75	75
Biodiversity	9,911	9,911
Government and politics	6,612	42,432
Political parties and elections	2,298	2,298
Political status	12,446	12,446
Administrative divisions	878	878
Foreign and intergovernmental relations	5,806	5,806
Military	7,793	7,793
Law	3,105	6,599
Crime	3,494	3,494
Economy	17,646	53,597
Tourism	3,163	3,163
Fiscal debt	5,950	5,950
Public finances	8,190	8,190
Cost of living	9,193	9,193
Transportation	2,474	2,474
Utilities	18	4,605
Electricity	3,365	3,365
Water and sewage	1,222	1,222
Telecommunications	2,376	2,376
Demographics	3,372	49,938
Population distribution	3,498	3,498
Population makeup	7,141	7,141
Immigration and emigration	7,469	7,469
Languages	5,153	5,153
Religion	18,373	18,373
Education and literacy	2,775	2,775
Health	2,157	2,157
Culture	3,624	28,993
Architecture	4,434	4,434
Arts	2,098	2,098
Literature	3,981	3,981
Media	1,185	1,185
Music	1,862	1,862
Philately	2,137	2,137
Cuisine	1,439	1,439
Sports	8,233	8,233
See also	174	174
Notes	24	24
References	28	28
External links	1,527	3,962
Geography	71	71
United States government	517	517
United Nations Declaration on Puerto Rico	1,847	1,847
Total	264,059	264,059

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pending plebiscite

There is a binding plebiscite vote in the works for November 2023. Not yet approved, but even the proposal is noteworthy for the history section. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-lawmakers-urge-binding-vote-puerto-rico-statehood-84842296

Puerto Rico, a territory of the U.S.A.

Since Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States of America, working citizens are taxed income tax. They should not be taxed because they are not allowed to elect representatives in the U.S. Congress nor are they allowed to vote in a Presidential election. This is taxation without representation. The Puerto Rican citizens should be allow to vote for statehood to become a state of the United States or be granted and freed to become their own country. 141.126.4.115 (talk) 11:13, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not the place to have this kind of political debate. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 11:28, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How do you say thank you in Puerto Rican 2601:2C3:CB81:C40:AC9E:2566:1086:237C (talk) 22:39, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gracias: (formal and informal)

Mil gracias: (more emphatic)

Muchísimas gracias: (more formal)

Bajo de cielo: (casual)

Agradecido: (noun, can be used to express gratitude)

Te lo agradezco: (more formal)

¡Chepe! (slang)

¡Coñe! (more emphatic slang)

¡Que bacán! (slang) 181.43.95.27 (talk) 04:22, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

puerto rican isn't a language :skull: 🅲🅻🅴🆃🅴🆁 (a word) 04:04, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2023

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Change date format from mm/dd/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy Instatuviae (talk) 21:33, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Both the X and Y of the request violate MOS:DATEFORMAT. I will change it to the proper format. Shadow311 (talk) 21:55, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I just realized you were talking about the infobox. Even in that case,the answer would still be

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Shadow311 (talk) 21:58, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 February 2024

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2603:9000:20F0:3CD0:3505:F3CC:872B:1814 (talk) 19:34, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Us commonwealth

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 20:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 30 March 2024

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In the date format, it should be noted that Puerto Rico uses mm/dd/yyyy in English but uses dd/mm/yyy in Spanish. TranquiRun (talk) 01:35, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Though the current information on date format is also unsourced; not sure if we should remove it entirely. This seems to be a common issue for date formats, as seen in List of date formats by country, presumably because date formats are so commonly used that no one actually bothers to formalise them in text. Liu1126 (talk) 13:39, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Immigration and emigration

I have removed the following sentence, which is obviously incorrect as written and not supported by the reference. It was possibly intended to refer to legal immigrants.

As of 2019, Puerto Rico was home to 100,000 permanent legal residents.^[1]

References

^ Corpus, Elizabeth (30 September 2019). "Migrants rebuild their lives in Puerto Rico despite challenges". Arc Publishing. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

TSventon (talk) 12:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2024

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Commonwealth Status allows Puerto Rico to keep its culture while maintain a strong, quasi-state relationship with the United States. If the situation arises, Puerto Rico could vote for independence which is something that it could not do if it becomes a state Gabriellexmendez (talk) 15:41, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. PianoDan (talk) 16:42, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request October 3rd 2024

3rd paragraph contains a typo, replace "Overseas" with "Oversees", sentence containing typo included below for ease of locating the error " as it is not a state, Puerto Rico does not have a vote in the U.S. Congress, which overseas it under the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950. Congress approved a territorial constitution in 1952" 2600:1003:A810:2FF6:FC4F:F904:8ACE:AF9F (talk) 22:50, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Typo

In the third paragraph, “overseas” should be “oversees” 2600:1008:B0CA:794E:1429:AACB:FED5:1281 (talk) 23:44, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done --AntiDionysius (talk) 23:47, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Corpus, Elizabeth (30 September 2019). "Migrants rebuild their lives in Puerto Rico despite challenges". Arc Publishing. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

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+== pending plebiscite ==
-Puerto Rico consists of multiple islands, not just one. PR is an archipelago. [[User:Luixaca|Luixaca]] ([[User talk:Luixaca|talk]]) 00:42, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
+There is a binding plebiscite vote in the works for November 2023.  Not yet approved, but even the proposal is noteworthy for the history section.  https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-lawmakers-urge-binding-vote-puerto-rico-statehood-84842296
-:Yes, but most reliable English-language sources commonly call it an island, and so does this article whenever possible. In general this is not a problem, however. The geography section describes it as an archipelago as well as the introduction, by the way. [[User:Mercy11|Mercy11]] ([[User talk:Mercy11|talk]]) 01:33, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
-== The term "forced migration" is a euphemism  ==
+== Puerto Rico, a territory of the U.S.A. ==
+Since Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States of America, working citizens are taxed income tax. They should not be taxed because they are not allowed to elect representatives in the U.S. Congress nor are they allowed to vote in a Presidential election. This is taxation without representation.
-In paragraph 3, describing the kidnap and forced transatlantic transportation of Africans into chattel enslavement implies they were fleeing an earthquake, war, or other disaster '''of their own volition'''. It erases the violence done to them and replaces it with an inaccurate, innocuous euphemism. The proper phrasing should be "the kidnapping and forced transatlantic transportation of Africans into chattel slavery."
-[[Special:Contributions/73.109.46.175|73.109.46.175]] ([[User talk:73.109.46.175|talk]]) 03:52, 26 January 2022 (UTC)LEPeters
+The Puerto Rican citizens should be allow to vote for statehood to become a state of the United States or be granted and freed to become their own country. [[Special:Contributions/141.126.4.115|141.126.4.115]] ([[User talk:141.126.4.115|talk]]) 11:13, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
+: Wikipedia is not the place to have this kind of political debate. --  [[User:JackofOz|<span style="font-family: Papyrus;">Jack of Oz</span>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%; font-family: Verdana;"><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></span>]] 11:28, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
-:Yes, "forced migration" is a euphemism. But the sentence does not merely say "Africans" but rather "African slaves". The violence you mention is implicit in that word "slaves". I don't think that the lede of the [[Puerto Rico]] article can usefully summarize what slavery means. Later sections describe some particulars of slavery in Puerto Rico.
-:The start of the sentence that you mentioned is more problematic to me, as it omits the large-scale death of the native population.
-:So anyway I have edited the sentence a little. But I'm not sure that my edit really addresses your point, because it uses the equally anodyne word "introduction". [[User:Mgnbar|Mgnbar]] ([[User talk:Mgnbar|talk]]) 20:26, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
+How do you say thank you in Puerto Rican [[Special:Contributions/2601:2C3:CB81:C40:AC9E:2566:1086:237C|2601:2C3:CB81:C40:AC9E:2566:1086:237C]] ([[User talk:2601:2C3:CB81:C40:AC9E:2566:1086:237C|talk]]) 22:39, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
-::Although "native" is probably not the right word. [[Taíno]] works better. [[User:DavidFarmbrough|DavidFarmbrough]] ([[User talk:DavidFarmbrough|talk]]) 14:18, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
+:Gracias: (formal and informal)
-== Typos ==
+:Mil gracias: (more emphatic)
+:Muchísimas gracias: (more formal)
+:Bajo de cielo: (casual)
+:Agradecido: (noun, can be used to express gratitude)
+:Te lo agradezco: (more formal)
+:¡Chepe! (slang)
+:¡Coñe! (more emphatic slang)
+:¡Que bacán! (slang) [[Special:Contributions/181.43.95.27|181.43.95.27]] ([[User talk:181.43.95.27|talk]]) 04:22, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
+:puerto rican isn't a language :skull: [[User:Cleter|🅲🅻🅴🆃🅴🆁]] ([[User talk:Cleter|a word]]) 04:04, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
+== Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2023 ==
-There are multiple errors in this sentence:
-First populated by the Ortoiroid people, who where latter displaced by the Saladoid peoples, who where themselves latter displaced by the indigenous Taíno people
+{{Edit semi-protected|Puerto Rico|answered=yes}}
-It should be "who were later displaced..." and "who were themselves later displaced..."
+Change date format from mm/dd/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy [[User:Instatuviae|Instatuviae]] ([[User talk:Instatuviae|talk]]) 21:33, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
+:[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:'''<!-- Template:ESp --> Both the X and Y of the request violate [[MOS:DATEFORMAT]]. I will change it to the proper format. [[User:Shadow311|Shadow311]] ([[User talk:Shadow311|talk]]) 21:55, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
+::Oh I just realized you were talking about the infobox. Even in that case,the answer would still be [[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:''' please provide [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable sources]] that support the change you want to be made.<!-- Template:ESp --> [[User:Shadow311|Shadow311]] ([[User talk:Shadow311|talk]]) 21:58, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
+== Semi-protected edit request on 11 February 2024 ==
-In both instances:
-Change where to were
-Change latter to later
+{{edit semi-protected|Puerto Rico|answered=yes}}
-Thanks. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/108.24.134.60|108.24.134.60]] ([[User talk:108.24.134.60#top|talk]]) 21:45, 1 March 2022 (UTC)</small>
+ [[Special:Contributions/2603:9000:20F0:3CD0:3505:F3CC:872B:1814|2603:9000:20F0:3CD0:3505:F3CC:872B:1814]] ([[User talk:2603:9000:20F0:3CD0:3505:F3CC:872B:1814|talk]]) 19:34, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
+Us commonwealth
+:[[File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:''' it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a [[WP:EDITXY|"change X to Y" format]] and provide a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]] if appropriate.<!-- Template:ESp --> [[User:Cannolis|Cannolis]] ([[User talk:Cannolis|talk]]) 20:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
+== Semi-protected edit request on 30 March 2024 ==
-: {{DONE}}   [[User:Mercy11|Mercy11]] ([[User talk:Mercy11|talk]]) 01:24, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
+{{Edit semi-protected|Puerto Rico|answered=yes}}
-== Does Puerto Rico need help in restoring electrical infrastructure ==
+In the date format, it should be noted that Puerto Rico uses mm/dd/yyyy in English but uses dd/mm/yyy in Spanish. [[User:TranquiRun|TranquiRun]] ([[User talk:TranquiRun|talk]]) 01:35, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
+:[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:''' please provide [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable sources]] that support the change you want to be made.<!-- Template:ESp --> Though the current information on date format is also unsourced; not sure if we should remove it entirely. This seems to be a common issue for date formats, as seen in [[List of date formats by country]], presumably because date formats are so commonly used that no one actually bothers to formalise them in text. [[User:Liu1126|Liu1126]] ([[User talk:Liu1126|talk]]) 13:39, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
-Electrical infrastructure [[Special:Contributions/63.140.69.211|63.140.69.211]] ([[User talk:63.140.69.211|talk]]) 16:26, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
-==Wiki Education assignment: Women and Power in Latin America==
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-== Bad Bunny ==
-Why isnt Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio) in the music section? [[Special:Contributions/176.138.123.82|176.138.123.82]] ([[User talk:176.138.123.82|talk]]) 22:08, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
-:Who knows? I added him. By the way, you can add such material yourself. Editing the article is no more difficult than editing this talk page. Cheers. [[User:Mgnbar|Mgnbar]] ([[User talk:Mgnbar|talk]]) 22:30, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
-::it looks locked.  I couldn't find an edit button.03:10, 17 June 2022 (UTC) [[Special:Contributions/172.58.27.71|172.58.27.71]] ([[User talk:172.58.27.71|talk]]) 03:10, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
-== pending plebiscite ==
-There is a binding plebiscite vote in the works for November 2023.  Not yet approved, but even the proposal is noteworthy for the history section.  https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-lawmakers-urge-binding-vote-puerto-rico-statehood-84842296
+== Immigration and emigration ==
-== problem in the beginning of the article ==
+I have removed the following sentence, which is obviously incorrect as written and not supported by the reference. It was possibly intended to refer to legal immigrants.
-In the beginning of the article it's written "the Commonwealth is an archipelago" where it should be written "Puerto Rico is an archipelago" [[User:SCSA1218|SCSA1218]] ([[User talk:SCSA1218|talk]]) 06:06, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
+*{{tq|As of 2019, Puerto Rico was home to 100,000 permanent legal residents.}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Corpus|first=Elizabeth|title=Migrants rebuild their lives in Puerto Rico despite challenges|url=http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2019/09/30/migrants-rebuild-their-lives-in-puerto-rico-despite-challenges/|date=30 September 2019|access-date=29 June 2020|website=Arc Publishing|language=en-US|archive-date=30 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630214014/http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2019/09/30/migrants-rebuild-their-lives-in-puerto-rico-despite-challenges/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+{{reflist-talk}} [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 12:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
+== Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2024 ==
-== Bizarre footnote added to intro ==
+{{edit semi-protected|Puerto Rico|answered=yes}}
-At the end of the sentence "American citizens of Puerto Rico are disenfranchised at the national level, do not vote for the president or vice president, and generally do not pay federal income tax" a user has [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=915999258 added this footnote] that violates a number of WP policies (especially on POV, style, and reliable sourcing). Does anybody think that anything can be salvaged from it, or should it just be removed entirely? <span style="border:1px solid midnightblue; padding:0 2px">[[User:XAM2175|<span style="color:midnightblue">XAM2175</span>]]</span>&nbsp;[[User talk:XAM2175|<sup><i style="color:darkslategrey">(T)</i></sup>]] 13:21, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
+Commonwealth Status allows Puerto Rico to keep its culture while maintain a strong, quasi-state relationship with the United States. If the situation arises, Puerto Rico could vote for independence which is something that it could not do if it becomes a state [[User:Gabriellexmendez|Gabriellexmendez]] ([[User talk:Gabriellexmendez|talk]]) 15:41, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
+[[File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:''' it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a [[WP:EDITXY|"change X to Y" format]] and provide a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]] if appropriate.<!-- Template:ESp --> [[User:PianoDan|PianoDan]] ([[User talk:PianoDan|talk]]) 16:42, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
-:The same note has been added to the [[Political status of Puerto Rico]] article at some point, too. <span style="border:1px solid midnightblue; padding:0 2px">[[User:XAM2175|<span style="color:midnightblue">XAM2175</span>]]</span>&nbsp;[[User talk:XAM2175|<sup><i style="color:darkslategrey">(T)</i></sup>]] 13:37, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
+== Semi-protected edit request October 3rd 2024 ==
-::It's not bizarre. It's related to correcting misinformation. The article was fixed because it originally stated that Puerto Ricans do not pay federal taxes. User added sources and text based on a discussion on a [[Portal talk:Puerto Rico/Did you know-Puerto Rico?|Did you know Puerto Rico]]. --[[User:The Eloquent Peasant|The Eloquent Peasant]] ([[User talk:The Eloquent Peasant|talk]]) 10:25, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
-:::{{ping|XAM2175}} Blurbs on "Did you know" pages come from articles so the info on the articles was corrected after much discussion. See item #5 on the linked Did you know Puerto Rico. --[[User:The Eloquent Peasant|The Eloquent Peasant]] ([[User talk:The Eloquent Peasant|talk]]) 10:39, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
-::::{{reply to|The Eloquent Peasant}} Be that as it may, it's hugely unwieldy as a footnote. If it's "correcting misinformation" then the better thing to do, in my mind, would be to remove any existing misinformation from the article and then insert this correction in a place where it will 1) actually be readable, and 2) genuinely contribute to improving the reader's understanding of the topic. At the very minimum though it needs to be re-written to comply with [[MOS:INSTRUCT]], and it wouldn't hurt to convert the citations per [[WP:PARREF]] as part of that process either. I'm also concerned that "Eagleforum" is a [[WP:PARTISAN]] source, and thus potentially unreliable. <span style="border:1px solid midnightblue; padding:0 2px">[[User:XAM2175|<span style="color:midnightblue">XAM2175</span>]]</span>&nbsp;[[User talk:XAM2175|<sup><i style="color:darkslategrey">(T)</i></sup>]] 22:51, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
-:::::{{re|XAM2175}} if there is misinformation to be corrected in the article, it would be helpful if it was pointed out so the focus can be on that. That footnoted information has been in the article in one fashion or another for over a decade, is documented with sources, and has been viewed by scores of editors without any concerns. As {{u|The Eloquent Peasant}} states the footnote corrected misinformation. But, Eloquent, I have to agree with XAM2175 and any unreliable sources must be replaced or else tagged accordingly to allow editors a chance to provide better sourcing. [[User:Mercy11|Mercy11]] ([[User talk:Mercy11|talk]]) 10:58, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
-::::::{{reply to|Mercy11}} You misunderstand me; I haven't identified any misinformation in the article, but {{u|The Eloquent Peasant}} has claimed that the footnote is "related to correcting misinformation" and I read that as meaning that it attempts to contradict information either in that article, or in others. I gather now that it is simply aimed at correcting a general impression amongst the public, but I still firmly believe that it's misplaced and poorly written. As a minimum all the citations in the form of ''(see ...)'' should be shown in the same format we now use for article bodies, and the cited columns at Eagleforum should be replaced by a reliable non-partisan source - and even then I would still feel that it was written like an opinion piece or an argumentative essay ([[WP:NOTESSAY]]/[[WP:NOTOPINION]]).
-::::::Thinking further, would it not be better if it was rewritten as a body section and inserted into the [[Political status of Puerto Rico]] article? That way the footnote need only have a "for more information see..." link, rather being so unwieldy. <span style="border:1px solid midnightblue; padding:0 2px">[[User:XAM2175|<span style="color:midnightblue">XAM2175</span>]]</span>&nbsp;[[User talk:XAM2175|<sup><i style="color:darkslategrey">(T)</i></sup>]] 13:40, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
+rd paragraph contains a typo, replace "Overseas" with "Oversees", sentence containing typo included below for ease of locating the error " as it is not a state, Puerto Rico does not have a vote in the U.S. Congress, which '''overseas''' it under the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950. Congress approved a territorial constitution in 1952" [[Special:Contributions/2600:1003:A810:2FF6:FC4F:F904:8ACE:AF9F|2600:1003:A810:2FF6:FC4F:F904:8ACE:AF9F]] ([[User talk:2600:1003:A810:2FF6:FC4F:F904:8ACE:AF9F|talk]]) 22:50, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
-== King Charles I of Spain ==
-Under "colonization under the Habsburgs", it talks about King Charles I of Spain, although Spain did not exist by then. It would be more correct to use King Charles I of Castille. This is a common mistake that occurs when mentioning this king since, although in some documents he is appointed as king of Hispania, we cannot translate this concept of Hispania (which evoked the ancient Roman Iberian province) with the current concept of Spain born in the 19th century as the same time as nationalism did as an ideology.  <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/212.73.34.26|212.73.34.26]] ([[User talk:212.73.34.26#top|talk]]) 23:49, 25 November 2022 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+== Typo  ==
-== ***Foreigners can NOT purchase Flower Marijuana in Puerto Rico!!*** ==
+In the third paragraph, “overseas” should be “oversees” [[Special:Contributions/2600:1008:B0CA:794E:1429:AACB:FED5:1281|2600:1008:B0CA:794E:1429:AACB:FED5:1281]] ([[User talk:2600:1008:B0CA:794E:1429:AACB:FED5:1281|talk]]) 23:44, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
-Travelers need to know they can not purchase flower marijuana even with medical cannabis card!! Outsiders can only purchase vapes and edibles, NO FLOWER!! [[Special:Contributions/139.60.185.39|139.60.185.39]] ([[User talk:139.60.185.39|talk]]) 22:45, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
+:{{done}}<!-- Template:ESp --> --[[User:AntiDionysius|<span style="color:green">AntiDionysius</span>]] (<span style="font-variant:small-caps">[[User talk:AntiDionysius|talk]]</span>) 23:47, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
-:This is an encyclopedia article, not a travel website. As an encyclopedia article, the details and intricacies of cannabis law in the Commonwealth is probably not all that important a topic to an article on the entire Commonwealth. That said, it does have its own article for the subject at [[Cannabis in Puerto Rico]]. --[[User:OuroborosCobra|OuroborosCobra]] ([[User talk:OuroborosCobra|talk]]) 00:13, 4 January 2023 (UTC)