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Date	Process	Result
July 25, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
September 6, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
September 30, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
November 26, 2007	Featured article candidate	Promoted
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Section size for Manchester (51 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	12,254	12,254	243	243
Toponymy	10,832	10,832	278	278
History	62	41,322	0	1,937
Before 1066: Early history	2,849	2,849	156	156
1066–1800: Before industrialisation	7,653	7,653	506	506
1800–1880: Industrialisation	10,046	10,046	227	227
1880–1939: Impacts of industrialisation	4,333	4,333	291	291
1939–1945: Second World War	2,681	2,681	217	217
1945–2000: Decline and regeneration	4,612	4,612	323	323
2000–present: Modern day	9,086	9,086	217	217
Government	6,203	6,203	157	157
Geography	5,435	10,864	395	590
Climate	5,429	5,429	195	195
Demographics	5,594	20,048	188	446
Religion	1,474	1,474	56	56
Ethnicity	12,980	12,980	202	202
Economy	103	15,152	0	656
Macroeconomic wealth	6,274	6,274	221	221
Individual wealth	4,894	4,894	207	207
Business wealth	3,881	3,881	228	228
Architecture	2,568	8,131	217	483
Landmarks	5,563	5,563	266	266
Transport	95	22,572	0	710
Rail	9,939	9,939	217	217
Bus	3,428	3,428	166	166
Air	5,213	5,213	208	208
Canal	1,415	1,415	70	70
Cycling	2,482	2,482	49	49
Culture	89	32,469	0	1,344
Music	9,195	9,195	456	456
Performing arts	4,120	4,120	189	189
Museums and galleries	5,070	5,070	119	119
Literature	7,721	7,721	311	311
Nightlife	3,279	3,279	160	160
Gay village	2,995	2,995	109	109
Education	58	9,486	0	432
Schooling	2,667	2,667	170	170
Higher education	6,761	6,761	262	262
Sport	7,022	7,022	308	308
Media	199	15,968	0	648
Print	4,994	4,994	299	299
Television	8,107	8,107	241	241
Radio	2,668	2,668	108	108
International relations	1,109	9,500	48	106
Sister cities	1,811	1,811	29	29
Friendship agreements	465	465	11	11
Diplomatic missions	6,115	6,115	18	18
See also	140	140	0	0
Notes	25	25	0	0
References	28	28	0	0
External links	1,815	1,815	0	0
Total	223,831	223,831	8,338	8,338

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