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Section sizes

Section size for Piracy (57 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	7,660	7,660
Etymology	2,579	2,579
History	49	81,788
Europe	14	25,625
Antiquity	4,642	4,642
Middle Ages	8,398	8,398
Mediterranean corsairs	12,571	12,571
Southeast Asia	10,681	10,681
East Asia	4,316	12,971
Piracy in the Ming dynasty	2,042	2,042
Illegal trade and authority	2,117	2,117
Hierarchy and structure	1,302	1,302
Clientele	3,194	3,194
South Asia	4,076	4,076
Persian Gulf	1,886	1,886
Madagascar	1,201	1,201
The Caribbean	18,784	18,784
Canary Islands	3,533	3,533
North America	2,982	2,982
Culture and social structure	34	18,813
Rewards	10,243	10,243
Loot	1,547	1,547
Punishment	1,308	1,308
Role of women	2,013	2,013
Democracy among Caribbean pirates	714	714
Pirate Code	2,954	2,954
Known pirate shipwrecks	5,109	5,109
Privateers	6,626	6,626
Commerce raiders	1,303	1,303
Contemporary piracy	18,683	18,683
Anti-piracy measures	6,109	24,791
Self-defense	11,386	11,386
Self protection measures	5,383	5,383
Patrol	1,913	1,913
Legal aspects	19	13,044
United Kingdom laws	1,181	3,792
Definition of piracy jure gentium	559	559
Jurisdiction	244	244
Piracy committed by or against aircraft	103	103
Sentence	471	471
History	1,234	1,234
United States laws	2,274	2,274
International law	59	6,959
Effects on international boundaries	419	419
Law of nations	1,593	1,593
International conventions	35	35
Articles 101 to 103 of UNCLOS	3,442	3,442
IMB definition	627	627
Uniformity in maritime piracy law	784	784
Cultural perceptions	6,164	6,164
Economics of piracy	1,260	4,020
Piracy and entrepreneurship	2,760	2,760
See also	804	804
References	16	3,715
Notes	25	25
Bibliography	3,674	3,674
External links	1,576	1,576
Total	196,675	196,675

Piracy#Anti-piracy measures 2013 templates deleted

Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I've deleted 2013 POV & TONE templates to this section, which directs me here to explain my bold move. Seems those templates had stayed after a large section merger, and the section has been edited since. There seems no TALK History of either notice, and the labels no longer seem relevant. Thanks for your words, Smyrno347 (talk) 22:32, 22 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Move discussion in progress

Latest comment: 5 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Piracy in India which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 06:52, 17 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

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