Talk:Regions of Peru

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Image copyright problem with Image:Logo Cajamarca Region in Peru.png
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Too many non-free images
This article has an abundance of non-free logos representing individual entries on a long list. Per the non-free content guidelines this is not acceptable. There is no critical commentary of the images provided, meaning that they are unlikely to be "significant", something required by the non-free content criteria. J Milburn (talk) 18:20, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Requested move 31 October 2018

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Consensus not to move, therefore, not moved. Lack of evidence to support the move request and contradicting verfiable information in the lead of the article which suggests the current title is correct. (closed by non-admin page mover) Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:19, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Regions of Peru → Departments of Peru – Peru is not divided by regions, but by departments Bankster (talk) 20:57, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:02, 31 October 2018 (UTC)


 * queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:04, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I, for one, would like to see evidence supporting this claim; citations to reliable English sources. --В²C ☎ 21:23, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I endorse 's move to contest this proposal. Regards, SshibumXZ (talk · contribs). 22:24, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
 * The intro to the article itself contradicts the claim in this proposal. --В²C ☎ 22:27, 30 October 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

regions or departments?!
There's complete chaos in naming the Peruvian administrative divisions on WP. The section Peru claims there are 24 departments plus Lima Province but links to Administrative divisions of Peru, which says there are 24 regions (subdivided into provinces) plus Lima Province and links to Regions of Peru. That article explains in a chaotic way that apparently legislation was passed according to which the departments have been or are to be turned into regions, but it doesn't really explain what the result is. On the contrary, its introduction claims the process has been completed but its section has the heading Regions_of_Peru but simultaneously lists them as regions!

And then there are editors who move individual articles back and forth between names switching region/department such as has happened with Department of Loreto and Department of Huancavelica.

What is the real situation and please fix this mess immediately, at least on Peru! --Espoo (talk) 19:08, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

apparently incorrect population numbers for the departments
For example Lima is shown in the table as having a population of 864,853 people. But the department page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Lima, shows a population of 9,485,405.

So not sure what is going on here. Some COVID-19 trackers, like covidly.com, seem to have used information from this page, resulting in very high case per capita and death per capita statistics, due to the incorrect population numbers.

Can anybody fix this? I'm very busy this week but, if nobody fixes it, I may attempt to do it myself this weekend. If there's something I'm missing, and the numbers are actually somehow correct, please let me know. 109.98.21.177 (talk) 05:43, 23 June 2020 (UTC)