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Section size for COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia (33 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	30,934	30,934
Nomenclature	2,813	2,813
Background	2,753	2,753
Transmission timeline	47,011	47,011
Federal government responses	35	37,716
Movement Control Order	277	26,048
2020	15,939	15,939
2021	8,095	8,095
2022	1,737	1,737
Emergency powers	4,001	4,001
Bans on mass gathering events	5,155	5,155
Disinformation	2,477	2,477
Medical responses	1,510	28,062
Face masks	1,757	1,757
Testing and treatment centres	17,150	17,150
Vaccination efforts	6,909	6,909
Anti-viral pills	736	736
Travel and border control policies	39	47,581
Travel restrictions	18,048	18,593
Overseas travel alert and quarantine arrangements	545	545
Repatriation of Malaysian nationals abroad	11,132	11,132
Domestic travel	3,326	3,326
Overseas travel and quarantine	14,491	14,491
Impact	14	15,089
Economic impact	8,179	8,179
Social impact	6,789	6,789
Political impact	107	107
Aid and relief efforts	10,310	10,310
Statistics	75	75
See also	203	203
References	33	33
Further reading	1,846	1,846
External links	2,222	2,222
Total	226,648	226,648

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Splitting the article ideas 2

I have rearranged the content of the article into the sections of federal government responses, impact on travel and border control, the economic impact and social impact. One idea would be to create three splinter articles based on the Government response, economic and social impacts:

Malaysian government response to the COVID-19 pandemic (can incorporate elements of the impact on travel and border control)
Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.

These would be replaced by shorter paragraphs summarizing the main points of those articles. Happy to hear feedback on these ideas before I move ahead. Andykatib 2:55, March 31, 2021 (UTC)

Another idea is to create articles for the aid and controversies sections, leaving brief summary sections in their place:

Andykatib 9:21, May 11, 2021 (UTC)

Hi Andykatib, didn't see your initial post here, but well done on the splitting. I would be wary of a Controversies article per WP:CSECTION. Aid is a reasonable split if large enough, not sure it makes too much of a difference. Looking at the current article, I think the best way to reduce its length would be to shorten the "Transmission timeline" and "Movement Control Order" (sub)sections, shifting especially the wp:proseline into the main articles. "Travel and border control policies" may be a good section so split off, and I suspect in time the "Economic stimulus plan" subsection may become viable for its own article. CMD (talk) 10:11, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

- Hi CMD, thanks so much for your advice. Will think about your recommendations. Probably a good idea to create separate "Travel and border control policies" and "Economic stimulus plan" article. Agree that having a Controversies section is not a very good idea. Andykatib 10:40, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dead links

Is there a program that can automatically fix the dead links within this article? Some of the links are dead.Shahsukanulis (talk) 18:41, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fix LUA ERROR?

Can somebody resolve the error?Shahsukanulis (talk) 09:33, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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