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	The Pentagon is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination failed. For older candidates, please check the archive.
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Section sizes Section size for The Pentagon (18 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 7,538 7,538 Layout and facilities 5,502 5,502 History 12 22,920 Background 3,076 3,076 Planning 4,695 4,695 Construction 7,984 7,984 Hall of Heroes 5,955 5,955 Renovation 1,198 1,198 Incidents 14 11,460 Protests 3,447 3,447 September 11 attacks 7,999 7,999 Gallery 979 979 See also 423 423 Notes 24 24 References 15 586 Citations 29 29 Sources 542 542 External links 1,621 1,621 Total 51,053 51,053

This line exists in the article: "The side-by-side sets of restrooms still exist, but have been integrated in practice since the building was occupied."

This hasn't been true for more than a decade now. As part of a complete renovation of the building, which began prior to the 9/11 attacks, the duplicate bathroom facilities were removed. There are no longer any vestigial segregated bathrooms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 57.140.32.10 ( talk) 18:50, 18 December 2023 (UTC) reply

How many offices are in that gigantic building? 10,000, 20,000, 30,000? Just curious. 2001:8003:A070:7F00:E93C:B981:47CD:E24D ( talk) 00:34, 12 March 2022 (UTC) reply

Feel free to look search that out, (Google is your friend), and if you find an answer from a reliable source, perhaps you can add it to the article, or post it here and then request it be added it for you. Good luck - wolf 00:54, 12 March 2022 (UTC) reply

The first paragraph correctly mentions that "The Pentagon" is a metonym. But should it be added (or replaced) that it's also a synecdoche (a type of metonym)?

/info/en/?search=Synecdoche LemonPumpkin ( talk) 22:05, 15 May 2023 (UTC) reply