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Nor is it "the westernmost point...in the United States."

It is across the International Date Line from North America, and therefore the Easternmost point!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.71.146.77 (talk • contribs) 19:41, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Any reason why we can't fix this or remove it? If you look at all the territory of the United States in a certain way, ignoring longitude and the IDL, then, yes, it is the westernmost land. But that's arbitrary. Going by longitude (a less arbitrary way of looking at things), it's far to the east. (But it is NOT the easternmost land because NMI is further east.) Unless you define your context, any discussion of "easternmost" and "westernmost" is arbitrary. Let's remove this description or clarify what it means. Holy (talk) 19:22, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Article description

Is my edited article description about Guam better? RFG101 (talk) 12:00, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@RFG101: The difficult issue with short descriptions is that they ideally are less than 40 characters. See WP:SDLENGTH. Best, CMD (talk) 13:47, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2 anthems describing official or regional use.

Please do not remove the statements from the 2 anthems, as people would not understand which one is official or not. Sometimes, visiting the anthem's page may not help answer the question, so that is why I placed the statements to avoid confusion. If you want to discuss more about this, you can. Sincerely, Ｍｏｄｃｒｅａｔｏｒ 🏡 🗨 📝 00:52, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Locator Map incorrect

The map appears to include the island of Rota. There are two intersecting inner circles, one which includes Guam and one which includes Rota. AFAICT this is inconsistent with the text of this page and the Northern Mariana Islands page. Ravenwolf397 (talk) 07:57, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]