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The sources have been deleted in a way I do not know how to fix. Please help if you can. Thank you!!

Neuralnewt ( talk) 22:12, 13 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Hey Neuralnewt, a technical limit on total template argument size is being exceeded, leading to the breakage. I strongly suspect it is due to the map - I've looked at a few other articles that have the the map, and they have the same problem. Kind regards from PJvanMill) talk( 17:02, 8 February 2021 (UTC) reply

 Fixed. @ Neuralnewt and PJvanMill: Fixed transclusion errors by substituting a summary map in the article, with a link to interactive the map ( diff). North America ¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:58, 18 February 2021 (UTC) reply

Northamerica1000 Good to hear- thanks! Neuralnewt ( talk) 14:38, 18 February 2021 (UTC) reply