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WikiProject Micronations

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Welcome to WikiProject Micronations

Goals

Expand WP coverage of micronations - unrecognised, ephemeral state-like entities.
Create guidelines for articles about micronations.
Help maintain the micronations portal.
Create standardised templates for inclusion in articles about micronations.
Improve the quality and volume of reference sources, and expand the use of inline citations in articles about micronations.
Improve the amount and quality of free-use and fair-use images in articles about micronations.

Scope

The project covers all articles about micronations, and articles about related topics (eg biographies of micronation founders). All of these articles should be contained in the Category:Micronations or one of its subcategories.

1 Members
2 Departments
3 Conventions
4 Open tasks
5 Articles that need to be created
6 Recognized content
7 Formerly recognized content
- 7.1 Former featured articles
- 7.2 Former good articles
8 Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections
9 Categories
10 Templates
11 Related projects

[edit] Members

Gene Poole (talk · contribs) Has been interested in micronations as a global historical phenomenon for over 25 years. Owns what is believed to be the world's largest private collection of micronation regalia, philatelic and numismatic material and documentary ephemera. Is the chief executive of Empire of Atlantium.
John Carter (talk · contribs) - stunned to be working with the illustrious head of state above
Munkee madness will be interested in working with fellow microrulers as her current position is the Crown Princess of the United Lands of Liberty.
Infrangible (talk · contribs) is utterly and completely fascinated by sea forts and micronations such as Sealand by extension, and looks forward to the day when those who seriously pursue independence are not met by ATF agents kicking down their door. --Infrangible 03:22, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Myselfalso (talk · contribs) I can help when needed.
Orderinchaos (talk · contribs) - Happy to help out wherever I can, although my knowledge/sources/experience will probably more relate to micronations on the Australian continent. Orderinchaos 07:09, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Kitia (talk · contribs) Am part of one (what should I do to get an article?!)
BlueValour (talk · contribs)
Felixboy (talk · contribs) Whatever you need me to do.
New Babylon 2 (talk · contribs)
Daytripper07 (talk · contribs) - A historian and political scientist by training, and a newspaper reporter by trade. Have been interested in micronationalism for several years, and involved in several during that time. More recently the Grand Admiral of the Admiralty of Greater Dorsey, in Illinois, USA.
Sahmeditor (talk · contribs)
Onecanadasquarebishopsgate (talk · contribs)
Jehochman (talk · contribs)

[edit] Departments

Assessment department

[edit] Conventions

Micronation convention

[edit] Open tasks

All micronation articles need to use micronation infoboxes, not tables or any other form of infobox.
Move all micronation articles so that the titles of these articles are the full names of the micronations.
Republic of Molossia - Needs to be re-written to conform with numerous WP policies.
New Utopia - Article needs to be re-written, as content and tone of recently-added material was found to be inaccurate and legally contentious. There is ongoing discussion on the article talk page concerning this.
Grand Duchy of Avram - Existing references need to be cited in-line.
Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina - Additional media references need to be sourced and added as citations.
Aerican Empire - Wholesale cleanup required to conform with WP policies.
Kingdom of Elleore - Needs significant expansion, addition of references and citations.
Ladonia (micronation) - Add in-line citations.
Republic of Lomar - Requires NPOV re-writing, plus inclusion of cited sources.
Principality of Vikesland - online fantasy run by a TV cameraman that appears in the Lonely Planet guide to micronations. Has a presence on Second Life and also claims a farm in Manitoba.
Dominion of British West Florida - online fantasy that appears in the Lonely Planet guide to micronations. Wants to recreate the British colony of West Florida. Has minted several coins.

[edit] Articles that need to be created

Akhzivland
Northern Forest Archipelago
Kingdom of Haye-on-Wye - Well-known British micronation founded in the 1970's by eccentric and bibliophile Richard Booth.
- I really don't think this is needed as a seperate article; it's mentioned in the town's article and that's surely sufficient? --kingboyk 22:10, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
  - Currently the Haye on Wye article barely mentions Richard Booth, when in fact his micronation antics are a very large part of the reason why the town is as famous as it is today. This is a prime example of undue weight, and of confusing 2 different entities because they happen to be located in the same place and have similar names.--Gene_poole 01:40, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Principality of Wikingland - Planned 1980s artifical island tax haven in the North Sea.
Principality of Ponderosa - Farm in Victoria whose owners built a moat around their property and ripped off Australian taxpayers. The 2 Rigoli "princes" (father and son) were successfully prosecuted and jailed in 2006.
Independent Sovereign State of Australia
Tesseria - New Zealand micronation, already deleted by Wikipedia.
- Can you point us to some background information? I can't find any reference to it online.

--Gene_poole 22:50, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

- http://www.freewebs.com/tesseria/ and the Microwiki

--125.239.19.5 (talk) 21:59, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

- - - Among other things, the above website claims that Tesseria is the "3rd Richest Country in the world by GDP per capita". Unless there's some way to verify that I don't think a WP article is justifiable. WP articles cannot be written "in universe", nor can they be based on unreliable sources such as Microwiki. --Gene_poole (talk) 23:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Kingdom of Romkerhall - German micronation based in a tourist hotel. Has minted coins.
Grand Duchy of Westarctica - online fantasy that appears in the Lonely Planet guide to micronations. Claimed a third of the Antarctic landmass. Has minted numerous coins.

[edit] Recognized content

Note: Neither the FA nor the GA are exactly a micronation nor are they related to any and neither could use the {{Infobox Micronation}} appropriately. The most substantial micronation, Sealand, would rather be referred to as a microstate and belong to Wikipedia:WikiProject European Microstates, but most others agree that the gap between Sealand and, say, the Vatican City is large.