Expand WP coverage of micronations - unrecognised, ephemeral state-like entities.
Create guidelines for articles about micronations.
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 (e.g. biographies of micronation founders). All of these articles should be contained in the Category:Micronations or one of its subcategories.
Participants
Davest3r08 (
talk·contribs) The
TFA section on the Main Page about Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty actually brought me here. I find micronations to be a very interesting topic and would love to help with its coverage on Wikipedia.
Gene Poole (
talk·contribs) Has been interested in micronations as an historical phenomenon for over 25 years. Maintains a large personal 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 (
talk·contribs) will be interested in working with fellow microrulers as her current position is the Crown Princess of the United Lands of Liberty.
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)reply
Kitia (
talk·contribs) Am part of one (what should I do to get an article?!)
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.
AwockaLord (
talk·contribs) - Founder of Awocka and enthusiast of micronations, he oneday would like to have all real micronations on the wiki list of micronations.
Coldplay Expert (
talk·contribs) - I have been amazed by micronations for several years now and I am the head of State of the Dominion of the Piedmont.
BKCW8 (
talk·contribs) - formly known as H.R.H Sovereign King Bradley The Great, Autocrat of All Australia and currently has a 75 strong population in
The State of All Australia.
Savissivik (
talk·contribs) Have been studying various micronations since I was 11, current emperor of Sokolia.
Claudre (
talk·contribs) - I have been involved in micronationalism since 1996. I have also been Secretary General of The League of Secessionist States and given interviews to the media about the subject. I am one of the founders of the
Holy Empire of Reunion.
CREPenguin (
talk·contribs) - Micronationalist since 2017, H.M. the King of the Kingdom of Eintrachtia.
Premier of Seprana (
talk·contribs) - I'm president of Roscamistan, and I am in the top ten of MicroWiki editors. My MicroWiki account is Amogus Brotherton.
Doing so will add the user to the category list of participants.
Departments
Assessment department – focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's articles about Micronations or the people of Micronations.
Conventions
Micronation convention – a proposed convention intended to apply to all relevant articles in the Micronations category on Wikipedia.
I just re-open the discussion to update the definition of micronationalism --
Delle89 (
talk) 17:54, 8 January 2016 (UTC)reply
Open tasks
Republic of Molossia - Needs to be re-written to conform with numerous WP policies. And, it says "in the U.S.", which is not true. Molossia is surrounded by, not in, the U.S.
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.
Wirtland - Needs to be updated in connection with release of gold coin, creation of Global Antiwar Party, other developments
Holy Empire of Reunion - There are many references to be added (more than 20) that are on scanned images that can be found here <link redacted> and they should be cited in-line
Kingdom of Boomeria - This micronation was begun in the late 1950’s by Preston Boomer and a group of High School students. There have been several television programs featuring Boomeria over the decades including a BBC special filmed for the Queen of England’s visit to the United States in 1976 and more recently “Weird Homes of North America” did a feature on the Micronation. Here is a link to a Mental Floss article (
Kingdom of Boomeria
Kingdom of Hay-on-Wye - Well-known British micronation founded in the 1970s by eccentric and bibliophile Richard Booth.
I really don't think this is needed as a separate article; it's mentioned in the town's article and that's surely sufficient? --
kingboyk 22:10, 1 June 2007 (UTC)reply
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)reply
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.
League of Secessionist States - I think the LoSS deserves an article, being old, and having participated in so many phases of micronationalism, since the 80's
Federated States of Gapla - A micronation that sells souvenirs and claims a piece of land in Arizona due to a dispute with the U.S. Forest Service. Working on the article.
I researched Gapla a bit and found out its not notable at all besides citizens, there’s no news coverage at all. Same goes for most Micronation here.
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.