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'''MicroWiki''' is an independent, free and Internet-only encyclopedia established to document all facets of [[micronationalism]]. MicroWiki is in no way associated with any particular micronation, new country project or political movement and enjoys no official endorsement by any micronational movement. It is a third-party service that strives to collect information on micronations, micronationalists and assorted micronational concepts in order to provide a comprehensive and fair representation of the micronational world. Neither is MicroWiki associated with the Wikimedia Foundation, the operators of Wikipedia.

Most content on MicroWiki is user-generated and has been compiled by editors or users who are leaders of or citizens of established micronations or micronational institutions. As a [[w:Wiki|wiki]], almost every article on MicroWiki is open to editing by the general public. Many articles are the result of user collaboration. It is for this reason that MicroWiki makes no claim to be accurate, although it strives to eliminate false content and label unverifiable content accordingly to maintain factual articles. In many cases, micronationalists create pages for their own micronations as part of publicity and citizen recruitment efforts. Readers are encouraged to remember that it is difficult to verify facts with independent, uncompromised sources when attempting to gauge the accuracy of content.

Users are encouraged to remember that the editing community on MicroWiki is representative of a wide range of political, social, economic, cultural and religious views. As MicroWiki is intended to serve as a platform of intermicronational communication, [[MicroWiki:Administrators|Administrators]] are more tolerant of user disputes when they have a basis in micronational politics and are not of a personal nature. For this reason, MicroWiki asserts that it is not responsible for any offence taken from comments of a political nature. Nonetheless, MicroWiki emphasises that it has no tolerance for discrimination, vandalism, or other offensive behaviour without sound political justification. Administrators and users alike actively work to combat vandalism on MicroWiki.

All content on MicroWiki is licensed under the [[w:Creative Commons licenses|Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 (unported) licence (CC-BY-SA 3.0)]] and, as such, is distributed under the terms and conditions of that license. MicroWiki strives to ensure that all content complies with United States copyright laws, and with copyright laws of the region from which the work originates. MicroWiki makes no copyright claims on images, videos or other files uploaded by its users. Additionally, MicroWiki strives to comply with micronational copyright laws wherever possible.

==Disclaimer on donations==
Since the move from the Wikia site in 2010, MicroWiki has been hosted on an independent, privately hosted server and domain in order to ensure maximum freedom over the wiki's layout, organisation and structure and to prevent external corporations (such as Wikia) from implementing changes that are at odds with the wishes of the community.

It costs money to keep MicroWiki online, and donations are gratefully received, but it is important to note that we are not a charity. This domain and server are the private property of the site owner, with hosting costs primarily covered by voluntary payments made over Patreon.

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