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Community portal

Welcome to the community portal. This is the place to find out what is happening on MicroWiki. Discuss its operations, policies, design, and areas for improvement within the site.
If you were looking for...
  • Past discussions: see the archives.
  • A place to ask a specific user something: please use the appropriate user's talk page.
  • A list of MicroWiki's Staff: see MicroWiki:Staff.
  • A Sandbox: see the MicroWiki Sandbox.
  • Information on when to nominate something for deletion: see the deletion policy.
  • A place to request something of an administrator: use the administrator's talk page.

Introduction

MicroWiki is probably the largest database of micronations around, with a total of 39,885 articles. However, many articles are stubs, or otherwise need attention and your help would be greatly appreciated.

Cleanup projects

Things to do

Discussion

  • Please start new threads under a level-2 heading, using double equals-signs and an informative title: ==Informative title==. If a thread is related to an ongoing discussion, consider instead placing it under a level-3 heading within that discussion.
  • When posting, please sign and date all contributions, using four tilde characters "~~~~", which is translated into a signature and a time stamp automatically.
  • If discussion is already ongoing at another page, or there is another page which is a more natural location for a discussion, please continue the discussion there, and only put a short note of the issue, and a link to the relevant location, on this page.

Related communities

MicroCommons – An database for micronational-related text and media.
MicroDictionary – A micronational dictionary
Mikronárody Wiki – A Czech version of MicroWiki.
Mikropedia – A Finnish version of MicroWiki.
Les Micronations – A French version of MicroWiki.
Micropedia – A Polish version of MicroWiki.
Micronations – A Portuguese version of MicroWiki.
Micronacional – A Spanish version of MicroWiki.
माइक्रोविकी – A Hindi version of MicroWiki.
Микропедию  – A Russian version of MicroWiki.
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New Admins!

I propose holding an election to elect 2 new admins to help the current administration with moderation and over all administration. Any active member would be able to nominate a fellow micronationalist and vote. How do y'all feel about that? Comment your opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luke825015 (talk • contribs)

开个口 Mini Federation (talk) 07:52, 13 June 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • SUPPORT I think we should do a voting system, but the people elected should have to be approved by the owner of the site. Mrdudeguy(Talk)

Presentation of the President of CELTIC

Good afternoon I am new to this wiki. I am the president of a Uruguayan micronation called CELTIC; I tried to make an article, but I think it went into moderation and I still haven't been able to continue it. Also, I have a hard time making the templates ... I have registered with email and I have already confirmed it. I have put a username and also my real name, to show that my intentions in this wiki are serious. I greet all the members of this community and I hope they will moderate the CELTIC page soon, so I can continue contributing. Sincerely, --Lord Stob-- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lord Stob (talk • contribs)

Hi there. It will take 4 days and ten edits to be able to create/edit pages without moderation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eshaan011 (talk • contribs)

Help please, I’m having some issues

Hello all. I am president of my newfound country Aa Kyusa Republic, Aaron Carter. Does anyone here know how I can create a page of my nation? If anyone could give me an answer that would be greatly appreciated, thank you. :)

REPLY Hello! Welcome to MicroWiki. If you need help, please DM on Discord at liamthegreat#2595. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Liam (talk • contribs)

MicroMedia Foundation

Retrieved from https://micronations.wiki/wiki/User_talk:Austenasia#A_new_Micromedia_Foundation_.28different_from_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.29

Would you mind if we had a Micromedia Foundation, much like the Wikimedia foundation but about micronations? Here are some wikis it shall include:

Micronary, a micronational dictionary, like Wiktionary, at https://dictionary.micronations.wiki Microvoyage, a guide for travelling to micronations, like Wikivoyage, at https://travel.micronations.wiki Micronews, a portal of news about micronations, like Wikinews, at https://news.micronations.wiki Microhow, a bunch of micronation how-tos, like Wikihow, at https://microhow.micronations.wiki Microconstitutions, micronational constitutions, at https://constitutions.fandom.com MicroMedia Meta, a combination of Wikimedia Incubator and Wikimedia MetaWiki, at https://meta.micronations.wiki Would you accept these projects? / Emperor Eshaan I  My Talk Page • Timonoucitiland  

 13:01, 5 July 2020 (EST)

SUPPORT I beleive a select few of these are a really good idea. Christoph Von Begonia 22:36, 11 July 2020 (EST)

How are you doing today Good Sir!

Me? I'm jolly fine, but let's talk about you! How is your day! I hope its just as good as mine! Sertor (Chat) 23:16, 5 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You handsome son of a gun you chap! My day has been peachy yeah. Just ate some crisps and spent all my quid on big chungus. --Cookieman1.1.1 (talk) 23:19, 5 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Oh how spiffing, absolutely marvellous good sir! I am going to fly a large flag and sing my national anthem. The youngsters and hoodlum today just don't respect to it anymore, what a pity.Sertor (Chat) 23:43, 5 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You all suck! I love you • Daniel Roscoe • Enquiries • My Work 05:46, 16 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to create an article?

Providentia was founded somewhere the last decade and is not (yet) independent from Switzerland and neither a federal part. It strives the independence from the Canton of Aargau to become a canton itself, the 27th of Switzerland. It has currently no papers or publications, but the coat of arms is in progress. The motto is "Non deciperis, te decipis ipse." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Didone (talk • contribs)

Hi Didone. Check out this page to start your article! If you need any help, don't be afraid to ask! Sertor (Chat) 18:21, 27 April 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User report

Hey adminstration. I think I'm doing the right thing by making a report here (please correct me if I'm wrong) Anyways I would like to report the user Micronationofduckionary. This user keeps deleting factual information on the Grand Micronation Alliance wiki page. As the founder of the former organization I really don't appreciate his repeated deletion of the last segment of the body text of the wiki page. It would be great if there was someway of stopping the user from doing this as I would like to preserve the history of the organization. It would be great if you could help me out. This user is attempting to cover up there own past actions. Thanks for your possible help Posloe (Zachary of Elba) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Posloe (talk • contribs)


Usage

Is this a thing we are going to be using more regularly now? Matt talk ☼ 22:48, 26 July 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No idea. It definitely should be encouraged though! It would be nice to see an increase of community stuff returning on-site. Sertor (Chat) 00:09, 27 July 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Would be cool. User:Devinpurcell (talk) 17:17, 14 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Requested Block

Requesting block on User:YYZKristi86, who created the page Different Types Of Plumbing Connectors and links to a company website. This is clearly self-promotion and the nature of the username means it is problably randomized. I nominated the article for speedy deletion as MicroWiki is clearly not a web host, and now am requesting the account should be blocked. Thanks! User:Devinpurcell (talk) 17:14, 14 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for letting me know Devinpurcell, I have blocked them. These spam articles sometimes slip past our spam filtering system. Cheers, Matt talk ☼ 23:26, 14 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Requesting Block

Can someone block User:Microsavage 123 Special:Contributions:Microsavage 123. He has vandalized numerous Dracul related articles. User:Devinpurcell (talk) 12:32, 25 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Any Help?

I have 2 questions:

1: Are we supposed to be deleting the discussions on this page that aren't in use?

2: Can someone send me a list of Infobox terms and what they do? Trying to add to my current page.

Mrdudeguy(Talk)

Hello @Mrdudeguy:, no we do not delete the discussions on this page. They will eventually be archived by admins. The infobox terms are just different things relating to your nation which you can find in the template documentation. User:Devinpurcell (talk) 19:00, 15 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for your help! Could you include a link to template documentation?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrdudeguy (talk • contribs)

@Mrdudeguy: Here you go: link User:Devinpurcell (talk) 16:55, 16 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you so much!

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrdudeguy (talk • contribs)

Macronational Recognition

Hello, how many of you guys have sent letters or other correspondence to macronations and have received a reply? If so please link me to the document because I am trying to send out letters and I am having trouble formatting and what to say. -- President Devin Purcell  Penn Federal Republic 17:46, 6 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi

Hello I want to talk about stuff. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AncientAztec10 (talk • contribs)

aww no one responded D': — Preceding unsigned comment added by AncientAztec10 (talk • contribs)
The community portal has been seldom used for over a decade. Perhaps you can join the MicroWiki Discord server if you wish to engage in the community. Have a great day : D ★ ZabëlleNB ♥︎ (formerly Z Luna Skye) (talk | edits) 03:09, 7 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to Delete a Page?

When I first started on Microwiki, I started a page, then, I started another Page for my Nation, the Kingdom of Mdesk, because the name was outdated. Can anyone tell me how to delete a article/page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dyaz34 (talk • contribs)

Hey there. May I advise that you don’t delete your old page, but instead link it to your new page, whether a redirect or links throughout the article’s text. If you really need it deleted, you can contact an administrator about that. All the best - Concordian Republic Callum Russell, Concordian President (user | talk) 05:41, 14 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Account deletion request

Bonjour. Due to a disagreement with the MicroWiki Discord guild's administration, who I must assume are closely affiliated with the Wiki itself, I should like for my account to be blocked through the Mediawiki software, and ideally deleted altogether, as if it never existed. Ellenor et al Bjornsdottir, on behalf of the Republic of Evdonia, signing off. Ellenor2000 (talk) 16:53, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Ellenor2000: Hello! Unfortunately, that is not possible. I request that we discuss more about the matter on Discord. Feel free to message me! (Ștefan Snagoveanu#3949) StefanSNG (talk) 18:11, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Ellenor2000: Seems like Stefan beat me to the response. A disagreement should not make you want to delete your account. If you are referring to the Editor's Guild, which I am a part of, it is not affiliated with the MicroWiki administration team. Make some more edits and keep at it. Devinpurcell (talk) (contribs) 18:17, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Devinpurcell: It's about the Discord chatroom which Stefan is part of the moderation team for, just so that's clear. I'm sorry if my language is a bit confusing; I stubbornly refuse to use the term server for Discord guilds because I know what a server looks like and that ain't it. In any event, I reiterate my demand that my account be deleted altogether, as if it never existed. Furthermore, I release every contribution I have ever made to the Wiki into the public domain, or if that is legally impossible in the macronation of Microwiki's domicile, I release a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevokable, worldwide licence to the Wiki to use it however they should like, including modification, destruction, and reproduction. You have no excuse to keep my account. Ellenor2000 (talk) 20:07, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How do you differentiate between actuality and fiction here?

Hello, I just joined this wiki (primarily so I can ask this question). As my username might allude, I have interests in Yugoslavia. There is this theme park in Subotica, a village in Serbia that goes by the names of "Mini Yugoslavia" and "Yugoland" which conventionally refers to itself as "the smallest country in the world" that I thought ought to be documented without any added fiction. Several sources exist to write a purely non-fictional article, however I fear, not nearly enough for Wikipedia. I've never been on this wiki, so I'm completely new to it. So yeah, question in the section title. Cheers, Yugo (talk) 13:24, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Yugo: Hello! Your question is inherently very complex, but I'll try to break it down for you. Here is a helpful excerpt from a book I am writing on micronationalism. If you have any further questions feel free to reach out on my talk page.
"Geographer Dallen Timothy categorizes various states and micronations by four categories on a spectrum of recognition (Timothy, 2003). At one end of Timothy’s spectrum are sovereign, internationally recognized non-state entities, that, while they do not meet the criteria for statehood under international law (Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States, 1933), are formally recognized by at least one other state as a de jure sovereign establishment. This category includes the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, a sovereign state founded in 1048 that currently maintains no jurisdiction over any of its former territories in Malta, Cyprus, and Rhodes, and its physical territory is confined to two buildings in Rome. Nonetheless, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta holds official diplomatic relations with 107 states, reserves a permanent UN observer status, and issues passports and currency (Karski, 2012).
Timothy’s second category is what he describes as 'semi-legitimate places'. These entities have historical foundations to claim their independence, however, in contrast to his first category, they have not been formally accepted as a state by other sovereign nations. Timothy identifies the Republic of Somaliland, a breakaway state from Somalia since 1991, that claims to be a continuation of the State of Somaliland, under this category (Stafford & Collenette, 1931).
Timothy’s last two categories are the most commonly referred to as micronations. His third category entails states that have little to no historical legitimacy for statehood but have regardless 'earnestly attempted to lay claim to national independence.' (Timothy, 2003, p. 94) Included are some of the most well-known micronations such as the Principality of Sealand, off the southern coast of the United Kingdom. Lastly, his fourth category encompasses those that contain nothing more than the residential property purchased by the owner and have declared independence whether in an attempt to gain legitimacy or functioning as what Timothy describes as “social clubs”. Included in this designation are some of the most recognized micronations by macronational media and to some extent government, the Republic of Molossia, and the Empire of Austenasia (Staff, 2011)."
Devinpurcell (talk) (contribs) 14:38, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks, this is a helpful insight into micronations, and Yugoland would fall under fourth category. However, my question is whether and how MicroWiki distinguishes articles with fictional history and facts from those without fiction. For example, New Yugoslavia Voivodeship is completely made-up (without intention to make it seem as a bad thing), whereas Yugoland is not. That is to say, its article would not cover any fiction about it. Yugo (talk) 15:42, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Yugo: Articles marked with Template:Fantasy are of fictional nations, where people, territories, and government may be entirely fabricated and outlandish, for example, if a micronation claimed to own all of the United States and have one billion citizens. Devinpurcell (talk) (contribs) 18:10, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Devinpurcell: is there a notice template for stating the opposite? Or is that the default assumption where {{Fantasy}} is not present? Yugo (talk) 20:03, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Yugo: It is the default assumption. Devinpurcell (talk) (contribs) 17:01, 10 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Problem with files.

Everytime I check the details, why all the files I check says it has no attribution information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flag Creator (talk • contribs) I'm being serious, pls reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flag Creator (talk • contribs)

The Draft Page Thing

Hi, i created a page for my micronation but it's a draft. How do i get it to not be a draft?

Infoboxes aligning left instead of right?

Hey all,

I've noticed many infoboxes, including Infobox country and Infobox monarchy, are showing up aligned to the left rather than to the right of the page. Instead of being on the right, with text on the left, the infoboxes instead are on the left and leave no room for text to wrap around them. Is this just an issue on my end? If not, could this be fixed?

Much appreciated,

--Gishabrun (talk) 23:04, 8 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Me too. MarkyPolskiLovesMicroWiki! (talk) 22:56, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Is Donetsk People's Republic a micronation?

So.. I am pretty confused by DPR's status since 2014. It has territory, people, other things, but is not recognized by almost everyone and is a breakaway state of Ukraine. I'm asking this due to my micronation getting independent from it, and IDK whether that is one.
PG (talk) 13:25, 22 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, it is an unrecognized country, like Abkhazia. It was formally a federal subject, (specifically a republic.) of Russia, and even before a Ukranian oblast. MarkyPolskiLovesMicroWiki! (talk) 13:03, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Phone number to text MicroWiki privately?

(Backstory.) Once I realized my email sent to MicroWiki was not recieved, (BECAUSE OF AN ADDRESS!?!?!?!) [extremely frustrated.] I needed to somehow notify MicroWiki about my email address. If I do it here, probably everyone will see it. (The notification from the Mail Deivery Subsystem reads: "Your message wasn't delivered to MicroWiki because the address couldn't be found, or is unable to receive mail.")

(Main.) And, MicroWiki does not want to share its address publicly, and I do not want to share my email address MicroWiki. (But, there could be a chance that MicroWiki is unable to recieve notifications.) So, if this is the true MicroWiki, please, try to find a way for us to text privately. Thank you so much, MicroWiki!!!!

From you biggest fan: MarkyPolskiLovesMicroWiki! MarkyPolskiLovesMicroWiki! (talk) 17:07, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Can you copy and paste things from other websites?

(Backstory.) So, I was making my coat of arms on Google Slides of a micronation, and I wanted to copy and paste it to the article about it. But, if you know screenshots, you cannot screenshot something that is not a rectangle or a square without a background that is not transparent. And, you need to screenshot something in order to upload it onto your article.

(Main.) So, is there any sort of way, without screenshoting, getting stuff from, for example Google Slides, to MicroWiki without failing? Please let me know, and if not, treat this message like feedback to add in a future update or something.

From your biggest fan: MarkyPolskiLovesMicroWiki! MarkyPolskiLovesMicroWiki! (talk) 22:38, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Extreme Weird Table Confusion.

(Backstory.) So, when I insert a table, something extremely weird happens. When I insert it into my article, it always spawns on the left, (I do not know how to move it to the right.) and not only that: but when I add text, the table keeps on moving down and down.

(Main.) So, if anyone can please help me, (if you even can.) tell me if not, (if no, then treat this like feedback.) and if yes, tell me how.

From your biggest fan: MarkyPolskiLovesMicroWiki! (talk) 16:52, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please help me with this. MarkyPolskiLovesMicroWiki! (talk) 16:52, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nevermind.

I was wrong.

MarkyPolskiLovesMicroWiki! (talk) 17:19, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yeah. MarkyPolskiLovesMicroWiki! (talk) 17:19, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Argentina

Maybe Argentina can join USA for more justices. THIAGOCORA (talk) 22:06, 21 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Copying Pages

I know this might sound ignorant but I was wondering how to copy the nation page guide and filling in my micro-nation of course with a few changes so it’s not word for word. Also I already know how to create a page but I just don’t know how to copy one. CheifscientistofERO (talk) 12:46, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@CheifscientistofERO: Are you on mobile? If so, try this link. You should be able to copy the text from here. :) Template:ZedSig (talk ❧ contribs) at 12:51, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why is the page on Esperanto a hard redirect to the Wikipedia page?

Hard redirects interwiki are considered poor form, at least at Wikipedia's side. Should I hack together a soft redirect similar to Wikipedia's intra-Wikimedia interwiki? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Soft_redirect Ellenor2000 (talk) 07:50, 30 June 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Images on Russian wiki

Hello, I am an active user of Russian microwiki, what should I do when I log in from my phone via the mobile Internet and the images on Russian microwiki are not displayed? Jamelionist (talk) 15:33, 9 July 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

FBU deletion pages

The Brotherhood of United Blocks (FBU) expresses deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent actions of the administrator Stefan57 on the Micronations Wiki platform. The decision to delete the pages dedicated to FBU and Nucilandia, based on the subjective opinion that these entities are not micronations, appears to disregard the fundamental principles of neutrality and objectivity that govern this platform dedicated to micronations.

FBU emphasizes that, according to the criteria established by the Micronations Wiki community, both FBU and Nucilandia meet the necessary conditions to be recognized as micronations. Therefore, we firmly request the immediate restoration of all pages related to FBU and Nucilandia on the platform. FBU (talk) 21:31, 1 September 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Kingdom of hojska

A AUTHOR SADIQ (talk) 15:37, 2 September 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why isn't the file updating

I updated the file called "Sylvia flag". However on one of the drafts I'm using it on, it isn't updating, still using the old one. It's on an infobox if that helps. I also asked this question on my accounts talk page. PeanutbutterCat (talk) 00:24, 25 October 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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