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My page keeps getting messed with

User:SamuelNY keeps vandalizing the 'invictus' page. he is also a neonazi who repeatedly writes defamatory content about us on Microwiki and keeps threatening us via Microwiki. what can I do about that?

Silasw2 (talk) 14:28, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Creating Draft:Slope Monsters

how do i publish it?

@Slope Monsters: Are you on mobile or desktop? If you are on desktop, you should be able to click 'More' next to the View history button > than 'Move'. On mobile, you must first click the three horizontal lines at the top left, 'Settings' > and press the slider next to 'Advanced mode'. On the article, click the new button 'More' than 'Move'. If all goes well, the article should than be located at Slope Monsters. ★ ZabëlleNB ♥︎ (formerly Z Luna Skye) (talk | edits) 01:54, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

@ZabëlleNB: Thank you so much! Also there is a drop down near the Slope Monsters that says draft what do I change it to? Also I appoligize for my bad english, I speak russian as main so I am sorry if there is a confusion or misunderstanding! 09:33, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Is there Visual Mode?

Is there Visual Mode on this wiki or no?

@Blumeland: are you editing on mobile or desktop? I quickly went on my phone and I do not think visual editor is available on mobile devices unfortunately. ★ ZabëlleNB ♥︎ (formerly Z Luna Skye) (talk | edits) 01:46, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

@ZabëlleNB: I am editing on desktop

Hmm okay—at the top right of an article there should be several buttons: 'Read | Edit | Edit source | View history'; clicking on 'Edit' takes one to the visual editor except in the Draft: namespace due to a glitch at the moment. Unfortunately articles with Draft: at the start cannot be edited with the visual editor right now, but all other pages should be able to. ★ ZabëlleNB ♥︎ (formerly Z Luna Skye) (talk | edits) 03:08, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Adding my page into GUM

So I tried to add my page Slope Monsters to Grand Unified Micronational (GUM) but every time I add it it keeps on saying Template:Country data Slope Monsters

I wanted to ask on what to do because I am trying to post it but it keeps on saying that! So what should I do. Please tag me ~~Slope Monsters~~ So I can fix this issue! Thank you!

~~Slope Monsters~~

• @Slope Monsters: You can't just add yourself to the GUM page and make yourself a GUM member. That's not how it works, unfortunately. Please stop adding yourself as the allies of other micronations and into organizations, this is considered vandalism. Wyatt400 (Wyatt Baek) - Sovereign Prince of Gapla 23:11, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, I am a new person to MicroWiki, so I do not know all of the rules Slope Monsters (talk) 15:43, 10 April 2023 (UTC)Slope Monsters Slope Monsters

My Page is Called User: King Jayden l Of Great Esteria.

How do I Make it Say My Nations Name so People can find it —Preceding unsigned comment added by King Jayden l of Great Esteria (talk • contribs)

@King Jayden l of Great Esteria: Hi there. I am assuming you are referring to your user page, which as of its latest revision is being used a page for the Kingdom of Great Esteria.
Administrators are able to change your user name if you contact them directly.. but a better solution for you would be to move this contact either to the draft space, or the mainspace. If you are ready to copy and paste the content of your user page into a proper article, check out this page. Sertor (Chat) 02:20, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

My micronation article has been deleted

While I was chilling, I was searching for my micronation article but I think it has been deleted please help

@InterestedGuy: it appears it was—if you wish to retrieve it or ask why it was deleted, then kindly ask MattL (the administrator who deleted it) on his talk page. Make sure to mention the article's name as well so he can easily identify it. Happy editing, ★ ZabëlleNB ♥︎ (formerly Z Luna Skye) (talk | edits) 13:04, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

@InterestedGuy: Everything on the page is broken or unfinished to the point that it looks like nonsense. I've restored it and moved it to Draft:Democratic Republic of Muloski. 🍸 MattL (talk) 13:22, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

I can't use visual editor + wiki is claiming i am a new user

Can you please add back visual mode appearing in drafts? I don't know how to use the source editor properly so making new articles is very frustrating.

Australonesia (talk) 03:57, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Catagories

how tf do I add catagoriesInkfollowi (talk) 00:49, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

@Inkfollowi: Hey there. All you need to do is, in the source editor, at the bottom of your page, add a [[Category:{Choose}]] where {Choose} is replaced by whichever category you want. For example:

The Republic of Example is a self-proclaimed sovereign nation, often referred to as a micronation, located in Western Pluto. It has history and culture.

[[Category:Micronations]] [[Category:Republics]] [[Category:Fiction]] (just remove the nowiki stuff)

Hope this helps -   Kalan Cameron del Kersika, Officer-General of Alsann (user | talk | contribs) 03:31, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Help with main page of my empire

Good morning. I need help because my country's profile, Empire of Solraak, had information questioned. I believe it was specifically about the HDI, which despite being correct I removed it. However, the page does not return to present all the data of the country and also does not present the flag and the heraldry. So first I would like help so that the page returns to present all the information that I want to disclose. Second, I would like to know why my nation's HDI value has been disputed and how would it be possible to prove this value? I was very careful when calculating all the socioeconomic aspects of my nation before releasing this data, and I even underestimated several numbers to arrive at this final figure. It is quite simple to calculate per capita income, life expectancy, schooling and expected years studied, etc...but I'm obviously not going to release specifics about my population for obvious safety reasons.

Thanks in advance for the help

Henrique (talk) 11:18, 16 June 2023 (UTC) Henrich I

draft

I have made a draft and a it but I don't know how to re-access it Republic of kevania (talk) 15:45, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

@Republic of kevania: Are you sure you created a page? Your only edit on the site appears to be this page. 🍸 MattL (talk) 17:39, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

The Kingdom of Dominstan page.

Dear Fellow micronations,

so basicly i got a thing pop up in the top of my "The Kingdom of Doministan" artical saying it was "poor qaulity" and needed to be tidyd up. how do i do it? could you, my fellow micronations help me by telling me how i can fix this? thx,

- His Majesty King Logan, King of The Kingdom of Doministan. @Micronationbook (talk) 16:24, 14 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

how do i add a template:infobox to my page? the page is called The Kingdom of Doministan

Thx - His Majesty King Logan, King of The Kingdom of Doministan. Micronationbook (talk) 16:43, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

@Micronationbook: See the MW:Nation page guide and use it as the basis for your article. 🍸 MattL (talk) 17:32, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

How do i post my work

I been working on many projects and they are ready for public. How do i officially post? NewMidgardOfficial (talk) 12:00, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Unable to add links

Good morning, I am writing you this ticket because I am currently trying to edit my micro-nation page but I am experiencing a problem. Once all the changes have been made, I try to save the page, but an error message tells me that I cannot save the page with 5 different links due to a spambots issue. Until proven otherwise, the links I have added do not contain suspicious information, only sourced articles or items related to my micronation. So I would like to know how to solve this problem? Thank you in advance! Adrien Vannier d'Hugueneaux Adrien Ier (talk) 08:36, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

How to rename my Microwiki Page?

There was no "Move Page" Button in the More button in my page Battlestar (talk) 16:41, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

I don't know how to publish a wiki page

hello, i can't publish my wiki page, may i know how it is officially published Wiki Leo (talk) 23:23, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

How to size down name of made up language after the text

In the Native name templates it doesn't show how to size down the name of a made up language "eg. Udvak sulat (Vasponian)" I don't know how to make the "(Vasponian)" bit smaller I've tried using parensize= etc. but it doesn't work. If you can reply with the text I should put in that would be helpful. Txy4x (talk) 13:31, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

@Txy4x: The native name template is only for real world languages; it's unnecessary unless the language has an ISO 639 code. Ideally, the language in parentheses should not be made smaller, unless there are multiple long entries. You can place the translation and name of the language inside of {{nowrap}}. 🍸 MattL (talk) 15:01, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Is there any simple way/copy and paste for making Infoboxes?

i have been trying to make my Draft better (Kingdom of the Pine River) for a while now and still don't have a clue on how to make an Infobox. if someone can give me a copy and paste my Discord is: garwzka (#0) PineORiver (talk) 15:53, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Getting codes

How do I obtain the codes for infoboxes? I need one specifically for info about a person. Kartikeya (talk) 16:20, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

What kind of articles to create?

I have had trouble to find what kind of articles you are supposed to make on MicroWiki. Is it like creating a page for a fictional country you created or is it something else?? Boschenaar (talk) 16:42, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

@Boschenaar: MicroWiki is for documentation of micronations―self-declared sovereign states unrecognized by the greater international community. These do not include mock governments, roleplay, or arbitrary groups on the web or in video games. 🍸 MattL (talk) 15:09, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Unable to add color boxes

Hello, I'm unable to add color boxes to my info box, when I did: "|royal_colors =   Lavander Rose   Myrtle" in a new column i created it gave the warning:Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox country with unknown parameter "royal_colors". I've figured there's something to do with "|royal_colors" I guess it doesn't let me add a new column that I name because when I pasted "  Lavander Rose   Myrtle" in an already occupied one they worked, is there a way to fix this? Cinarbasarmis (talk) 18:20, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

@Cinarbasarmis: There is no parameter for royal colors in {{Infobox country}}. You can see a list all parameters accepted by the template in its documentation. 🍸 MattL (talk) 15:01, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

File Deletion

Hello, this may not be the right place to ask this, but, I am asking for the deletion of the File:Boredesian Science Division.png This is because, I, did not know that the logo in the file, which is the Apeture Science logo, was copyrighted and to avoid any problems I am asking for its deletion. Boredesia (talk) 23:41, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

@Boredesia: Thanks for notifying us. I've deleted the file. 🍸 MattL (talk) 14:59, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Draft:Union of Alkaltostinian Soviet Socialist Republics name change

Hi Microwiki i we whould like to ask you if you can please change the name of the Page Draft:Union of Alkaltostinian Soviet socialist republics to just Union of Alkaltostinian Soviet socialist republics? thank you please Union of Alkaltostinian Soviet Social Republics (talk) 11:11, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

@Union of Alkaltostinian Soviet Social Republics: Your article is a draft and needs to be approved before it can be moved to the main article space. If you haven't already done so, you can submit it for review by pressing the blue button in the beige box on the very top of the page. 🍸 MattL (talk) 16:59, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Draft

How does one publish their draft? I want to publish the following page: https://micronations.wiki/wiki/Draft:Elector-Margraviate_of_Kinzlingen-Branstadt Cinarbasarmis (talk) 20:40, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

My draft got deleted

I was writing a draft for my Lislo Rat war and then I scroll to the top bc I’m finished and then it exits out! I think I might have accidentally clicked the X button but how do I get my draft back!? The Lislo Republic Of North America (talk) 23:33, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Oh, that's terrible. unfortunately, there is no way to get your draft back. Liahonia.gov (talk) 00:04, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Image issue

I might make a micronation page with a flag image to show what it is but how do I put flags for the page? Owner of an online micronation (talk) 00:19, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

First, you have to upload an image, which you can do by clicking "Upload files" in the left sidebar. Once uploaded, follow this simple format, [[File:filename.img]], replacing "filename.img" with whatever the name of the file is. To change the size, add either "|thumb" or "|##px" after the file name. I will create a number of examples here. Liahonia.gov (talk) 05:44, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Microwiki pages deleted

The following pages:"Principality of Terrafina", "Grand Duchy of Astolfinia", "Ducato di Acireale", "Baronato Podestà" have been deleted. I see no reason why and I think this might be vandalism. The quality of the pages was good and anyways there could have been placed a template of warning. I kindly ask to restore them as I think that deleting was unjust.

Thanks for your time

~~~~ Addetto Egemoniense Addetto Egemoniense (talk) 19:03, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

@Strubber: Template:ZedSig (talk ❧ contribs) at 19:17, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

@Addetto Egemoniense: Only admins can fully delete pages, so it was not vandalism. None of these pages were longer than 2 sentences and were not substantially edited since their creation in November 2021. They were not good quality. If you want the content back I can give them to you in a user subpage but they aren't substantial and you would need to start in drafts. There was no warning because for all I could tell, the pages were abandoned close after their creation except for some people changing formatting. 𝄞 Strubber ♫ Contributions ♩

Can I delete any images I have uploaded to the website?

I would like to delete many of the images I’ve uploaded here as I don’t plan on using this site anymore and don’t need them. Abu Aladin Al Zaa’im (talk) 05:08, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

@Abu Aladin Al Zaa’im: to delete a file, simply click edit, and enter the following code:

{{Deletion|Author request}}

That's it! Deletion is done at the discretion of the admin team. If you would like, I can add the above code to all files you have uploaded, which you can find here.
Happy Thanksgiving!!! Liahonia.gov (talk) 05:47, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you Liahonia.gov I would indeed appreciate it if you added that code to all files I’ve uploaded, thank you so much!!

How do i add my micronation to the list of Micronations?

I have a micronation and Im trying to add it to the micronations list but i dont know how. Please help RepublicOfVilkines (talk) 18:47, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

how do I link discord to this account?

pls respond Nick strum (talk) 00:23, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Go to this page User:Nick strum/Discord and simply put in your discord username, then you should be able to join the MicroWiki Discord Server. See here for an example: User:Strubber/Discord. 𝄞 Strubber ♫ Contributions ♩ 06:26, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

How do I change the name of an article?

I have made an article but I accidentally set the name to something misleading so I was wondering how to change that possibly? Neihborhood Nations (talk) 00:13, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Click on "More" next to the search bar in the top right and select "Move". It will move the page to a new title. 𝄞 Strubber ♫ Contributions ♩ 05:12, 20 December 2023 (UTC)