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supported by a reasonable number of reliable sources. I agree with you that reliable sources must be the basis for an article, but I don't agree that they're the only useful references. It's as reliable as quoting a celebrity's biography in their article; it's biased, but it's accepted, if I'm reading the rules correctly.
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The nation itself is imaginary, but the social group is real (at least in the same sense that a political party, a fraternity, or a philosophical school are real), and has got some exposure in major media. The article deserves to exist on these grounds, nothing more. Some of the "facts" about Aerica
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I fully object to the deletion of this page. What reason is there to delete a glorious nations
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Yes, I deliberately said that I was biased, because it's relevant and I'm not trying to hide it. Let's not confuse "bias" with "conflict." I want the article to be as good as possible. I didn't revert or undo the changes you made on the 11th because those changes made sense to me. I'm not trying to
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So, what would be a fair way to handle this? I don't agree that every unsourced statement can or should be deleted, simply because that would make this a less useful and informative article, and in the end our absolute goal should be to produce a good quality and informative article. I'm certainly
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Lol, wait, you've resorted to threats now if they don't delete this page? Its been up for deletion many times, and it makes it through it every time. However, those that you are threatening it with would be deleted within seconds of creation. Its not that hard to undo that minuscule damage. :-/ -
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No, there are plenty of things
Knowledge (XXG) tends to deem not noteworthy. This should be one of them. It is nothing but a series of "we're so wacky" jokes, as is this terrible article. Why are you saying that it's "successful" or that it has "active citizenry"? It has no "citizens". It is not
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As to deleting unsourced statements: that's likely what will happen. Micronation pages are, in general, full of highly unencyclopaedic fluff that doesn't conform to WP's policies. There's a degree of latitude given to certain things (like, for example, sourcing the coins to the micronation's
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Lol, I was going to request this article get deleted and question it's existence, but then I realized you put a lot of work into it. It's not my say, you must really have planned this out, so all my support goes to you! Praise the
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It depends what you consider real. The empire does not hold any land, other than some land on Mars, and any land belonging to the citizens. It exists mostly upon the internet, although many of its citizens do treat it as at least a semi-real place.
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Thank you for the help, as well as the patience and the willingness to discuss. I would welcome you checking in over time. If things have to get deleted later... well, I'll certainly object, but I won't make it a war of undo buttons.
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Seriously? Was this stuff made-up by a 5 year old? This is not a real nation, you can't have a nation in your playpen in Canada, and a nation on a planet millions of mile away. Get a grip, this makes me ashamed to be human.
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I would actually be curious if the Mirror is considered a reliable source, totally independent of the rest of this discussion. They were considered a respected local paper back in the day.
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this is rediculous!!! man...it made my tummy shaked up and down non-stop with great pain as a result of over-laughing after reading about this...LOL!!!
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for the love of all that is sane delete this damn article. this is not an empire, just a nerd who wants to own pluto.
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