Talk:Micronation

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 15:17, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that micronations lack the legal basis in international law for their existence? Source: source
  • ALT1: ... that in 1972 one micronation called itself the Republic of Minerva and built a small, artificial island on the Minerva Reefs by importing sand? Source: The Republic of Minerva was a libertarian project that succeeded in building a small, artificial island on the Minerva Reefs in 1972 by importing sand.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Paper House

Improved to Good Article status by LunaEatsTuna (talk). Nominated by Bruxton (talk) at 16:42, 20 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Micronation; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Recent GA, article long enough, hooks are good, though I would propose one more:

• ALT2: ... that micronations have claimed territory in Antarctica, in international waters, and in space?

Otherwise, hooks all cited and no copyvio detected. QPQ done, so good to go. Juxlos (talk) 15:48, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks Juxlos that is a very interesting hook too! Bruxton (talk) 19:34, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Is that any micronation in Bangladesh?

there are many micronations in Bangladesh. Like Kingdom of Imruland, Nobobangla, Azerdyanistan, Royalia, Siddiquistan, Tamimanagar etc.... ROYALIAN Government (talk) 18:43, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

What do reliable sources say about that? Masterhatch (talk) 19:17, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Umm hi, former editor on MicroWiki here, Imruland does exist but the others i do not know about 2606:9400:98A0:92A0:11AC:7975:1582:D6F8 (talk) 13:44, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

this is Azerdyanistan here Ruafza56 (talk) 18:31, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

'Micro'nation

might put some notion of the size being relevant in the first sentence. Was ISIS considered a 'micro'nation? ~2025-36388-15 (talk) 23:48, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Josean Cybernation

I reverted the addition of the Joseon Cybernation to the page because neither of the cited sources talk about the purported micronation. Moreover, the cite to the article in the Telegraph included a link to a copy of the page at ghostarchive, an endrun around the paywall, while the second cite is to a press release and thus unusable.

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Donald Albury 18:37, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

@Donald Albury I'm confused, because the Joseon Cybernation is already mentioned under 2020s, with 2 different sources than the ones I used. The reason why I used either is because 1 is a secondary and the PR is a primary to Andrew Lee's claim to the House of Yi. The other sources in the 2020 section deal more with the recognition of the former micronation by Antigua and Barbuda, which I don't think is appropriate to use when talking about the claimed historical basis. TansoShoshen (talk) 16:30, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

I don't see anything in either source about the cybernation, so what is the point? As for the press release, see WP:PRSOURCE. Donald Albury 17:31, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

@Donald Albury We could reuse the citations of where the Joseon Cybernation is mentioned previously in this article, that being the following:

This article from the Antigua Observer

• https://antiguaobserver.com/the-digital-dynasty-joseon-pm-speaks-about-benefits-to-country/

And this press release from the government of Antigua and Barbuda:

https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Joseon_Cybernation.pdf TansoShoshen (talk) 17:55, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

I will not oppose you re-adding the content citing those sources. Donald Albury 18:24, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Fix request

The Joseon Cybernation actually wasn't the first micronation recognized by an internationally recognized country, it was actually the Principality of Seborga, recognized by Burkina Faso. Can this be fixed? ~2026-24464-63 (talk) 15:20, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Please provide one or more reliable sources supporting that claim. Donald Albury 15:59, 12 May 2026 (UTC)