MicroWiki
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| Created by | Fabian Schneider |
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| URL | micronations.wiki |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Required for editing |
| Users | 47,000+ |
| Launched | 27 May 2005 |
| Current status | Active |
Content license | CC Attribution / Share-Alike 4.0 |
MicroWiki is a free
As of August 2023, there are over 210,000 pages on MicroWiki.[7] Polish author Maciej Grzenkowicz described MicroWiki as "Wikipedia devoted to micronations",[8] and The Independent remarked that the encyclopedia was a thorough resource, with several articles on micronations that were longer than those of real-world nations on Wikipedia.[2]
MicroWiki uses the
Hayward and Khamis claimed in an academic journal for Shima that many of the micronations featured on the wiki were, in fact virtual entities which existed almost solely as listings on the encyclopedia. They claimed that some users treated the website as a 'fantasy gaming service,' where 'players' could interact with other 'virtual micronations' while noting that this is not the purpose of MicroWiki advocated by its administration.[4][10] In the Cambridge University Press book Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty, MicroWiki is mentioned several times as an online community for online micronations.[11]
References
- ^ Andel, Irina Ulrike (2010). Micronations: Konstituierte Staaten in konstruierten Welten. Zur historischen Entwicklung von Mikronationen und ihren gegenwärtigen Ausprägungen [Micronations: Constituted States in Constructed Worlds. On the historical development of micronations and their current manifestations] (Master of Philosophy thesis) (in German). University of Vienna. p. 10. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ a b Simon, Usborne (13 April 2015). "MicroCon 2015: Dictators of the world unite at world summit of micronations - countries too small to count". The Independent. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Sites using MediaWiki/en". MediaWiki. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ ISSN 1834-6057. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Esteban, Cristina Fernández (2020-09-08). "11 micronaciones absurdas en las que puedes solicitar ciudadanía o incluso tener un título nobiliario". Business Insider España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ B, Alvaro Lopez (2017-02-09). "Micronaciones: ¿cómo son y cuál es su historia?". El Definido. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "Statistics - MicroWiki".
- ISBN 9788366839144 – via Onet.pl.
- ^ "MicroWiki:Copyrights". Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- S2CID 195031869. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-009-15012-5.
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