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Although the Westarctica article had been under assault since the first day it was created on Wikipedia, in July 2017, the attacks against the article increased dramatically and became especially vile. It is unknown what happened in the personal lives of these three users during this time to turn them into such bitter, pedantic, grotesque mutations with no regard for civility or human decency, but none of Westarctica's defenders were able to stand up to their unrelenting assault--not on Westarctica's legitimacy as a nation--but on the right of the human race to have the word "Westarctica" included in its bank of collective knowledge. Their position was that Westarctica is entirely un-notable and would never possibly be of interest to anyone. | Although the Westarctica article had been under assault since the first day it was created on Wikipedia, in July 2017, the attacks against the article increased dramatically and became especially vile. It is unknown what happened in the personal lives of these three users during this time to turn them into such bitter, pedantic, grotesque mutations with no regard for civility or human decency, but none of Westarctica's defenders were able to stand up to their unrelenting assault--not on Westarctica's legitimacy as a nation--but on the right of the human race to have the word "Westarctica" included in its bank of collective knowledge. Their position was that Westarctica is entirely un-notable and would never possibly be of interest to anyone. | ||
Defenders of the article, heroes such as user ''Dolberty'' and ''Vyacheslav84'', provided dozens of sources from newspapers (''The Independent'', ''The Japan Times'', ''The Washington Post''), magazines (''Reader's Digest'', ''The Saturday Evening Post'', ''The Week''), and books from publishers (Lonely Planet) around the world. Every single one of these sources were dismissed with ignorant comments such as: "There's no independent coverage of this at all." | Defenders of the article, heroes such as user ''Dolberty'' and ''Vyacheslav84'', provided [[Westarctica in the Media|dozens of sources]] from newspapers (''The Independent'', ''The Japan Times'', ''The Washington Post''), magazines (''Reader's Digest'', ''The Saturday Evening Post'', ''The Week''), and books from publishers (Lonely Planet) around the world. Every single one of these sources were dismissed with ignorant comments such as: "There's no independent coverage of this at all." | ||
Then came the sad day on 22 July 2017 when it was announced in a micronations group on Facebook that Westarctica had fallen prey to the vultures of Wikipedia. Westarctica's existence on the "free encyclopedia anyone can edit" was erased from history with the simple words: | Then came the sad day on 22 July 2017 when it was announced in a micronations group on Facebook that Westarctica had fallen prey to the vultures of Wikipedia. Westarctica's existence on the "free encyclopedia anyone can edit" was erased from history with the simple words: | ||