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Westarctica at 17:34, 22 July 2023

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	'''Encyclopedia Westarctica''' is the official encyclopedia for information about ~~'''~~[[Westarctica]]~~'''~~.		'''Encyclopedia Westarctica''' is the official encyclopedia for information about [[Westarctica]].

	==Introduction==		==Introduction==

Westarctica at 18:17, 8 September 2021

2021-09-08T18:17:04Z

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	!<h2 style="margin:0;background:#ffdd75;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #E5C669;text-align:center;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Encyclopedia Westarctica Staff</h2>		!<h2 style="margin:0;background:#ffdd75;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #E5C669;text-align:center;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Encyclopedia Westarctica Staff</h2>
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	\|style="color:#000;text-align:center;"\|Editor-in-Chief: [[User:Westarctica\|Grand Duke Travis]]<br>~~Senior Wiki Admin: [[User:Baron_of_Bastanchury\|Baron of Bastanchury]]<br>Deputy~~ Wiki Admin: [[User:DukeBearPeninsula\|Duke of the Bear Peninsula]]<br>~~Technical Admin~~: [[~~Prince-Consort Dinny~~]]		\|style="color:#000;text-align:center;"\|Editor-in-Chief: [[User:Westarctica\|Grand Duke Travis]]<br>Wiki Admin: [[User:DukeBearPeninsula\|Duke of the Bear Peninsula]]<br>Contributor: [[User:Baron_of_Bastanchury\|Count of Dendtler]]
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Westarctica: /* With gratitude */

2019-01-26T20:12:24Z

With gratitude

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	==With gratitude==		==With gratitude==
	Encyclopedia Westarctica owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the creators and administrators of '''[https://~~www.Micronations~~.wiki/ MicroWiki]'''. Emperor Jonathan's pioneering vision for a wiki that would hold all available information about micronations as well as become a community hub for all micronationalists, was a true inspiration that helped lead to the creation of Encyclopedia Westarctica.		Encyclopedia Westarctica owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the creators and administrators of '''[https://micronations.wiki/ MicroWiki]'''. Emperor Jonathan's pioneering vision for a wiki that would hold all available information about micronations as well as become a community hub for all micronationalists, was a true inspiration that helped lead to the creation of Encyclopedia Westarctica.

	His Imperial Majesty and the entire staff at MicroWiki have worked tirelessly to keep their community growing for nearly 20 years and MicroWiki has been a great resource for information about all micronations big and small.		His Imperial Majesty and the entire staff at MicroWiki have worked tirelessly to keep their community growing for nearly 20 years and MicroWiki has been a great resource for information about all micronations big and small.

Westarctica: Gave Jordan admin priviledges.

2018-11-20T06:42:22Z

Gave Jordan admin priviledges.

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Westarctica at 19:15, 14 September 2018

2018-09-14T19:15:03Z

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	~~<!-- Encyclopedia Westarctica Staff -->~~
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	'''Encyclopedia Westarctica''' is the official encyclopedia for information about '''[[Westarctica]]'''.		'''Encyclopedia Westarctica''' is the official encyclopedia for information about '''[[Westarctica]]'''.

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	We must also express our disappointment, however, with the way that a number of Wikipedia editors and admins have treated micronation-related information on their site, and with the double standards which we have seen applied to works there. The Wikipedia article on Westarctica, supported with a number of references to non-trivial discussion in independent reliable secondary published sources, was deleted after seven years on a premise of "I don't like it" and converted into a redirect to the article on Travis McHenry. The parliamentary means by which this was done and the duplicity with which it was handled was striking for an organization so priding itself of authenticity and accuracy. It did nothing to increase the world's knowledge, and instead served more to blow out the light of effort of those who had worked to create an article on a legitimately notable subject.		We must also express our disappointment, however, with the way that a number of Wikipedia editors and admins have treated micronation-related information on their site, and with the double standards which we have seen applied to works there. The Wikipedia article on Westarctica, supported with a number of references to non-trivial discussion in independent reliable secondary published sources, was deleted after seven years on a premise of "I don't like it" and converted into a redirect to the article on Travis McHenry. The parliamentary means by which this was done and the duplicity with which it was handled was striking for an organization so priding itself of authenticity and accuracy. It did nothing to increase the world's knowledge, and instead served more to blow out the light of effort of those who had worked to create an article on a legitimately notable subject.



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Westarctica at 19:13, 14 September 2018

2018-09-14T19:13:55Z

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			<!-- Encyclopedia Westarctica Staff -->
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			\|style="color:#000;text-align:center;"\|Editor-in-Chief: [[User:Westarctica\|Grand Duke Travis]]<br>Senior Wiki Admin: [[User:Baron_of_Bastanchury\|Baron of Bastanchury]]<br>Technical Admin: [[Prince-Consort Dinny]]
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	'''Encyclopedia Westarctica''' is the official encyclopedia for information about '''[[Westarctica]]'''.		'''Encyclopedia Westarctica''' is the official encyclopedia for information about '''[[Westarctica]]'''.

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	We must also express our disappointment, however, with the way that a number of Wikipedia editors and admins have treated micronation-related information on their site, and with the double standards which we have seen applied to works there. The Wikipedia article on Westarctica, supported with a number of references to non-trivial discussion in independent reliable secondary published sources, was deleted after seven years on a premise of "I don't like it" and converted into a redirect to the article on Travis McHenry. The parliamentary means by which this was done and the duplicity with which it was handled was striking for an organization so priding itself of authenticity and accuracy. It did nothing to increase the world's knowledge, and instead served more to blow out the light of effort of those who had worked to create an article on a legitimately notable subject.		We must also express our disappointment, however, with the way that a number of Wikipedia editors and admins have treated micronation-related information on their site, and with the double standards which we have seen applied to works there. The Wikipedia article on Westarctica, supported with a number of references to non-trivial discussion in independent reliable secondary published sources, was deleted after seven years on a premise of "I don't like it" and converted into a redirect to the article on Travis McHenry. The parliamentary means by which this was done and the duplicity with which it was handled was striking for an organization so priding itself of authenticity and accuracy. It did nothing to increase the world's knowledge, and instead served more to blow out the light of effort of those who had worked to create an article on a legitimately notable subject.


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Westarctica: /* With scorn */

2018-09-14T19:13:18Z

With scorn

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	We must also express our disappointment, however, with the way that a number of Wikipedia editors and admins have treated micronation-related information on their site, and with the double standards which we have seen applied to works there. The Wikipedia article on Westarctica, supported with a number of references to non-trivial discussion in independent reliable secondary published sources, was deleted after seven years on a premise of "I don't like it" and converted into a redirect to the article on Travis McHenry. The parliamentary means by which this was done and the duplicity with which it was handled was striking for an organization so priding itself of authenticity and accuracy. It did nothing to increase the world's knowledge, and instead served more to blow out the light of effort of those who had worked to create an article on a legitimately notable subject.		We must also express our disappointment, however, with the way that a number of Wikipedia editors and admins have treated micronation-related information on their site, and with the double standards which we have seen applied to works there. The Wikipedia article on Westarctica, supported with a number of references to non-trivial discussion in independent reliable secondary published sources, was deleted after seven years on a premise of "I don't like it" and converted into a redirect to the article on Travis McHenry. The parliamentary means by which this was done and the duplicity with which it was handled was striking for an organization so priding itself of authenticity and accuracy. It did nothing to increase the world's knowledge, and instead served more to blow out the light of effort of those who had worked to create an article on a legitimately notable subject.


	<!-- Encyclopedia Westarctica Staff -->		<!-- Encyclopedia Westarctica Staff -->

Baron of Bastanchury: /* With scorn */ ...but we're not bitter!

2018-07-18T10:19:22Z

With scorn: ...but we're not bitter!

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	We would be remiss if we failed to thank '''[https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]''' for its various contributions. Without the free programing, templates, and articles, Encyclopedia Westarctica would look terrible and have little information of value outside of our micronational articles.		We would be remiss if we failed to thank '''[https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]''' for its various contributions. Without the free programing, templates, and articles, Encyclopedia Westarctica would look terrible and have little information of value outside of our micronational articles.

	We also ~~owe an even bigger debt to~~ the ~~hoards~~ of ~~bottom~~-~~dwelling admins, moderators, and bureaucrats over at Wikipedia. Without~~ their ~~ignorant~~, ~~pedantic, ego-fueled, petty worldviews~~ and ~~pathetic attempts at human existence,~~ we ~~wouldn't~~ have ~~had a reason~~ to ~~create Encyclopedia~~ Westarctica ~~in the first place!~~		We must also express our disappointment, however, with the way that a number of Wikipedia editors and admins have treated micronation-related information on their site, and with the double standards which we have seen applied to works there. The Wikipedia article on Westarctica, supported with a number of references to non-trivial discussion in independent reliable secondary published sources, was deleted after seven years on a premise of "I don't like it" and converted into a redirect to the article on Travis McHenry. The parliamentary means by which this was done and the duplicity with which it was handled was striking for an organization so priding itself of authenticity and accuracy. It did nothing to increase the world's knowledge, and instead served more to blow out the light of effort of those who had worked to create an article on a legitimately notable subject.

	~~Their hateful~~, ~~malicious, attempt to maintain Wikipedia as some kind of dull reflection~~ of ~~their own bitter soul has led~~ to ~~the decline~~ of ~~that fair volume of knowledge~~ and ~~successfully transformed it from an encyclopedia ''anyone'' can edit~~ into a ~~cesspool of arrogance and fear carefully curated by basement-dwelling losers with no better way to spend their time than throwing temper tantrums over the latest updates~~ to the article on ~~''My Little Pony''~~.

	~~Sadly, those tantrums~~ and the ~~flame wars that result are their only form~~ of ~~human contact~~. ~~We should pity them. And use bots~~ to ~~submit endless takedown requests of their most prized articles.~~

	~~While there are plenty of decent Wikipedia admins, there are many horrible bottom-feeders such as users: ''Jameslwoodward'~~', ~~''RoySmith'', ''John Pack Lambert'', ''DGG'', ''TimBuck2'', ''TimTempleton'', ''ValarianB'', ''Slideshow Bob'', among other slimeballs in a sea~~ of ~~slime too numerous~~ to ~~mention~~.

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Westarctica: added section about account creation

2018-06-22T05:34:04Z

added section about account creation

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	# Digitally preserve all available information about Westarctica from primary and secondary sources.		# Digitally preserve all available information about Westarctica from primary and secondary sources.

	==With ~~Gratitude~~==		==Editing and getting an account==
			Anyone with an interest in Westarctica or Antarctica is encouraged to contribute to the collection knowledge found in Encyclopedia Westarctica. After a series of attacks by bots on 21 June 2018, we were forced to disable account creation for new users. However, you can still get an account by sending a request to Westarctica's admin e-mail address (found on the footer of every page of Westarctica.info).

			''"Ask and ye shall receive!"''

			==With gratitude==
	Encyclopedia Westarctica owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the creators and administrators of '''[https://www.Micronations.wiki/ MicroWiki]'''. Emperor Jonathan's pioneering vision for a wiki that would hold all available information about micronations as well as become a community hub for all micronationalists, was a true inspiration that helped lead to the creation of Encyclopedia Westarctica.		Encyclopedia Westarctica owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the creators and administrators of '''[https://www.Micronations.wiki/ MicroWiki]'''. Emperor Jonathan's pioneering vision for a wiki that would hold all available information about micronations as well as become a community hub for all micronationalists, was a true inspiration that helped lead to the creation of Encyclopedia Westarctica.

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	Also deserving of thanks is the United Empire of [[Slabovia]], a [[micronation]] whose entire '''[http://www.slabovia.com official website]''' consists of an informative wiki that relays all relevant facts and history about the country.		Also deserving of thanks is the United Empire of [[Slabovia]], a [[micronation]] whose entire '''[http://www.slabovia.com official website]''' consists of an informative wiki that relays all relevant facts and history about the country.

	==With ~~Scorn~~==		==With scorn==
	We would be remiss if we failed to thank '''[https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]''' for its various contributions. Without the free programing, templates, and articles, Encyclopedia Westarctica would look terrible and have little information of value outside of our micronational articles.		We would be remiss if we failed to thank '''[https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]''' for its various contributions. Without the free programing, templates, and articles, Encyclopedia Westarctica would look terrible and have little information of value outside of our micronational articles.

Westarctica: /* Mission */

2018-06-21T07:32:16Z

Mission

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	==Mission==		==Mission==
	The primary goals of Encyclopedia Westarctica are:		The primary goals of [[Encyclopedia Westarctica]] are:

	# Answer any question that could possibly be asked about Westarctica: especially its people, places, and mission.		# Answer any question that could possibly be asked about Westarctica: especially its people, places, and mission.