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* The first main page featured article was [[Peter I Island]] on 13 March 2018. | * The first main page featured article was [[Peter I Island]] on 13 March 2018. | ||
* The first main page featured | * The first main page featured image was [[Media:Hollywood Minnie.jpg|a picture]] of Grand Duke Travis and [[President Kevin Baugh]] on Hollywood Boulevard taken by photographer [[Matt Roth]]. | ||
* The first [[Encyclopedia Westarctica: | * The first [[Encyclopedia Westarctica:Featured Quotes|featured quote]], posted on 9 September 2018 was: “If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” by Antoine de Saint Exupéry. | ||
===Records=== | ===Records=== | ||
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* The 200th article was on [[Disgraced noble]]s and was created on 7 April 2018. | * The 200th article was on [[Disgraced noble]]s and was created on 7 April 2018. | ||
* The 500th article was on [[Global warming]] and was created on 11 May 2018. | * The 500th article was on [[Global warming]] and was created on 11 May 2018. | ||
* The 1,000th article was on the [[Bennett Saddle]] and was created on 12 March 2022, on Encyclopedia Westarctica's 4th Anniversary. | |||
==Impetus for creation== | ==Impetus for creation== | ||
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===Attempts at resurrection=== | ===Attempts at resurrection=== | ||
On 19 October 2018, Wikipedia user ''YoYoHa588'' replaced Westarctica's redirect page on Wikipedia with a paragraph-long article heavily supported (line-by-line) with sources. This great hero of our nation, whose identity is still unknown, also included a link directly to Encyclopedia Westarctica, thereby making this encyclopedia a source for Wikipedia. | On 19 October 2018, Wikipedia user ''YoYoHa588'' replaced Westarctica's redirect page on Wikipedia with a paragraph-long article heavily supported (line-by-line) with sources. This great hero of our nation, whose identity is still unknown, also included a link directly to Encyclopedia Westarctica, thereby making this encyclopedia a source for Wikipedia. | ||
==Legacy== | |||
Encyclopedia Westarctica has inspired other micronationalists to create their own wikis, such as the Principality of the Northern Forests, who copied many of their digital assets directly from Westarctica's. | |||
In 2021, Grand Duke Travis used the shell of Encyclopedia Westarctica to create a "sister wiki" called the Occult Encyclopedia, a resource for mystical and arcane knowledge. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Protectorate_of_Westarctic Link to deletion thread] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Protectorate_of_Westarctic Link to deletion thread] | ||
* [https://www.occult.live/ The Occult Encyclopedia] | |||
[[Category:Encyclopedia Westarctica]] | [[Category:Encyclopedia Westarctica]] | ||
[[Category:Education in Westarctica]] | [[Category:Education in Westarctica]] | ||