MicroWiki explained

MicroWiki
Collapsible:	yes
Commercial:	No
Type:	Online encyclopedia
Registration:	Required for editing
Language:	14 languages
Num Users:	47,000+
Owners:	MicroWiki Foundation
Author:	Fabian Schneider
Launch Date:	27 May 2005
Current Status:	Active

MicroWiki is a free online encyclopedia about micronations launched in 2005.^[1] It has since become the principal way in which Internet users document micronational matters, as most do not meet Wikipedia's notability requirements.^[2] It is maintained by volunteers using the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia.^[3] MicroWiki describes itself as "the largest encyclopedia about micronations".^{[4] [5] [6]}

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 Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license for its content.^[9] Articles can cover an individual person, micronation, government departments or other micronation related topics. The site has message forums on micronation-related discussions on the messaging application Discord.

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]

Notes and References

1. Micronations: Konstituierte Staaten in konstruierten Welten. Zur historischen Entwicklung von Mikronationen und ihren gegenwärtigen Ausprägungen. Andel. Irina Ulrike. 2010. Micronations: Constituted States in Constructed Worlds. On the historical development of micronations and their current manifestations. Master of Philosophy thesis. German. University of Vienna. 10. 3 October 2023.
2. Web site: Simon . Usborne . MicroCon 2015: Dictators of the world unite at world summit of micronations - countries too small to count . . 13 April 2015 . 11 May 2021.
3. Web site: Sites using MediaWiki/en. 11 May 2021. MediaWiki.
4. Hayward . Philip . Khamis . Susie . 2015 . Fleeting and Partial Autonomy: A historical account of quasi-micronational initiatives on Lundy Island and their contemporary reconfiguration on MicroWiki.. Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures. 9 . 78. 1834-6057. 15 April 2021.
5. Web site: Esteban . Cristina Fernández . 2020-09-08 . 11 micronaciones absurdas en las que puedes solicitar ciudadanía o incluso tener un título nobiliario . 2022-03-15 . Business Insider España . es.
6. Web site: B . Alvaro Lopez . 2017-02-09 . Micronaciones: ¿cómo son y cuál es su historia? . 2022-03-15 . El Definido.
7. Web site: Statistics - MicroWiki .
8. Book: Grzenkowicz . Maciej . Tycipaństwa. Księżniczki, bitcoiny i kraje wymyślone . 2021 . Wydawnictwo Poznańskie . 9788366839144 . Polish . Onet.pl.
9. Web site: MicroWiki:Copyrights. 11 May 2021. English.
10. Hayward . Philip . 2018 . Secessionism, submergence and Siteresponsive art: The Embassy of the Commonwealth of New Bayswater at the 1st Fremantle Biennale. Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures. 12 . 163–168. 10.21463/shima.12.1.14 . 195031869 . 1834-6057. 15 April 2021.
11. Book: Hobbs . Harry . Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty . Williams . George . 2022 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-009-15012-5 . Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law . Cambridge.