[WikiEN-l] Question

Mon Dec 8 12:06:40 UTC 2003

Jake wrote:

> I find people's use of "Micronation", especially as in the [[Micronation]]
> article, terribly inconsistent- the only way I've ever seen it used
outside
> of Wikipedia (Note the "I've seen", don't list Google results of other
uses,
> I'm sure they exist) is to refer to very small nations that actually exist
> and have some degree of legal recognition (even if it's just that they're
> islands outside any other nation's territory): [[Sealand]], North Dumpling
> (Dean Kamen's island, near Long Island- has a non-aggression pact with the
> US signed by then-President George H.W. Bush), and several dozen others.
> However, many people seem to use the term to describe entirely fictional
> entities with no territory. I would simply call these "Fantasy nations",
> "Imaginary nations", or something like that, as the prefix micro- makes no
> sense in that context.
>
> -- Jake

 The [[micronations]] article makes a distinction between "micronations" and
"microstates", but I've no idea if this is a common way of using the words.
I've never come across the concept before this, so am probably using it
wrong.

Regards

sannse