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8 Dec 2003

Incorrect. It started off that way, but has evolved as more. It exists independantly from
NS. It has its own web pages, outside NationStates. I do see your point not all
micronations can be listed, and that Ariddia is far from a major one. I'm withdrawing
request for it to be listed - though I do appreciate your replies. In future, perhaps Rick
could bother to be a little more curteous, and to check up on what he's talking about.
Just a friendly suggestion. All in all, keep up the good work in Wikipedia! Thank you for
your time, and sorry for the bother.

Regards,
Adrian

Message du 07/12/03 08:38
De : Rick 
A : aridd(a)wanadoo.fr, English Wikipedia 
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Objet : Re: [WikiEN-l] Question

Ariddia is the creation of this user on NationStates, which is a GAME.  The creations at
NationStates are not to be considered as even on the same level as the crackpot
"nations" that crop up from time to time on [[List of microstates]].  *I* have a
country on NationStates, and if you look at any of the informatoin on that page, you can
see that NOBODY on NationStates take their creations seriously.  There are THOUSANDS of
fake "nations" on NationStates.  If everybody there wanted to come to Wikipedia
to add their fake country to it, we would be swamped (I know, "slipper slope
argument").  But Ariddia is not a real place, it is not registered at a real place,
it is not intended to be a real place, it is nothing but a place created to play the
game.

RickK

aridd wrote:
Greetings. 

I have a question, and I hope this is the right place to ask it... I saw that Wikipedia
has a page listing micronations and with links to other pages containing information on
each of those micronations. I contributed a page with a micronation. It was deleted, and I
received an IP ban: 

Your user name or IP address has been blocked by RickK. The reason given is this: 
repeated creaton [sic] of nonsense articles 
You may contact RickK or one of the other administrators to discuss the block. 
Note that you may not use the "email this user" feature unless you have a valid
email address registered in your user preferences. 
Your IP address is . Please include this address in any queries you make. 

My entry was a serious one, and I only made one (NOT repeated entries). I understand that
Wikipedia might feel my contribution was not a useful one, and I will not repeat it.
Obviously, not everything can be accepted. However, I would have appreciated that
explanation being given me, rather than the above offensive message. 

I apologise for the invconveniance, and also if this was not the right place to send this
message. 

Kind regards, 
Adrian 

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