Talk:Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 22:59, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a. (prose, spelling, and grammar):

   Not much to do.

   b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a. (reference section):

   b. (citations to reliable sources):

   Appreciate the use of a separate section to "cite the book" for its summary.

   c. (OR):

   d. (copyvio and plagiarism):

   Earwig mostly catches long book titles.

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a. (major aspects):

   Only eight references besides the book itself, but it doesn't seem there is much additional coverage to be had of anything missing.

   b. (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a. (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):

   Book cover has NFCC.

   b. (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   Encouragement: Add alt text.

7. Overall:

   Pass/fail:

   This will not take long to fix up.

(Criteria marked are unassessed)

Copy changes

• It is one of few works on micronational movements, and one of the earliest published books to focus largely on the legal aspects of micronations. Remove comma: User:Sammi Brie/Commas in sentences
• Use logical quotes by moving the punctuation outside of quotes here:
  • "Prince Leonard Prepares for War," (occurs 5 times in Content)
  • "should be welcomed as a building block for research into micronations as it provides an in-depth examination of this phenomenon." (This is a sentence fragment, thus period outside quotes.)
  • "lively and accessible style, avoiding losing itself in technicalities and legal terminology," ... "narrows the subject matter and avoids conflations."
  • "another important contribution to the growing body of literature on the diversity of sovereign forms and the multiplicity of pathways to and types of statehood," This comma will need to go for another reason...
• Jack Corbett, reviewing the book for Small States & Territories, wrote that Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty is "another important contribution to the growing body of literature on the diversity of sovereign forms and the multiplicity of pathways to and types of statehood," however disliked that the work offered only a surface analysis on the definition of sovereignty while mostly implying the subjectivity of statehood. This sentence clamors for a semicolon. Jack Corbett, reviewing the book for Small States & Territories, wrote that Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty is "another important contribution to the growing body of literature on the diversity of sovereign forms and the multiplicity of pathways to and types of statehood"; however, he disliked that the work offered only a surface analysis on the definition of sovereignty while mostly implying the subjectivity of statehood.

Spot checks

• 2 (Shima): Attributed and accurately reproduced quote. Y
• 5 (Corbett): Attributed quote and well-reworded version of his analysis. Y
• 8 (Sydney Morning Herald): A review of the follow-up book which was published by NewSouth (apparently a subsidiary of UNSW Press). Y

@Sammi Brie: Thanks for the review! I believe I have addressed your points and added the alt text. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 04:30, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Theleekycauldron (talk) 15:33, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

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• Article history

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• ... that the book Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty is one of the earliest published books to focus largely on the legal aspects of micronations? Source: https://shimajournal.org/article/10.21463/shima.159.pdf
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Improved to Good Article status by LunaEatsTuna (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 03:08, 13 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Starting this review. Ktin (talk) 04:28, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article meets all eligibility criteria. Surprised that no one has picked this up for review close to a month after the nomination. Re: the sourcing for the hook, the journal link draws on a feature review by a reviewer (academic) in the journal. Specifically, it draws on these two lines I presume -- Despite the increasing number of articles regarding micronations being published, thereis a dearth of books regarding this topic. Therefore, Hobbs & Williams’ Micronations-and-the-Search-for-Sovereignty (202)shouldbewelcomed as a building block for research into micronations as it provides an in depth examination of this phenomenon.. Two questions to the nominator: Does this review of the book by an academic reviewer suffice to say that this is one of the earliest books on the topic? Also, I am good with this hook, but, can we do something here to increase its appeal to a relatively lay audience? I will defer to the nominator on the second question on interestingness. Nice work. Ktin (talk) 04:47, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

• A ping to Onegreatjoke. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 18:41, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Withdraw. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:02, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

The Limits and Dangers to Micro-nations

Given the events in the Middle East, is there not a chance for a section about some of the very clear and most present dangers to small nations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.110.75.41 (talk) 08:41, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

91.110.75.41, I'm pretty sure you can add that info to the Micronation article as long as you have reliable sources to support them. — Davest3r08 >:) ^(talk) 15:16, 25 November 2023 (UTC)