User:Samboy/VFD:IP

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 19:55, Jan 22, 2005 (UTC)

Imperial Post
It's the postal service of a micronation. No google hits excluding wikipedia for the "The Empire of Upper and Lower" micronation. Bogdan | Talk 08:37, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

"Whatcha up to today?" - "Not much, you?" - "Not much." - "Reckon we should start ourselves up a fake soverign nation up on that there Internet?" - "I reckon." - I reckon we should delete this nonsense. Starblind 10:04, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * On the Internet? In 1982?  --65.174.34.14 20:46, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - It seems like advertising. Certainly not notable. Venice 17:34, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete all micronations and anything associated with them. RickK 22:38, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe this article should be deleted, but your suggestion is facially absurd. Some micronations, such as Sealand, the Republic of Texas, &c. are obviously notable.  --Daniel C. Boyer 20:55, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Megan1967 01:35, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this nn ad. Wyss 03:01, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fantasy issues are only of interest to a small minority of philatelists-- mostly those who create them.  Edeans 05:40, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable, but I wouldn't mind buying one of their digital stamps! --Deathphoenix 04:39, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete—there's no way anyone designing stamps makes them look this bad. Stombs 10:38, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, obviously someone did design them, and obviously you think they "look this bad". So it's difficult to understand what you're getting at.  --Daniel C. Boyer 21:02, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: It is a rather common practice for local artists and printers to develop stamps, souvenir sheets and pictorial cancellations to be sold or given away at philatelic bourses.  These typically have some topical theme, usually not involving micronations.  I am unaware of any philatelic encyclopedia that would carry an article devoted to one particular fantasy issue, or set of issues, so why should it be expected that a general interest encyclopedia should?  Edeans 03:42, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * This may be true as far as it goes, but you seem not to have noticed that it says in the article that Imperial Post issues are not merely confined to these, but have also used for what is de facto local post (as well as airmail) deliveries. --Daniel C. Boyer 19:51, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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