User talk:Arkore

A tag has been placed on The Free Republic of Oolongabad, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add  on the top of the page (below the existing db tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. -- PubliusFL 14:57, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Arkore. You asked "Is it the case that regardless of what the nation does (ie diplomatic letters to government, communication with media sources such as magazines or the use of unique technology) that it would not qualify as article worthy unless someone else writes a book ect.. about it?" To an extent that is true, in that Wikipedia is not about what a nation does, but what can be verified. Anyone can *claim* that they wrote letters to macronational governments, communicated with media sources, or use unique technology, but Wikipedia can't cover it unless it's verifiable. That is, there must be reliable independent sources to support the basic claims of the article. That can be books, newspaper articles, magazine articles, etc. But we can't just take people's word for it. See WP:ATT, the Wikipedia attribution policy, for more information. PubliusFL 08:04, 17 March 2007 (UTC)