Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States Territory of Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land Antarctica


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The result was   Speedied  by Orangemike. --B (talk) 20:58, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

United States Territory of Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land Antarctica

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I strongly suspect this article is a hoax. The area that has supposedly been claimed by the USA in Antarctica corresponds to the unshaded area marked as "unclaimed" on the maps included in the article! It also conflicts with our article Territorial claims of Antarctica. Apparently this territory was "organized" in 2009, but I can't find any news reference to it. And apparently the claim was under the Guano acts, which sounds most unconvincing - it seems as if it is a claim made by citizens not the state itself, which makes me wonder if this is being discussed as a microstate project? TheGrappler (talk) TheGrappler (talk) 13:08, 15 June 2010 (UTC) The article is not a hoax, please hold deletion until further review. An application is currently before the US Congress to appoint a committee of states,
 * Delete. In my official capacity as Emperor of Antarctica, Laurasia, and Gondwanaland and Lord Protector of Kerguelen, I pronounce this article null and void.  Besides, it would appear to contain obvious untruth: The Act enables citizens of the U.S.  to take possession of islands containing guano deposits such as Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land. Guano deposits in Antarctica? Antarctica is an island? - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 14:03, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete. Tagged for CSD G3 as an obvious hoax.  The United States, as a signatory of the Antarctic Treaty, makes no terrirorial claim on Antarctica, though reserves the right to do so in the future.  Movementarian (Talk) 14:17, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete G3 (hoax). So tagged. -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 17:50, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

for the territory and a Trust claim is currently

pending in Federal Court in New York.

You can also contact the US Department of State Boarders and Disputes division or the CIA World Factbook they should have been given notice by the State Department to change their entry for this area that was claimed United States territory and has been since 1929 and 1935. Usmblandela (talk) 19:00, 15 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Usmblandela (talk • contribs) 18:48, 15 June 2010 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Usmblandela (talk • contribs) 18:13, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * You got a Source for that? Spartaz Humbug! 19:43, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The link to DRV does nothing. The article has not been deleted, making DRV's entry into this completely moot. -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 19:49, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.