Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maritime Republic of Eastport

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was speedy keep per WP:SK#1. A valid rationale for deletion relative to Wikipedia's Wikipedia:Deletion policy is not present. See WP:DEL-REASON for examples of valid rationales.

Notability on English Wikipedia does not always hinge upon whether or not something is "true", or factual. For example, note some of the entries at List of hoaxes. These articles include content about topics that are not literally true or factual in nature, but the topics are generally notable, relative to the topics themselves meeting various notability guidelines.

No prejudice against a speedy renomination that includes a valid rationale relative to Deletion policy. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:14, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Maritime Republic of Eastport

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Not a true "micronation", a joke: "tongue-in-cheek", "mock secession", "jocular". Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:27, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:02, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Beyond My Ken: Though it is not a "true micronation", Eastport is in fact an actual neighbourhood community of Annapolis, Maryland with about 2,500 residents. It is officially recognised as a neighbourhood by the Annapolis authority, and has been covered in reliable sources (like The Washington Post), which I believe passes the general notability for geographic features. I chose to establish this article in this way as the neighbourhood was best known for its claim as a micronation with several mentions of it in reliable publications. Though, if you would prefer, I could rephrase the article to reflect the micronation claim as less important than the community and neighbourhood itself (like changing the micronation infobox to settlement or something similar instead for starters) rather than resorting to deleting the whole article? (Like L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec) – also I would like to add that there are a number of satirical/jocular micronations, like for instance Nutopia or the Kingdom of Wallachia. Anonymous 7481 (talk) 13:19, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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.