Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands

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The result of the debate was keep moink 07:05, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands

Delete all micronations. Rick K 23:12, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
Keep This article needs to be re-written in a NPOV but I see no reason to delete it.MicahMN | Talk 23:14, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete. From article: the population of people actually living on the islands is zero Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 23:22, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
Keep and NPOV. This group has gained high-circulation press coverage in Australia; I'm personally aware of three different news reports in recent months. --Gene_poole 23:31, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
keep this too please Yuckfoo 01:23, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete. This isn't a "micronation", it's a batch of press releases. --Calton | Talk 01:48, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete micronations and "secessionist" movements that don't actually secede. android↔talk 03:01, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
- Then we should delete Quebec sovereignty movement! MicahMN | Talk 14:25, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  - Okay, maybe that was overly broad. My point is: people who want Quebec to secede from Canada actually live in Quebec. No one lives on these islands. It's more a publicity stunt than an actual movement, though I am reconsidering my vote based on the press coverage. android↔talk 14:34, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
Delete Kevin Rector (talk) 03:43, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Per Starblind and Calton, etc. Niteowlneils 03:58, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Another ridiculous micronation. Indrian 05:04, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
Delete: joke/promo. Destroy all micronations. Wile E. Heresiarch 05:31, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Keep, and cleanup. Received press coverage in Australia. Megan1967 08:00, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Keep on the basis of high-circulation press coverage. Kappa 11:01, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Keep Lots of media coverage. EdwinHJ | Talk 13:37, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Provisional keep if someone comes up with their proposed law of succession. -- Smerdis of Tlön 14:09, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Comment. If the keep votes are based on press coverage, could we have some links to press articles? None have been given to verify this. SteveW | Talk 22:31, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I've just added the 2 most recent media references of which I'm aware, from Australia and the UK. --Gene_poole 02:42, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Keep - good luck to them. - Longhair | Talk 09:13, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete, nonsensical. R adiant _* 09:23, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. It's more than a 'micronation' article. It documents a political protest pertaining to a very relevant cultural phenomenon: gay marriage.Tobycat 03:58, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Keep. It's not a successionist movement, not even a micronation, really. It's more of a political stunt, I agree. But it seems to be a somewhat notable political stunt since I heard about it, outside of WP, over here on the other side of the planet. And we do have articles for notable political stunts. Jonathunder 07:05, 2005 Apr 28 (UTC)
Well, I'm inclined to agree that this was a political stunt rather than a real attempt to create a micronation. It also appears to have been a flash in the pan - more appropriate to a newspaper than an encyclopedia. I wish we could transwiki to WikiNews. As it is, I have to vote delete. Rossami (talk) 23:31, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 09:28, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Keep. I see no reason to delete it. Jasenlee 09:27, May 8, 2005 (UTC)

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