List of micronations is intended to be a list of notable micronations You can read about the general concept of notability at WP NOTABILITY The problem is that a lot of people invent a micronation with two friends one night and then try to put it on Wikipedia Generally notability requires that has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject That could be articles in newspapers or magazine TV coverage mentions in academic books that sort of thing There are other ways to become encyclopedically notable but that s the main one We especially don t want things that clearly just fall under WP MADEUP As to how to physically type in a reference the easiest thing to do would be to discuss the reliable sources on the article s discussion page first to get feedback from other people Frankly ever since that book about micronations came out we ve been deleting about three non notable contributions a week because everybody s eager to make up a micronation and get in on Wikipedia The new ones that have been added generally haven t made it without some discussion first so that s the place to start Once we get past that point we can worry about how to format the citation for the article Please let me know if there s anything else I can help with talk