Deletion of Monovia

Comment: the article fails by a very long way to meet the  threshold for inclusion.  One mention in the "bizarre news" section of a local paper, and a photograph of the schoolboy in question at a gathering of like-minded individuals do not make a proper basis for an article, how much some of the editors commenting above might wish it to be the case
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: Fails . A humor piece about something a local schoolboy made up one day is not an adequate basis  or topic for an encyclopedia article. (And "real micronation" seems like an oxymoron
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: My suspicion is that all of the keep !votes are from |sockpuppets
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry (WP:SOCK)

Comment: While there ''is'' one source cited which meets Wikipedia's criteria for |reliable sources, the |notability criteria require multiple sources.  Also, this news article appears to be of a description of a local novelty, not of something which the article claims any significance for.  I think that  would apply.  It is possible for a micronation to meet Wikipedia's notability criteria, and in fact our List of micronations is quite long, but unless more sources with a stronger claim to notability are published, I don't think that this is a notable micronation
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:ORG||WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: The Northern Forest Archipelago has a four-page profile in Lonely Planet's guide to micronations, which is a pretty strong claim to notability, and it's still under deletion discussion.  Monovia, as far as I could see, was not mentioned in that book.  No double-standard, just two different micronations.  The list is a list of Wikipedia articles about micronations- any links to nonexistent articles on that list would quickly be removed by someone.  The question at hand in ''this'' discussion is whether Monovia meets Wikipedia's |notability criteria
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ORG)