List of micronations is intended to be a list of notable micronations  You can read about the general concept of notability at WPNO ILITY  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 thats the main one  We especially dont want things that clearly just fall under WPMADEUP  As to how to physically type in a reference the easiest thing to do would be to discuss the reliable sources on the articles discussion page first to get feedback from other people  Frankly ever since that book about micronations came out weve been deleting about three nonnotable contributions a week because everybodys eager to make up a micronation and get in on Wikipedia  The new ones that have been added generally havent made it without some discussion first so thats 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 theres anything else I can help with