[OSM-talk] Sealand

[Robert (Jamie) Munro]

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Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 05:04:27PM +0000, David Earl wrote:
>> On 25/11/2007 16:40, OJW wrote:
>>> On Sunday 25 November 2007 14:26:26 David Earl wrote:
>>>> I've changed it to place=island rather than place=country!
>>> interesting choice.  
>>  >
>>> anyway, we presumably want a tag which covers these things (and most of them 
>>> aren't islands) so that they don't show-up on an outline map of Europe
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Micronations
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Independent_cities
>>>
>>> and maybe even
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Special_territories
>> Come on, it's none of these - it's someone's little joke!
>>
>> It's appears to be a man made platform in the North Sea, with no 
>> official status.
> 
> "Since 1967, the installation has been occupied by associates and family
> of Paddy Roy Bates, a former radio broadcaster and former British Army
> Major, who claims that it is a sovereign and independent state.[5]"

I think that the policy suggested for Cyprus should apply here. What do
the people who live there think it is, even if others outside have a
claim to it and declare the local people's view to be illegal. Therefore
I propose that it goes on the map as a country or principality or
whatever it claims to be, and notes could be added to say that this is
in dispute.

Robert (Jamie) Munro
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