Talk:Alexandria

Guys, I give in. Chinstrap will be a USA city with "special status", like Quebec in Canada or Hong Kong and Macau in China. Chinstrap will have its own currency, government, etc, but will be owned by the USA. I hope you guys agree with me. --Brant (talk) 05:07, 11 February 2015 (UTC)


 * No special currency. --CanadaFlag.png Bro  Talk to me! OHYEAH.png 05:57, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

There are two reasons this should be allowed to stay as a Free Republic. First, I think any countries imported from the old wiki for users who are moving should be grandfathered in as countries or Free Republics rather than deleted or reduced to cities; as a sign of good faith and cooperation on our end (as long as the country can fit in our continuity). Second, I told him the other day that it could be a Free Republic... so I think it'd seem unprofessional for the administration to go back on their words (yes, even if it means a lecture to me in the future for my bad call).  Wanna Talk?   06:45, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd say he's welcome to make it a republic only but not a Free Republic. BluePuffle.pngPerapin 07:08, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Sorry guys but I think that this should be deleted if he doesn't start changing this into a city within 3 days. -- Slender  Talk to me   03:01, 19 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Last I heard it's going to be a Free Republic. CKSig.png  Wanna Talk?   03:52, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Ck's right. You called Chinstrap a "Free Republic." I'm not lying. Check SN's talk page. --Brant (talk) 05:48, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Article Improvements
Hi Brant; I'm gonna say why I made the changes that I did.
 * The Governance is the electrical power of Antarctica.
 * It was founded in 1881 after the telegraph, thus it wouldn't make much sense for your company to be founded in 1870.
 * Also, I said it was bought out in 1902 to tie the two together, and I saw something about the P.O.P.E. buying rival countries in 1902 (I saw it on the Governance history section)


 * It makes sense that the HPC annexed it, since they made themselves known as an independent nation, and they were only 20 miles off the coast.
 * Even if you don't like this, it wasn't a part of Puffle'and like you said in the "culture" section. You said it was founded by Puffish refugees, so they wouldn't have actually claimed it for Puffle'and. So, a better way to put it would be "Since the country was founded by Puffish refugees, much of the culture is similar to that of Puffle'and".

So, I hope this makes you reconsider my changes.  Wanna Talk?   05:36, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Ok I agree with you. --Brant (talk) 00:09, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Full-on ripoff.
This is a full-on ripoff of my work from Fandom. I finally decided to join, seeing how we ARE a scrap heap, yes, but the only reason Brant quit, was not because of the quality of the articles, but in actual fact because I wouldn't give him Chinstrap. Now, Brant Icepond as he would like to be known, or perhaps AwesomeWiki2014, has come here and has actually ripped off my work. The name, most of the culture.

No, this is not a parody of Plymouth Colony or the early US. This is a ripoff of a parody of Andorra and The Netherlands. Now I'm not here to support Fandom, I wanted to join here, but I'd like someone to explain why Brant has just stolen my work. And yes, I know I was wrong for stealing the soldier artwork.

Toddle1grey (talk) 07:47, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Uhh
Am I the only one who thinks this article has some ooc in it? For example, it seems Mary Sue, having "good economy, no fat levels, great transportation and technology, a non-corrupt government, strong military" etc. Also, the population is a whopping 5 million, for a relatively unknown city-state (250 sq. miles, about the same size as Singapore, 4/5 size of NYC). Even with a nice history, I don't think it's right to just allow Chinstrap to become some prominent, well-known country after four months of existence.

So, I'd personally suggest a non-biased person goes in and re-writes the article, or what needs to be re-written. Also, I'd lower the population to maybe 2 million, and suggest taking out all of the OOC/Mary sue stuff. It can have a military, but there's no reason for a tiny place like Chinstrap to have some amazing "military might", in my opinion at least. It's also a Free Republic of the US, and if I remember correctly the USA is supposed to protect their free republics (so it shouldn't need a terribly large military anyways). Just my opinions, but I want to know what other people think. I don't know if it's just me (again), but I think that with all the Mary Sue stuff, Chinstrap shouldn't be a HQA, despite how long it is.  Wanna Talk?   01:04, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Usually, I would agree, but it doesn't say no fat levels, and it says developing economy, not "good." It also doesn't say military might, it just says its "somewhat powerful." And 50,000 is not a "terribly large" military. Also, the USA is constantly attacked by Snowzerland, and in the end, Snowzerland basically takes the USA. I wouldn't say that a country is "strong" if a 2,000,000,000 penguin nation gets defeated by about 20,000,000 one. And if Chinstrap isn't an HQA, then what is?

-- Brant  ( talk ) 01:29, 20 June 2015 (UTC)


 * As far as I know, Porcyal imports are limited to just the Axle Powers from Culldrome, where they are the only places found other than my variant, which is the Infinite Engine. Also, no government is ever corrupt from anything: power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. A literacy rate of 99% is maintained in the U.S, but it's impossible to ever get it to 100% due to the fact people may or may not want to learn. I also noticed you already established a space program, something of which Ed Island mainly pioneered, and I don't know if you two spoke on it or not...

If it's okay with CK, I think I can correct some wrongs and/or Mary Sue's within the article to bring it down to a reasonable level. I'm not talking nuclear bomb bad but minor nerfs and re-iterations of things that may be seen as a mary sue. -  Wonderweez  ( Talk · Contribs ) 07:07, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Well, if you want to correct it, put it in your sandbox, then show me. Also, I didn't know that Porcyals were limited to the Axle Powers. And I didn't establish a space program yet, but just put it there for the future.

-- Brant  ( talk ) 16:34, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Chinstrap
Geographic features aside, how is this remotely even like Singapore? -- Slender  Talk to me   08:28, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Population. Puffish colonial settlement.

-- Brant  ( talk ) 18:05, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

OOC rights
You say you have OOC rights, and while that is true, that doesn't mean no one can edit it. Admins/experienced users who recognize a mary sue-ish country/thing when they see one may have the right to revert at the administrator's discretion. As an administrator and experienced user, me, along with CK have told you countless times again and again that your country can't be utopia, and that your population of 5 mil is way too much for a country like Chinstrap. What we have given you, a population of 2 mil, is in my opinion fair as possible, even generous to that extent. As CK said, this is your last warning/revert of such until we decide to take action against such. Please, do not revert this. -  Wonderweez  ( Talk · Contribs ) 04:04, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Mectrixctic said it was okay. And my country is not a utopia. I also am planning on doing land reclamation to decrease population density.

-- Brant  ( talk ) 04:12, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Even though Mec said it was okay, me and CK are the ones whom should be handling this. Your country is based off of Singapore. Not a direct parody of such since we have so many of those. -  Wonderweez  ( Talk · Contribs ) 04:14, 25 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Just like Margate is based off of Singapore, but it's obviously very different. The same should be said for and seen from Chinstrap in future months, or so I hope. CKSig.png  Wanna Talk?   04:21, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Now that I think of it, we could supplement a ban with the seizure of this article's OOC rights, placing it forever in Fair game. But, a ban seems more appropriate.  Wanna Talk?   04:24, 25 July 2015 (UTC)


 * I object. I refuse to let you take away his OOC rights to Chinstrap and I will defend Chinstrap from being taken by someone else. I also don't find a ban appropriate. -- Penstubal (Talk) (Edits) 15:34, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

I've been acting like a jerk lately. I'm gonna apologize for my behavior.

-- Brant  ( talk ) 05:47, 25 July 2015 (UTC)