This article was written by Zarel Smith and is being posted here on his behalf.
Sertor Valentinus is a micronational journalist who is the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of West Sayville and Minister of Defence for the Kingdom of Pinelandia. Sector has been named Dime's Micronationalist of the Month for October 2020.
Dime Micronationalist of the Month, commonly abbreviated DMM, is a monthly award that features and honours a micronationalist (or a group, idea, fictional character, etc.) whom, the voters or the Dime committee (if a candidate is unopposed) deem the most influential of that month.
It has been awarded monthly since its foundation by Zarel Smith in January 2019. Mostly representing the MicroWiki Sector, it grew into an highly anticipated and publicised event.
According to Smith, Valentinus was awarded the honour without a public vote taking place, and it was instead decided by the Dime committee as well as input from "The Fun Gang"—a social group Zed is in with five other micronationalists.
The reason was:
"At the beginning of the month, Valentinus opened the La Salle Convention, which condemns cyberattacks, doxxing, Discord raiding and online bullying. Delegates from prominent micronations, including Hrafnarfjall, Misberia, Naveria and Aenopia were just a few of the original signatories to the treaty on 5 October. The convention has since reached eleven signatories.
A prolific journalist, Valentinus is the founder and chief editor of The Brookside Gazette, and has been noted for his research on various topics. Originally made for West Sayville-related news, it has since branched out into other intermicronational ongoings, and was also granted accredited media status for the MicroWiki headlines. Valentinus, writing for The Brookside Gazette was the first to report on the dissolution of New Eiffel, Hrafnarfjall's departure from the GUM, and also the first non-DMM source to write about Casper von Naveria's DMM victory. In lighter news, Valentinus has also written about Cesidio Tallini and the The Tallini Family, as well as the mostly forgotten Molossian Norton Awards and their legacy. Valentinus was also granted an interview from Kevin Baugh, President of Molossia, via e-mail.
Valentinus had also taken it upon himself to contribute to MicroWiki with his research, garnering 492 edits throughout October, making him the fifth most active editor of that month. Valentinus wrote about "We Could Have Invited Everyone", a micronational exhibition occurring in 2004 and 2005. Both exhibitions coincided with a micronational summit, and the latter summit had a delegate from the macronation Switzerland attend. The summit had previously been largely forgotten. Valentinus was made a patroller on MicroWiki the following month due to his contributions.
As Prime Minister of West Sayville, Valentinus oversaw the nation's acceptance as an observer state to the Cupertino Alliance and Grand Unified Micronational. He is also widely known for his role as Minister of European and African Affairs for the Cupertino Alliance, where he is also a candidate in the ongoing Chair election."
Smith also added:
"Since no vote took place, we would like to extend to honourable mentions;
Aidan McGrath for becoming a trial administrator on MicroWiki@Discord, and Jamez, for hosting the acclaimed MicroWiki Karaoke Night which had over twenty-five attendees."
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