2008/11/26 Michael Everson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 26 Nov 2008, at 15:25, David Gerard wrote: > >> I'm pretty much suggesting some sort of numbers on what readers expect >> as a convincing pointer on which way to go. We're all supposed to be >> doing this to build a resource to be used, after all. > > If you proved that most people were looking for the country, "Ireland" > as a name for what is now "Republic of Ireland" would still be > controversial because the Northern Ireland editors dislike it so much, > I'm afraid.
Maybe we should compromise on calling the country [[Secessionist Ireland]], and rename [[Northern Ireland]] to [[Occupied Ireland]]. Annoy and mislead both sides equally :-) More seriously, what I don't understand here is why there's opposition to primary disambiguation at [[Ireland]], at least as a temporary measure - I get the impression there's not any broad support for the current approach as the best option, and almost everyone seems to concur "Republic of Ireland" isn't very good. You seem to be the one with experience of the fight... -- - Andrew Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
