2008/11/26 David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 2008/11/26 Michael Everson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>> The name "Ireland" is ambiguous. People looking for it might be looking for
>> the state. Most probably are. Or people looking for it might be looking for
>> the island.
>>  Since the Ireland should point to the disambiguation page, the correct
>> thing to do is to move that content to Ireland (island) as proposed here.

At least if [[Ireland]] were about the island, the lead paragraph
could state that the island contains both Eire and Northern Ireland,
of the UK. Although [[Ireland]] as a disambiguation page would be
preferable, in my opinion.

Keep in mind that an encyclopedia is not entirely present-focussed.
Ireland also is a historical entity where the whole island was a
single state. Many biography articles stating that a person was born
in Ireland refer to the island-state.

-- 
Oldak Quill ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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