2008/11/26 David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>om>:
2008/11/26 Michael Everson
<everson(a)evertype.com>om>:
> 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 (oldakquill(a)gmail.com)