2008/11/26 Michael Everson <everson(a)evertype.com>om>:
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...
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- Andrew Gray
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