[WikiEN-l] Tower of Babel - Voting to ignore MoS, NCs for language reasons.

[charles matthews]

Tony Sidaway wrote

> Consensus cannot be gauged only by voting; the
external sources comprehensively refute the votes for the French name.

That's simplistic here.  I wouldn't be surprised to hear 'Ivory Coast' on 
BBC radio, because it is much easier to grok.  But I don't imagine the BBC 
thinks that's the real name of the country.  Diplomats are supposed to be 
able to hack French pronunciation.  Let's face it, most anglophones can't. 
However WP is a written medium.

Charles