From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Delirium Sent: Sunday, 20 November 2005 20:58
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Ask 100 people on the street to name as many African
countries as they
can, and how many would include the Ivory Coast under either name?
I don't see how that's relevant. The relevant question is, of people who know of the country under some name, how many know it under one versus the other?
It doesn't matter at all. With a redirect from the name we don't use, they'd still get the information they wanted.
Either name for the main article is fine by me. I'm happy to let those who really care about this battle it out on the talk page and reach a consensus, though it seems that this has already been achieved over a year ago.
Peter (Skyring)