G'day Matt,
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My point, though, is not to say 'Georgia-the-state is much more important, of course it should have the un-disambiguated title', but rather that the position that Georgia-the-country, because it has been for sixteen years an independent state, should AUTOMATICALLY have primacy is ludicrous.
"This is ludicrous" is the mailing list (née USENET) way of saying "I disagree with this".
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It irritates me that this issue is trotted out as an example of 'US-centric Wikipedia' every single time, when it's only a simple case on the surface and relies on a knee-jerk reaction for its popularity.
Suppose Federation had occured slightly earlier, such that Queensland (which we'll be calling "Germany" for this experiment) had existed as an Australian State for longer than Germany has as Germany. How many Australians would be demanding that Germany the country should not be at [[Germany]], because a disambig (at least) or even the state belongs there?
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