[WikiEN-l] The American ego trumps all -- thank God, 'cause mine needs surrounded by other big heads

[Ray Saintonge]

Mark Gallagher wrote:

>G'day Matt,
>  
>
>>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?
>
Sounds like the kind of chauvinistic demands that the Greeks put on 
Macedonia.

Ec