[WikiEN-l] [Foundation-l] Trouble in Ireland

[David Gerard]

2008/11/26 Alex Sawczynec <glasscobra15 at gmail.com>:

> So hang on a second here -- can someone please explain what's so
> horrifyingly inadequate about the current state that things need to be
> renamed? Unless something is completely disingenuous about the name
> "Republic of Ireland," I'm not seeing a pressing need for these changes.


Um, I was wondering that too.

Let's assume a reader of Wikipedia isn't going to go through megabytes
of talk-page arguments and frankly couldn't give a hoot about editor
conduct issues. They just want to look stuff up.

What's in it for the readers?

What's a one-sentence statement of the compelling reason from each
side, stated from a neutral point of view?


- d.