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

Michael Everson everson at evertype.com
Wed Nov 26 15:13:48 UTC 2008


On 26 Nov 2008, at 15:09, David Gerard wrote:

> 2008/11/26 Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com>:
>
>> A reader typing in "Ireland" (or an editor linking [[Ireland]]) is  
>> almost certainly thinking about the country, not the geological  
>> structure.
>
> Can we get numbers anywhere to prove or disprove that "almost  
> certainly"?

I remember seeing something at some stage, but I can't remember which  
page (of the many many many pages) it was. Perhaps it's on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(Ireland-related_articles)/Ireland_disambiguation_task_force

Maybe a bot can do it.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com




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