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

Sam Blacketer sam.blacketer at googlemail.com
Wed Nov 26 15:16:27 UTC 2008


On 11/26/08, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
>
>
> A reader typing in "Ireland" (or an editor linking [[Ireland]])
> is almost certainly thinking about the country, not the geological
> structure.
>

Most probably, most users who type in "Ireland" are looking for the article
about the Republic of Ireland. However, we can't escape the fact that the
term Ireland is ambiguous. Some users would be unaware that six of the 32
Irish counties are not currently part of the Republic.

-- 
Sam Blacketer


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