On 26 Nov 2008, at 15:25, David Gerard wrote:
I'm pretty much suggesting some sort of numbers on what readers expect as a convincing pointer on which way to go. We're all supposed to be doing this to build a resource to be used, after all.
If you proved that most people were looking for the country, "Ireland" as a name for what is now "Republic of Ireland" would still be controversial because the Northern Ireland editors dislike it so much, I'm afraid.
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com