Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/statementbyRockpocket (Problem 2.1)

Statement by Rockpocket

On the event that a consensus decides "Ireland" will contain:

• A disambiguation page (option C or D), or
• The article on "The island of Ireland" (A)

Then, and only then, I propose:

• Ireland (state)
  contain the article on "The state of Ireland"

Why? Because the name of the state is "Ireland". Since this proposal only applies on the event it has been decided "Ireland" will be used for another purpose, we need to find an alternative. Of those, "Ireland (country)" could be interpreted in a wider sense to refer to the entire island, and thus is ambiguous. "Ireland (republic)" is a possible alternative, but could lead so some confusion with the historical

). I acknowledge this caveat, but propose that it is not as big a concern as the other issues described above.

On the event that it is decided the page called "Ireland" should contain the article about "The state of Ireland", then this proposal is entirely void.

Users that endorse this summary

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   HighKing (talk) 10:55, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply
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4. Redking7 (talk) 23:32, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Users that oppose this summary

1. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:08, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
2. Kittybrewster ☎ 11:49, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]