Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Poll on Ireland article names/Position statements/BritishWatcher

Reasons to keep the country article at Republic of Ireland

• Ireland is ambiguous.

• Republic of Ireland solves the ambiguity problem, clearly being about the country rather than the island of Ireland.

• The Irish government made “Republic of Ireland” an official description.

• Republic of Ireland is a common alternative name for the country.

• The Irish government, members of the Irish parliament and the Irish media have used the term on many occasions and continue to use it.

• The country’s football team plays under the name Republic of Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland has been the location of the article on the country for years.

• Not all country articles are at their primary common name.

• The main excuse for change is the claim “Republic of Ireland” is pushing a British point of view, but the above prove this is not the case.

Reasons against moving the country article to Ireland.

• Ireland is ambiguous.

• The island of Ireland is the primary entity known as Ireland.

• There is no alternative name in English for the island of Ireland.

• The island of Ireland has had the name Ireland for centuries, unlike the country which adopted it in the 20th century.

• Over 5 million people live on the island of Ireland, over a million of them do not live in the Republic of Ireland.

Users who endorse this perspective

• Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 10:48, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
• Valenciano (talk) 14:40, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
• rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid (coṁrá) 21:53, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
• BritishWatcher (talk) 18:38, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
• JIMp _talk·cont 23:01, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
• Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 14:26, 5 August 2009 (UTC) (per Section 2 of the Republic of Ireland Act, 1948)
• BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:01, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Alternative perspectives

• HighKing
• Sarah777