Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/statementbyOne Night In Hackney
Statement by One Night In Hackney
[edit]There seems to be an article missing.
What with all this talk of moving [[Ireland]] to [[Ireland (island)]] , people seem to have forgotten that there is also a country called Ireland. Not the 26 county state either, the country called Ireland that existed prior to partition.
So will the birthplace of Michael Collins be piped as [[Ireland (island)|Ireland]]? Seems ridiculous to me, he was born in a country called Ireland not just on an island.
Perhaps those in favour of moving [[Ireland]] to [[Ireland (island)]] will let things go back to how they used to be, when people’s birthplaces were piped as [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Ireland]]? But this was discussed already, and the same doesn’t happen with England, Scotland or Wales so why should Ireland be piped that way? Ireland did not cease being a country with the Act of Union, and neither did England, Scotland or Wales.
So are those in favour of moving the moving [[Ireland]] to [[Ireland (island)]] in favour of creating an [[Ireland (historical country)]] article? If not, how else are you going to fix the problems you create.
As for the rest I don’t really care one way or another, too much time has been wasted fighting political battles when far more constructive things could have been done. As such I have no intention of getting involved in the pointless bickering, save for me pointing out the rather substantial flaw in the plans of some people.
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