Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/Poll on Ireland article names/Position statements/Tfz
 | The following statement was prepared as part of the poll on Ireland article names. It may contain unsupported statements, synthesis of published sources, original research and personal interpretation of policy and guidelines. This statement was prepared by: |
 | This page in a nutshell: Ireland, Ireland the nation, and Ireland the island are much the same, and should be taken as one article. To seperate them is to needlessly confuse the reader. |
Statement in support of Option A - merge "Ireland" and "Republic of Ireland" into one article edit
(1) The nation of Ireland equates to the island of Ireland. [1]
(2) There is only one country in the world called Ireland. [2]
(3) There is only one island in the world called Ireland.
(4) The Ireland article, and the republic of Ireland article are almost a 100% similar in content, so there is little difference between those two articles.
(5) Wikipedia was conceived to educate, and explain things clearly. One article makes clarity.
(6) Ireland is a primary term, and should stay that way at Wikipedia.
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- Valenciano (talk) 14:17, 4 August 2009 (UTC)