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NPOV dispute with image accompanying article on The Troubles

The main image for this article depicts only the island comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This seems at best misleading - the two countries concerned in the conflict are not fully represented, therefore a reader may be lead to believe the conflict was between North and South of one island, rather than two different countries. At worst this suggests a political bias towards the Republican viewpoint that the island should be one country, which does not represent the Unionist view and fact that Northern Ireland is part of the UK. An image including Britain would be both more informative and less biased as it would two countries concerned in the conflict that the article described. The use of colour in this image emphasises the probability of a republican bias of the images author. Depicting Northern Ireland as a shade of green does in visual terms unify it with the south. The file history suggests the North was once depicted in red - which may also have suggested a unionist bias. Historically and currently colour is key indicator of bias in the ongoing conflict (see ongoing riots regarding the removal of the Union Flag from Belfast City Hall) so perhaps for neutrality's sake in this article Northern Ireland should not be represented in colour as it would be difficult to find any colour completely neutral to its people. White might be the only option, although this too might be a misleading suggestion of peace, perhaps grey...