Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/statementbyDomer48.2

Statement by Domer48 (2)
I requested in my original Collaboration Statement here that editors provided supporting evidence of the term "Ireland" being ambiguous. To date, only User:Rockpocket has made any attempt to do so. User:Rockpocket provided three sources, none of which support the contention that the term "Ireland" is ambiguous.


 * 1) The Irish Free State/Éire/Republic of Ireland/Ireland: “A Country by Any Other Name”?. Journal of British Studies 46 (January 2007): 72–90.
 * 2) The Irish governments website about Irelands geography
 * 3) Éamon de Valera. Printed debates Dáil Éireann (PDDE), vol. 67, 25 May 1937, col. 948.

Thank you User:Rockpocket for providing the above links.


 * 1) On the issue of the name of the country, the European Union is very clear and unambiguous. The names of the Member States of the European Union must always be written and abbreviated according to clearly defined rules. On Ireland, in clear and set terms is attached the following note: Do not use ‘Republic of Ireland’ nor ‘Irish Republic’.


 * 1) The Constitution of Ireland (BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN) is very clear and unambiguous as to the name of the Country, Article 4 of the Constitution of Ireland states that: "The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland."


 * 1) The Republic of Ireland Act, 1948, is very clear and unambiguous when it states that “It is hereby declared that the description of the State shall be the Republic of Ireland.”


 * 1) The World Bank, on its list of countries, is very clear and unambiguous as to the name of the country.


 * 1) The United Nations don’t have a problem with the name of the country. The list of United Nations Member States is very clear and unambiguous as to the name of the country.


 * 1) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) don’t have a problem with the name of the country. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports and publications arranged by country is very clear and unambiguous as to the name of the country.

Ireland is an internationally recognised country which is very clear and unambiguous, supported by the above referenced sources. No source has or can be provided which challenge this fact. Based on the above, the country article on Ireland should be simply that, “Ireland.”

The article titled “Republic of Ireland” should be about the descriptive term for the country and the history of the term, and should not contain or duplicate the information from the Ireland article.

“Republic of Ireland” should not be pipe linked when referring to Ireland, as is the case with the EU outlined above. When referring to Northern Ireland, in Ireland related articles it should be linked accordingly.

The only place were the term "Ireland" is considered ambiguous is on Wikipedia, and it should be addressed because its ridiculous.

Users that endorse this summary

 * 1) 85% endorse --HighKing (talk) 10:47, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) Endorse.  BigDunc  Talk 15:02, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) MusicInTheHouse (talk) 21:31, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 4) 99% endorse Robertbyrne (talk) 22:38, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Users that oppose this summary

 * 1) BritishWatcher (talk) 20:32, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) 89.101.215.249 (talk) 22:04, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3)  Rockpock  e  t  05:39, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 4) Bastun BaStun not BaTsun 08:38, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 5) Kittybrewster   &#9742;  22:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 6) SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:04, 3 June 2009 (UTC)