Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland Collaboration/statementbyRockpocket (Problem 1)

Statement by Rockpocket
The dispute over the primary article subject for the term "Ireland" has raged for years. Both supporters of the Island, and those who support having the State at under this title, have provided numerous lines of evidence in support of either argument. These include Ghits, historical precedence, legal and constitutional support, scholarly preference, self reference and comparison to other Wikipedia articles. Some arguments are convincing, others less so. Ultimately, without a quantitative metric to evaluate which line of evidence is more important, we are left with qualitative interpretations.

If one thing is clear from this dispute, it is that qualitative value lies entirely in the eyes of the respective beholders, and there is no incentive to shift that value system. Given this, there will be no consensus based on qualitative interpretation. Given that, there will never be agreement on a primary topic. Therefore, it seems self evident that the only solution that could ever reach significant consensus is a disambiguation. I therefore propose that The content of the page called "Ireland" is a simple (short) disambiguation page (solution C). Rockpock e  t  20:53, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Users that endorse this summary

 * 1) waggers (talk) 11:26, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) Bazza (talk) 15:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) MusicInTheHouse (talk) 16:10, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 4) Redking7 (talk) 22:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 5) ras52 (talk) 11:49, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 6) --HighKing (talk) 10:59, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 7) --Snowded (talk) 12:29, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 8) --Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 05:45, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 9) RashersTierney (talk) 11:03, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 10) 86.44.111.162 (talk) 19:09, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 11) --T*85 (talk) 00:07, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Users that oppose this summary

 * 1) ~ R . T . G  11:05, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) Mooretwin (talk) 13:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) — Blue-Haired Lawyer 16:35, 7 March 2009 (UTC)