Talk:Ireland/Vote

This vote has not yet begun. Please do not vote yet. The voting period will be 18 February 2010 to 18 March 2010. Comments and discussions should be added to Talk:Ireland/Vote/discussion.

This page is a vote to decide the usage of the name of Ireland. This is a source of edit wars on dozens of articles mentioning the island and/or the sovereign state on Wikipedia. There is a lengthy discussion on Talk:Ireland and its archives, listing nearly every argument imaginable. Numerous previous attempts to reach a consensus have been unsuccessful, hence requiring a vote to end dozens of disputes and edit wars. Due to the complexity of the problem, there are six periods to vote for, plus three additional clauses. To avoid further edit wars, an enforcement is also voted on, allowing the revert of edits that violate the guidelines determined by this vote.

After statement taking at WP:IECOLL, the moderators ascertained that the solution with most support appeared to be:

• Ireland becomes a disambiguation page
• state moves to Ireland (state)
• island moves to Ireland (island)
• Ireland (historical country) article created.

However a further stage needed to take place whether this had consensus. The below vote has assumed this role.

The page and the procedure are based on the vote regarding Gdansk/Danzig.

• The vote will start on Friday, February 18 0:00 and end after two weeks on Friday, March 18 0:00
• An absolute majority (50% or more) wins the vote, where neutral and abstain votes are excluded.
• Each vote below contains either two or three options, any user of Wikipedia in good standing may vote once for each pair of the questions voted on.
• Please sign your name using four tildes (~~~~) under the position you support, possibly adding brief comments afterwards. Extended commentary should be placed below, in the section marked "Discussion" or at Talk:Ireland/Vote/discussion.

There are a total of 14 points to vote on.
The voting Period starts on Friday, February 18 0:00 and ends Friday, March 18 0:00