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::* ''Against'': The word [[state]] could confuse some readers, because [[U.S. state|U.S.]] and [[States_and_territories_of_Australia|Australia]] use the term for [[State_(administrative_division)|administrative divisions]]. |
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::* ''Against'': The word [[state]] could confuse some readers, because [[U.S. state|U.S.]] and [[States_and_territories_of_Australia|Australia]] use the term for [[State_(administrative_division)|administrative divisions]]. |
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::* ''In favour'': "'''Ireland ([[country]])'''" works as a disambiguation term because of its use in common parlance; compare [[Georgia (country)]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)]]. |
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::* ''In favour'': "'''Ireland ([[country]])'''" works as a disambiguation term because of its use in common parlance; compare [[Georgia (country)]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)]]. |
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::* ''Against'': The word [[country]] has a wider meaning than that of a political entity, it is less precise, and it might equally be applied to the whole island of Ireland. |
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::* ''Against'': The word [[country]] has a wider meaning than that of a political entity, it is less precise, and it might equally be applied to the whole island of Ireland. |
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::* ''Against'': The intent of the [[Names_of_the_Irish_state#Official_description|Republic of Ireland Act]] was specifically to give a ''description'', not a ''name''; the only ''name'' of the political entity is specified in the [[Names_of_the_Irish_state#Official_name|Constitution of Ireland]]: "The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland". While "'''Republic of Ireland'''" is a ''name'' according to the United Kingdom's [[Ireland Act 1949]], that Act does not apply anywhere else in the world. |
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::* ''Against'': The intent of the [[Names_of_the_Irish_state#Official_description|Republic of Ireland Act]] was specifically to give a ''description'', not a ''name''; the only ''name'' of the political entity is specified in the [[Names_of_the_Irish_state#Official_name|Constitution of Ireland]]: "The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland". While "'''Republic of Ireland'''" is a ''name'' according to the United Kingdom's [[Ireland Act 1949]], that Act does not apply anywhere else in the world. |
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'''Procedure for voting''' |
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'''Procedure for voting''' |
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* Please vote using [[PRSTV]] (i.e. rank your preferences in order e.g. "A, B, C, D, E, F, G") |
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* Please vote using [[PRSTV]] (i.e. rank your preferences in order e.g. "A, B, C, D, E, F, G") |
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* To do this you may use the template <nowiki>* {{stv-ballot|A=0|B=0|C=0|D=0|E=0|F=0|G=0|~~~~}}</nowiki> — Select it from the asterisk to the two curly brackets and Copy, then Paste when you go down to the Balloting Area below. To make your vote, simply put the number (X=1 is your most favourite, Y=7 is your least favourite) with the appropriate letter. |
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* To do this you may use the template <code><nowiki>{{stv-ballot|A=0|B=0|C=0|D=0|E=0|F=0|G=0|~~~~}}</nowiki></code> — Select it from the first curly bracket to the last two curly bracket and Copy, then Paste when you go down to the Balloting Area below. To make your vote, simply put the number with the appropriate letter (X=1 is your most favourite, Y=7 is your least favourite). |
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* You are not obliged to express a preference for any of the options that you do not wish to support (or have no preference about); it is easiest to leave the number as zero, i.e. Z=0, rather than deleting the letter. |
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* You are not obliged to express a preference for any of the options that you do not wish to support (or have no preference about); it is easiest to leave the number as zero, i.e. Z=0, rather than deleting the letter. |
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* Sign and date your vote but <u>do not</u> append any comments to your vote; they will be removed. |
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:* Voting will end at 21:00 ([[UTC]]) of the evening of <strike>31 July</strike> 2009 (that is 22:00 [[Irish Standard Time|IST]] and [[British Summer Time|BST]]). |
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:* Voting will end at 21:00 ([[UTC]]) of the evening of <strike>31 July</strike> 2009 (that is 22:00 [[Irish Standard Time|IST]] and [[British Summer Time|BST]]). |
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:* A member of the ArbCom committee will adjudicate the result of the vote |
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:* A member of the ArbCom committee will adjudicate the result of the vote using the [[Instant-runoff voting|instant runoff]] method |
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:* Results of the vote are final and binding for a period of two years |
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:* Results of the vote are final and binding for a period of two years |
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* Procedures for dealing with fraud: |
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Poll on Ireland article names
This is a vote on whether to move the current Ireland and/or Republic of Ireland articles to a new location. In one of the options the location of the Ireland (disambiguation) page is affected; another option involves the merging of the two articles; and another involves the creation of a new article. The order that the choices appear in the list has NOT YET been generated randomly. In the presentation below, the choices are listed A through F; after each option there is a box which will show what the change implies, in terms how how the first sentence of the articles (taken from the articles as current today) would look if that option is applied.
A rehearsal of every argument for and against each of the choices in this poll would take many pages indeed. In fact all of the sides have all been argued vociferously for years. The following summary, given in no particular order, offers a brief overview, intended to be as neutral as possible.
- Name of the article on the political entity
- In favour: "Ireland (country)" works as a disambiguation term because of its use in common parlance; compare Georgia (country) and Georgia (U.S. state).
- Against: The word country has a wider meaning than that of a political entity, it is less precise, and it might equally be applied to the whole island of Ireland.
- * Note: This option was discounted in favour of Ireland (state) in a preliminarily poll.
- In favour: "Republic of Ireland" is a valid alternative name for the state, per the 1948 Republic of Ireland Act: "It is hereby declared that the description of the State shall be the Republic of Ireland.".
- Against: The intent of the Republic of Ireland Act was specifically to give a description, not a name; the only name of the political entity is specified in the Constitution of Ireland: "The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland". While "Republic of Ireland" is a name according to the United Kingdom's Ireland Act 1949, that Act does not apply anywhere else in the world.
- Name of the article on the island
- In favour: "Ireland (island) works as a disambiguation term where either "Ireland" or "Ireland (state)" is used as the title of the article on the political entity.
- Against: The term is not unambiguous. See Ireland Island, Bermuda and New Ireland (island).
Ballot
- A: The island at Ireland. The state at Republic of Ireland.
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| Ireland
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Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world.
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| Republic of Ireland
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Ireland is an independent state in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921.
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| Ireland (disambiguation)
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Ireland commonly refers to: ...
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- B: A disambiguation page at Ireland. The island at Ireland (island). The state at Ireland (state).
| Name of Page
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Initial text (the first sentence in the article)
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| Ireland (island)
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Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world.
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| Ireland (state)
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Ireland is an independent state in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921.
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| Ireland
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Ireland commonly refers to: ...
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- C: The island at Ireland. The state at Ireland (state).
| Name of page
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Initial text (the first sentence in the article)
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| Ireland
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Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world.
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| Ireland (state)
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Ireland is an independent state in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921.
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| Ireland (disambiguation)
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Ireland commonly refers to: ...
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- D: The state at Ireland. The island at Ireland (island).
| Name of page
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Initial text (the first sentence in the article)
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| Ireland (island)
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Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world.
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| Ireland
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Ireland is an independent state in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921.
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| Ireland (disambiguation)
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Ireland commonly refers to: ...
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- E: Merge Ireland and Republic of Ireland into one article at Ireland.
| Name of page
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Initial text (the first sentence in the article)
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| Ireland
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Ireland is a European island and an independent state of the same name. (The text here was based on the article on Tasmania.)
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| Ireland (disambiguation)
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Ireland commonly refers to: ...
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- F: A general "all-Ireland" topic at Ireland. The island at Ireland (island). The state at Ireland (state).
| Name of page
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Initial text (the first sentence in the article)
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| Ireland (island)
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Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world.
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| Ireland (state)
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Ireland is an independent state in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921.
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| Ireland (disambiguation)
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Ireland commonly refers to: ...
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| Ireland
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Ireland is a modern independent state, a geographic entity, an historic nation, and a cultural identity, all based on the island of Ireland. (The text here was based loosely on the article on China.)
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Procedure for voting
- Please vote using PRSTV (i.e. rank your preferences in order e.g. "A, B, C, D, E, F, G")
- To do this you may use the template
{{stv-ballot|A=0|B=0|C=0|D=0|E=0|F=0|G=0|~~~~}} — Select it from the first curly bracket to the last two curly bracket and Copy, then Paste when you go down to the Balloting Area below. To make your vote, simply put the number with the appropriate letter (X=1 is your most favourite, Y=7 is your least favourite).
- You are not obliged to express a preference for any of the options that you do not wish to support (or have no preference about); it is easiest to leave the number as zero, i.e. Z=0, rather than deleting the letter.
- Sign and date your vote but do not append any comments to your vote; they will be removed.
Notes:
- Voting will end at 21:00 (UTC) of the evening of
31 July 2009 (that is 22:00 IST and BST).
- A member of the ArbCom committee will adjudicate the result of the vote using the instant runoff method
- Results of the vote are final and binding for a period of two years
- Procedures for dealing with fraud:
- Unregistered users may not vote (to prevent fraud) but may contribute comments on the Talk page
- Users who registered after 1 June 2009 may not vote (per Project consensus) but may contribute comments on the Talk page
- Punishment for canvassing, forum shopping, ballot stuffing, sock puppetry, meat puppetry or otherwise manipulating the ballot (or attempting to do so) will be a 12 month block
- Votes by sock puppets or meat puppets (and their masters) or similar will be removed from the balloting area
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