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This British Isles Terminology task force, a workgroup of WP:GEOGRAPHY, is for discussing and resolving all removal, insertion and description issues surrounding the term British Isles, in view of facilitating a more universal approach.
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The most current discussion of specific examples is held, here: Specific Examples. |
Shortcuts to the proposed guideline (work in progress) |
WP:BIDRAFT1 (the sandbox version)
WP:BIDRAFT2 (the reference version) |
There is/are a 'prospective' version of the proposed guideline, based on possible changes in the naming of Ireland articles - see the archive box on the right.
Perhaps we should have began with a Participants section, but I don't think it's fair to start one when the taskforce has been going over a week, and is in a difficult position, and one where people have backed off in protest. It forces people's hand, and makes it look like some are not participating when it is not exactly a quesion of that. For this reason I am not going to sign it at present (if ever - it's not all that needed is it?). -- Matt Lewis ( talk) 14:58, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Discussions from August 2008 are archived here. Discussions inactive since 2009 are archived here.
Recent events at Gunpowder, has IMHO required visiting this Taskforce again. GoodDay ( talk) 14:41, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
For those who have not seen it this is where some examples by Highking have been mentioned. Input on where British Isles should or should not be kept on there would be good. BritishWatcher ( talk) 18:22, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
This page appears to have been dormant for some time, but the issue keeps on coming up on other pages, most recently at Ben Nevis. Am I missing something, or did the discussion here end inconclusively? If a consensus were to develop against our use of the term "British Isles" then I would have no objection to its deletion from Wikipedia, but I cannot see any such consensus. The term is not geographically incorrect and I personally do not support the case for its deletion from geographic articles. Viewfinder ( talk) 21:54, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks HK. There seems to be consensus there. I have not digested the linked page from top to bottom, but "Use of Brisish Isles is OK in geographic contexts" was included in what seemed to be a generally agreed list, and one which I would agree with. Please correct me if I am wrong. Viewfinder ( talk) 14:19, 22 April 2010 (UTC)