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ThisBritish Isles Terminology task force, a workgroup ofWP:GEOGRAPHY, is for discussing and resolving all removal, insertion and description issues surrounding the termBritish Isles, in view of facilitating a more universal approach.
Current discussions
The most current discussion of specific examples is held, here: Specific Examples.
Shortcuts to the proposed guideline (work in progress)
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)[reply]
Thank you for reopening. Thank you to Snowded and BritishWatcher for joining in also. What is the best format for this? BritishWatcher, I'm not even sure if you've visited these pages before now - perhaps the best place to start is the Working Draft sandboxWP:BIDRAFT1. I've also posted a note toUser:Crispness that the taskforce may be restarting (seeing as he was the only other signed up participant).
In terms of moving forward from here, can I suggest we review the latest edits involving British Isles on a separate page? If this is agreeable, perhaps we can open a subpage to this article? --HighKing (talk)16:31, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This is only going to work if editors resist the urge to name-call, or other anti-social WP behaviour. That means avoiding use of language such as "the latest rash of deletions". If you feel you can't adhere to these *minimum* standards, please stay away. In fact, unlike the Ireland Naming Poll thingy where it all went very personal, I'd make it mandatory that participation in this Task Force requires strict adherence toWP:CIVIL and absolutely no ad-hominen comments. --HighKing (talk)20:15, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For those who have not seen itthis 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)[reply]
This page appears to have been dormant for some time, but the issue keeps on coming up on other pages, most recently atBen 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)[reply]
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)[reply]
I've posted on the talk page at Ben Nevis, but usage in this context is appropriate and correct. It can happen that consensus on individual articles may override general MOS guidelines, but that isn't the case here. --HighKing (talk)14:24, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
