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Ireland / Republic of Ireland vote

This is a vote on whether to move the current Ireland and Republic of Ireland articles to a new location. In one of the options the location of the Ireland (disambiguation) page is affected. What do you think?

Notes:

• Before voting please familiarise yourself with policy on naming convention and guidelines for disambiguation.

The Ballot Options

• A: The island at Ireland. The state at Republic of Ireland.

• Ireland → no change
• Republic of Ireland → no change
• Ireland (disambiguation) → no change

• B: A disambiguation page at Ireland. The island at Ireland (island). The state at Ireland (state).

• Ireland → Ireland (island)
• Republic of Ireland → Ireland (state)
• Ireland (disambiguation) → Ireland

• C: The state at Ireland. The island at Ireland (island).

• Ireland → Ireland (island)
• Republic of Ireland → Ireland
• Ireland (disambiguation) → no change

• D: The island at Ireland. The state at Ireland (state).

• Ireland → no change
• Republic of Ireland → Ireland (state)
• Ireland (disambiguation) → no change

• E: Merge Ireland and Republic of Ireland into one article at Ireland.

• (Ireland + Republic of Ireland) → Ireland
• Ireland (disambiguation) → no change

• F: A general "all-Ireland" topic at Ireland. The island at Ireland (island). The state at Ireland (state).

• Ireland → Ireland (island)
• Republic of Ireland → Ireland (state)
• Ireland (disambiguation) → no change
• new article → Ireland

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Procedure for voting

• The ballot will be conducted under PRSTV
• Please rank each option in order of preference e.g. "A6B1C2D4E3F5", "A6 B1 C2 D4 E3 F5", or "A6, B1, C2, D4, E3, F5"
• Any option may be omitted from the vote, e.g. "B1 C2 E3"
• Votes must be sequential, e.g. "B3 C1 E2" NOT "B3 C1"
• Sign and date your vote but do not append any comments

Closing date/adjudication

• Voting will end at midnight (UTC) of the evening of --/--/2009
• The ArbCom committee will assign one of the moderators who will adjudicate the result of the vote
• Results of the vote are final and binding for a period of two years

Procedure for counting the votes

• The assigned moderator will privately appoint 3 tellers to count the votes. Their Wiki IDs will not be made public
• All tellers will use the same software to count the ballots, namely OpenSTV, using the "Instant Runoff Voting" method
• The tellers will all submit their tally sheets to the moderator
• The moderator will ensure that all 3 tallys agree
• Should the tallys not agree the moderator will notify the tellers of a discrepancy and request that ALL votes are recounted and will repeat the validation process

Participants

• Unregistered users may not vote (to prevent fraud) but may contribute comments
• 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
• There is a minimum number of XX participants required to validate the ballot

The Result

• The assigned moderator will announce the result on this page
• They will announce which option has been chosen and will include a copy of the final tallysheet as a linked subpage
• The result will be open for peer review for a period of 7 days from date/timestamp of the announcement
• Unless directed otherwise by ArbCom, the assigned moderator will perform any necessary page moves after the 7 day peer review

.=== Balloting area ===

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