Non censored proposal for Introduction I m making this a proposal as it appears the article is currently locked due to this matter Current line The term British Isles is controversial in relation to Ireland ref group where many people may find the term offensive or objectionable the Irish government also discourages its usage ref group Proposed lines Although commonly used worldwide especially as a technical term in sciences like geography geology archaeology and natural history the term British Isles has been criticised for having the political term British within it This is controversial in relation to Ireland r r r as the Republic of Ireland in the island of Ireland is not British and the citizens of Northern Ireland can have Irish only British only or joint identities and hold British Irish or dual citizenships The term is not part of the legal terminology of the Irish government and a spokesperson for the Irish Embassy has said we would discourage its usage r A number of alternatives have been proposed throughout the history of the term although many have been criticised themselves r and only variations of Great Britain and Ireland have been widely used There is evidence that a form of Britain and Ireland has being increasingly used in mapmaking over recent years citation needed For me the proposal is simply a standard unbiased Wikipedia style approach It uses notability verifiability and weight