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Two (2) distinct East Islands in Western Australia

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Name Coordinates Remarks
East Island 16°54′9″S 122°11′45″E / 16.90250°S 122.19583°E / -16.90250; 122.19583 See Lighthouses and lightvessels in Australia
East Island 21°16′30″S 115°35′44″E / 21.27500°S 115.59556°E / -21.27500; 115.59556

Peter Horn 03:15, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]


But we don't disambiguate them that way. Per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (places)#Australia, the comma convention is used for towns and suburbs only. The parentheses convention is used for all other types of geographic place name. Personally I think it acceptable to point both at the same place i.e. East Island (Western Australia) while they are both redlinks. But if they must have unique targets, then they should be something like

and

respectively. Hesperian 04:58, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is a real poser, because of existing links within articles, see Pages that link to East Island, Western Australia and Pages that link to East Island (Western Australia). See what "fun" this is? All the links within these articles would have to be changed to conform to the convention that you mention and according to your proposal! This type of problem not only happens here but no doubt elsewhere, see for example List of islands of Ontario. Anyway, I'll be away from home on a trip to Mexico for the next three weeks. Either I'll get back on this upon my return on the 30th, or perhaps you sort it out. Peter Horn 02:46, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorted. Hesperian 00:07, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]