Talk:Flag of Sark

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Did you know... that the flag of Sark (pictured) represented the last feudal state in the Western world, and is flown over the British Ministry of Justice every 6 August to commemorate the granting of the fief?

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Wrong Sark flag on this page[edit]

On this page, the leopards are on the first quarter of the St-George cross. But I have many photos (some on official buidings) where we can see that the leopards are supposed to cross over the red bars, like this : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Sark-flag-sized.png/120px-Sark-flag-sized.png. The main picture should be changed (like it was before)

solved --Oedipe23 (talk) 22:38, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That is the wrong flag! It was correct before. The two lions (lion passant gardant not leopards) are NOT supposed to cross over the red bars; should be inside the canton.

[1]https://twitter.com/SeigneurOfSark/status/1654869960047329280?s=20 Europegrowth (talk) 15:15, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lion or Leopard[edit]

The article for the flag of Normandy describes both that flag and the flag of Sark as containing leopards, not lions. Could some clarification or sourcing be found on this? 75.154.110.206 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:57, 8 July 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Answer : Leopard is the word to name the lion in heraldic when it's walking and the head is facing (but english prefer to use lion passant gardant)

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Schwede66 (talk) 05:53, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Flag of Sark

... that the Flag of Sark (pictured) represented the last feudal state in the Western world and is flown over the British Ministry of Justice every 6 August to commemorate the granting of the fief? Source: Guernsey Press
- ALT1:... that the Flag of Sark (pictured) was designed as the personal standard of the feudal Seigneur of Sark and only became the island's flag in 1987? Source: BBC

Reviewed: Flag of the Cayman Islands
Comment: For 6 August (Commemoration of the fief)

5x expanded by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 17:10, 25 June 2021 (UTC). General eligibility:[reply]

New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: To ALT1: I couldn't find it sourced that the Island Games where in 1985, I wikipediad (per googling) it myself. To me it's fine. For ALT0: That it is flown for the 450th anniversary that is sourced, but annually not. Could you adapt that in the article or provide another source? I prefer ALT1, it really seemed notable to me as I read the article and sources on it. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 20:56, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Paradise Chronicle: I have added an extra source to show its an annual flying. As for the 1985, I was wrong and it was 1987 and I've added another source to prove when Sark first participated. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 20:13, 26 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. As to me the DYK is now good to go. On a second thought I also see ALT0 as relevant, I leave the decision on this to the DYK prepper.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 21:16, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]