User talk:Thegreatglobetrotter

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Also, I believe you made a comment on my usepage about userboxes. Your userpage DOES have userboxes, but if you have further problems, let me know. ~triple-s from geobeecentral.com speaking. Sseballos 20:18, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Wikipedia is a new experinece for me, and you have been a great helpThegreatglobetrotter 01:29, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding flags[edit]

I noticed your additions of flags to several biographical articles. There is no consensus to use flags in this way, and I can see no obvious purpose in adding them. WP:FLAG is a well-developed essay which discusses the matter in detail. --John 21:45, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A quote from WP:FLAG: Do not rewrite history Flags should not be used to misrepresent the nationality of a historical figure, event, object, etc. Political boundaries change, often over the span of a biographical article subject's lifetime. Where ambiguity or confusion could result, it is better to not use a flag at all, and where one is genuinely needed, use the historically accurate flag.

For example, writer James Joyce, a native of Ireland while that island was entirely occupied by the United Kingdom, should have neither an Irish flag (especially not the modern one, which did not exist in his era) nor a British flag, as both will confuse readers (as to his legal citizenship or his country of residence, respectively). Sseballos 22:42, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is what I have been doing.Thegreatglobetrotter 22:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]