Talk:List of flags by country/Sandbox/Discussion

This is the discussion page for Talk:List of flags by country/Sandbox Pfainuk talk 10:41, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GoodDay's thoughts[edit]

My first choice would be to limit that article to independant countries. Second choice; I'd have 'no flag' next to Northern Ireland. GoodDay (talk) 17:13, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I concur with GoodDay, NI doesn't have a official flag, nor does it have a de facto flag. Anoderate1 (talk) 05:45, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Northern Ireland does indeed have a flag - the flag of Northern Ireland is Northern Ireland's flag.

GoodDay, I have taken the liberty of creating a second version of the article, based on your criteria. I may well have missed some countries or removed some countries by mistake. There are also, of course, some disputed territories.. so some tweaking may be needed if Wikipedia is to adopt your proposal. --Setanta 11:20, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okie Dokie. GoodDay (talk) 15:18, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Erm, no. This is not an official flag, it is the former flag of the Northern Ireland House of Commons 1922-72, its use in the article is misleading as the flag has no more legal status then the Irish Tricolour. Anoderate1 (talk) 12:45, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Enjoy :)

Later, the PM’s official spokesman confirmed that on their own national saints’ days, both the Welsh dragon and Scottish saltire would fly in Downing Street - but, he continued, Northern Ireland ‘did not have a national flag, therefore the issue did not apply’.

[1]Anoderate1 (talk) 13:59, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looks better with the dependancies removed, eh? GoodDay (talk) 16:40, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article space sandbox[edit]

Just copying this from the main article talk page, could this be moved out of the article space please? Per WP:SP, disallowed uses, number 2: Writing drafts of major article revisions should not be done in article space subpages (since these are treated as regular articles with slashes in their names). Thanks, Pfainuk talk 19:00, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He's right Santanta (I didn't think of it before). This has to be transferred to your own sandbox. As Pfainuk said, alternate articles aren't allowed. GoodDay (talk) 19:05, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved this page to Talk:List of flags by country/Sandbox (and the discussion here) per my note. Any user is, of course, welcome to move them again to the userspace. Pfainuk talk 10:41, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]