Shoutbox

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Originally posted by q25
No, but seriously, I just don't see the point in this "discussion". Why do you even care about the other flags, Cookie? Don't you've your Belgium one.. geeze.

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This is not about having a flag or not... Well actually it is. IF people from Scotland can have their flag, so can others. If people can have the UK flag, so should people be able to select the flag from Europe, Sovjet Union, etc... It is about having a standard to avoid discussions later on.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
I know many people will roll their eyes reading all this. Because why discussion something like this? And they probably are right... But still...

This is the very same discussion as to why adding translation X but not translation Y to Plus!. With the major big difference that this flag feature is brand new and now it is the time to settle this, not after it is 3 years old... So I think a proper decision should be made now (and a proper standard should be followed instead of some loose random list), or such discussions like these will pop up later on again.

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To make it clear: personally I'm in favor to keep those flags like the ones from Wales, etc... But this also means that other flags should be added upon request like Isle of Man, but also Somaliland and even Tsetsjenia, Palestine(!!), South-Ossentia, Turkish-Cypriots, etc... (which would ring a bell to many people from the conflicts on the news I think) heck... also this big list... As that is the consequence of having Wales, Scotland, etc in the list....
(so don't be mad at me... it is just when you choose B you also should be able to choose C, otherwise simply stick to A )

(for the argument that Wales etc isn't known by some people, but UK is, you could always google it and learn something new )

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Originally posted by MenthiX
It's not fighting, just a discussion... Don't let the words scare you .

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PS: can I 'borrow' that quote

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
This is the very same discussion as to why adding translation X but not translation Y to Plus!. With the major big difference that this flag feature is brand new and now it is the time to settle this, not after it is 3 years old... So I think a proper decision should be made now (and a proper standard should be followed instead of some loose random list), or such discussions like these will pop up later on again.

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You're absolutely right... sticking to the standard is the easiest (and probably best) thing to do... I'm going to remove England, Scotland, and Wales. Sorry to anyone who's already using them. =(

Edit: Done. Anyone using those flags now has the UK flag.

Also, I changed the hyphen for a missing A/S/L field to an endash. I think it looks better.

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Originally posted by WDZ
Also, I changed the hyphen for a missing A/S/L field to an endash. I think it looks better.

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Why not just have nothing there so like:

Male / USA for yours

Cause it looks like they forgot to fill it in, rather than that they chose not to.

Just as I thought these flags were great,

they decide to get rid of my country...

JUST LOVELY!!!

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Originally posted by saralk
or someone who has a passport to Sealand wants a flag.

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i still don't see a problem with ading sealand

This discussion is certainly not intended to challenge anybody's national pride.

However, I think it is reasonable to ask that the flag selection on this international forum is limited to internationally recognised countries.

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Originally posted by Chris4
Just as I thought these flags were great,

they decide to get rid of my country...

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i dont think we really have to be too specific in the actual country in the UK if you want people to know exactly where you live, you could just add it in the location on your profile, or in the avatar caption =p

Ok since everyone is being so picky about flags, I'd like to quote myself again..

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Originally posted by John Anderton
Btw, the Indian flag is inaccurate (Smilie) The colour of the top band is supposed to be saffron (orange). Its a different shade there. (Smilie)

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So like the people from Wales want their own flag, I wish mine would be corrected
* John Anderton runs

And of, WDZ, you could add the current time in a country in the flag tooltip if you pleased.
The profile has the offset settings so one could use that to generate the time offset Or atleast mention the GMT offset of the country in the tool tip