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Whoa, that is indeed a really bad approximation. The site notes that all the flags are forced to 4:3 so many of them need to be retouched (few real sovereign fl

Whoa, that is indeed a really bad approximation. The site notes that all the flags are forced to 4:3 so many of them need to be retouched (few real sovereign flaga are in this ratio). But that's just really bad approximation - the sun and eagle are way out of proportion. I noticed also that Bouvet Island (bv) is represented by an almost comically bad version of the Norwegian flag. Finally, many of the colors are off, e.g. flag of Saudi Arabia. This site is dangerous - by using these ridiculously incorrect flags you actually risk offending certain users.

esrauch 5y ago
Was the flag changed/corrected or are you actually saying that about "it will be offensive that the eagle is too big"? I feel like it would be pretty weird for someone to get offended because the eagle was exactly correct but too large on the flag.
- vbezhenar 5y ago
  My main issue is wrong ornament and it looks like very quickly put up work, e.g. sun rays are misaligned, eagle's head looks like a child paint. I'm not offended by it, but that's a bad quality and lack of attention to details and for some people that could be a source of offence when it comes to their national symbols. I admit that Kazakhstan's flag is quite complex compared to something like 3 colored rectangles, so it's hard to ask for more. But wikipedia's SVG should just be sourced and resized as necessary IMO rather than spending time re-painting it again. Probably the same with some other countries. I don't want to blame someone who took his time re-drawing those flags, that's respectable by itself. But there's some space for improvement. May be I should make a pull request rather than whining about it.
  - HelloNurse 5y ago
    A handmade eagle made with cloth, scissors and embroidery for an actual flag can be far worse than a badly drawn icon.
- vesinisa 5y ago
  Flags are extremely powerful national symbols. Many countries have laws criminizalizing defacing the national flag. For example India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevention_of_Insults_to_National_Honour_Act,_1971 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevention_of_Insults_to_Natio... US: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/700 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/700 If you do not know the specific history regarding why the proportions of some national flag are as they are, I would be very careful about altering those. Although probably not criminal in most places, showing an incorrect flag can still cause offense and draw disfavourable attention to the publisher who uses the incorrect flag.
  - sgjohnson 5y ago
    18 USC § 700 is unenforceable. There has been a Supreme Court precedent that lets you to do whatever the fuck you want with a US flag that you own. You can trample on it all day long, and it’s a protected activity under the first amendment. Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Eichman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Eichman

esrauch 5y ago

Was the flag changed/corrected or are you actually saying that about "it will be offensive that the eagle is too big"? I feel like it would be pretty weird for someone to get offended because the eagle was exactly correct but too large on the flag.

vbezhenar 5y ago
My main issue is wrong ornament and it looks like very quickly put up work, e.g. sun rays are misaligned, eagle's head looks like a child paint. I'm not offended by it, but that's a bad quality and lack of attention to details and for some people that could be a source of offence when it comes to their national symbols. I admit that Kazakhstan's flag is quite complex compared to something like 3 colored rectangles, so it's hard to ask for more. But wikipedia's SVG should just be sourced and resized as necessary IMO rather than spending time re-painting it again. Probably the same with some other countries. I don't want to blame someone who took his time re-drawing those flags, that's respectable by itself. But there's some space for improvement. May be I should make a pull request rather than whining about it.
- HelloNurse 5y ago
  A handmade eagle made with cloth, scissors and embroidery for an actual flag can be far worse than a badly drawn icon.
vesinisa 5y ago
Flags are extremely powerful national symbols. Many countries have laws criminizalizing defacing the national flag. For example India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevention_of_Insults_to_National_Honour_Act,_1971 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevention_of_Insults_to_Natio... US: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/700 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/700 If you do not know the specific history regarding why the proportions of some national flag are as they are, I would be very careful about altering those. Although probably not criminal in most places, showing an incorrect flag can still cause offense and draw disfavourable attention to the publisher who uses the incorrect flag.
- sgjohnson 5y ago
  18 USC § 700 is unenforceable. There has been a Supreme Court precedent that lets you to do whatever the fuck you want with a US flag that you own. You can trample on it all day long, and it’s a protected activity under the first amendment. Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Eichman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Eichman