Use of flags (was Re: Wiki page for country)

[Nicu Buculei]

On 07/13/2010 05:37 PM, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On 07/13/2010 10:28 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> On 07/13/2010 07:56 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
>>> Since not all the websites have finished sites or distinctive designs,
>>> Jef put together a mockup using flags for each country (with the caveat
>>> it would need to be adjusted so the flags were a bit smaller):
>>>
>>> http://schendje.fedorapeople.org/fedoracommunity/fedoracommunity.org.flags.png
>>>
>>> I know there's a lot of sensitivity to the usage of national symbols in
>>> general; is it advisable to avoid the usage of flags or do you think it
>>> would be okay in this instance?
>>>
>>
>> Hard to say.  It is really dependent on the specific regions in
>> question.  It is better to confirm with them that the usage of flags is
>> uncontroversial or desirable
>
> Lets avoid the flags, shall we?

It should be noted this is about regional/national/country based 
communities, not about language communities.

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