Suggestions as new flags

[H Tower]

i was talking about gangerolf and his nazi flag

[Rasbelin]

Che and Gangerolf,

you're just trying to mess up my decent request for these flags that I do have valid and acceptable reasons to ask for. The swastika and the flag of the USSR are historical flags, and also the workers' red flag. I would be pleased to see the red flag on Poly, but I guess you need good reasons for asking it. In general I can, if needed, provide evidence that my requested flags are ones that could be listed on Poly, but you need more than one sentence, Che.

[Ribannah]

Obviously, if flags of dependent republics are going to be added (in which case, why not Texas and California, too?), the flag of an independent nation like the Iroquois Confederacy should have priority. Meanwhile, the Avatar will have to do, but of course that won't show up in the statistics.

[Rasbelin]

There's a difference between provincies (= Texas, California) and autonomous areas and republics. If my suggestions aren't accepted, I will demand the removal of the Sami, Maori and the Aboriginal flags, because they're also UNPO members like the ones I have listed, but have been denied. I haven't created this situation with certain flags being accepted, while similar ones are being rejected.

[Gangerolf]

heard of sarcasm?

Originally posted by H Tower
i was talking about gangerolf and his nazi flag

I'm just trying to point out that the Soviet and Nazi flags are equally bad.

[Ribannah]

Rasbelin, you have a point. In general, we should have clear rules about this. For instance, in the spirit of Civilization, shouldn't we also allow flags of nations that once were (is there an Aztec flag?), instead of only contemporary ones?
I know there's a whole lot of those, but the question deserves to be asked.
I could also imagine a rule where anything goes provided there is a minimum number of people willing to use a suggested flag (or, say, it simply won't show).

[Rasbelin]

I guess I need to send an iquiry to Dan, because I have actually asked him about this flag issue, so I guess I might even get an answer.

[Switch]

Good points, but there really aren't any rules, unfortunately. It's simply "if dan or mark think it's good, it goes in." However, for fairness sakes, the autonomous (sp?) states should be included. But then again, how many russians do we have on this site? Would it be enough to make it pointful for them to add the flags?

Oh, if only Ontario were autonomous.

[Level]

Originally posted by Rasbelin
There's a difference between provincies (= Texas, California) and autonomous areas and republics. If my suggestions aren't accepted, I will demand the removal of the Sami, Maori and the Aboriginal flags, because they're also UNPO members like the ones I have listed, but have been denied. I haven't created this situation with certain flags being accepted, while similar ones are being rejected.

Don't do that or they may get rid of all flags, which would be a bad thing.

I would say just provide a good reasin and a flag, and don't spam.

[Rasbelin]

Okay, message sent to the bigshots.

Switch,

I bet the Russians would use the flags, unless they happen to live in Yakutia, because I doubt that the Internet is popular in Tuva. If you look at my maps, you'll get the point.

Level,

I don't yet consider this as spam. I'm just promoting the interests of minorities with autonomous republics and Finno-Ugric minorities that can be compared to the Sami that already have a flag.

[Ribannah]

Originally posted by SwitchMoO
Good points, but there really aren't any rules, unfortunately. It's simply "if dan or mark think it's good, it goes in."

Well, all we can do actually is to formulate a proposal.
If we have a rules suggestion and they like it, we have rules.

[Rasbelin]

I actually suggested a set of flag rules in the thread "Rasbey's flag initiative" with arguements why the rules should be like that. I know it's fairly long, but it explains the dilemmas with approving flags (the Iroquis flag is mentioned ).

And quoting Ming from that thread...

Rasbelin

Enough is enough... The rules on Flags are simple... It's whatever Mark and Dan want them to be. This is not a Democracy.

GIVE IT A REST!

So I was almost sent to Mingapulco that time.

[H Tower]

[wondering voice]this thread is still around[/voice]

[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by SwitchMoO
But then again, how many russians do we have on this site? Would it be enough to make it pointful for them to add the flags?

How many people from the British Antarctic Territory and Rwanda do we have on this site? Those flags are in the list...

[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by Ribannah


Well, all we can do actually is to formulate a proposal.
If we have a rules suggestion and they like it, we have rules.

Proposal: ALL flags are accepted. Possibly excluding Nazi/Commie/Islamist flags for PC reasons.
I want at least 1000 flags to choose from