Talk:Flag families

A fact from Flag families appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that most national flags belong to a flag family with similar designs?

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 18:47, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Flags in the Nordic cross family

... that most countries' flags belong to a flag family of national flags with similar designs? (pictured, flags in the Nordic cross family) Source: Alfred Znamierowski, [World Encyclopedia of Flags: The Definitive Guide to International Flags, Banners, Standards and Ensigns, with Over 1400 Illustration] pp. 100 "...flag use did not develop on a large scale until the 19th Century and continued during the 20th Century. Out of some 195 independent countries only 12 have flags whose designs were adopted before 1800. Seven of these (Denmark, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Russia, the United States, France and Turkey) have influenced the designs and colours of over 130 national flags and ensigns which are grouped into..."flag families"."
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Created by NotAWittyFish (talk). Self-nominated at 13:55, 26 October 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

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Overall: Looks good! Nice job, @NotAWittyFish:! – dudhhr (1 enby in a trenchcoat)^talk _contribs (he/they) 15:25, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@NotAWittyFish and Dudhhr: there seem to be several statements about which flags inspired others that are unsourced... theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 22:22, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- @Theleekycauldron: Are there specific places you have in mind? I can add additional sourcing. Not A Witty Fish 22:52, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - @NotAWittyFish: if you could make sure there's a citation at the end of every paragraph that covers the currently-unsourced information, that'd be great :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:08, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - Just added about half a dozen more (and re-cited some existing ones in places where it wasn't cited.) Let me know if there's any I missed, thanks! Not A Witty Fish 02:17, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      - Hmm, still seeing some {{cn}} tags? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 10:14, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        @Theleekycauldron and NotAWittyFish: I missed seeing the note about the remaining {{cn}} tags when I promoted this. If nobody objects, I'll leave it promoted and WP:AGF that the one remaining tag (first paragraph of Dutch and pan-Slavic colors) will get fixed before this hits a queue. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:51, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        All righty, fine by me :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 22:29, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Flag of Luxembourg?[edit]

I want to ask if the flag of Luxembourg belongs here in the Dutch Russia section? Victor Grigas (talk) 15:58, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think so. The flag of Luxembourg dates to the 13th Century and was based on the coat of arms of the House of Luxembourg. It looks similar to the Dutch flag, but it is purely coincidence so they don't belong in the same family. Not A Witty Fish 23:51, 22 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Shahadah (Islamic testimony) Flag Family?[edit]

Could flags containing the shahadah (Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Somaliland, Hashemite flag, Islamist flags etc.) be considered apart of one Shahadah flag family? 169.148.17.154 (talk) 17:13, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]