Talk:Gallery of sovereign state flags/Archive 4

Ratios
The widths of images in the table are calculated to make all flags 80px in height. If a flag is taller or shorter than other flags, it is likely that the image file has a wrong aspect ratio. In that case, please correct the image file and not the width of the image in the table. Zocky 03:00, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Almost all flag images now seem to have proper ratios. Only Kiribati, Macedonia and Solomon Islands need to be resized, or rather we need proper 1:2 images of these flags. Where can we get them? Zocky 04:33, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * FOTW website. I have a template with the (c) information on them that we can use for these images ((FOTWpic)). Zscout370 11:20, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * We're down to just Kiribati at this moment. BTW, do we have all flags on the Commons now? Are there standard-height thumbnails? Didn't someone say that the French have them? Zocky 03:00, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The flags on the Commons are all at 300 pixel size, but they are usually taken from the CIA (like most of the flags we have now on this Wiki). I am creating a few flags and uploaded some of the Commons. If you want the list of the flags that I used and put on the Commons, let me know and I will post it here and at the List. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:08, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

My Commons Images
Ok, here is the list. It is small, but it will grow.
 * Image:Flag_of_Belarus.png
 * Image:Flag_of_Vatican_City.png
 * Image:Flag_of_Uruguay.png
 * Image:Flag_of_Hong_Kong_SAR.png
 * Image:Flag_of_Palestine.png
 * Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.png
 * Image:Flag of Finland.png
 * Image:Flag of Mongolia.png
 * Image:Flag_of_Kazakhstan.png

Enjoy. If you want other flags not listed here, like your sporting/scouting/historical flags, let me know. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:17, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Right hand flagpole
Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag (except the flag of Western Sahara). What about Iran, Iraq or Saudi Arabia, or others with Arabic or similar writing? --Henrygb 9 July 2005 18:14 (UTC)
 * On flags such as those of Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, the arabic writing is always shown properly, so as to be readable, on both sides of the flag. The front and back are not mirror images of each other, and the flag would look the same whether the flagpole was on the right or the left.  In the case of Western Sahara, the symbol in the center of the flag is only shown on one side: the side seen when the flagpole is on the right. MiLo28 01:17, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup August 2005
This article needs to match the entries in List of sovereign state flags which matchs the List of sovereign states --Philip Baird Shearer 12:41, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Unrecognized countries
===>This discussion has already occured In a debate over Palestine, and consensus was reached. Now, without any consensus, Abkhazia is being added, with the terse response that this article is being brought into line with List of sovereign state flags. I checked the talk page there, and consensus was not reached regarding the addition of these so-called states. My main points of contention are as follows:
 * 1) The legitimacy of an article like this is immediately in question once unrecognized secessionist groups are included. Once micronations like Sealand or Seborga are included (as they logically would be), the article becomes accuracy bankrupt.
 * 2) The inclusion is, I suspect, largely politically-motivated. I would personally like it if, say, West Papua was internationally recognized as independent, but I would not include it in a list of independent states, as it is neither independent nor a state.
 * 3) The very idea of making this article conform to the list of sovereign state flags is itself not apparently logical. Why shouldn't that article conform to these standards? Since no consensus was reached, there is no reason to assume that this one should change.
 * 4) If a country is unrecognized, it is not a state, and has no place on this list. There is already the article "Flags of non-recognized nations" for such entities. If someone wishes to add a footnote or "see also" section, by all means do. Justin (koavf) 03:27, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

I Reverted your edit. Make you arguments on Talk:List of sovereign states. If the List of sovereign states changes so should this article as this article is just a list of flags of the states under List of sovereign states. Philip Baird Shearer 16:41, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Links to commons:National insignia
There should be an effort here to improve the organisation of Wikipedia by trying to use some standardization and also to provide better multilingual resources. I would suggest to replace all the links in this table with those to National insignia. I suppose that some more cleanup would be necessary e.g. regarding infoboxes in coutry articles etc.
 * Commons:Categoy:SVG flags also works too. Zach (Sound Off) 22:07, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Why no Tibetan flag ?
Sorry if this newbie missed out on the discussion, but is there a good reason (other than not provoking the Chinese !) why Tibet has been left out of this jolly flag parade ? Robma 21:43, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * While I know that there are movements to have a "Free Tibet," but I am not sure if there is a Tibet Government that is trying to actively defy the PRC, like how Taiwan is doing. But, there are many flags that are not included on here. Zach (Smack Back) 22:36, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Tere is a goverment in exile! It sits in McCloud-Ganj, India and fights in non-violent and peaceful ways. 212.116.172.181

Background
I suggest you change background colour for some flags to be seen, e.g. Russian flag. --193.2.154.98 12:47, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Western Sahara
Why is this flag backwards? Rmpfu89 21:34, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * According to the Flags of the World website, the symbol in the center of the flag of Western Sahara is only shown on one side of the flag. The obverse or "front" of the flag in "right-to-left" language countries would be considered the side shown with the hoist on the viewers right, and the symbol in the center of the WS flag is on this side only.  The flag is shown this way on this page in order to show the crescent and star as one would see it on a flagpole. MiLo28 01:12, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Rename =
I know some may consider this trivial; but I propose a small change in the name of this article, from "Gallery of sovereign state flags" to "Gallery of sovereign-state flags". These are flags of sovereign states; they're not sovereign flags of states. I'll let this sit for a while for reaction, and then may rename the article. President Lethe 20:07, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Agree. This page should be renamed. Either the TRNC, Transnistria etc. have to go, or the page should be renamed accordingly. "Sovereign states" = internationally recognized states. Valentinian (talk) 09:37, 21 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I think my point didn't come across to Valentinian. The only thing I advocated was putting a hyphen into the name, because the words "sovereign state" act together to modify "flag". The argument about which states to include is something I'm not getting into right now. Anyway, I've seen no objection in almost two weeks, and so am renaming the article today. President Lethe 15:49, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Sovereign states = states that are sovereign, i.e. they control their own territory. The list of countries which should be on this page is at List of sovereign states, as the top of the page says. If TRNC is included on htat page, it should be included here, otherwise it shouldn't.

Another thing, content disputes are not vandalism, but calling somebody a vandal when they aren't is quite a nasty personal attack. Zocky | picture popups 11:08, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Gallery
I cannot see many of the flags on this list, simple because my Internet provider, IE, doesn't show them. I know other people experience this problem too. what can we do about it? Reywas92 19:35, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * IE isn't your "internet provider", but we know what you mean. The page displays fine for me in IE. What version are you running? You could always switch to Firefox, which would be a good idea anyway... &mdash;Chowbok 20:21, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Samoa
The flag of Samoa needs to be moved. It is cut off when printed. Also, should it not be under W for Western Samoa? 119.12.187.100 (talk) 07:05, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

England
Though the flag of the UK is present the flag of England is not there. I do realise that they are part of the same governmewnt and they are basically the same nation, but England uses a different flag when it is not part of the UK. e.g. Sporting Events such as The Ashes. The Flag should be admitted on this page. Amzon Tuesday January 9 2007 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.180.2.189 (talk) 04:42, 9 January 2007 (UTC).
 * The title of the page is 'Gallery of sovereign-state flags'. England is not a sovereign-state and hence its flag is not represented on this page. -JoeTalk!Work 06:24, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Lesotho
✅ I don't think this is the current flag of Lesotho. It may be an older one, but when I look in any up-to-date almanach they show a different flag for Lesotho. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.73.103.141 (talk) 09:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC).

Which flags?
A key question that does not seem to have been openly addressed here is which version of a flag should be used? More specifically, should we be showing civil or state flags? I am taking state in the title of the article as being compounded with sovereign, not with flag, which leaves the matter open to contention. Kevin McE 12:00, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * If the article is to be accurate, this needs addressing: in the case of Ecuador, at least, there is a difference between the civil and state flags. Kevin McE 22:09, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Alphabetizing East Timor
✅ East Timor is under the T section, I'm guessing because it's also called Timor-Leste. But it is pretty confusing to see it there instead of under E. Can we either move it or change the name that is listed? Recury 20:12, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe that is the official name of the country, Timor-Leste. However, with the scheme of the template, the SVG image was put as East Timor before the name change. I would support a move to change the flag image to Flag of Timor-Leste.svg and I got the software to make the change happen. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 20:44, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Assistance with Georgia
This is posted here and at Template talk:Flag entry Can any of you fix the entry for Georgia (country), which presently leads to the disambiguation page Georgia? -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 04:36, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Something similar needs to be done for the Republic of Macedonia. Marijuanarchy (talk) 21:08, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I fixed the entry here to use lower-level parameters that override the higher-level "Country" one; I think this is preferable to hard-coding special cases into Template:Flag entry (as has been done for Georgia). --ScottMainwaring (talk) 08:06, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Iraq Flag Update
✅ Someone needs to change the flag of Iraq as the country has a new flag. Azalea pomp (talk) 02:44, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Criteria for "Other States"
By what criteria do flags appear in the "Other States" category? It seems inconsistent to include South Ossetia and not Chechnya, though I'd assume the same criteria could apply to both. International recognition?--Eddylyons (talk) 04:40, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Please see the list upon which this is based. Quizimodo (talk) 04:49, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * To stay consistent with that list, I renamed "Sovereign states" to "Internationally recognized sovereign states". This helps avoid disputes about why some of the states under "other states" aren't listed with the other sovereign states. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Readin (talk • contribs) 15:22, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Great. Now take it out of the table of contents. --Eddylyons (talk) 02:16, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Instead of staying consistent with this narrow list, why don't we stay consistent with the rest of wikipedia? Rename this page, and include the partially-recognized and unrecognized countries in it (maybe in a separate section of the same article), instead of leaving it in a separate article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skalskal (talk • contribs) 17:42, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Chechnya does not have a sovereign government or the capacity to enter into relations with other states as Nagorno-Karabakh does.

KOSOVA
✅ Kosova is a recognized state by at least 35 nations and growing, so it clearly does belong in this article, partial recognition is only considered when a country is recognized by its mother land or relay close allies:(E.i. North Cyprus by Turkey), Kosova is not a partially recognized state, it is currently recognized by over 35 countries world wide and less than 10 countries have said they will not recognize it which means most of the other countries on earth have stated that they are in the process of recognition. The Kosova state is very similar to the Israel state both are recognized by some and not by other, for example non of the Muslim/Arab states recognize Israel but its still considered a sovereign state, Kosova is in the same situation and is considered a sovereign state even though countries like Serbia, Russia & Cyprus have said they will not recognize it.

Thanx 82.45.201.125 (talk) 08:26, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Big difference - Israel is a full member of the UN. Two of the countries not recognizing Kosovo (specifically Russia and China) have veto power.  Thus for the forseeable future Kosovo will not have general international sovereign state status.  (not that it seems to matte though, because at the time of writing, Kosovo (along with Abkhazia and South Ossetia) is on the main list anyway. LINK3 (talk) 16:29, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Propose a vote on renaming
Propose a vote on whether this should be renamed to "Gallery of country flags" and include flags such as those of Taiwan and Kosovo. Please give reasons for or against your vote to Rename or to Keep name.


 * Rename: There are many many wikipedia articles listed by country, whereas there are only a few listed by "sovereign state".  Since the intention here seems to be to prevent a duplication of effort, I propose we go with the far-more useful and common version. Skalskal (talk) 16:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Definition of "sovereign state"
Just a reminder, here is the exact quote of the definition of a sovereign state, per the referenced page, with my bolding:

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Criteria for inclusion

This list derives its definition of a sovereign state from Article 1 of the Montevideo Convention of 1933. According to the Convention, a sovereign state should possess the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population, (b) a defined territory, (c) government, and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states. In respect of the last qualification, the role of recognition by other states can often be crucial since it implies acceptance into the international community.[2] The list includes all states that satisfy these criteria and claim independence; however, the aforementioned qualifications are not absolute and permit variations.

On the basis of the above criteria, this list includes the following 203 entities:

193 sovereign states with general international recognition:

192 member states of the United Nations

One state with general international recognition but not UN membership, governed by the Holy See (a UN permanent observer): Vatican City

10 sovereign states lacking general international recognition:

Four entities lacking general international recognition, none of which are UN members, that may be defined as states in the body of customary international law: the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Kosovo, and the Palestinian territories.

Six entities lacking general international recognition, none of which are UN members, that have declared independence and have limited or no international recognition: the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (only recognized by Turkey), Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, Somaliland, and South Ossetia.

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If you would like this list to include only UN-recognized sovereign states, then we should change the title. Otherwise, be consistent with the title you're sticking to so adamantly!!! Skalskal (talk) 18:14, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


 * To those editing to a different standard: the title of this article is "Gallery of sovereign-state flags", and it directly references the list of sovereign states, which includes 203 entries, including Kosovo & Taiwan. While you may personally disagree with this classification, the article has been clearly named as including "sovereign states", and NOT named as "UN-recognized states".  If you believe that a separate article is necessary, please feel free to start one.  Here's a start for you:  Gallery of UN-recognized sovereign-state flags.  Have at it, but do not edit out this list.Skalskal (talk) 16:50, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, just talking to myself I guess, as the other editor does not seem to be willing to explain his rationale for continuing to change the article. The above rationale is, I think, quite clear and logical, and goes to the underlying name and purpose of this article: "sovereign states", as defined by Wikipedia.  Skalskal (talk) 02:10, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Let me tell you guys a little something. Kosovo, Palestine, Taiwan(Republic of China) and Western Sahara are not even sovereign states. They are partially recognized territories. While only Palestine has an observer status at the United Nations(UN), Kosovo, Taiwan and Western Sahara are not even UN members or observers. So please remove the flags of Kosovo, Palestine, Taiwan and Western Sahara from this are. Even the BBC World service doesn't even recognize Kosovo as an independent State!! Rather it is an unrecognized territory. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Koov (talk • contribs) 02:34, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Ahh, finally a justification! Yes, you do have a point, and if this were the BBCWorldService-ipedia, you would be right.  Unfortunately, according to Wikipedia's list of sovereign states, they are.  Would you care to address that?  That is the question we should be discussing, because that is the definition of this Wikipedia page!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skalskal (talk • contribs) 02:40, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Here's the real point (or pointlessness) of editing out flags because "they just aren't!!" Have you read the top of the page here?  It says:
 * Note: This page includes the same flags as the list of sovereign state flags. This talk page is used only for the discussion of formatting and such matters; inclusion of individual sovereign states is discussed at talk:sovereign state.
 * Now what's hard about the idea that if you object to Kosovo, you go over there and get agreement with your position? Otherwise removing the info here over and over and over is simply not playing by the rules, and will be recognized as such. Stop deleting, start convincing, but not here,  there. Shenme (talk) 02:50, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Amen, brother! This list should match the other, as long as we stick to this name (which is a separate issue).  Problems with "sovereignty" should be dealt with on the appropriate page.  If you make headway there, then your argument here is much stronger. Skalskal (talk) 02:54, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm not the repeat page-changer, I just came across the page and thought I'd add my tuppence worth. (Also as this is about a year after the discussions here, I acknowledge things may have changed on both pages.  I find the cited Montevideo Convention outdated.  The first 3 can easily be achieved and the 4th is glib to say the least.  Nevertheless, I can't be bothered to discuss abstract notions, so I  suggest separating the partially recognised states as has been done on the 'list of sovereign state flags' page. LINK3 (talk) 16:48, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Any suggestions on how to get the repeat page-changer to instead come over to the discussion page and argue his points civilly? Thanks in advance. Skalskal (talk) 17:56, 28 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm not the person you're talking about (I only edited once), but according to the History section I'm not exactly helping in your eyes. I would think fewer people would mistakenly edit this list if they knew what a mistaken edit was; i.e., a self-evident notice (preferably in a pretty gray box)at the beginning of the article stating its ties to the list of sovereign states, and how that page should be checked before making any drastic changes. At this point the connection is only implicit, which (hard as it is to believe :P ) not everyone will pick up on. DerekMBarnes (talk) 00:42, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Lock?
✅ With the amount and frequency of vandalism on this page, why is it not locked? WikiDegausser (talk) 05:53, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

In thıs gallery, Taiwan and Western Sahara flags show as sowereign countries. But Northern Cyprus dont. Is it true? --193.140.180.223 (talk) 13:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Should make the list match its title ("list of sovereign countries"), then lock. 75.179.163.175 (talk) 18:52, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Taiwan is a country?
✅ That's ridiculous. No government or international organization recognized that Taiwan is a country. So please don't connive Taiwan independence movement. Apollo Augustus Koo (talk) 01:58, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

On the contrary, 23 (not zero) governments officially recognize Taiwan as a country, and most others (such as the US) have unofficial recognition, where the only reason they do not recognize Taiwan independence is so they do not anger China, not because they oppose Taiwanese statehood. But more importantly, Taiwan is a sovereign state in the list of sovereign states, and that's what the definition is for this page.

While you may have an opinion one way or the other about whether Taiwan should be independent, more important right now is that they are independent, and have relations with many other countries.

Thanks for bringing the discussion to the talk page! 155.188.247.6 (talk) 14:25, 26 June 2008 (UTC)


 * 23 governments officially recognize the ROC not Taiwan as a country. Either in the PRC or the ROC, Taiwan is a province. Taiwan ≠the ROC. Can't you understand? Apollo Augustus Koo (talk) 11:47, 27 June 2008 (UTC)


 * So why exactly are you deleting Kosovo as well, then?? You appear to have a political motivation.  I will move Taiwan to ROC and restore Kosovo, will you stop your destructive editing then? Skalskal (talk) 14:20, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Costa Rica
Why are you not using the Costa Rican coat of arms on the flag? In Costa Rica the flag always uses the coat of arms. MFC888 (talk) 16:08, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Abkhazia
Since you have a section for partially recognised states, Abkhasia should be in it. It is only recognised by a small minority of states, just like the others in that class. I will remove it soon, unless some very good justification is produced here: IceDragon64 (talk) 18:50, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I removed flags for Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Taiwan, Western Sahara and Kosovo, but these have been systematically reverted by other editors. Other editors have re-added Kosovo (for example), but omitted Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and I have added those two back in based upon the Kosovo precedent. All 5 need to be removed from this article, however, I will not agree to the removal of A & SO only without the removal of the other 3. --Russavia Dialogue Stalk me 00:12, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Per the definition of the page, the only criteria for inclusion of the flag is, and I quote: This gallery of sovereign-state flags shows the flags of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states.  That list clearly includes Abkhazia (I will quote again):
 * On the basis of the above criteria, this list includes the following 203 entities:
 * 193 sovereign states with general international recognition:
 * 192 member states of the United Nations
 * One state with general international recognition but not UN membership, governed by the Holy See (a UN permanent observer): Vatican City
 * 10 sovereign states lacking general international recognition:
 * Six entities lacking general international recognition, none of which are UN members, that may be defined as states in the body of customary international law: Abkhazia, the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Kosovo, the Palestinian territories and South Ossetia.
 * Four entities lacking general international recognition, none of which are UN members, that have declared independence and have limited or no international recognition: the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey), Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, Somaliland.
 * Therefore, I will restore it. Please do not remove it again, the page is essentially slaved to the other page.  If you have an argument with the list, take it to the list of sovereign states page.  Once you remove the country from there successfully, we will gladly remove the flag as well.  But until then, you must remain consistent, and your individual definition (or that of the UN or that of the BBC) does not meet the proper criteria.  Thank you.155.188.247.5 (talk) 15:54, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Could Abkhazia be removed again?Yman88 (talk) 18:51, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Central America
✅ Why are the flags of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama not included? 76.123.208.229 (talk) 13:13, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Flag of Northern Cyprus
If, as is currently the case, the article includes the flags of partially recognised states, it should then include the above for consistency. Some one with the technnical skills might add it in. Otherwise all partially recognised states should be taken out (my preference). Regards. Redking7 (talk) 12:00, 15 November 2008 (UTC)


 * You mean "The Turkish Republic of Cyprus", which is only recognised by turkey? Hanii (talk) 19:59, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * South Ossetia and Abkhazia are only recognized by Russia and Nicaragua, but their flags are still included. The flag of Northern Cyprus should certainly be included. I'll add it. Vanjagenije (talk) 13:11, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Why is the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus listed under C not T? East Timor was moved from T to be under E so how is this consistent? 119.12.187.100 (talk) 07:05, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Azad Kashmir
What about Azad Kashmir — it's recognised by Pakistan. — Hellerick (talk) 03:47, 20 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is a self-governing state under Pakistani control. The chairman/chief executive of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council is the president of Pakistan. It is in a similar situation to a protectorate rather than a sovereign state.119.12.187.100 (talk) 07:05, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Australia vs. New Zealand
Are the blue textures of Australian and New Zealand flag's different? They look slightly different and I am not sure if they should be the same. Thanks, Miguel.mateo (talk) 02:09, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

The Republic of China
The government of Taiwan, aka. the Republic of China is not the representative of a sovereign state, therefore the flag should be taken off. 16:12, 30 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.53.244.232 (talk)

Nagorno-Karabakh
There appears to be a slight link error with this flag - clicking Nagorno Karabakh directs you to the article on the province, as opposed to the page of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (ie it directs you to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh, as opposed to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic). I tried to change it, although realised I was unsure of how to. If anyone knows how to correct this, please feel free to do so! Starom (talk) 22:23, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean, it has to do with the file name. The file is named simply for Nagorno Karabakh not the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. Unfortunately there is no file under this name. Is there such thing as a file redirect? Outback the koala (talk) 00:47, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Flag of Nagorno-Karabkh
How Nagorno-Karabakh could be a sovereign-state? It was not even recognized by Republic of Armenia which is the guarantee of Nagorno-Karabakh region after occupation. Quzeyli 19:11, 12 March 2010 (UTC) Quzeyli —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quzeyli (talk • contribs)
 * See the List of states with limited recognition page for details. Outback the koala (talk) 05:29, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Abkhazia, etc.
If this page is going to cite List of sovereign states as its source, then it should follow the organizational scheme of that page, with real countries first, and doubtful states in a sulky little heap at the end.

Right? Varlaam (talk) 07:19, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree. Make it so. :-) In the absence of dissent, go right ahead (also BOLD and all that stuff). Killiondude (talk) 06:01, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Fine by mine. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 07:38, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

transnistria?
to my knowledge, transnistria isn't a sovereign state but an unrecognized territory, so maybe its flag shouldn't be listed in the gallery —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.186.21.17 (talk) 15:33, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * It has declared itself independent, and so by the Declarative theory of statehood they are a sovereign state. There is a reason it is placed at the bottom, with other states with limited recognition. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 15:45, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Libyan Republic/National Transitional Council?
The flag of the Libyan Republic (2011) is this. Should we add it now, considering it has diplomatic recognition from several nations, many of which recognize it as the sole representation of the Libyan people.

On a related note, should we move the flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, the Gaddafi government?

So what should we do? Both? One? Neither? Wait for the Libyan Civil War to end (and it doesn't look like that's going to happen, as it's increasingly becoming a stalemate)? MAINEiac4434 (talk) 22:13, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep the Gaddafi flag where it is now, but maybe add the TNC flag at the very bottom (where Kosovo, PMR and others are at). User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 22:49, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll do that. MAINEiac4434 (talk) 23:22, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks like that was reverted without discussion. List of sovereign states identifies both governments in the "L" section, something that won't work on this page.  List of current heads of state and government puts the National Transitional Council leaders at the bottom with the partially-recognized states, the same solution suggested above.  It makes sense, since the red-black-green flag is flown by the government of Libya that now is recognized by a large number of sovereign states.  Simply having the green flag on this page does not reflect the current situation.  Fishal (talk) 20:19, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Because it was a stalemate and only 30+ recognized. With the recent changes in the past 2 weeks, the flag could be changed very, very soon. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 21:08, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
 * With "30+ recognized," why would it not belong in the "limited or no recognition" section? Fishal (talk) 04:32, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It was there, but removed. I would suggest to add it back. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 04:34, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. Fishal (talk) 13:45, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Look, they control 90 percent of the country and are recognized by the UN, its the reality, we need to change flags,--J intela (talk) 20:24, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Maybe switch the positions? Have the green banner at the bottom and the royal banner in the main list?  Night w   06:03, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * UN recognition clinches it, if you ask me. Certainly "limited or no recognition" now applies better to Gaddafi's government than to the NTC.  The positions of the flags should be changed.  Reuters' article on the UN recognition would be good to add as a source. Fishal (talk) 01:56, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

The Sami
I wonder if the Sami people should be included into the list of the flags. Many Sami people actually consider their region a territory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.251.178.141 (talk) 23:34, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * A sovereign state? If so, please provide a source.  Night w   02:04, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Peoples Republic of China (Taiwan)?
Any particular reason it's not in the gallery?


 * It is in the gallery, the "Republic of China" Chipmunkdavis (talk) 19:35, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Niue is a sovereign state but no flag is listed
The list of sovereign states shows Niue but it's flag is not included in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcnux (talk • contribs) 22:54, 16 June 2012 (UTC)