Talk:Jack (flag)

Another Category
Should we mention that some jacks are flags of historical significance that would not otherwise still be in use? The United States, Mexico, and Cuba are all in this category, and I suspect there are others. J S Ayer (talk) 01:09, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

A Couple More
We should also mention civil jacks. Two countries have official ones: the UK and the Bahamas. The Bahamian jack shown is the civil jack, not the naval jack; I will try to get information on the latter. In the Netherlands, where use of the naval jack is forbidden to civilian vessels, there are unofficial civilian jacks, with one reportedly much the commonest, though a civilian vessel may also fly a provincial or municipal flag at the bow. We should also mention governmental department jacks. The British law is that a government department that has its own ships flying a departmental defaced blue ensign (British proportions 1:2) can fly a departmental jack of the same design but square. Apparently three British departments do so. J S Ayer (talk) 01:50, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Minutes after sending an e-mail to the Bahamian government asking about their naval jack, I found by the national legislation quoted on the website of Flags of the World that they use their national flag, the canton of their ensign, as naval jack. Still don't know about their naval auxiliary vessels, which have their own ensign. J S Ayer (talk) 02:14, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

China naval jack
What is the PLA Navy's naval jack? I've searched online but got conflicting information. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 11:21, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Soviet Union Jack
We have a category Union Jacks, for jacks that represent the federal nature of their governments. The Soviet Navy Jack is shown here, although as far as I can see it does not represent the components of the Soviet Union, only its ruling party. A few days are allowed for rebuttal, failing which I will remove it. J S Ayer (talk) 19:05, 13 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Done! J S Ayer (talk) 13:24, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Furthermore, it was only adopted in 1932, and the Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991. I have changed the caption to reflect these facts, and regret marking the change "minor." J S Ayer (talk) 01:38, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Netherlands civil jack
The Flags of the World website says at https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/nl~cjack.html that the civil jack illustrated is unofficial, the most widely used of several designs. If this is in error, and the flag was officially adopted at some date, produce your documentation. J S Ayer (talk) 00:54, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

The Flags of the World website at http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/vxt-dv-j.html shows one of the other Dutch civil jacks, like the naval jack except that the red is replaced by orange. J S Ayer (talk) 02:24, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

The Citadel chapel
In 2015 a jack of the Confederate States of America was removed from the chapel of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. The CSA was defunct for a century and a half at that point, and I don't see that the incident is significant for the subject of jacks. It might more appropriately go in the article about the Citadel, or that on Confederate flags, but I don't see quite where to put it in either. The best place would be Modern display of the Confederate battle flag. I will see about that some day soon. Now I intend to remove the statement from this article. J S Ayer (talk) 03:02, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Ireland
Ireland's jack, Brian Boru's harp in gold on green, dates to the late eighteenth century. In those days green was the color of revolution, republicanism, and nationalism. "The green flag" was made Ireland's naval jack in 1947, joining a small group of jacks that are historical flags that would not otherwise be in current use. Cuba and Mexico are other examples. The national coat of arms, with another depiction of the harp on blue, and the rectangular banner of arms that is the president's flag, were adopted in 1945. J S Ayer (talk) 00:18, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Namibia
The Flags of the World website shows as Namibia's jack a white flag with Namibia's national flag and ensign as canton and in the lower fly the naval emblem, which comprises a wreath, anchor with rope, national coat of arms on mound with supporters and crest, and an inscription. I request documentation that the Wikipedia version is correct. J S Ayer (talk) 02:29, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

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UK civil jack
The British civil jack is the naval jack with a white border, one fifth the height of the flag (1:5:1). Although it is said to be not much used, I would like to see it illustrated. The problem is that the background is also white, so the border would disappear. I lack the technical knowledge to change it to, for example, the very pale gray used by the Flags of the World website. J S Ayer (talk) 15:46, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Great Brightstar has heard my plea and put up the civil jack of the United Kingdom, but although the markup says no white background, we cannot demark the white border of the flag from the background of the gallery. Can anyone help? J S Ayer (talk) 01:33, 8 June 2020 (UTC)