Talk:Roman Catholic Diocese of Aire and Dax

Removal of flag of French Republic
I removed the French Republic flag icon from the Infobox, in accordance with several sections of WP:ICON; specifically (quoting),


 * "Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes, even when there is a "country", "nationality" or equivalent field: they are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many."
 * "Flags make simple, blunt statements about nationality, while words can express the facts with more complexity." [Aire was not part of France for many centuries, being part of Aquitaine (English), the Kingdom of Navarre, and then it belonged to the Kings of France (whose flag was a large golden fleur-de-lys on a white background), and for a time to the Empire of Napoleon I, and the Empire of Napoleon III, not to the French Republic.].
 * "Do not rewrite history. Flags should not be used to misrepresent the nationality of a historical figure, event, object, etc. Political boundaries change, often over the span of a biographical article subject's lifetime [which includes details about individual bishops]. Where ambiguity or confusion could result, it is better not to use a flag at all, and where one is genuinely needed, use the historically accurate flag."

__Vicedomino (talk) 19:36, 25 February 2018 (UTC)